The Mikohn Mark2 Animation Logic Board

[morspeed]

Bunker,

Where did you hook up the six wires on the con that you made on the harness to hook to the MK2 Logic Board? (Pictured Below)

[stayouttadabunker]

I made a straight connection from that MK2 header
you see with the masking tape to the CON2i.
Then I used a regular straight non-jumped serial cable
to my computer from the CON2i's serial port output.
I never tried to hook up a CON1s yet...
I will try tonight when I get home though!
I really don't think it's going to work but it's worth a shot because
I saw somewhere in the MK2 manual that it's possible.
I have to go look for that passage I saw somewhere before.
I can be mistaken...

[coorslight115]

It will not communicate with a con1

[morspeed]

Ah, Well thanks for testing. Where on the mk2 board did you hook the con2 and how man wires did you connect? Also the con 1 manual seems to say you can hook up in machine and overhead displays via J3. AM I to understand that you would need a gateway board to hook progressive to a con1/2?

[morspeed]

Also Bunker,
Were you using a Con1 or a Con1I (eye)? They are Two different setups.
Tommy

[stayouttadabunker]

It will not communicate with a con1

Thanks, I forgot that I, myself had tried about nearly every configuration
in vain, brain-bashing attempts to get the two units to communicate!
I never got it to work until I was able to get a CON2i hooked up to it.

Also Bunker,
Were you using a Con1 or a Con1I (eye)? They are Two different setups.
Tommy

I cannot for the life of recall which CON1's I used...
Tonight I brought home all 3 CON's ( CON1S, a CON1i and a CON1E ) to try and see if any of them will work.

[stayouttadabunker]

I'd like to add that I've forgotten to bring the
one gateway I have,  home...
so we may not know the answer to that unless perhaps
someone else has tried to hook up a gateway to a MK2...
Am I the only one that has ever hooked one of these up and
got it working? I find that mind-boggling...
I'm sure someone in this world
has done this before!

[coorslight115]

Mk2 board communicates in RS-422, con1's are rs-232.
Con1s = stand alone
con1i = gateway required
con1f = fiber optic connected
con1Is - stand alone / gateway required.

Con1's communicate over 2 wires...MK2's communicate over 6 wires.

Gateway is only needed to return jackpot info to the machine from the progressive and con1.

[morspeed]

Coorslight115,

I am not sure what you are trying to say about the mk2. We know that PSP cannot communicate with the MK2 but it has to go through a con controller. What you are saying though is I would need a gateway to hook the machine to the con 1i Correct? And furthermore where can I find one of these gateways or is there a simpler solution? Perhaps a con controller that does not need a gate way?

[stayouttadabunker]

I'm not exactly clear with coorslight is saying as well but so far,
all I know is that my computer communicates to the MK2 only by the CON2i and it's serial port.
I cannot get the serial port on the MK2 to work at all.

The slot machines also, can only send coin data to the display via the CON2i, but
through a different connection on the CON2i. I haven't found any other way to do it.
The display shows all messages I typed in via PSP and it scrolls active progressive numbers.

On page 3-1 of the Mikohn Animation Display manual, it states that a computer can
communicate via the serial port of the MK RS232 port at J6.
I have not been able to do that at all.
Plus the manual also states that you are to use a regular DB-9 serial port cable -
nothing special about it there really but it just doesn't work with my computer...
even when I tried all different kinds of serial port configurations with a program built into XP called hyperlink.

I gave up on it and bought a CON2i and haven't looked back on it since.

[coorslight115]

Coorslight115,

I am not sure what you are trying to say about the mk2. We know that PSP cannot communicate with the MK2 but it has to go through a con controller. What you are saying though is I would need a gateway to hook the machine to the con 1i Correct? And furthermore where can I find one of these gateways or is there a simpler solution? Perhaps a con controller that does not need a gate way?

The gateway only sends jackpot information BACK to the machine when a jackpot is hit. Is NOT used to communicate TO the progressive board from the machine in ANY way. Only FROM the progressive back to the machine

[stayouttadabunker]

okay, thanks for clearing that up coors!
I was just going through the CON2 Hardware manual and I found a paragraph in it that states this:

"The default channel on the Mark2 is J6 (RS-232). If you use J4 (RS-422),
there must be NO device (such as a plug, adaptor, or jack) installed on J6."

This means I have to disconnect the CON2i from the  MK2's J4 6-pin header in order to try
and use the MK2's J6 serial port to my computer.
I tried it, but no luck there.
I went back to the J4 6-pin header to communicate with the CON2i.

[coorslight115]

Trust me It will not work with a con1(anytype). I have tried and so has Bunker! If he can't get it to work...none of us will

[stayouttadabunker]

I respectfully must totally agree with coorslight , morspeed...
I cannot find the phrase I thought I has seen some where that allowed
a con1 to communicate with the MK2...
I must of had a bad dream one night after fiddling around with a MK2 all night long...

[coorslight115]

We shared that dream Only I remembered it You gettin old on me

[morspeed]

Ok, Ok ....... I believe you both LOL . So Unless I just want this thing to say empty, I need to get a con 2 right? Where do you think I could have the most luck finding one? I already tried Jim at Blueridge which I'm not sure if everything is going ok with him or not I talked to him on Mon about getting a game kit we had previously discussed and he seemed very distraught and said it would be a few weeks before he could do anything and wanted to get off the phone very quickly. Normally we talk for I while and he always gets the things I order out by the next day.  Will this con 1 work with my cham 2 for my smaller progressive displays? How can I tell what kink of con it is anyway?

[morspeed]

Also Bunker,

Do you think I could get a copy of that MK2 Manual Pretty Please? 

[stayouttadabunker]

PM me your email address (it's hidden) and I'll send you my copy of the "Animation Display" Fast Entry manual...
believe me, it's not fast entry...

[jay]

I gave Joey a Con2 (non i version) about a year or so ago.
When he sells it the proceeds were to go to the site.

Joey is the host of NLG his number can be found on the top of the home page.

[stayouttadabunker]

I ended up buying it I think... 

[jay]

You mentioned you had a CON2i ? Mine was a non-I (otherwise I would have kept it).
Do you have it connected to your IGT machines ?

[morspeed]

Hey Jay,
Really what is the difference between the con2 and con2i? You know features wise.

[brichter]

There's 2, the CON2A and the CON2I.

The Con2I works on IGT, the CON2A works on the rest (Bally, Uni, Wms, etc.)

[stayouttadabunker]

The one I got from NLG headquarters is a CON2i (standalone).
Works fine with my S+.