Kiosks and Payment

Pay stations, kiosks, terminal types, POS hardware, and payment devices. Part of the Car Wash Industry Glossary.

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All-Pay Pay Station

Washlink Systems’ entrance/pay terminal product name. Comparable products include XPT (DRB), Sonny’s Pay Station, Auto Sentry Flex (ICS), Pegasus Payment Kiosk (Micrologic), SalesLink (Coleman Hanna), and DriveClean Teller (Kesseltronics). See also: Washlink Systems; Entrance Terminal; WashPac v5; Displayer.

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AMP6500

The cash-acceptor/cash-unit hardware paired with a Swift terminal; connects to the Swift device over USB and must be granted USB-device permission on first pairing/power-cycle for the Swift unit to recognize it. Also known as: “Cash unit” (as referred to generically in the Swift troubleshooting article). See also: Swift; AMP Connect Agent.

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Auto Sentry

ICS’s line of outdoor, unattended car-wash payment terminals/kiosks; the family includes Flex, Petro, CPT, and Max variants for different site types (tunnel, petroleum/c-store, self-serve). Comparable products include XPT (DRB), X-Station (Washify), Pegasus Payment Kiosk (Micrologic), Sonny’s Pay Station, and HTK/Gold Line (Hamilton). See also: Auto Sentry Flex; Auto Sentry Petro; Auto Sentry CPT; SmartStart Pro.

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Auto Sentry CPT

ICS payment terminal for self-service car wash bays and vacuums; centralizes payment (cash, coin, credit) and generates timed activation codes that customers enter at individual bays/vacuums. The expansion of “CPT” is not documented on ICS’s own pages. See also: Auto Sentry; Auto Sentry Flex; Autocashier; Meter Box.

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Auto Sentry Flex

ICS’s flagship outdoor unattended pay-station terminal for professional/tunnel car washes, with a 17-inch sunlight-readable touchscreen, EMV/PCI-compliant payment processing (including Apple Pay/Android Pay/Tap-n-Pay), coin/bill/token dispensing, and video/audio upsell capability. Also known as: X-Station (Washify); XPT (DRB); Pegasus Payment Kiosk (Micrologic). See also: Auto Sentry; Auto Sentry Petro; The Agency at ICS; XPT.

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Auto Sentry Petro

ICS payment terminal variant (launched 2009, later updated) built for express washes, in-bay automatics, and petroleum/c-store sites; 15-inch sunlight-readable touchscreen, EMV/NFC/PINless debit, wash-code acceptance, and optional camera/intercom/barcode scanner/gift-card dispenser add-ons plus tamper detection. Comparable products include C-Start (DRB/Unitec), the equivalent for c-store in-bay automatics, and Portal TI+ (Unitec). See also: Auto Sentry Flex; Auto Sentry CPT; C-Start; Portal TI+.

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Autocashier

A self-serve car wash’s automated cash-accepting payment machine - accepts bills and dispenses change/tokens without an attendant. Distinguished in operator conversation from a plain bill acceptor by handling change-making. See also: Change Shoot; Meter Box; coinless (generic); Coinless.

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Automated Attendant

A computer-controlled video kiosk at a car wash entry lane where customers select service packages and payment options before entering the tunnel. Displays wash options, pricing, add-ons, and collects payment; commonly coupled with multiple entrance lanes for high throughput. Product, program and pricing details drawn from Sonny’s “Car Wash Programs For New Investors” guide are as of 2016 and may have changed. Also known as: Touchscreen kiosk; video greeter; payment terminal. See also: Auto Sentry Flex; Entrance Terminal.

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C-Start

Unitec/DRB cashless pay station for convenience-store IBA car washes: a 12-inch touchscreen kiosk supporting credit, EMV, contactless, and wash-code payment, remote alerts and off-site data access, promotions and video ads, and options like proximity sensors and barcode scanners. It predates X-Start as DRB’s c-store kiosk offering, though its more detailed product history is not well documented in available sources. Auto Sentry Petro (ICS) is the comparable petroleum/c-store product. See also: Portal TI+; X-Start; Sierra; WashCAP.

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Cashbox

The secure bill-storage compartment, made by Innovative Technology Ltd. (ITL), attached to the NV200 Spectral that holds bills not recycled as change; comes in two capacities, the 500-Note Cashbox and the 1000-Note Cashbox. Also known as: “Cash Box”. See also: NV200 Spectral; Smart Payout; Kiosk Report.

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Change Shoot (Change chute)

The chute on a self-serve autocashier/change machine where dispensed coins or tokens fall out to the customer. Operators use “jam in the change shoot” as shorthand for the most common failure mode of these machines - folded bills or debris lodging in the mechanism. “Shoot” is the informal/phonetic spelling operators actually type; “chute” is standard. Also known as: Change chute. See also: Autocashier; Meter Box. Unverified.

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CTK

A Hamilton pay-station model positioned as an alternative kiosk option alongside HTK and Commander; referenced on Hamilton’s HTK product page as a related product line, but its own spec page was not retrieved. See also: HTK; Gold Line; Commander. Unverified.

