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Title: BYOAC Custom tokens - optical coin mech?
Post by: saint on May 16, 2004, 11:25:09 am
For those contemplating tokens but concerned about the size of the token vs. their coin mech -- anyone thought about building one of these circuits?

http://www.oscarcontrols.com/coinswitch/

Title: Re:BYOAC Custom tokens - optical coin mech?
Post by: mp2526 on May 16, 2004, 01:31:42 pm
Doesn't this just replace the coin switch?  Wouldn'y you still need the mech unless of course you replaced it with sometype of straight shoot?
Title: Re:BYOAC Custom tokens - optical coin mech?
Post by: Knoxximus on May 16, 2004, 03:32:30 pm
You keep the coin mech....it's just that coin size doesn't matter anymore.  Hell, ANY coin you put it will register since all your doing is breaking a light beam.
Title: Re:BYOAC Custom tokens - optical coin mech?
Post by: Chris on May 16, 2004, 05:37:47 pm
Quote from: Knoxximus on May 16, 2004, 03:32:30 pm
You keep the coin mech....it's just that coin size doesn't matter anymore.  Hell, ANY coin you put it will register since all your doing is breaking a light beam.
But the coin still needs to make it through the mech.  If the coin ends up in the reject chute it won't break the beam.
Title: Re:BYOAC Custom tokens - optical coin mech?
Post by: mp2526 on May 16, 2004, 08:52:30 pm
Quote from: Chris on May 16, 2004, 05:37:47 pm
Quote from: Knoxximus on May 16, 2004, 03:32:30 pm
You keep the coin mech....it's just that coin size doesn't matter anymore.  Hell, ANY coin you put it will register since all your doing is breaking a light beam.
But the coin still needs to make it through the mech.  If the coin ends up in the reject chute it won't break the beam.

Right, which was my point when I asked the question.  The mech adjustment is really the hard part, although I do like the idea of an optical switch.
Title: Re:BYOAC Custom tokens - optical coin mech?
Post by: Klutz on May 16, 2004, 11:06:23 pm
I'm not understanding... what's the point of the optical switchg then?  It looks like your just replacing a $5 switch with a $15 switch...
Title: Re:BYOAC Custom tokens - optical coin mech?
Post by: Knoxximus on May 17, 2004, 01:21:00 am
Traditional coin mechs can be a royal pain in the arse to configure correctly for coins to register consistently, especially since most of us are getting 10-20 year old coin mechs.  So yeah, you shell a little more out in the short run, but can you really put a price on peace of mind?

.....are you in good hands? (sorry...couldn't resist ;D)