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| Arcades R Fun:
I'm not the best on these boards for this kind of help but here's my experience from past work. When I first started out wiring coin doors I kept having issues with the coin door microswitchs. The panel top credit buttons would not work while the coin door buttons were wired. Turns out the middle terminal of coin door microswitches hold the ground not the outer terminal. After this change the credit buttons on the panel top and the coin door buttons worked. Maybe this will help you or I'm just rambling because it's time to get some shut eye. Good Luck, Jack |
| RoninEditor:
--- Quote from: um3k on May 31, 2008, 11:05:05 pm ---This is how I have it and everything works as expected. Don't mix the wiring for Lights (12V) with the coin mechs. --- End quote --- Thanks for the replies. I looked closer at the diagram and didn't catch (the first time) that you had the positive plug on the coin door microswitch differently than the usual set-ups. Everything else I have is hooked up exactly like this... this is the only thing I haven't tried, which is also along the lines of the above post as well (the reversed plugs). Alright fellas... keeping my fingers crossed for when I get home. |
| RoninEditor:
--- Quote from: RoninEditor on June 04, 2008, 12:29:00 am --- --- Quote from: um3k on May 31, 2008, 11:05:05 pm ---This is how I have it and everything works as expected. Don't mix the wiring for Lights (12V) with the coin mechs. --- End quote --- Thanks for the replies. I looked closer at the diagram and didn't catch (the first time) that you had the positive plug on the coin door microswitch differently than the usual set-ups. Everything else I have is hooked up exactly like this... this is the only thing I haven't tried, which is also along the lines of the above post as well (the reversed plugs). Alright fellas... keeping my fingers crossed for when I get home. --- End quote --- Alright, so that's not working. I'm gonna mess with some things, but can I ask for sure, to eliminate this variable... can I run the ground, from the coin doors, to a grounding block, and not the Ipac? Or does it have to be grounded to the Ipac? |
| kayoteq:
I've not done one of these, but it sounds like you might be connecting two of the same line together; Coin>Coin or Ground>Ground instead of Coin Wire>Ground Back up, take notes (sure you already have) and disconnect what wires you _know_ are related to your coin switch. If it switches by going to ground, test that by grounding it and seeing if the MAME sees it. Then test if your switch is providing a ground when active. If you say there's two grounds, try the 'other' ground if a direct wire-wire test doesn't do the trick. hook up one at a time; get the coin switch working, _then_ your free credit switch. Just like you're starting over, no assumptions of what you did before wiring-wise. Except you have the handy wires to use. Now I've thoroughly confused the issue. Sorry. Again, don't have an i-Pac so I don't know how their volts work ;) |
| RoninEditor:
Kayo... I'm gonna go through your steps this weekend, thanks for the heads up on that! I'm going to attach a diagram of what I've tried and what hasn't worked. I didn't draw it, but out of desperation, I tried reversing the connections on the door's microswitches, which didn't work. There are the usual buttons wired, which I didn't draw, to avoid confusion. And the black wires at the top, those are my CP's buttons' ground wires. I split the CP in two, left and right sides. I tried a button to the 1UP terminal and it still works, so the terminal is still working great. Today, I tried connecting just one microswitch; one wire going to the 1UP terminal, the other to the ground... that didn't work, the Ipac didn't light up... but it did when I unhooked the ground. So this made me think there's some major issue with the ground on the door's microswitch. I don't know what else to do other than trying heavier gauge wire. Originally, I bought the wiring kit from Divemaster, which is 22 gauge... it works perfectly for the other buttons. I'm wondering if 18 gauge will make any difference...? After this next thing, I think I'm gonna have to try Andy directly because I don't know what else to do. |
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