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| Cheeeeseman:
I purchased a used over/under coin door w/ mechanism from a Dig Dug machine, and I was wondering how to wire it. I know how to wire the lights, and I thought I knew how to wire the micro switches, but there are 2 additional connections, they seem to go to a diode, one on each coin slot. I am wondering what those connections are for, and how to wire them. Here is a picture, this isn't the same mech I have, but it has similar connections. I know connection 1 goes to the lights, I am going to use the 12V from the PC power supply, and connection 2 goes to the micro switch, I was just going to connect the switch to my iPAC2, just like a regular button, but what is connection 3 for? |
| Thenasty:
those are the coin lock out feature. When machine is OFF, and someone insert a coin, it won't accept it. You can just remove it..... ;) |
| cmoses:
Cheeeeseman, You asked the question before I could. I am getting to my coin door hopefully this weekend and having been trying to figure it all out. I was curious as to what those connections circled in red did. I know currently when I insert a coin it always gets rejected, which makes sense since there is no power. I figured these might need to be powered somehow in order to work. So how does removing them allow them to work? Wouldn't they need to be cross connected to think that the machine is on? I also have a question about another area of the coin mechanism. I circled it in yellow in the picture. It looks like some kind of switch that is closed when the door is closed? How does this need to be wired to allow the coin door to operate? |
| Thenasty:
that one circled in yellow is the SLAM SWITCH. When someone KICKS the coin door, it triggers that switch and RESETS the GAME.....This you can use with no problem with MAME. The Coin Lock out and the SLAM switch is really not necessary for your HOME GAME SYSTEM. You are not goin to KICK your MACHINE, and you aint going to insert COIN when its off or when you are in the MENU (FRONTEND). Totally useless for your HOME GAME. The COIN LOCKOUT you won't get it to WORK cause of the FRONTEND INVOLVE and in plain MAME, you may need to make some sort of of a relay to turn the coin lockout once the selected game is launch thru SERIAl/LPT port. |
| DaOld Man:
That coin lockout would be an interesting project. Be neat to not waste quarters in the front end. |
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