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danp:
I've been able to find past discussions on the topic, but I haven't found a tutorial that explains how this can be done.  I have a coin door that looks to be in mint condition and would like to make it operational for my MAME.  :)  Anybody know of a site that details this project?

SirPeale:
It's not a big deal.  There are switches on the door that give you credits.  You have to wire them into the coin inputs.  They work like any other switch/input.

Fozzy The Bear:
Like Peale said...... Connect the switches on the door to the coin inputs on your KeyWiz or Ipac or whatever encoder you have and if your door doesn't have a coin mech to accept or reject coins based on the type of coin inserted then put one on it.

The above is almost the simplest way to do that.

If you want to accept multiple different coins of different values, then you need an electronic coin mech and a credit board.... That however, is when it starts to get expensive.

This doesn't really merit a tutorial, it's very basic stuff.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

slsimon:
I bought a 1 slot token coin door that will also allow for a $1 or $5 dollar bill to be used.  The coin door is not wired up yet due to my lack of knowledge of how to wire the power to the coin door.  If you guys don't mind, a couple questions below?

1.  I understand and know that the coin is detected by a micro switch that needs to be wired to the appropriate coin slot on the Ipac.  How does the bill selector work?  Do I need to wire it in anywhere specific on the Ipac to get the coin and dollar selector working?

2.  Does mame have support for a bill selector such as the one mentioned above that supports both $1 and $5 dollar bills?

3.  Can anyone provide a link to or provide knowledge of how to ground/power the coin door?  I don't have a part number but am sure I can provide some more information if needed off of the coin door/bill selector? 

I mainly bought coin door so that I could visualy get the most of the cabinet but the more that I think about it, I think it would be nice if I could get this working with the BYOAC coins. 

4.  By wireing up the coin door, would that disable any coin button on the control panel for that player and or would they interop together? 


Thanks for any help you guys can provide.  Thanks, Shane

Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: slsimon on May 05, 2008, 10:26:25 am ---Thanks for any help you guys can provide.  Thanks, Shane

--- End quote ---

Forget the bill selector...... There's no way to get that to work with your Ipac without adding a lot of expensive hardware. They're mostly designed to fit gamblers that have the software to understand them built in.

I doubt that you would be able to find a credit board that will take a bill selector without having to pay litterally hundreds for it. And this is assuming that it works properly anyway. If it's been slung out and sold like this it probably doesn't. They're tempramental little swines even when they do work.

So at the end of the day, unless you have pot loads of money to waste, don't bother!

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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