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My custom TITO board is finally ready to release to general users.  Currently it will run on all IGT S2000 and IGame machines with the cables I can make to connect to the boards in the machines.  This board allows you to print out tickets from the ticket printer and insert them in the bill validator to add the credits back on the machine.  This will also allow you to take a ticket from one machine and put it in any other machine that is running one of my boards.  Another feature I have on my board is that if you press the service button it will add 1000 credits to the machine for you.  This feature can be disabled simply by placing a jumper on my board, which is included in all purchases.  The board will work on Bally Alpha and newer machines, and also WMS bluebirds, but I do not have the wiring for the cables on those machines figured out yet, so you can purchase a board without a cable and make the cable yourself, or wait until I get the cable worked out.

Board is a professionally printed board.  There are no loose wires to knock free if you bump it.  Boards come with the following:

TITO board
Power cable
Instructions for how to connect to the machine (on fully supported machines)

All for the low price of $45 per board!  (Price change as of 1/1/14---- Boards will be going up to $55 for the kit)

If you need extra cables, I can easily do so, and only charge $5 for that to cover the parts and labor to put together.  As most of us are on here, I am a hobbyist, so I am looking to keep the cost of the boards as low as possible for everyone.  

Shipping rates are as follows:

1-4 boards shipped priority mail $6
5+ boards shipped priority mail $12

Special thanks to TZTech for the help in getting my code working so I could get this board released.

If you would like to place an order, please send me a personal message and I will give you details on ordering.

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Excellent

Could you post some pictures and/or video of this new card in action?

Mike

not sure how to post video directly on here, but I do have a YouTube video that I did when I first got it up and running.  In the video I state that the service button adds $10 in credits.  since then I have determined it is 1000 credits based on the accounting denomination that we are actually adding, but my machine is a $0.01 denom for the accounting.  The video link is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-sHNqhx-y4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-sHNqhx-y4)

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 :259- to Bhinkley and TZTech!

Great job brian and TZ.  I look forward to the evolution of this.   K+

Thanks,
Wayne

Congrats gentlemen!  This is great!

Jason

I am also willing to sell them for the same price based on the arduino platform
TITO
Variable legacy bonus by the Change button or by a spare player button easy to to do on S2000
Spare player button - you only have to press the button to initiate the legacy bonus instead of toggling the Change button on then off

On standard 7 button deck either install button next in between bet one credit and spin button or next to max bet (normally Select Credit Value)

I will mainly support the S2000

Hello all!

I just wanted to give my thumbs up to the TITO @ Home offered by bhinkley!

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I received my boards last night and had them installed in my IGT S2000 machines in about 10 minutes.  I followed the included instructions to set the needed options (keychip was required) and had no issues.  The board and cables are professionally made and well packed.  The ability to add 1,000 credits with the service button is also a nice feature!  I also like that I can turn that feature off with a simple jumper.

If you have been thinking about adding this to your machines, I would highly recommend it.  It was incredible to finally be able to have a machine validate a printed ticket!  It was also incredible be able to use a ticket from machine to machine.  I have been waiting for this for years!  Any questions, let me know.

Dan #2

So along with the board and stuff, what do I need to make the cable to connect it to a IGT S2000 or igame?

I'm thinking I would like a couple of these to start but would like to better understand what is required to make it work once I get it.

Mike

Brian you and tz did an outstanding job.

I have two machines a S-plus with a bill acceptor, no printer,and a s2000 with Tito .  Will the S2000 ticket work in the s+ and add credits?

S+ does not do TITO, only EFT or Legacy bonus plus the interface that is being used is RS232 and you need the RS232 board for the S+.

OK, if I go with my S2000, Barcrest, will I need any extra cables?  If so I will need you to provide.  How much for one with the shipping and how do I pay you.

Thanks

Beyond the board you need a keychip to set the appropriate settings on your machine when you hook up the board, and you need the cable, which consists of 3 wires, a DB9 serial connector and housing, and a molex SL 5 pin connector and pins to make the connection to the machine.  I supply the power cable with all the boards for the IGT machines for the board price.  Really from my experience it will be hard to find a better price on the parts to make the cables if you have any stores like I do around me, but you are free to try.  It only takes me like 10-15 minutes to make a cable, so the labor cost in a cable price is very small.  It is almost all parts price for the cable part of the price.  No pressure to buy the cable though.  if you want to make it I can definitely support that as well with the pin out for you to do so.

PM sent

I to received my board and was up and running in about 10 minutes following instructions.
the best part for me is that the tickets work with my dev board on my bally 6000 also. :3-

I received mine today.  Installation and setup was quick and easy.  Works great  :3-  Thanks for making these available to NLG members.   :259- To you and TZtech!

Looks like a cool all in one combo. Sure beats having to have two different boards.

Is there a possibility of these working with bally 5500/6000 in the future?

Yes there is.  As long as the machine communicates with SAS language it will work with it.  I just have not got the wiring connections for the machines figured out quite yet on them.  Bally Alpha and later the board will work on.

