Anyone bother with a coin counter?

[RayB]

I don't think I've seen it mentioned... Do MAME'ers ever bother installing working coin counters in their machines?

[Walkinshaw]

My current cab I ripped out the coin tray as to clean it up and paint it again. This involved cutting the wires to it from the Jamma harness and I dont think I will be connecting them back up... unless I want to charge every person who plays it and then see if the wife is skimming  

[pointdablame]

I haven't seen a lot of them in MAME machines I've looked at, but it might be cool to add.  

I just noticed a coin counter on my Xmen cab the other day... its up over 160,000.

[Rocky]

I hooked one up in a multi-Jamma cab I did, but not in my MAME cab.  But, it is always fun to hook up original equipment.  I'm using lockout coils in one of my cabinets just becuase they were there and I felt like making them work.

Go for it.

Rocky

[rsoandrew]

I have a coin counter in my cab but don't know how it's supposed to be connected. It has two leads. One that says 12VDC and one for negative.

Anyone care to share how this is supposed to be connected?

[Ken Layton]

Randy Fromm's site has meter hookup diagrams on his Super Secret Technical page.

[JoeB]

I have one in mine..

it would be cool if I figure out how to reset it, and then hook it up so that the JPAC sends a signal to it when coin 1/2 is registered!  Think of it is a counter that keeps track how many times you played your machine.  

[RayB]

I was wondering about that. MAME would have to support sending a signal out to the counter. I doubt it does that???

You could hardwire the coin switch to the counter but I don't think the voltage is high enough. (Coin switch is what, 5v? And the counter needs 12v?)

[Ken Layton]

Coin counter meters are available in many different voltages. Here are the DC voltage ones:

4.5 volt, 6 volt, 10 volt, 12 volt, 24 volt, 48 volt.

Here are the AC voltage ones:

12 volt, 24 volt, 48 volt, 120 volt

Remember that ALL coin counting meters use a PULSE to operate. To apply a constant voltage to them will burn them up!

[Daniel270]

My cab's got a coin meter mounted over the coin box, under the mechs..... I left it unplugged (mainly because I'm clueless as to how to wire it).  I also like being able to show it off as is so that people can see how much business the machine made when it was still a full working NBA JAM  

[hardcorevideogames]

I dunno in real machines I never bother to hook them up usually , I restored a ms pac man and got some parts from Bob Roberts and I think he said the coin counters and original power supply cause lots problems , I guess thats why , and alot of newer games keep track internally how much money theve made anyways .