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| whynotpizza:
Hi all, I have a standard over-under coin door and need some help hooking this thing up to my IPAC controller. Any ideas? See picture below. How does a coin door really work? When I put a coin into the mechanism, it holds the coin up top (aka user has entered a CREDIT or hit '5' key on KB) When user selects Player 1 button, doesn't that need to trigger this coin to drop down into the lower bucket and be taken from the user? Likewise if the user pushed COIN RETURN ... how does the computer register the event of removing the CREDIT? Maybe I am overcomplicating it, but can't this type of coin door be used in the traditional sense and map nicely to the IPAC? Also, my coin door has a TOGGLE, a push BUTTON and a COUNTER, in addition to SWITCH #1 and #2. Any idea how to hook all of this together? Any suggestions would be appreciated. :) David |
| johnm160:
when you put a coin in it "drops" through the mech and triggers the switch labeled number 2 in your pic and registers a credit like the 5 key. That credit is now ready to be used which is what happens when you press the start button. Yes the ipac has no problem with it. "from your pic, "switch #1" appears to be the light for the coin reject button. The toggle switch is for a test or service mode on the original PCB and will not be used with mame. The push button on mine adds credits, also for the original pcb. Forget the coin counters. |
| whynotpizza:
[johnm160] Oops, you are correct - switch #1 is the light, doh! And to think I am an electrical engineer! Do you have any idea on the VOLTAGE requirements for this light? You think my USB 5V will work? See what happens when you stay up to 3am, 2 nights in a row working on this silly stuff? :) Ok, with that said, I have a follow-up question. The coin does not actually reach Switch #2 (in my case) it is "held" in some sort of middle spot and can either... (a) be pushed to the side with a mechanical arm from the COIN RETURN or (b) go thru the Switch #2 to the big drop box below I can't seem to make it do anything but do a COIN RETURN. I would think if you hit the PLAYER 1, somehow that act of hitting PLAYER 1 actually TAKES the coin and sends it through Switch #2. See picture below of this HOLD of the coin ahead of Switch #2. Do you think my Over Under is non-standard and won't work with an IPAC setup? David |
| johnnya:
The coin mech in your picture is rejecting the coin, so the type of coin you put in there is not correct. It's probably a token mech. |
| johnm160:
Yep, what johnnya said. it is the wrong coin. I would not try to power the lights with usb....The PC power supply is where I would go. I use 12 volt bulbs in mine because as a former auto tech. The ones in my Rampage machine are actually 5 volts AC I would have never though it was AC. But for mame I grab the 12 volt DC line from the power supply and use 194 automotive bulbs. |
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