If there are any ideas/ requests lets hear them - Brian's has done a great Job on the hardware side and adding features in SW is easily done.

I received my 2 boards today.  Up and running in an S2000 and a Game King and they work beautifully!   :3-  Thank's for a great product!!

The install took a little translating from the S2000 instructions to make the Game King work but even for a novice, taking my time, I had both good to go in 1 hour.  Love it!! :89-

 :259- to bhinkley & TZtech.     I didn't see any install pics so here are my two boards installed.  Game King on the side wall, and the S2000 on the back wall.   :133-

This is awesome!  I have to get some of these!  I have a Bally 6000 and an IGT I+ and will soon be adding a BB1.5 to my line up.  It will be so nice to be able to print tickets and use them in all the machines.  Plus I love the idea of adding credits.  Now I won't have to keep a bunch of money lying around for the machines.   :131-

Do you get power for it from machine or do you need a power supply?

On igt machines I am pulling power straight from the machine.

Does harness come with to get power on IGT?
Guy's hooking to Bally 6000, where do you get power from?

Dont think S6000 is oficially supported Yet but would be great to get it confirmed working.

For comms looks like J10 - Gnd        1 
                                     Tx          3
                                      Rx         5
Power also on J10            Gnd       13   
                                     +12Vdc  31

Thanks, I have to try this

The harness for IGT power does come with each board

Thanks for the pin information Ian.  I was looking for information on this so I could try working out the bally connections for people.  :)  I will have to dig through my connectors to see if I have the right ones to tie into these locations for testing to see what happens and start discovering settings.

Do these work with Bettor TITO?  I already have 3 of those, but need one more.  Can I take a ticket printed from Bettor TITO and put it in a machine with TITO @ Home and vice versa?

Thanks!
:Dave

If you can send me a photo of a ticket that came out of a machine with Bettor TITO I can tell you if it will work with it.  I have not personally seen one of those units, but I believe it uses the same validation as my system.

Just as an FYI -  to all the Bettor TITO customers out there -  

We have no idea if this board will work with our units or not.   If it is compatible and all you're
looking for is simple ticket redemption system then go for it.  We enjoy competition and applaud Bhinkley for a job well done.


HOWEVER -  


Without breaking my NDA -     Our units will soon be able to be upgraded with features that no other board will be able accomplish.
Prepare yourselves -  the revolution in slot ownership is about to happen.    More to come...................



    

bhinkley :172-   some info I hope will help

Example of Bettor TITO ticket ...

http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=20544.msg170986#msg170986 (http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=20544.msg170986#msg170986)

Those tickets are generated using system validation, which is the same that my board uses, so tickets would work between those systems it looks like.

  Wondering if you and Brian, are planning to make some donation from your Tito sales, as Bettor Tito is doing. To NLG.  Prefer to buy from members that help the site, Noticed that Brian is not even a contributing member?

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Once I get past the initial costs of getting this going I can look into donating a part of sales to the site.

 A $50.00 donation has been made to NLG for bhinkley  by me  . He will now be a Contributing Member  . P.B.

Thank you P.B.  And thank you for your support with this project.  With the boards you have gotten from me after this donation I have now cleared my initial costs of the project.  From this point forward $1 from each board sold will be donated to NLG.

Just to clarify things here - This project is bhinkleys and I am not making any money from it and not involved in it in any way apart from supplying code.

Brian had a board ready to be sold but was having problems getting the software working - I bought one of his boards late last year and ported my code to a 20 pin chip that would run on his board. Its a nicely made board available at a good price and a great alternative to the developement boards I was initially using in my projects and this is the reason why I fully support his project.

The SAS@Home project will continue to be available for free to anyone wishing to DIY - You are welcome to PM me.

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To clarify on TZTech's post, the special thanks I am giving to him in helping to get the project off the ground was not saying he was gaining anything financially by helping.  He was gratious enough to buy a board that was untested and not working yet with the code I had on it so far to help me get it up and running.  The costs I charge for the boards are barely making anything for me as he can probably verify based on what he has built.  My goal of the project is not for making profit, it is to get a well made product to NLG members at a reasonable price because I enjoy doing this as a hobby and want to spread the enjoyment.  The cost charged is basically only covering parts and labor to assemble the boards. 

Now for some hopefully exciting news.  Me and TZTech are discussing new options to build into my boards and we have some good ones so far.  If you have any ideas for added features, please let me know and I will see if we can add them.

Thanks, received mine today. Easy install & works great. Now if I could use the tickets but not let it takes bills.
NICE PRODUCT. VERRY PROFESHINAL.
thanks Ford

You can!

Modify the DIP switches on your bill validator to not accept all bills.

Dan #2

I shut the dip switches off on my BV's and now it only reads the tickets but rejects all the Bills.

Now my machines don't take any cash at all. I just leave a bunch of tickets out and everyone play's off of them

and if somebody tries to stick REAL Money in the machine it just spits it back out.  :3-

Captain Hook

Nope, when I turn dip switches off it will not take tickets. Got it working. In setup set bills to 0. Then it takes tickets & returns bills.

