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Coin mech help
peacem:
Thanks for all the replies
Hopefully in the next few weeks i will be starting my cabinet and/or control panel build....and hopefully it will have a fully working coin mech.
I'm thinking of using a keyboard hack for the control panel aswell as the credit input.
If I did purchase a klingon credit board (or any other board for that matter) would the wiring involved be pretty straight forward?
As for the power supply to the coin mech,
Anyone have any ideas of how would i go about hooking it up to a temporary power supply to see if the mech/bulb etc works?
grantspain:
you can get a coin mech to accept using just +12v and common,if you look at the label on your mech it should numbered 1 to 16(depending on version),its the pinout of the plug
1-coin common
2-coin 1 accept
etc
you will see +12v(might say Vcc) and common,these need to connected to allow the mech to accept BUT sentinel mechs were bloody awful to be honest and even when they accept they don't always credit-i think you would be better off just getting a mechanical mech,if you go ahead with this mech then i would strongly suggest getting a klingon credit board-the wiring is simple and they plug straight on to the sentinel(you only need 3 wires +12v,common and credit line/coin switch)
you can use +12v and common for your coin bulb(as long as its a +12v bulb that is)
you can pick 12v and common straight up off a standard p/c power supply(yellow +12v,black common)
peacem:
it seems i will be best to buy a new coin mech etc.....any recommendations? (please provide supplier website/details and product name)
i will probably leave the sentinel coin mech till i have more experience
grantspain:
is the mech to be mounted on a standard coin door or are you going to mount in a wood panel?
www.suzo.co.uk
www.brentelectronic.co.uk
peacem:
the plans....at the minute are to mount it in a wood panel