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1 coin 2 credits?
« on: February 02, 2010, 01:53:47 pm »
im just about to fit a coin slot to my machine and id like it to register 2 credits when i put 1 coin in.
ive messed around with settings abit but what ever 1 do only 1 credit is registerd when i press the coin button (which im swapping over to coin slot)
any body got some answers to this 1 please?

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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2010, 02:02:01 pm »
Add a second switch just under the first and wire it in.

(Coin falls, hits switch 1, then switch 2, then falls in coin bucket)

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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2010, 02:22:35 pm »
oh i just thought id missed a setting somewhere, if its not possible through settings ill not bother with 2 credits its not that big of a deal

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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2010, 02:48:37 pm »
What machine is it?  MAME, or an actual arcade machine?

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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2010, 02:56:07 pm »
its mame in a cab ive built.

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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2010, 03:03:24 pm »
i would hook up the coin switch to two buttons on your encoder, and then set both of those buttons in mame to register a credit. every time the switch is tripped both buttons will be pressed and two coins will be entered.

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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2010, 03:24:21 pm »
Each game may have Dipswitch settings to change the coinage....not sure how to do it across the board for all games though.
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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2010, 11:35:49 am »
ok thanks guys ill try what darcyp suggested,

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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2010, 03:37:18 pm »
just use the same wire from coin 2. Just criss cross the wires. So when a coin is enter in coin 1 (5) its alos in coin 2 (6).
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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2010, 03:40:31 pm »
just use the same wire from coin 2. Just criss cross the wires. So when a coin is enter in coin 1 (5) its alos in coin 2 (6).


that how I'd do it
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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2010, 04:42:22 pm »
For my mind, the best way to do it (although I don't know if Bill ever made it available), regardless of it being MAME or an actual game:

http://www.biltronix.com/coin_multiplier.html

Basically, it outputs multiple pulses for each pulse it takes in -- a coinup multiplier. The designer built it for another local and I have nothing but good things to say about both of them.

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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2010, 08:07:40 pm »
Each game may have Dipswitch settings to change the coinage....not sure how to do it across the board for all games though.

I like this idea more.  Not all games require 2 credits per play, so I would think this would work best.  That's just my preference, though; if all of the games you play require 2 credits, then you'd obviously prefer an "across-the-board" kind of fix.

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Re: 1 coin 2 credits?
« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2010, 08:49:35 pm »
well if you're adventure and want to tackle Advmame, the you can do something globally.  ;)
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