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Does anyone know any technical specs on the stand alone Casino Data Systems player tracking boxes?  I know they probably tie into OASIS/360, but first I need to know wiring info... otherwise they look like great candidates for Arduino upgraded controls..

DaveP in Ohio
IGT S2000
Bally ProSlot 6000
Bally Series V video poker

I'm interested in this as well.. I just bought a few player tracking devices from rudys slots and planned to try to interface with it.

tell me more about it  :D i would like to join, i played with arduino before i bough my raspberry pi :D both are nice  to try !!

They are currently out of stock, I got the last 3 that they had the other day... hopefully they will get more in soon!

http://rudysdeals.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1555 (http://rudysdeals.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1555)

They have 2 of them in right now and hope to get more in... I don't need anything else right now and the shipping is a little more than the box itself pushing it to around $30 for the two.  I'm going to experiment with the three I have and see where it goes from there.  One of them may become a keypad/display for my jukebox I'm making.

Like this? Ours includes more than just the box though...

http://www.centralvalleyslots.com/external-card-reader-unit.html (http://www.centralvalleyslots.com/external-card-reader-unit.html)

I located the datasheet for the keypad, and have edited it and attached it here for your use and enjoyment...

DaveP in Ohio

That is the one. CVSlots... yours has lots more goodies with it, but without datasheets I don't know if more it better  :103-  If we were attaching to a standard OASIS system that would be great, reverse engineering-wise I don't know...

I'm 1/3 done with breaking down the bare box... might take years to figure out how they did it in the real casino world!  I'm figuring Arduinocizing them will be easiest if I can break down the parts to their low level functions.

I'm an old-school hardware hacker... started playing with electronics about 42 years ago when I was 7... loved tearing into circuits and trying to make them do something they weren't supposed to do.

DaveP in Ohio

Dead end lead on the display, but at least it's a start:
http://www.halted.com/commerce/catalog/productmisc.jsp;jsessionid=687A3C91955318DFB8B33FC4C7300E98?product_id=22470&czuid=1390246925686 (http://www.halted.com/commerce/catalog/productmisc.jsp;jsessionid=687A3C91955318DFB8B33FC4C7300E98?product_id=22470&czuid=1390246925686)

Amber 16x2 backlit LCD...  14 pin standard connector... $9.95 new... no other information available from this vendor

14 pins.. maybe its driven by a Hitachi HD44780?

Yes, as a matter of fact it turns out that it is!  2 down, one to go!

After writing down the numbers on the label on the other chip I found that the display also has a HD44100H on it.

I removed it from the panel and found the pin numbers on the back side of the board.

They weren't oriented in the way I would have guessed, so I'm glad I pulled it off before sticking on wires!

I found the manufacturer's website for the card reader... I will be checking into that more in just a few minutes.

Card reader identified... Neuron MCR-370N-1R-0101...