How to permanently bypass S2000 door optics

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stayouttadabunker:
The door optics and the whole lever/alignment unit on IGT S2000's suck. :52-
From day one, my S2000 had optic problems because of the cheap piano hinges -
it cannot support the weight of the door properly. :182-
If you ever get a chance, take a look at the heavy duty hinges on older Bally EM's.
They were made right. :133- :89-

I've long gotten rid of the door optics altogether and just hard-wired
the optics directly into the cherry switch for operation.

FORDSBS:
When you did that--do you connect the wires together in door & connect wires together in cabnet?

stayouttadabunker:
No,
I added length to the 2 door optic harness wires on the door - bringing it back to the hinge
and under the reel platform over to the right-side located cherry switch on top of the DBV.
The 2 wires from the door optics cabinet-side was long enough
to connect right to the cherry switch.
No optical "eyes" are needed this way - the cherry switch takes over
the opening and closing of the signals in the line.

Play close attention to the wire colors.
The cherry switch only controls the ground wires of the optics.
The other live optic wires
( from both the cabinet-side optic harness and the door-side harness )
are wired together.
If these are incorrectly wired - you will blow the MPU board components controlling these.

If you can wait - I will give you the exact colors tonight and
post here in more detail as to how mine is hooked up.
I don't remember off-hand which colors went where exactly on my machine
because I did this modification about a year ago.

FORDSBS:
thanks

stayouttadabunker:
okay.
This is how you wire up an S2000 and eliminate the door optics forever.
The green and black wires on the door optic harness needs to be lengthened to
come back toward the hinges, under the reel tray over to
the 3-way cherry switch that's located on top of the DBV.

1). Once you do that, splice the green wire from the door
to the purple wire on the cabinet side optic harness.

2). Attach a tab on the red wire from the door harness to the 3rd tab on the cherry switch.

3). Finally, attach a tab onto the green wire from the cabinet-side optic harness
and put that on the left-most tab position on the cherry switch.

You will notice the cabinet light also works off of the cherry switch but occupies the 4th & 6th right-most tabs.
Here's a real terrible drawing but you get the idea.
Click on my drawing to enlarge it.
Print it out and take it over to your machine when you want to work on it!!>>>

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