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ivwshane:
I'm sorry I can't help but you call that being a noob?


I must be retarded then:o
Jdurg:
Hehe.  Well, compared to some of the electrical engineers we have here on this board, I would still consider myself a noob.   ;D

I've actually been finding Wikipedia to be quite helpful as I try and figure this circuitry out.
Ginsu Victim:
I'm just trying to understand how to even use my counter and conjunction with the switches. It's a 12v, and I've run power to it to see if it even worked, and it did, but I don't understand how to use it in conjunction with my coin switch.

I have three males connectors on the switch. I run ground to the one closest to the door, and the IPAC to one furthest.

So what's the middle one for? (I couldn't see the use for a NC on a coin door....is that what it is?)
Jdurg:
What are the specs on the counter?  E.G. what make and model, what voltage, etc.?  The counter works by having a positive voltage constantly flowing through it.  When connected to a coin switch through the Normally Open terminal, if the switch is activated it is now able to complete the circuit to ground and the counter goes up by one.  So to get it to work with your coin-mechs you need to connect the Negative terminal from the counter to the NO terminal on the coin switch.

My issue that I think I may have resolved is that I want both of my coin mechs to be isolated from each other so that if I put a coin in Mech #1 it will register ONLY for Player 1 and vice versa.  However, I want BOTH mechs to register on my counter.  So I think the schematic I updated above will work as the circuits will be electrically isolated thanks to the diodes.  What I want to ensure is that the voltage drop going through the Diode won't affect the signal from being registered (which I don't think it will since it's a simple on/off and not amplitude based) and I also want to make sure that the +5 Volts coming in to my counter won't fry my encoder or switches.  So I still need to do some research and also figure out what voltage the keyboard encoder is supplying.
Spaz Monkey:
umm....  doesn't the jamma board and harness do some of that work for you?  There's a coin counter 1 & coin counter 2 on the harness.  Just do something like:

CC1 wire from harness ----\
                                            >---- combined coin counter wire to coin counter
CC2 wire from harness ----/

With your diodes at the / and \  ?
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