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D.A.N.

A Hamilton transaction terminal product (seen listed as “DTT with Card Reader | Hamilton DAN”) - a card-reader-equipped transaction device. The expansion of the “D.A.N.” acronym was not found in available sources. See also: HTK; Gold Line; Meter Box. Unverified.

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Dixmor

A third-party self-serve bay timer brand (e.g., LED6, LED7 models) that Beacon Mobile’s Timer Activation Master Controller Module wires into to let mobile-app users start timer-controlled equipment (self-serve bays, vacuums, pet washes) by scanning a QR code. Timers run in either “count down” or “count up” mode, and the module’s wiring differs by mode. See also: Beacon Mobile.

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DriveClean Teller

Kesseltronics’ point-of-sale entrance kiosk product, its name for the terminal/kiosk device customers or attendants use to initiate and pay for a wash. Comparable products include XPT (DRB), WashPad (ICS), Pegasus Payment Kiosk (Micrologic), Sonny’s Pay Station, SalesLink (Coleman Hanna), and All-Pay Pay Station (Washlink Systems). See also: Entrance Terminal; OTT; XPT; Kesseltronics Systems.

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Entrance Terminal

Umbrella concept: the touchscreen/kiosk device at the mouth of the tunnel where a customer or greeter selects and pays for a wash package, and/or a ticket/code is entered to tell the tunnel controller which package to run for the next vehicle. This exact function is sold under a different proprietary name by nearly every vendor - the clearest example of the “same thing, different name at every vendor” problem this dictionary exists to solve. Also known as: XPT / Xpress Pay Terminal (DRB; internally also “greeter position”); WashPad (ICS - in Presell Terminal / Tunnel Entrance Terminal / Time Clock modes); DriveClean Teller (Kesseltronics); Sonny’s Pay Station / SPS (Sonny’s, built on GoToKiosk technology); Pegasus Payment Kiosk (Micrologic); SalesLink (Coleman Hanna, paired with OptiVA Virtual Attendant); All-Pay Pay Station (Washlink Systems); X-Station (Washify); Auto Sentry Flex / Petro / CPT and SmartStart Pro (ICS); Gold Line / HTK / CTK / Commander (Hamilton); Portal TI+ / C-Start / X-Start (Unitec/DRB, IBA side); Kiosk / pay station (generic). See also: XPT; Sonny’s Pay Station; Pegasus Payment Kiosk; DriveClean Teller.

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EOD (Emergency Operations Disk)

A backup boot disk/procedure that lets a conveyor tunnel keep running a basic wash cycle if the primary tunnel controller software fails, avoiding a full shutdown while the controller is repaired. Specific implementation is controller-brand-dependent. See also: Flying Blind; Tunnel Controller; CPH.

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Gold Line (Gold Line Pay Station)

Hamilton’s cost-oriented unattended kiosk/pay-station line for car washes, accepting cash, coin, credit, and mobile payment. Features include a scrolling LCD or optional 5.7-inch graphic display, barcode scanner for QR/promo codes, ExpressPass RFID support, stainless-steel/MEDECO-lock construction, and PCI PA-DSS payment validation. Comparable products include Portal TI+ (Unitec) and Auto Sentry Petro (ICS). Also known as: Gold Line Pay Station. See also: HTK; CTK; Commander; ExpressPass.

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GPIC (Gas Pump Integration Computer)

Washify’s hardware/firmware bridge that lets a customer buy a car wash at the fuel pump or C-store register: it listens for a wash-purchase request from the pump or register controller, generates a redeemable wash code (a “Washbook”), and returns it to the C-store server to print on the receipt or hands it to the pay-at-pump flow. It is configured through a device web UI called the “Washify Gas Pump Box” page and paired with Washbook types set up in CWA. GPIC comes in an older, larger box and a newer “Mini GPIC” form factor, and is built to interface with several third-party fuel-dispenser and convenience-store point-of-sale systems, including Gilbarco, Verifone, Murphy’s, and NCR Radiance, each requiring different cabling and adapters (RS-232 DB-9, an RJ-45-to-DB-9 “Ryko IV pinout,” and so on). Also known as: Washify Swift Mini GPIC (compact variant); “Mini GPIC”; “Washify GPIC”; “C-Store server,” “Gas POS system,” “Pump Server”. See also: Wash Book; CWA; WashCAP; Digi Box.

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HTK (Hamilton Transaction Kiosk)

Hamilton’s higher-end unattended pay station: 15-inch touchscreen, chip card and contactless (Apple Pay/Google Pay/Samsung Pay) support, sells individual washes/bundles/wash clubs/reloadable value cards, supports custom mobile app plus LPR and RFID loyalty integration, stainless-steel construction with MEDECO locks and integrated cash vault, PCI-certified. Comparable products include XPT (DRB), Auto Sentry Flex (ICS), and Sonny’s Pay Station. Also known as: HTK Pay Station. See also: Gold Line; CTK; Commander; ExpressPass.