I put 2 in machines. One put's $10 when push button, the other puts on $250 which doesn't bother me.

OK. One is 1 cent machine the other is a 25 cent machine. Old age sucks. My bad

It is based on the denom.  The button adds 1000 credits at whatever the accounting denom is.

Thanks. I realized that & posted it was my bad.

I know I will need more. Going to go thru settings on Bally 6000 & get one working on Bally. After that get working on Alpha.

I am trying to get the settings worked out on the Bally 6000.  If you get it confirmed working, please let me know the settings so I can confirm with the cable I am testing to release that option for everyone as well

I'll have to make a cable up first. If get time in the next few days going to sit down & go thru setting & see if I get it working. If I do I'll let you know.

here are the setting i used to get my bally 6000 up and running

Great Idea!

Thanks. That gives us a lot of help. Do you use 2003 mains or newer. I know in other SAS programs I use I use newer mains.

Thanks Dan#2 & Capt. Hook. YOU GUYS WERE CORRECT. I turned all switches off. That is why it didn't work for me. I turned all off except the first & last switch. Now it works perfect.

 A $10.00 donation has been made to NLG for bhinkley. thanks for helping me with my issue to get me up and running! 

Thank you.  It's my pleasure to help you through the issue to get you up and running fully. 

One question for everyone as I am testing that I want to clarify as I may have discovered something last night working on testing some boards.  When you are setting up your boards that you have gotten, do you connect the power plug first, or the comm board plug first to the machine?  I don't know if it was just a fluke last night, but the one board I was working with when I plugged in the power plug first and then the comm board plug it seems that the PIC processor lost the programming, but it may just not have written correctly when I programmed it.  Just wanting to confirm so I can update install instructions if I need to.

I have machine unplugged when I hook up

I should really have posted this out here.  Here are the settings needed to connect to the s2000 and igame machines.

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What mains did you use?

 on u28 is S6M1000A0008-00

Have to see if I have it. Is it 2003 or after 2003

i Believe it is a 2004

Thanks. from what info. I have that's the one to get extra settings like 19HI & 19LO.

I have to get my mains figured out.
 I got a set form  coorslight leave in mains, no numbers except  sticker says, leave in mains
I have the set that came with the machine S6MDS7C0008 I believe these are 2008,   I thought I had this working on those also will have to try  again
and a set from Rudy's again no numbers except U-28 and U 43
 I thought I had this working on those also will have to look 

I know that on SAS programs to get all setting you have to use 2004 or newer. Without SAS programs you have to use 2003 to print.
Being you are using all settings I would say you are using 2004 or newer.

Mine are leave in mains also, and I can't change setting 78hi.  I will have to try to track down some leave ins that work with SAS.

after you go thru all settings start over & when you 78 hi 2nd time you can set it.

S6m0000cb0278  2004 is what you have

I tried that and 78hi is still locked for me

First time thru did you enter in the 19 hi & lo?

I will have to clear and try again.  My Bally has been acting weird

I got it working on Bally 6000. I used leave in mains which are newer than 2003.

I don't know if there are others out there with the same question but ... What are leave in mains?  ... never heard of that terminology.

It's a clear chip that you do not have to take out. It stays in

I would like to buy one of your cards but I can't find how do do it. Could you please point me where I need to go to pay for it. Thank you

Send him a personal message

Yea :244- :3-

Novice question. How are these able to work with newer mains when the 2003's are the ones needed for stand alone  printing?

On the 2003 you do not get all the settings you need

Now to get this working on my aplha

oh wait i don't have one yet

thanks Coorslight for telling me what version the main were.

Think I have Alpha figured out . All I have to do is find 12 volt supply.

So, will this or will this not work with 2003 mains??

Will not work with 2003 mains!!!!!!!!

A bit more information for you for the Bally Alpha Machine:

Mating plug for J9 (Com1): Molex 50-57-9405 (5 position locking plug)
Pins required for above:     Molex 16-02-0103  female crimp terminal

Mating plug for J24 or J25 (Spare Power): Molex 39-01-2105 (10 position (5X2) plug)
Pins required for above:    Molex 39-0-0039  female crimp terminal

All parts are available from Mouser or Jameco

Complete Pin-out for Signal plug (Com1): 1 - Ground,  2 - RX,  3 - TX,  4 - RTS,  5 - CTS
Complete Pin-out for Spare Power Plug:  1 - Ground,  2 - Ground,  3 - Ground,  4 - +5 VDC,  5 - +5 VDC,  6 - +12 VDC,  7 - +12 VDC,  8 - +24 VDC,  9 - /AC FAIL,  10 - Peripheral Rest

Thanks &  :259- for info.
Ford

Since both FORDSBS and I have a working Bally 6000 now and i am out of machines to play with,

 you asked

  Me and TZTech are discussing new options to build into my boards and we have some good ones so far.  If you have any ideas for added features, please let me know and I will see if we can add them.

