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DaOld Man:

I just reread the posts and looks like the nasty has already said the same thing, just a lot quicker..

DOH..

Thenasty:


--- Quote from: cmoses on September 05, 2008, 01:03:51 pm ---So you can just not wire the Slam Swith and the Coin Lock Out and it will be fine?

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Yes take it out.


--- Quote from: cmoses on September 05, 2008, 01:03:51 pm ---I question this, because when I drop a quarter in now, with nothing powered, it always goes through and comes out in the coin return.  I figured this is because there was no power going to the coin door, machine turned off, quarter falls through to return, makes sense. 


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Normal behaviour


--- Quote from: cmoses on September 05, 2008, 01:03:51 pm ---I figured when the coin door was powered, not just lights, but power to the mechanisims, then the Coin Lock Outs would turn on, and be able to distiguish between a quarter and something else.  Quarters going into the coin bucket and triggering a credit, everything else in the coin return. 

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Got nothing to do what coins it goes in. It can't distinguish between diferent coins, thats the Coin Mechs job not the Coin  Lock Out Coil.



--- Quote from: cmoses on September 05, 2008, 01:03:51 pm ---I wasn't sure what type of power was needed for the Coin Lock Outs.  If there is no power to them, won't they just continue to reject anything and never give credits? 


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Thats why you TAKE IT OUT.  It is completely USELESS unless you want to make some changes in the MAME CODE to do what it supposed to do.

This is how you need to make it work.
1. After a GAME is selected, it turns ON (accepting coins)
2.When in the MENU (FRONTEND) it shuts off (returns coins when inserted).

Just remember, all this time your MACHINE is ON ! ! !


Thenasty:

or if don't want to take it out, just have it POWERD UP when your machine is ON so it accepts coins even when your in the MENU, GAME, NES etc...... (using/Draining some juice of your PS/electricity). Sure it works, when machine if off, and some dumb dumb inserts a coin  :P

What sort of power it needs, I dunno probably 12/24 vdc. Look at the back of the coil, it should say something.

Cheeeeseman:

Well I was able to successfully disable the coin lockout. Now the coin comparator works like a champ. Every once in a while a quarter will stick in the cradle on the right coin slot, I tried adjusting the magnet gap, but it didn't seem to help. It looks like only newer quarters (State Quarters) get caught, and only if inserted very lightly, however a simple tap to the coin door usually drops the quarter in.

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