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ICS Digital Menu Sign (Digital Menu and Entrance Management Display)

ICS’s customizable digital display (46-inch ultra-bright models cited) showing wash packages, promotions, and branding to customers before/during the transaction, supporting graphics, animation, and HD video. Also known as: Digital Menu and Entrance Management Display (ICS’s own alternate naming); LogicWash Digital Menu Display (Micrologic). See also: Menu Board; The Agency at ICS; Entrance Terminal.

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Kiosk

A self-service payment terminal where customers purchase wash packages or memberships without staff assistance - card reader, display, and wash-package selection interface in one weatherproof unit. Used generically across the industry for the unattended device at a wash entrance or in an IBA/self-serve bay area. Also known as: Pay kiosk; self-serve station; payment terminal; unattended station; self-service terminal. See also: Pay Station; Entrance Terminal; XPT; Auto Sentry.

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KPT (Kiosk Pay Terminal)

A Patheon self-pay kiosk hardware type (Kiosk Pay Terminal), deployed in two configurations per its quick-start guides: as a sales terminal, an attended-adjacent pay kiosk, and as a tunnel-entrance terminal. It connects to a controller via RS422 command communications, with keypad, receipt printer, and cash-drawer peripherals. KPT is one of five distinct DRB hardware terminal types documented in DRB’s internal Patheon material, alongside TST (Touch Screen Terminal), PCT (the MWS-PCT attended touch terminal), OTT (Outdoor Touch Terminal), and XPT (Xpress Pay Terminal), each with its own connection diagram, peripheral set, and, for OTT, TST, and PCT, a colour-coded reimaging kit. See also: XPT; OTT; TST; Patheon.

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Lane POS / Office POS

The two DRB Patheon “Type” designations for an attended terminal, set once in Site Hardware and not changeable afterward (the device must be recreated to switch). A Lane POS can issue tunnel overrides and wet-downs (controller-facing actions); an Office POS is cashier-only and cannot. See also: Patheon; HSN.

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Loader Terminal

Washify’s ruggedized waterproof touchscreen unit installed tunnel-side that displays the queue of paid washes (“Wash Queue”) and lets tunnel staff manually trigger controller actions (extra retracts, prep-gun sprays, conveyor start/stop) via configurable on-screen buttons. Its software queues washes sold at the Kiosk/POS and forwards them to whichever brand of tunnel controller the site uses. Also known as: “Loader,” “Loader Software,” “waterproof touchscreen”. See also: Wash Queue; Washify Controller; TunnelWatch; MOXA.

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MagTek DynaWave / DynaProx

The Tap-to-Pay (contactless/NFC, including Apple Pay/Google Pay) credit card reader modules retrofitted onto X-Station kiosks, wired directly into the EMV chip reader. DynaWave and DynaProx are two MagTek reader variants, each requiring a matching “Card Setting” (DynaDip for DynaWave; oDynamo for DynaProx) to be selected in CWA kiosk settings. Also known as: “Contactless Reader,” “Tap to Pay Reader,” “TTP Reader”. See also: X-Station; PAX S300.

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Manager Workstation

DRB’s back-office SiteWatch/Patheon terminal used by managers to adjust pricing, view reports, and process transactions outside the main pay lane. See also: SiteWatch; Patheon; StatWatch; Back Office.

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Menu Board (Digital Menu Sign)

The outdoor sign, increasingly a weatherproof and often illuminated digital display rather than a static printed board, showing available wash packages, pricing, and add-on service options to arriving customers before they reach the pay terminal, serving both customer communication and brand/service promotion (as of 2016, per Sonny’s “Car Wash Programs For New Investors” guide, and may have changed). Micrologic markets its version as the LogicWash Digital Menu Display (49-inch or 55-inch screens, no monthly fee, operator-editable); ICS markets a Digital Menu and Entrance Management Display. Also known as: Digital Menu Board; Digital Menu Sign; Entrance Management Display (ICS); Wash menu; pricing signage; service signage; pricing board. See also: Entrance Terminal; ICS Digital Menu Sign; Menu Tier Naming Convention; Entry Arch.

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Meridian

An older/alternate Washify kiosk platform (distinct hardware from the X-Station line) with its own chassis, an 18.9” touchscreen (VGA + USB rather than X-Station’s HDMI setup), its own AC/HVAC climate-control unit, and - in its original configuration - a MEI-brand banknote recycler (rather than an NV200/Smart Payout pairing, though X-Station’s NV200/Smart Payout parts can be retrofitted into a Meridian via a dedicated retrofit kit and an IF-17 USB adapter). See also: X-Station; NV200 Spectral; Smart Payout; IF-17.

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Meter Box (Bay Box)

The self-serve bay’s payment/timer control unit - the box mounted in each bay housing the coin/bill acceptor, card reader, timer, and the rotary-switch or button array that turns on the wash functions the customer has paid for (soap, rinse, wax, spot-free, air). Operators use “bay box” near-interchangeably for the same enclosure, though “meter box” emphasizes the payment/timer face and “bay box” the wiring enclosure. Also known as: Bay Box; Faceplate (the customer-facing panel). See also: Autocashier; Count-Up; Countdown; Self-Serve Bay.