Can i get this board to show what codes are being past to and from the board on the player tracking display

and i know you are going to be able to link the machines at some point, a mystery Jackpot for me would be a nice feature.

Player Tracking display - what type do You have? Zarobhr was kind enough to sponsor me a set of mastercom 250 hardware so I have the VFD and keypad working for those and have ordered some Cds Stuff from Glenabc4 sale.

Mystery Jackpot - Nice idea - will give some thought on how to implement that.

I have a Mastercom 250 with VFD

TZtech, fyi I still run the code you set me up with last year with your SAS@Home project
this too works on both the IGT and Bally 

I also have Mastercom 250's in both my S2000 and Alpha. 

I also have Mastercom 250's

This board simulates a back-end casino TITO system. As far as the machine is concerned, it is communicating with a real TITO system and isn't printing stand-alone tickets anymore.

If you are running 2003's it will print 1 ticket & no more.

Thank you, not being a tech person this is what I was missing. So really those who have not switched to the 03 mains and wish to print tito this saves them that price of what I noticed to be around $20. So at $45 with the possibility of player tracking to me is awesome. One I am employed and have money to spend I'll get one on order as well as making a donation to NLG for all the information provided.

Good news for all you Bally 6000 owners.  I also have confirmed working boards with my setup.  I am just searching for the parts to be able to make the necessary cables to be able to supply these for the Bally 6000 owners out there that would need me to make the cable.

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I think this is the one You need - http://za.mouser.com/ProductDetail/TE-Connectivity/102387-9/?qs=%2fha2pyFaduiplSQqGPjqFp3TfwR8Pzom8mCfxw%2fL4kRo8IEaTRCAdA%3d%3d

2 row - 20 in each row - total 40

Great job, Brian! Keep up the great work. K+

Installed mine on my S-2000 today.  Awesome! Also love the ability to add credits with the Change button! 
Very nice work! Thanks Brian!  :131- :3- :3- :3- :131-

Now if you can get it to work on the Aristocrat MK6
I'll buy 2 for my machines. :56- :56-

From my understanding aristocrat won't work with them unless I am wrong.

When you do have it tested and confirmed, if you can forward me any settings you need to set and everything that would be appreciated so I can add the bally alpha to the supported list.  I believe I have info on the 12V power.  I will look and post it if it is not here yet if I find it.

Proten - Aristocrat talks their propreitary protocol called ASP. You can however install a SPC2 board which will convert SAS to ASP.

Going on house call today to put 1 in IGT 2000 & 1 in Bally 6000.

I checked both of my Aristocrats and they both have the SPC2 board.
How would this hook in and do you think it would be hard to setup.

Great stuff - As far as I know the US sw versions require a keychip to change settings - If You have that it should be easy enough. For Comms we need TX,RX and Gnd which will come off the SPC2 board and will check where on the backplane we can get power from

 FORDSBS
did you use the same setting i posted?
or did you have to change any of them?

Made some changes. Did 2 for progressive & 1 without. Have customer here. I'll check later & see what changes I made.
Ford

Other than amounts for credit limits etc. had to change progressive from 4 to 5. Other than that you were right on.

I got this working with my Bally Alpha American Original last night.  There's 12VDC power available on the backplane, but I didn't have the right molex connectors . I had a 12VDC power adapter in my junk box, so I used that and plugged it into the switched AC outlet in the bottom of the machine.  Make sure the tip polarity is (+) positive.  I used a serial cable that Brian makes for IGT machines, and re-pinned the COM1 end of it as follows:

DB9             COM1
 1      GND       1
 3      TXD       3
 4      RXD       2

Here's where I installed it in the machine.  You can see the cable going to COM1 on the backplane, and the power adapter for it plugged in on the right.

And a youtube video of it working.  My accounting denomination must be 1c as pushing the change button gave me $10.00 (1000 credits). 

http://youtu.be/jW3VqdN_sZU (http://youtu.be/jW3VqdN_sZU)

 :105- Tilt. I wanted to get @ it to try & setup for Alpha but had to much other things on the go.

Thanks Ford!  I fixed the video link now too.

For those of you that need help with the settings for an I game, here is a document with photos of the screens under the comm options that need to be set.

 :259- Thanks for the help Brian.  :131-

A new update for all you WMS bluebird owners.  TITO @ home is now supported on the bluebird platform as well.  Communication cables for the bluebird will be the same cost as the IGT being $5 on top of the board price if you need one made for you.  The only thing I haven't had time to track down yet is the power I can tap into, but I am working on that now.

I am running these in 12 machines now & I like them. Will be getting more.

PS   just ordered 4 more

I have found a spare power supply location on the bluebird so now they are fully supported.

Picked up a couple of boards and cables for my Bally S6000's, They work great, just what I was looking for and Brian was there to help on a few questions.  A+   :259-

Glad you like them. I know I do. For the price you can't go wrong.

