How to decode the bar code which is generated from Slot machine which use SAS protocol throughSerial

[patelakash89]

I am from gaming company as we have purcahsed the slot game software from a company who build the slot game for us as they have built the game on unix (ubantu) and used serial connection to communicate with printer and Bill validator. we are different company who has never work with sas protocol which is being widly used in slot gaming industry. our question is, when customer cash out ticket as it prints the barcode with all details and we want to decode that bar code as how can we do that? is there anyone who can guide us? 

[Reeza]

I suspect you have the wrong SAS unfortunately. 

Slot Accounting System (SAS) is a gaming communication protocol (I think), not related to the SAS software that does data analysis, unless you're using SAS to analyze your data somehow?

These are highly regulated systems and protocols.....

https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sasimplementationguide1.pdf

Not to be confused with SASpy which is used to connect SAS to Python. 

But this one is related to the SAS you're interested in... I think.

https://github.com/thomas-pythonas/saspy

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@patelakash89 wrote:

I am from gaming company as we have purcahsed the slot game software from a company who build the slot game for us as they have built the game on unix (ubantu) and used serial connection to communicate with printer and Bill validator. we are different company who has never work with sas protocol which is being widly used in slot gaming industry. our question is, when customer cash out ticket as it prints the barcode with all details and we want to decode that bar code as how can we do that? is there anyone who can guide us? 

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[DataCruncherX]

You might need to request the barcode format specification from the slot machine vendor—most use encrypted data specific to their system. Also, checking the official SAS protocol guide can help decode the structure.

[billijean2039]

If you’re decoding a cashout ticket, start by checking the barcode symbology (many TITO tickets use PDF417 or a simple 1D like Code128) — try a scanner or a library like ZXing/pdf417decoder to get the raw payload. Remember the barcode usually only encodes a ticket number and auth code; full validation must go through the host/SAS system, so contact your vendor for the ticket format and keys.