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Mini PBS (Push Button (Send Car) Box)

A 20-button hardware box that lets an operator manually send the next car in the Washify wash queue to the tunnel controller - useful when the POS computer sits away from the tunnel entrance - or, since it is not internet-dependent, force a wash, wash extra, or device retract through directly if Washify software is down. In “ICS mode” it instead acts as a protocol translator between the Washify POS and a supported ICS controller (e.g., Tunnel Master Jr.), with specific required ICS controller settings (stacking off, auto roller on, input device set to K). Also known as: PBS. See also: Retract; Tunnel Controller; MOXA; Washify Controller.

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MultiMech

A dual-cassette bill dispenser installed in Sentinel kiosks that dispenses $1 and$5 bills as change from two cassettes. The KB notes new MultiMech units are discontinued (refurbished units only), and lists specific replacement part numbers/prices for upgrading from a Talaris dispenser to a MultiMech. See also: Sentinel; Talaris; NMD Testing Tool.

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NV200 Spectral

The bill-acceptor module of Washify’s kiosks (X-Station, and retrofittable into Meridian): scans inserted bills, stores legitimate notes in the attached Cashbox, and rejects invalid/damaged notes. Ships with an LED bezel that flashes color-coded error patterns for diagnostics. Also known as: “NV200,” “NV200 Spectral,” “Bill Acceptor,” “Banknote Validator”. See also: Smart Payout; Cashbox; Spectral BNF; IF-17.

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OptiVA Virtual Attendant

Coleman Hanna’s contactless/remote-attendant entry mode, paired with its SalesLink entrance terminal and managed remotely via “WashMAX.” Comparable to Virtual Wash Attendant (NXT Wash), the same concept from a different vendor. See also: Entrance Terminal; SalesLink; WashMAX; Virtual Wash Attendant. Unverified.

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OTT (Outdoor Touch Terminal)

DRB’s outdoor touch terminal: the loader-facing screen at the tunnel entrance where staff view and manage the wash queue, apply retracts, and send the next queued vehicle into the tunnel, making it the “tunnel sender” and the display half of virtual-queue systems. One of DRB’s five named terminal types (with the KPT, TST, PCT, and XPT), documented as Outdoor Touch Terminal in DRB material; “Outside Touch Terminal” is a common field variant. The legacy hardware is a ruggedized (IP65, 4 to 140 degrees F) dedicated Windows touch computer with its own reimaging kit, wired over PoE to entrance-lane peripherals such as the receipt printer, scanners, and a FastPass reader. Integrators increasingly replace the dedicated unit with a tablet running a browser-based interface that performs the same queue and send functions. Also known as: Loader screen; greeter screen; tunnel tablet; tunnel screen; tunnel sender; Outside Touch Terminal (field variant); Smart Tunnel Screen (omniX Labs); Loading Stations (AMP). See also: Tunnel Controller; Wash Queue; Loader; Retract.

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P2PE (Point-to-Point Encryption)

Referenced in Patheon’s architecture map as the encryption path a terminal’s payment peripheral uses to reach a card processor’s cloud API directly (e.g., “P2PE Worldpay API”) without the cardholder data traversing the site’s own application layer in the clear - the standard PCI hardware-encryption pattern applied to Patheon’s attended/kiosk EMV terminals. See also: CDE; Card Manager (Patheon).

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PAX S300

A countertop credit card payment terminal used at the Washify POS-X for chip/swipe transactions; auto-downloads Washify configuration parameters on first connection to the internet, and can be manually forced into a static IP / factory reset when connectivity issues occur. Also known as: “PAX Terminal”. See also: POSX; Xelerator; TSYS.

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Pay Station

The payment collection point in a car wash - card readers, display screens, and wash-package selection - which may be an unattended kiosk, an attended window, or an integrated gate system. Receives safety-sensor input from gate operations. Also known as: Pay tablet; payment station; POS station; checkout terminal; cashier station. See also: Kiosk; Paylanes; Gate; LPR.

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PBS-4000 (MacNeil Tunnel Entrance Controller)

MacNeil’s tunnel-entrance controller: the device managing entrance-side functions such as loading signage, door and gate control, and vehicle progress detection, with a color touchscreen, remote programming and diagnostics, ultrasonic and temperature sensing, VFD outputs, alarm history, and a “black box” event recorder. The expansion of “PBS” is not stated in MacNeil’s own materials. Operators and installers refer to interacting with this controller directly as working “on the PBS board,” for example manually operating wash selections at the board itself as a stopgap during staff training or before a tunnel-controller integration goes live, rather than routing selections through a POS or tablet interface. Also known as: PBS board (field shorthand). See also: MCC (MacNeil); Black Box; VFD; Entrance Terminal.

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PC Terminal

DRB’s component-based (non-integrated-kiosk) POS terminal option for staff positions like lube bays, custom cashier stations, or detail shops. See also: Touchscreen Terminal; Manager Workstation.