For everyone's enjoyment I am trying out some new features as soon as I get a few things I need for the board, but here is a run down of what I am going to be testing.  All the original boards will be able to be upgraded for just the cost of shipping and one part if you want the new features once I finish running the tests.  The board will be having remote control   :3-  It will be able to use a cheap TV remote to enable/disable sound, enable/disable machine, and add credits to the machine.  It only needs one added part on the board and then the remote and an update to the processor to work with the code if all goes well.

TZTech, I bow to your continued work to get added features working for people that would want them.   :131-

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Hope you Guys like it  :96-

Will have to try.

What is the white board with holes that wires go to?

Ford, that is a breadboard, a test device you can put components in to test circuits without soldering them.

OK. now you taught this old man another new thing. I thought a breadboard was for BREAD.

Like this one

OK, I guess it's not for bread

Wow, this remote control control really does work,

Thanks TZtech   :293- :293-

Glad you got it up and running  :88-

you're kidding me? That's awessome TZ!  :97-
A fricking TV remote to add credits?!?!??!?

I love it!  :89-

I have purchase two of the units and put them in the Bally S6000 and also the Bally EVO Hybrid.  Great units and work flawlessly.  The instructions for putting one of these in the Bally EVO is attached for those who are interested.   :3-

I thought it would be good for everyone to know right at the end of the thread here what machines are supported and what machines have been successfully installed that I am aware of.

Fully supported by me:

S2000
IGame
Bally S6000
Bluebird

Partially Supported (can fully support with cables and have screenshots from someone to help with the settings):
Bally Alpha
Bally Evo and Evo Hybrid

What's your price for 2 Tito's for Bally S6000'S? Is everything I need included?
Thanks,
JR

Pm sent

Jr., They work great.

Thanks Ford, been a while..... How ya been doing?

Doing Ok. Just had a lot on go with family & not on here as much as before.
I got 22 of those TITO units & no problem.

For anyone that has not bought, or is looking to buy more....  Here is an opprotunity you cannot pass up. 

There has been a change effective immediately to pricing on TITO @ Home.  Now the cables are included with the board for the same low price (a savings of $5-10 per board depending on what type of machine you are running the board in).  This means you get the board and all the cables you need to run it for the low price of $45.

I will also be offering custom free credit amounts.  You pick the amount (choose between 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, or 10000 credits per button press for the feature when you have it enabled)

Now for the deal you just can't pass up....

From tomorrow (9/13/13) until the end of October (10/31/13) all orders will get 10% off the purchase price.  This is a special spooktacular sale going on to clear out some boards and get more in to get ready to go simply because I love Halloween so why not have a sale.   :3-

To purchase all you have to do is send me a personal message letting me know how many boards, and what platform they are for (IGT S2000, IGAME, Bally s6000, Bally Alpha, Bally Evo, Bluebird) and also what state they would be getting shipped to.  As I have officially started a business with my state all sales to Minnesota residents sadly I have to charge sales tax on, but all others I am still free to not charge tax.  Once you send the info I will respond to you with how much the total including priority mail shipping with tracking number is (it is just a flat rate $6 shipping anywhere in the continental USA).

Thanks, That's a good deal. I have to check my inventory.

can you take the ticket out of the bvd and re-use it? jim

I could a few days ago, but not yesterday, or today. Sometimes it will take tickets, but not all of them...... Right now it won't do anything right......LOL

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Yes you can.  The board does not "void" the tickets, so they are re-usable until they wear out.

I have a stack of tickets. Sometimes they work, sometimes that SAME ticket will NOT work....

It still sounds like your bill validator is an issue.  If the tickets are working at all the system is functioning.

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I took a bill validator out of one of my Alphas, same thing!!
Also, I can sit and put 20 after 20, 10 after 10, 50 after 50 and not ONE spits back out! I also can put one ticket or money in, and cashout. Then I can put another ticket or bill in, cash out and get a hand pay the second time!

As I discussed on the phone with you though, some bill validator heads are very picky with tickets.  I suggest getting a head that has been tested working with tickets to see if that resolves your issues.

The bill validator out of my Alpha works PERFECTLY! It's the SAME MODEL as the one in my S6000!

OK, heres my delimna ....
I put the TITO in my S2000 which works PERFECTLY without the TITO installed!
My S2000 has an enhanced Board with an Enhanced sound simm..... Have others had success with the TITO and an S2000 using the enhanced MPU?
I set ALL settings per the piece of paper I received. Here's where I stand!

If I press Cashout, it displays the following looped message, "PRESS CASHOUT FOR HANDPAY, SORRY, THE PRINTER IS NOT AVAILABLE, PRESS PLAY MAX CREDITS TO CANCEL"
I did a 4.7.2 Printer test and it printed a blank ticket as it should! If I push cashout again, if does a handpay!

I am using Key 45 and Clear 224 with the following checksums - Key 45 000A0BD7CHKSUM, Clear 224 002968DDCHKSUM

Thanks,
JR

I have tested and sold boards that I have personally installed on the enhanced MPU following the exact instructions that were sent with your boards, and they function fine right out of the gate.

I have an enhanced mpu and my own TITO, progressive and player tracking system and it works great
you have to set it for System Validation
Disable Bally Miser to free up Channel 3 and set SAS primary to channel 3 and address 001
also the other SAS settings cashless, progressive, etc , etc set to primary.

