2nd Coin mech, what do you think?

[TheGreg]

I'm just wondering if anyone ever switched out their quarter coin mech for any other denominations?  My machine only has one coin mech (quarters), so I was thinking about getting another one and I'm wondering if anyone's ever seen ones that take nickels or dimes or something.

It's just something that popped into my head today.  Anyone ever try anything like that?

[leapinlew]

I believe you can buy coin chutes that accept any coin. It doesn't have a weight comparator in it.

[JustMichael]

I have a couple Imonex coin mechs in my cab that take tokens or quarters.

[SithMaster]

people have made their own mechs that accept any type of coin.

[Fozzy The Bear]

I'm just wondering if anyone ever switched out their quarter coin mech for any other denominations?  My machine only has one coin mech (quarters), so I was thinking about getting another one and I'm wondering if anyone's ever seen ones that take nickels or dimes or something.

It's just something that popped into my head today.  Anyone ever try anything like that?

Depends how much you want to spend....  You can get a programmable electronic coin mech and a credit board. Electronic mechs usually have the ability to store information about 6 coin types all at once. You just teach them what the coins look like by switching the mech into program mode and telling it which of those 6 channels you want to program. You then feed about 10 or 12 coins of the correct type through it so that it learns what they should look like.

The mech is then connected to a credit board which reads the pulses from each of the channels and counts them. The credit board is programed to send out a credit pulse to the game when it has received the correct number of pulses from the mech.

For example..... lets say that 1 game = $1USD 
If the credit board receives 4 pulses from mech Chanel 1 (which you have programed to read quarters) then it will send out 1 credit pulse to the game.
OR
Lets say you put 10 X 10Cents into the mech.... you may have programed Chanel 2 to read those... Once the credit board sees 10 pulses on Chanel 2 it will again send 1 credit pulse to the game.

BUT it's not cheap... you could perhaps acquire good ones second hand for about $180USD.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

[flextechs]

people have made their own mechs that accept any type of coin.

Anyone have a picture of this?

[Ken Layton]

Mechanical type nickle and dime mechs are still manufactured. They are used in slot machines primarily now.

[missioncontrol]

you can hack a coin mech to accept other values..... There's a thread somewhere around here... I'll see what I can find

[missioncontrol]

here these links should help get you started:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=22251

http://www.arcadereplay.com/content/html/coin_contols_metal_mechs.html

http://www.arcadereplay.com/content/html/happ_plasic_quarter_mechs.htm

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=19200

[Donkey_Kong]

Also, Andy has a coin mech that claims to accept any coin and can be changed. He sells it for $26.00 new. I don't know of anyone that has tried this coin door.

You can read about it here...
http://www.ultimarc.com/controls.html#cabparts

If I were good at hacking stuff I would try that...but I'm not.

[Kaytrim]

Thanks for the links MC.  When I am ready to work on my coin door I'll go over these again.

Kaytrim

[missioncontrol]

Thanks for the links MC.  When I am ready to work on my coin door I'll go over these again.

Kaytrim

just don't tell anyone I was helpful, I have an EE image to maintain.....