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PCT

A Patheon attended pay terminal type (the MWS-PCT), built around an Elo or widescreen touch monitor with USB-connected peripherals such as an area scanner, gun scanner, magnetic card reader, static sticker printer, and receipt printer. Its quick-start guide folder also includes a “LubeCashier” variant, suggesting PCT terminals are used for cashier and service-counter transactions, such as lube bays, rather than tunnel entrance lanes. The expansion of “PCT” is not stated in the source material. PCT is one of five distinct DRB hardware terminal types documented in DRB’s internal Patheon material, alongside KPT (Kiosk Pay Terminal), TST (Touch Screen Terminal), OTT (Outdoor Touch Terminal), and XPT (Xpress Pay Terminal), each with its own connection diagram, peripheral set, and, for OTT, TST, and PCT, a colour-coded reimaging kit. See also: KPT; OTT; TST; Patheon. Unverified.

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Pegasus Payment Kiosk

Micrologic’s trademarked (PEGASUS PAYMENT KIOSK) outdoor payment kiosk hardware: computer hardware/software for controlling the car wash system and accepting customer payments; feeds vehicle/transaction data to LogicWash Visual Queue. Also known as: X-Station (Washify); Auto Sentry (ICS); XPT (DRB); Sonny’s Pay Station. See also: LogicWash Visual Queue; Auto Sentry; X-Station; Entrance Terminal.

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Portal TI+ (Portal TI)

Unitec/DRB in-bay-automatic pay station: 12-inch touchscreen, up to 6 coin types accepted, credit card via internet clearing with optional EMV/contactless, remote monitoring and reporting, pre/post-sale video advertising and cross-merchandising, heavy-gauge steel cabinet with separately-keyed cash compartment, integrated alarm/battery backup, optional camera. Now positioned as legacy hardware relative to X-Start. Comparable products include Gold Line/HTK (Hamilton) and Auto Sentry Petro (ICS). Also known as: Portal(R) TI+. See also: Unitec; Wash Select II; C-Start; X-Start.

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POSX

Washify’s attended, staff-operated point-of-sale terminal software/hardware line, installed via a “WashifyPOSXInstaller” package and distinct from the self-serve X-Station/Xelerator kiosk products. Staff use it, rather than the customer-facing kiosk, to sign up members, sell washes, and manage payments; it pairs with a PRP-950 receipt printer, a cash drawer, and, for card payments, a PAX terminal. It appears throughout Washify’s release tooling with its own versioned installer track (for example, non-PAX versus PAX-integrated builds) and its own settings screen, covering RFID selection and COM port auto-detection, inside CWA. Also known as: “POSx,” “POS,” “POS-X Terminal”. See also: CWA; X-Station; Xelerator; Mini PBS.

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Programmable / De-programmable / De-selective

Tunnel-controller settings: “programmable” turns on extra devices for a given wash package; “de-programmable”/“de-selective” settings disable specific devices during a wash run (e.g., skipping a wax stage for a basic package). The glossary definitions are terse and do not spell out the exact operational distinction between “de-programmable” and “de-selective” beyond both disabling devices. See also: Sonny’s Tunnel Controller; Tunnel Controller; Wash Code; Retract.

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PRP-950

The receipt printer model used with Washify’s POS-X terminal; communicates with the POS over USB (with serial as a fallback) and relays cash-drawer-open signals via an RJ-11 cable - the cash drawer has no direct connection to the POS itself, only through this printer. See also: POSX; Hengstler C-56.

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SalesLink

Coleman Hanna’s entrance/payment terminal product name, paired with its OptiVA Virtual Attendant contactless mode. Comparable products include XPT (DRB), Sonny’s Pay Station, DriveClean Teller (Kesseltronics), and Pegasus Payment Kiosk (Micrologic). See also: Entrance Terminal; OptiVA Virtual Attendant; WashMAX; Coleman Hanna Carwash Systems.

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Sentinel (Unitec Sentinel)

Unitec entry-system/gate-controller product for car wash sites, managing entry and exit control, distinct from the Portal/Wash Select pay-station product lines. It also functions as a legacy self-serve car wash kiosk platform, predating or running parallel to Washify’s own X-Station and Meridian lines, manufactured under the Unitec/DRB family of brands; Washify’s knowledge base covers Sentinel hardware troubleshooting (bill dispensers, touch screen, internal I2C communication board) because Washify now supports these installed units as part of the DRB family. Sentinel also appears as a named third-party integration inside Sonny’s CarWash Controls documentation (“Unitec Sentinel integration”), letting Sonny’s Controls interoperate with Unitec-brand site hardware. Also known as: Sentinel Controller; Sentinel System. See also: Unitec; Wash Select II; Gate Queue; Gate Control.

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Smart Payout

ITL’s change-dispensing module, installed by Washify, paired with the NV200 Spectral; recycles previously accepted bills to give change back to customers (up to 80 bills held). Has its own LED status indicator and two access doors for clearing jams. Also known as: “SmartPayout,” “Bill Recycler,” “Payout”. See also: NV200 Spectral; Cashbox; Meridian.