99% of the time it's operator error.

I have one running right now with it.  Enhanced board with 5 reel led. 

7.1.3.5 System Bonus Legacy
7.1.5   SAS Aft Controller
7.2.1.1 SAS Validation Type - System Mode
7.2.2.1 Printer Enabled
7.2.3.1 Voucher Redemption - SAS
7.2.3.2 Voucher Limit Follows Credit Limit
7.2.4.1 Remote Handpay Reset Enabled
7.2.5   Coinless Mode Disabled/Enabled - Tried both ways, same results, same error message!
3.1.4   Field Locked In Coinless Mode.....
        
        Credit Limit  100000
        Jackpot Limit 100000
        Bill Limit    3000

3.4.1.1.1  SAS Address - 001
3.4.1.1.2  SAS Channel - 3
3.4.2.2    Bally Miser Channel - OFF

We had a machine that would do a perfect test ticket, but hand pay every time. It was the machine settings that had the asset number and serial number reversed. It needed a ram clear to correct the settings.

Not likely the issue here, but thought I'd throw it out there. Check all the info on the test ticket and see if anything is not quite right.

-Styx

Asset number and serial number do not matter in system validation,
I would change 7.1.5 to SAS EFT (it should not matter, but it might fix it)
System validation does not even use the serial number or asset number to function, it only needs the ticket number and amount

So is it a different system when it's a home machine? We have advantage in ours on the floor, and I think it was because the advantage numbers did not match those of the machine. The advantage numbers were correct in our case, the error was in the machine settings.

I'm not familiar with the way it works with home machines, but I am curious to know.

-Styx

Home machines are actual machines that used to be in casinos.  We just use a more simple version of the protocol and validation settings to communicate, but if you unplugged a machine in a casino from the mainframe and plugged my board in it would work if the settings were changed to match what I use.

So because you use a simpler version of settings, not everything is in play like asset and serial numbers etc? Good to know. I imagine it must also be a much simpler communication system too, since it's not connected to advantage, a bank, or floor?

I'd make some wisecrack about how there must be WAY fewer error codes to deal with, but I'd like to keep the karma I already have. My smart ass is  :58-

-Styx

You are correct.  Much fewer error codes because most commands are just ignored.  The board simply looks for the commands related only to the TITO and ignores everything else, with the exception of the free credits by hitting the change button.

Get them before sale goes off. Here's Brian's post.

For anyone that has not bought, or is looking to buy more....  Here is an opprotunity you cannot pass up.

There has been a change effective immediately to pricing on TITO @ Home.  Now the cables are included with the board for the same low price (a savings of $5-10 per board depending on what type of machine you are running the board in).  This means you get the board and all the cables you need to run it for the low price of $45.

I will also be offering custom free credit amounts.  You pick the amount (choose between 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, or 10000 credits per button press for the feature when you have it enabled)

Now for the deal you just can't pass up....

From tomorrow (9/13/13) until the end of October (10/31/13) all orders will get 10% off the purchase price.  This is a special spooktacular sale going on to clear out some boards and get more in to get ready to go simply because I love Halloween so why not have a sale.   applause

To purchase all you have to do is send me a personal message letting me know how many boards, and what platform they are for (IGT S2000, IGAME, Bally s6000, Bally Alpha, Bally Evo, Bluebird) and also what state they would be getting shipped to.  As I have officially started a business with my state all sales to Minnesota residents sadly I have to charge sales tax on, but all others I am still free to not charge tax.  Once you send the info I will respond to you with how much the total including priority mail shipping with tracking number is (it is just a flat rate $6 shipping anywhere in the continental USA).

Only 10 days left on this sale!!  It is a great buy.  Now is your chance to get the TITO @ Hone for the lowest price of the year.  There won't be a price this low again for a long time.  I still have 38 boards complete and ready to ship as of the time of this posting and parts on the way for a bunch more.  On 11/1 the price goes back up to $45 each board.  I will still include the cables in the price of the board for now, but that could change if the price of those parts goes back up, so now is the best time to get your boards ordered while I can offer the rock bottom pricing.

These are not TITO with two boards that are Velcro's together are they? If not, do you supply step by step instructions on the set up. Is there any more price break for multi orders.

They are a single board.  No Velcro involved.  They do come with instructions for all machines that are fully supported.  Yes there is a price break for multiple board orders.  10% off orders once you order the 5th board.

I got 4 more last week & just ordered 4 more. SALE WILL SOON BE OVER!!!!!!

Thanks Bob. Got my other 4 today.

Well, just ordered 3 of these, enough to get me started, will add more later.  Can't wait to give it a shot.

Mike

Wow, I have not keyed a machine in some time but after about a 5 min install on the board, hardest part was figuring out where I wanted to install it, I was able to muddle my way thru the key chip process and like magic my Double Triple Wild Cherry now has TITO.  Many Kudo's to the gentlemen who made this possible at such an affordable price.  Ordering was easy, delivery was on-time and the board works as expected.  Now two more to install tomorrow, question is which machines to install them in....

