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Title: Can the counter be set up easily?
Post by: Zalm on April 04, 2008, 05:39:56 pm

Can the counter be set up easily?

I have a counter on the back of the coin door.  Can this be hooked into the PC or the IPac4 in some easy way as to make it register coin inserts?  And what would be involved in getting the count back to zero?  I'm not doing this to make money, I am going to be buying tokens for it - i just want to see how many games are being played.

Title: Re: Can the counter be set up easily?
Post by: fatfingers on April 04, 2008, 06:31:12 pm

Yes, wire it into the same wires that are connected to your coin door slots.

Title: Re: Can the counter be set up easily?
Post by: Zalm on April 04, 2008, 07:23:02 pm

I thought the counter worked off of 12 volt.  So there is enough power to operate the counter?  Hmm, I didn't think it would be that simple - i'll look into it.

Title: Re: Can the counter be set up easily?
Post by: Thenasty on April 04, 2008, 09:29:17 pm

do some research before connecting the counter to ipac/keyboard encoders. You might need DIODES to block the 12vdc. Or get a 5vdc Counter. I have a quick diagram to how to ocnnect a counter...

Title: Re: Can the counter be set up easily?
Post by: Jdurg on April 04, 2008, 11:37:25 pm

Just a quick question.  I've got a KeyWiz Max encoder which has a solderable +5V connection.  Does that diagram mean that the encoders put out a +5V DC signal and I won't need to solder a wire to the very tiny +5V connection on the KeyWiz?

Title: Re: Can the counter be set up easily?
Post by: Thenasty on April 04, 2008, 11:38:50 pm

Dunno about keywiz. You can take a multimeter and measure the 5,6,7,8 and gnd. Then trip the coin switch and leave it CLOSE (hold it) to see the voltage.