need mame cab tips

[andrewbean90]

especially for my coin door I have a centuri and its missing a coin mech I also need to know how to wire it up it kinda looks like

http://www.arcadeemulator.net/cgi-bin/shop/cp-app.cgi?usr=51F178371&rnd=2759918&rrc=N&affl=&cip=99.13.8.211&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=Multi-Player+Door&cat=Coin+Doors&catstr=HOME:Coin+Doors this

[bkenobi]

Coin mechs are modular and pretty much all the same.  You should be able to get whatever will work with your choice of currency (token, quarters, etc).  As for wiring it up, there is a switch that detects the coin drop.  Just hook that up to your encoder for P1coin and P2coin.  For lights, you need 12v (could be different depending on the bulbs).  The easiest thing to do is take that from your PC's power supply.  Just get a molex splitter and cut a connector off.  Then, connect the lights to the yellow (sometimes orange) lead and a black lead (doesn't matter which side if it's an incandescent bulb, does if it's a LED).

[Ginsu Victim]

I have a Centuri coin-door and ordered these for mine
http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=COINMECHS

[andrewbean90]

hey uh ginsu I have no credit cards I feel there too dangerous I usually order with money orders

[Ginsu Victim]

Buy a Visa Gift Card. You can use it as a credit card, only it has the exact amount you put on it and nothing more.

[andrewbean90]

heres some of my diagram used for this machine and its coin door its complicated any help

[Ginsu Victim]

Coin door isn't complicated on a MAME cab. Wire ground from ipac or whatever encoder to both coin mechs, then run individual inputs (Coin 1 and Coin 2) to each mech. Super easy.

That diagram isn't even needed.

[andrewbean90]

what about the +5v and -5v

[bkenobi]

Power is only needed to run the lights and the coin counter (if it's part of the door for some reason).  If you just want the coins to register, you just need to connect the switches to your encoder.