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Title: SlikStik + Coin Door
Post by: patm95 on August 10, 2006, 07:09:58 am

Hello all.  I am new to this and doing some research before I go crazy buying parts.  Ordered Saints book and can't wait to get it.  Anyway, from what I understand you need an Ipac to get a coin door to work when you insert quarters.  I have been thinking about getting a SlikStik to save time from having to build my own controls.  Is it compatable to have both a SlikStik and Ipac installed?  If not, I may just build my own controls.  I am planning on building a 4 player system.  Thanks.

Title: Re: SlikStik + Coin Door
Post by: 2600 on August 10, 2006, 07:42:59 am

Any Encoder will work with a normal coin doir, ie I-PAC, KeyWiz, GPWIZ, A-PAC, J-PAC, OptiWiz, OptiPAC, Ultimarc 360, etc, etc.

As the SlikStik Website mentions, The SlikStik control Panel uses an I-PAC.

Title: Re: SlikStik + Coin Door
Post by: patm95 on August 10, 2006, 07:48:07 pm

Thanks for the input.  I was thinking that the slikstik used usb. 

Title: Re: SlikStik + Coin Door
Post by: Flip_Willie on August 10, 2006, 08:14:42 pm

    Where did you order the book from?  I am just curious, seeing as I would be very interested in reading it.

Title: Re: SlikStik + Coin Door
Post by: severdhed on August 11, 2006, 11:59:41 am

i hacked a cheap pc gamepad for my coin door, you can use just about anything

Title: Re: SlikStik + Coin Door
Post by: pointdablame on August 11, 2006, 12:27:39 pm

Quote from: patm95 on August 10, 2006, 07:48:07 pm

Thanks for the input.  I was thinking that the slikstik used usb. 

The Ipac uses USB.  USB is just an interface, it is the encoder that actually "does the work"

As mentioned, any encoder can be used for a coin door... hacked gamepad, Ipac, Keywiz... whatever.  All it is doing is registering a keypress once a coin is inserted, so its not a big deal on exactly *how* the keypress is "made"

Title: Re: SlikStik + Coin Door
Post by: patm95 on August 13, 2006, 10:11:40 pm

Thanks for all the info.  FYI, I ordered the book from Amazon.com  I think that they have about everything lol