Thanks again for the great product,
Mike

You're welcome Mike.  Glad it works so well for you.

On a nice side note....  Thank you to everyone that took advantage of the spooktacular sale I did.  Because of all the purchases all the old inventory was sold out and then some.  New inventory is in production right now and should be ready to ship by the end of the week if all goes well.

Super Spin Sizzling 7 now has TITO, loving this!  Today/tonight will be my big challenge, going to try to install on my Tabasco machine and at the same time enable the multi denomination button that came in it.  Thats getting to be a lot of changes for one key chip, my old mind that has only done a few key chips, may overheat on this one.  If this goes well I'll be ready to order 3 more kits to install in my remaining three S2000s oh and I guess I should do the GameKing as well.  Hope a Black Friday Sale magically appears, wink wink....  These things will probably drive up blank ticket sales :)

Mike

As of right now I don't see a black Friday sale happening.  Some of the parts I was using to keep costs down have been exhausted from the market, so I am on the search for some comparable ones that will still keep the board cost low enough to do a sale like that.  If I do maybe one will pop up though.  :)

Mike  Attached you will find a file that explains how to do the multi denomination on the S2000.  This info came from NLG site and I condensed it into a PDF file.   Hope it helps.  I have four of the TITO boards now on both Bally and IGT slots.  THey work perfect.  A really nice extra for any slot machine.  Ted

@ Ted, thanks for the document was a great help.  My Tabasco is now a multi denominational ticket printing, ticket taking money making machine.  Of course the money making is debatable now that it takes tickets :)

@ Brian, I see how you are, as bad as the meth dealers.  You get us hooked on your product, claim parts shortage, price goes up due to the scarcity of the product...  Man....  J/K of course, hope you find a new supplier for parts quickly, I've got machines waiting, my little home casino needs tickets :P

Thanks again to everyone for the wonderful products and the outstanding expertise.

Mike

The parts are still out there, just not the super cheap ones to do Black Friday sales yet.  Lol.  Prices are not going up though.  Still the same low price I have always offered, and still currently including the cables for free as I found the parts for those in good quality but lower cost alternative manufacturers.

So when will the next batch of them be ready to go?

Mike

I think this has already been discussed to some extent here but thought I would ask again.  Two of my machines make a noise when the money/ticket goes in.  On my Tabasco machine it makes sounds when money goes in but not when a ticket goes in.  Is there a setting somewhere that I can change to have the ticket make the same sounds as when I put money in?  If not then oh well but thought I would ask.

Mike

I'm just about ready with them.  I am waiting on a tool that was lost from my last production to arrive tomorrow then I have 100 new boards to finish and test which should only take about 2 days total.

May want to check sound options.  It could be the program of the slot itself not having a sound for tickets

 :331-

Great news for everyone.  The boards are in stock again!!!!  I have completed the last step of assembly and am in the process of doing final testing as this post is being done, so no more backorder.

Will these work on a IGT vision ready machine

For the most part yes.
you need a ticket printer
SG 363 or SG 598 is recommended

Sg523 work well also for the igt machines.

Effective immediately anyone that has purchased 30 or more boards total from me will get special pricing beyond the initial quantity pricing that I was giving before.  You know who you are, and I hope there will be more people that will enjoy this benefit.

i got my board and mains...... ready to tackle installing it on my monte carlo..... just a little nervous doing a full clear on it....i never did a full clear on a bally before i have no clue how to reprogram everything...... doing a clear, will it erase my progressive amount??  if it does... how do i set up the progressive? also where on the backplane below do i plug in the cable from the board? s2000's  are so much easier lol...

on your photo of the backplane the 40 pin connector that is on my cable goes to J10 (The system plug)

Make notes as to what your settings are BEFORE you clear.

can you point that plug out on my picture... thanks

Right side top in your picture

how do you check your settings? this is the first time i ever messed with this machine in like 3 years.... i never had any issues with it.....so im a complete noobie to this.....

It's the black one on the right above the night white rectangle one.  It's the only one the connector will go into.

i see it...thanks..... do i hook up board before the clear or after?

open door
push white test button until 11 comes in win paid
push max bet- every time it will show you setting
27-26- etc.    credit window will have setting

thanks will do that and mark everything down to brians sheet he sent me and see if theres anything different before i do the full clear.......getting back to my progressive will i loose it after full clear or will it remember the value?

It should remember progressive

what are the specific settings to enable my printer and have tito work?? i went through all my settings and marked them if they were different from the  sheet i got with the board....sorry for all the stupid questions but im learning lol....

The ones you will be changing are
50hi
50 lo
78 hi
78 lo
73
92
98
19 lo
17

61-2 if printer & no hopper
81-0

You do have 2004 or newer mains in?

so all the above i will change to whatever the sheet says correct?