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smartBOX (smartBOX Motor Controller)

Laguna Industries’ motor control product - the electrical/relay hardware that switches pumps and motors on command from the rTC controller, sold as a companion product. Laguna’s instance of the generic Motor Control Center (MCC) equipment class. Also known as: MCC / Motor Control Center (generic class); Sgt. Sudz Motor Control Center (DRB); innovateIT Motor Control Center; Sonny’s Motor Control Center. See also: r-TC; MCC (Motor Control Center); Sgt. Sudz Motor Control Center.

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SmartStart Pro

ICS’s entry-level cashless car-wash payment terminal with a 10.4-inch touchscreen and customizable graphics, positioned as a lower-cost alternative to Auto Sentry. See also: Auto Sentry; Entrance Terminal.

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Sonny’s Digital Menu

Sonny’s branded outdoor digital LED menu/display - a motion-graphic entrance sign used to upsell wash packages, with auto-brightness (200-3,000 nit) and IP65 waterproofing; optional security doors are available for the 55” version. Distinct product name from the already-documented generic “Menu Board” and from ICS’s competing “ICS Digital Menu Sign.”. Also known as: Outdoor Digital LED Display Menu. See also: Menu Board; ICS Digital Menu Sign; Sonny’s Pay Station.

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Sonny’s mPOS

A rugged 10.1” tablet-based portable point-of-sale unit with a docking station, mobile card reader, dual hot-swappable batteries, and IP65/5-foot-drop rating - a portable counterpart to Sonny’s standard fixed POS with the same feature set. Ships with a shoulder strap, hand strap, and a 4-year accidental-damage warranty. Also known as: mPOS. See also: Sonny’s CarWash Point-of-Sale Management System; ProfitPilot; Back Office.

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Sonny’s Pay Station (SPS)

Sonny’s branded unattended pay kiosk/entrance terminal for wash entry, the kiosk customers or a greeter use to select and pay for a wash package. Abbreviated “SPS” in Back Office documentation (e.g., “SPS Rewards Points,” “SPS Loyalty Sign Up Messages”); the manual does not spell the abbreviation out, so the “Sonny’s Pay Station” expansion is inferred from product naming. Also resold under this exact name by third-party distributors (e.g., WashLinks Canada). Built on technology from Sonny’s GoToKiosk acquisition. Comparable products include XPT (DRB), Auto Sentry Flex (ICS), X-Station (Washify), Pegasus Payment Kiosk (Micrologic), DriveClean Teller (Kesseltronics), and SalesLink (Coleman Hanna). Also known as: SPS; Sonny’s Pay Station(TM). See also: CarWash Controls; GoToKiosk; Back Office; Entrance Terminal.

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Sonny’s VIP Members Only Lane

A compact-footprint Sonny’s Pay Station variant sized for a dedicated member-only lane. Automatically recognizes member vehicles via LPR and lets members update payment info quickly; housed in a smaller powder-coated stainless enclosure than the standard pay station. Also known as: VIP Lane; Compact Pay Station. See also: Sonny’s Pay Station; Auto Passport LPR; All-Pay Pay Station.

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Spectral BNF (Bunch Note Feeder)

An ITL back-office cash-loading device, marketed by Washify as the “BNR Loader,” that accepts multiple bills at once (“bunch” loading, up to 100 bills) so car wash staff can quickly reload the Smart Payout recycler with change money; installed at the POS in the office rather than at the customer-facing kiosk. Can also serve as a temporary stand-in acceptor if the NV200 Spectral fails. Also known as: “BNR Loader,” “Spectral BNF Loader”. See also: NV200 Spectral; Smart Payout; POSX.

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Swift

A compact, tablet/touchscreen-based self-serve payment unit running a dedicated “SwiftPay” app (with an on-device Admin Panel, default password 1234567) that handles wash sales, membership signup/redemption, gas codes, and washbook redemption, and integrates with a cash-accepting unit and Washify’s TSYS-based credit card processing/batching. Also known as: “SwiftPay App” / “Swift Pay App”; “Swift Profile” (its CWA-side configuration record). See also: AMP6500; AMP Connect Agent; TSYS; GPIC.

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Tablet Touchscreen Terminal

Mobile, all-weather tablet-based payment device that lets staff complete transactions at the customer’s vehicle - DRB positions this as useful for sites converting from full-service to express/exterior formats. Also known as: Xelerator (Washify); WashTab (ICS); Voyager II (Washlink Systems). See also: XPT; Beacon Mobile; Xelerator; WashTab.

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Talaris

An alternate dual-cassette bill dispenser (predecessor to MultiMech) used in Sentinel kiosks; also dispenses $1 and$5 bills and requires properly seated cassettes/reject bin to stay online. See also: Sentinel; MultiMech.

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TouchIT (Pay Station Interface)

ICS’s rugged touchscreen interface component used at pay stations for customers to enter wash codes, loyalty numbers, and similar information. See also: Auto Sentry; WashPad; Wash Code; Entrance Terminal.

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Touchscreen Terminal

DRB cashier-station hardware with a slim folding base and a second, customer-facing display so the customer can see their own transaction as the cashier rings it up. See also: XPT; Manager Workstation; PC Terminal.

