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Author Topic: how to hook up a weiyah coin mech to pc without ipac or keywiz?  (Read 2496 times)

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how to hook up a weiyah coin mech to pc without ipac or keywiz?
« on: August 11, 2010, 04:09:32 pm »
I wonder if this is posible, since it says in the box that this is a pc coin selector, i wonder if theres a direct way to conecct this on a serial port, any ideas are welcom, thanks.
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Re: how to hook up a weiyah coin mech to pc without ipac or keywiz?
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2010, 05:52:16 pm »
Most coin mechs that interface with PCs do so via a serial port.   Do you have the manual for the mech or a web link to it?
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Re: how to hook up a weiyah coin mech to pc without ipac or keywiz?
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2010, 04:33:44 pm »
nope , no manuals, it only shows 4 cables, 12v,ground,coin input, and two for a coin metter...
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Re: how to hook up a weiyah coin mech to pc without ipac or keywiz?
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2010, 09:46:54 am »
Pretty sure the answer is NO. How does the computer know what signals the coin switch is sending? It's just a switch...
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Re: how to hook up a weiyah coin mech to pc without ipac or keywiz?
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2010, 07:24:47 pm »
well if you arent using a mouse, you could hack a mouse left click and solder your coin mechs into that, then map that out to whatever you need it to be...  if you have a couple of usb mouses around you can hack one and use the second to navigate the PC.  Its extremely easy to do this and shouldn't take a novice longer than 45-60 minutes to do.
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Re: how to hook up a weiyah coin mech to pc without ipac or keywiz?
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2010, 04:50:07 pm »
Quote from: WhereEaglesDare on August 14, 2010, 07:24:47 pm
well if you arent using a mouse, you could hack a mouse left click and solder your coin mechs into that, then map that out to whatever you need it to be...  if you have a couple of usb mouses around you can hack one and use the second to navigate the PC.  Its extremely easy to do this and shouldn't take a novice longer than 45-60 minutes to do.
good idea. thanks
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Re: how to hook up a weiyah coin mech to pc without ipac or keywiz?
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2010, 10:35:20 pm »
Quote from: abispac on August 15, 2010, 04:50:07 pm
Quote from: WhereEaglesDare on August 14, 2010, 07:24:47 pm
well if you arent using a mouse, you could hack a mouse left click and solder your coin mechs into that, then map that out to whatever you need it to be...  if you have a couple of usb mouses around you can hack one and use the second to navigate the PC.  Its extremely easy to do this and shouldn't take a novice longer than 45-60 minutes to do.
good idea. thanks
Did you happen to try it yet?  Did it work?
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Re: how to hook up a weiyah coin mech to pc without ipac or keywiz?
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2010, 11:52:40 pm »
not yet.... :cheers:
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