Correct. To set the 78 hi you have to go thru all settings & push max bet until it comes around again then you can enter the 1

All other settings set to whatever was on machine before.

i have mains that came with the board..... my mains in there now is older wont let me enable printer..... now that im changing out the mains will progressive still be stored??

progressive should still work. If you put wrong settings in you'll have to clear to change.
I run stay in mains in all of mine. That way you don't have to change chips all the time.

the mains he sent me are stay in mains with a #6 dip switch change...... those should work.....

# 6 or #8??  To clear you move 8 to on. After clear 8 to off

i will tackle this tomm..... thanks again for your help..... :259-   it doesnt look to hard now that im getting familier with it.....next project after i get this working is  how do you get tickets to say stuff on them with a bally? i bet anything it ant easy as a s2000 lol....

2000 is easier. On 6000 I don't bother putting on ticket. It's in the manual how to do it.

its #8 not 6.....i need glasses lol

Great news for everyone wanting TITO @ Home or wanting more.  I have found a supplier that can get me a good price on some cheaper parts, so there will be a Black Friday sale this year.  For the Friday after thanksgiving only, boards will be sold for $8 off the regular price ($37 for the board and cable set).  I will be out of town that day, but any order that comes in during that day my time will be honored at that price.  Even if I run out of inventory during the sale (which I don't think I will as I have close to 100 boards on hand right now) I will still honor the price if you place your order during the sale.

 :284- for having Black Friday sale. Looks like I'll have to get another order ready for then.   :259- for giving a good deal.

Will there be a TITO for the Aristocrat MK6

Ill take 2 if they will work on the MK6.

I have 2 TITO I need to wire up, I need the wiring diagrams for the setup of a Bally Alpha S9000 and for a IGT 3902 (I-Game). Any help please, Thank you

Bill,

See this post for the Bally Alpha pinouts.

http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=22509.msg181897#msg181897 (http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=22509.msg181897#msg181897)

Proten/Gunnerbill

Aristocrats talk a proprietary protocol called ASP - to talk SAS a SPC2 board is converted which essentially translates from the one language to the other.
Do your machines have SPC2 boards ?

@TZtech= yes, Both my MK6 have an SPC board. What else do I need? Anything special with the setup. If I remember right, In Config, and under SPC I have to make it a one or something like that?
@ Tilt = Thank you for the Picture and Wiring Diagram for the Bally. (K+) What is the wiring diagram for the IGT 3902

Bill - You will need the correct connector to fit the SPC2 board and then we need to figure out where to get power from.
Then it should simply be a case of optioning machine correctly.

Maybe BHinkley will consider a discount to anyone willing to test and document new machines/manufacturers

Yes I usually do offer a discount for 1 board to do that.  No warranty would be able to be offered on the discounted board though as you would be working with a fully unsupported board that I have no way of knowing if it is getting connected correctly while trying to get it working.

There You go Aristocrat owners - K+ to Brian  for the offer.
The USA versions of Aristocrat are slighlty different than ours (yours require a keychip as far as I know) but I will take some screenshots of the SAS setup screens when I am back at work

IGT GK/IGAME & S2000

DB9             MACHINE CONNECTOR
 1      GND       5
 3      TXD       1
 4      RXD       2

Thanks Cliff, K+

@ TZtech and Bhinkley, Ok, Sounds good for the Aristocrat, I'll be the guinea pig!! I remember playing around with the SPC boards. They fault out alot and need to be reset . I may even have a harness laying around

On another note. Advantage makes a player tracking system. Key pad, VFD and card reader all plug into the BEII. The BEii gets its info from SAS. Could these TITO Card simulate the SAS process to control the VFD Display. Stupid thought, just throwing it out there

Actually its been the plan to get this going but using mastercom 250 vfd,keypad and cardreader setup as these seem to be more common on the second hand market.

Very much looking forward to seeing the Mastercom 250 interfaced and working!   :185-

I am putting in the second of two boards. First was installed in a Bally Alpha - works great! Second is going on an S2000! I plan to put this on most of the machines I sell. Great Work Brian! Board and cables are well done. For those considering...this board is great quality and priced very reasonably. Brian - I will PM you for direct order details, first two came from my supplier.

Update for all the users that are thinking of buying bluebird sets from me.  I have discovered that different backplanes on the bluebird have different pin outs for the power jack, so I will need you to be able to check certain pins for me with a volt meter when placing an order to make sure I get the cable made correctly for you.

Now some really great news.  I have decided to extend my black friday sale.  Starting right now, and going thru Black Friday boards are now on the Black Friday sale.  That is $37 for a complete set.  Happy buying!!!!

Since sale started now I just put my order in for 6 more.

That was quick, got my tracking # already. FAST

For anyone that is looking to buy one of my boards, or more of them...  As of 1/1/2014 I am having to raise the price of the kit to $55 plus shipping.  Place your orders prior to January 1st to get in on the lower price of $45.

Just a reminder for everyone.  There is less than a week before the price of the boards goes up to $55 per board.  Get them now before the price increase.

Got mine today and got it setup in no time, thanks!

How do I purchase?  Buy phone, check, paypal or credit card.

 

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