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TST (Touch Screen Terminal)

A Patheon attended pay-terminal hardware type (Touch Screen Terminal), built on a Posiflex touchscreen computer, with USB gun/area scanners, an Epson receipt printer, and a cash drawer, connected through a PoE network switch or pass-through switch. Its reimaging kit uses a distinctly colored orange USB drive to distinguish it from the OTT and PC reimaging kits. TST is one of five distinct DRB hardware terminal types documented in DRB’s internal Patheon material, alongside KPT (Kiosk Pay Terminal), PCT (the MWS-PCT attended touch terminal), OTT (Outdoor Touch Terminal), and XPT (Xpress Pay Terminal), each with its own connection diagram, peripheral set, and, for OTT, TST, and PCT, a colour-coded reimaging kit. See also: OTT; KPT; PCT; Patheon.

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Virtual Wash Attendant (VWA)

NXT Wash’s voice-activated AI kiosk add-on that recognizes an arriving vehicle via LPVR, greets the customer, answers questions, and pitches upgrades/memberships at checkout without a human attendant present. Sold as a plug-and-play, month-to-month add-on to existing kiosk/payment hardware. Comparable to OptiVA Virtual Attendant (Coleman Hanna), the same concept from a different vendor. See also: NXT Wash; LPVR; Ask NXT; OptiVA Virtual Attendant.

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Voyager II

Washlink Systems’ tablet-based point-of-sale product. Comparable products include Xelerator (Washify), WashTab (ICS), Tablet Touchscreen Terminal (DRB), and Mobile POS (Sonny’s). See also: Washlink Systems; WashPac v5; Xelerator; WashTab.

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Wash Code (Wash Code / Controller Code)

The general mechanism by which a POS or pay station tells the tunnel controller which wash package to run for the next vehicle - typically a numeric or alphanumeric code, printed on a ticket, entered at a keypad, scanned from a barcode, or transmitted digitally. “Controller Code” is the same value viewed from the controller side, and can be left empty for configurations (e.g., a Pause Plan) where no equipment cycle should run. Every vendor has its own named implementation. Also known as: Controller Code; wash code; ticket number; service code. See also: WashCode (Kesseltronics); WashCAP; SmartCodes; Tunnel Controller.

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Wash Select II (WSII)

Unitec in-bay-automatic point-of-sale/entry system product line, compatible with WashPay payment integration (including field-retrofit installs), now sold and documented under DRB alongside Portal, C-Start, and Sentinel. Also known as: Wash Select II(R); WSII. See also: Unitec; WashPay; Portal TI+; Sentinel.

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washIT

innovateIT’s tunnel controller product name. Comparable products include TunnelWatch (DRB), Tunnel Master (ICS), r-TC, WashPac v5 (Washlink Systems), V4 (Coleman Hanna), and TPA (Tommy). See also: innovateIT; Tunnel Controller; MCC (Motor Control Center).

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WashPay (Unitec WashPay Controller)

Unitec’s branded payment-integration protocol/controller used to add card/credit payment capability to Wash Select II and related entry systems (referenced as “WashPay Controller” and “WashPay integration” in installation manuals). Also known as: Unitec WashPay Controller. See also: Wash Select II; Portal TI+; Unitec.

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WashTab

A portable tablet application within the ICS WashConnect ecosystem used by staff for point-of-sale transactions away from a fixed terminal (e.g., in the lobby or lane). Also known as: Xelerator (Washify); Voyager II (Washlink Systems); Tablet Touchscreen Terminal (DRB); Mobile POS (Sonny’s). See also: WashConnect; Xelerator; Mobile POS.

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X-Start

DRB/Unitec’s next-generation in-bay automatic pay-station kiosk, positioned as the successor to the older C-Start and Portal TI+ hardware. Features a 15-inch anti-glare touchscreen rated for heat and sunlight, “self-healing” remote-reset Watchdog technology, modular color-coded internal cabling, customizable vinyl-wrap/LED branding, 16 relay outputs, and bundled Director X cloud reporting. X-Start is an IBA product and is not the same as XPT (DRB’s tunnel pay terminal) or X-Station (Washify’s kiosk), despite the similar names. Comparable products include Auto Sentry Petro (ICS) and Gold Line/HTK (Hamilton). See also: C-Start; Portal TI+; Sierra; Director.

