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Title: Spintek hopper plate? Post by: poppo on July 23, 2011, 05:15:21 PM I picked up a S+ machine today to be a parts machine. It had a 21 error which was fixed with a new working coin optics and it works fine. :71- I noticed it had a weird hopper plate. I did a search and only come up with one hit that mentioned that it was an 'enhanced security' plate. I took the cover off of it to see where the wires (circled in the first picture) went. It sort of looks like this plate is actually a scale of some sort. does anyone have any more insight as to what this plate did? Just curious.
Title: Re: Spintek hopper plate? Post by: Ron (r273) on July 23, 2011, 08:38:01 PM I have the same thing in my S+. See...
http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=8926.msg77057#msg77057 (http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=8926.msg77057#msg77057) http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Spintek+Gaming+Technologies+announces+international+product+placement.-a017821734 (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Spintek+Gaming+Technologies+announces+international+product+placement.-a017821734) Ron (r273) Title: Re: Spintek hopper plate? Post by: poppo on July 23, 2011, 10:26:29 PM I saw that first thread, but it didn't really say what it did. But the second one seems to confirm it's a scale of some sort.
Title: Re: Spintek hopper plate? Post by: stayouttadabunker on July 24, 2011, 01:27:54 AM You're right Poppo.
I think it communicated through the small board with the two telephone jacks that's attached to the plate bracket with the two thumb screws. I never had whatever what was on the other end of the lines. My guess there's some sort of "weighing" software needed for it... Title: Re: Spintek hopper plate? Post by: Forrhouse on July 24, 2011, 06:36:47 AM I had one of these in each of my two old 19" GameKings. I ripped them out. I was told that it let's the casino know how full the hopper is without having to physically go to the machine.
I believe it does it by measuring the weight of the hopper. E~ Title: Re: Spintek hopper plate? Post by: StatFreak on July 24, 2011, 08:14:45 AM When I used quarters in all of my machines I always "counted" them on a scale.
Early on, I didn't have a scale with a "count pieces" feature, so I figured out the average weight loss percentage of used quarters, weighed the tared bucket of coins, and divided by the "used" weight. At first I double checked by counting them; it worked every time so I stopped. Later on I bought a scale with a count feature and it made life much easier. I double checked the count accuracy as well. :186- Interesting tidbit: It turned out that the percentage of weight loss in generally circulated nickels was the same as it was for quarters: 0.9939 of minted weight. That number was accurate for random samples of 700 coins or less, which was the most I weighed at one time. Attached dirt is pretty light, as are layers of paint, and the weight always seemed to even out with a large sample. For those who care, a mint quarter weighs 5.670 grams. A mint nickel weighs 5.000 grams. Stat :31- Title: Re: Spintek hopper plate? Post by: poppo on July 24, 2011, 11:49:11 AM I pulled it out since I'm stripping the machine for parts anyway. Each side has just a simple 4 lead weight sensor. There are no electronics in it other than the wires. One of these days when I have nothing better to do, I may play around with it. I can probably get it working with just a few lines of code. :79-
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