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Dawgz Rule:
 :stupid

I have to agree with lilshawn.  I ran a ground from the PC to a terminal board and all my switches, iPac, etc run to the same ground.  From there I just ran the coin 1 from the iPac to the coin mech and all worked well. 
xscdx:
Are you saying there is no need for the for Step 2 of my process?  ??? I am a little worried about messing around with the wiring of it now I have it working, unfortunately I am no Electronics expert.

I also read on Ultimarc and here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,83990.0.html
this forum that the Zener Diode should be connected to limit the voltage going to the i-PAC.

Are you running a Sentinel also? would you be able to upload some pics of your wiring for me?  Many thanks.

 ;D
lilshawn:
the coin line is a switch to ground. there is no pulse of power.

it's no different than connecting the coin line wire coming from the ipac to ground.

the only reason you would need a diode would be if you where trying to drive 2 disimilar systems with the same line (drive a coin line and a coin counter for instance) the power from the coin counter would feed back into the line causing nothing to happen.

if you just power the coin mech (12 volta and ground) does it accept coins properly?
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