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X-Station (X Station)

Washify’s outdoor, unattended, free-standing self-serve payment kiosk (“Pay Station”), installed at the entrance of a car wash tunnel or an exit lane, with an adjustable-height touchscreen for tunnel and in-bay wash entrances, running the Washify POS software for self-pay transactions. It houses a touchscreen, a computer/CPU box, an NV200 bill acceptor and Smart Payout recycler, a receipt printer, speakers and amplifier, and, optionally, a contactless/tap-to-pay reader and barcode/credit-card readers. It ships in two sizes, Sr and Jr, and has gone through three hardware revisions, v1, v2, and v3. Washify has been DRB-owned since 2021, so X-Station and DRB’s own XPT now sit under one parent; industry usage sometimes treats “X-Station” and DRB’s “XPT” as the same product, but primary material shows they are not. DRB’s internal terminal-type taxonomy lists XPT as one of DRB’s own five terminal types, while Washify’s own knowledge base documents X-Station as a separate hardware line with its own parts and printers; they are sibling entrance pay terminals under one parent, not one product under two names. Also do not confuse either with X-Start, DRB/Unitec’s in-bay automatic kiosk. Comparable products include Auto Sentry Flex (ICS), Pegasus Payment Kiosk (Micrologic), and Sonny’s Pay Station. The V3 hardware refresh is 20% larger than V2, with a 3-fan filtered, positive-pressure cooling system in place of V2’s two unfiltered fans, an angled card slot and Hecon printer, replacing V2’s Custom-brand printer, to resist water intrusion, IP54-rated waterproof speakers, an automatic weatherproof cash shutter, and a MEDECO-based lock upgrade over V2’s latch-style lock. V2 units can be partially upgraded toward “V3-lite” via retrofit kits, covering the shutter, a water-intrusion kit, a fan-filter modification, and the lock upgrade, without full replacement. Also known as: “xStation”; “Pay Station”; X-Station Sr (21.5” screen) / X-Station Jr (15.6” screen); v1/v2/v3 chassis revisions; kiosk model bracket part numbers XSTA-0001-STBK (older/wide-door) and XSTA-0003-STBK (newer/narrow-door). See also: XPT; X-Start; Auto Sentry Flex; Pegasus Payment Kiosk.

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Xelerator

Washify’s branded name for its line of PAX-manufactured Android handheld/tablet payment terminals, a versioned product line (Xelerator 5, Xelerator 5 Pro, Xelerator 8, with at least one configuration running on a PAX A920 Pro as “AP920 Xelerator,” and the Xelerator 5 built on PAX A60 hardware) running the “WashifyPOS” mobile app, used as a lower-cost or portable alternative to a full pay-station kiosk for mobile or lane-side selling of washes, memberships, and gate access, such as lobby, lane, or detail-area sales. Documented Xelerator/POSX workflows include a no-ALPR “Loader/POSX” path, where the attendant sells manually and the wash queues normally; an “Unpaid Ticket” path, where the attendant saves a ticket without completing the sale, to be paid later at the POSX station; and an ALPR-driven path, where a “Retrieve Ticket” setting on X-Station/POSX lets a license-plate scan pull up and complete an already-started sale to trigger the gate. Also known as: WashTab (ICS’s portable tablet POS app); Tablet Touchscreen Terminal (DRB); Patheon Tablet (DRB); Voyager II (Washlink Systems); Mobile POS (Sonny’s); Xelerator 5; Xelerator 5 Pro; Xelerator 8; AP920 Xelerator (PAX A920 Pro hardware pairing); “Xelerator Tablet”; underlying model referenced as “A60” for the Xelerator 5. See also: X-Station; WashTab; Mobile POS; Tablet Touchscreen Terminal.

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XPT (Xpress Pay Terminal; XPT 5+)

DRB’s primary unattended self-pay kiosk for tunnel car washes (Xpress Pay Terminal), used at the tunnel entrance to take payment by cash, card, contactless, or wash code without a cashier. DRB markets it as capable of supporting up to 80 cars per hour per unit and working across exterior, flex, and full-serve tunnel formats, often paired with FastID (LPR) or FastPass (RFID) for hands-free membership recognition. XPT is DRB’s tunnel pay terminal and is a different product from X-Start, DRB/Unitec’s in-bay automatic kiosk, and from X-Station, Washify’s kiosk, though the three are frequently confused: DRB’s internal terminal-type taxonomy documents XPT as one of DRB’s own hardware types, alongside KPT (Kiosk Pay Terminal), TST (Touch Screen Terminal), PCT (the MWS-PCT attended touch terminal), and OTT (Outdoor Touch Terminal), each with its own connection diagram, peripheral set, and colour-coded reimaging kit, while Washify’s X-Station is a separate product line with its own chassis revisions and parts; XPT and X-Station are sibling entrance pay terminals under one parent company, not the same product under two names. Comparable products include Sonny’s Pay Station (SPS), Auto Sentry Flex (ICS), Pegasus Payment Kiosk (Micrologic), DriveClean Teller (Kesseltronics), SalesLink (Coleman Hanna), All-Pay Pay Station (Washlink Systems), and HTK/Gold Line (Hamilton). Internal service notes give concrete hardware models and per-model COM-port maps used during setup and troubleshooting: the XPT2012 assigns I2C/Wash-IO, FastPass reader, card dispenser, bill dispenser, and EMV/display peripherals to fixed COM ports, while the newer XPT 5/5+ uses a different fixed COM map covering the bill dispenser, RFID reader, EMV reader, and coin acceptor. On the XPT2012, the IOModule and BillAcceptor are documented as pass-throughs rather than communication endpoints in their own right; deeper diagnostics go through the CommandService log, which talks to the physical I2C bus directly. See also: SiteWatch; Patheon; FastID; TotalID.