Lo9 code after juristiction fix

[jer3270]

Hi,
      I found a williams big bangin piggy bank machine for sale and bought it knowing the juristiction error was on the machine. With the help from you guys, I soldered the two wires turn the machine on and it's giving a Lo9 in the window now. Anybody have any ideas on what that is or how to clear it? You guys are AWESOME!!! Thank you for all the help to us home slot users.

[tollguy316]

LO9 ; per the owners manual means Corrupt data log file...      Never had that one before... Start by reseating the chips.  See If it clears when you hit the red diag. button on the cage.  If nothing else ; do a ram clear....   Giood luck.  Bill

[jer3270]

Thanks for the reply ! After I posted,I hit the test button once and it cleared and came up with something different. Then I hit the test button again and the game came up and have been playing ever since!!!  I don't know how long it was sitting ,but working fine now! Awesome game!!!

[knagl]

Hey, spectacular news.  Great to hear.

Big Bang Piggy Bankin' was the first title I had for my Dotmation machine, and is still a favorite of mine.  You have a great game -- I hope it provides you with years of enjoyment. 

[tollguy316]

Great to hear that you got it going.    Enjoy the machine... It's a great title.    Bill

[jer3270]

Thanks guys!!! I'm having a BLAST with it! I'm glad it was an easy fix,other than a reel basket crumbling up on it now. Just put an ad in the classifieds for a new one ! Hope somebody comes through with one. I'll keep you posted and post pictures soon!

[knagl]

A couple of places to try for your reel baskets, if nobody comes through from your ad:

http://rudysdeals.com/ -- I don't see any listed, but send John an e-mail -- he may have some.

Also, just spotted this on eBay -- $25 for 3 baskets (only - no reel assembly though) plus $8 shipping.  Less than 10 hours left as I post: http://cgi.ebay.com/WMS-400-40S5-REEL-BASKETS-NEW-3-EACH-/110630119052?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c211a68c

[jer3270]

Thanks knagl !!!! With an hour left to go on the auction I bought the reel baskets ! After doing a quick search on the web, I didn't see any options but the EBAY auction you had found.Thanks again guys you are the best! Soooooo with that being said,I didn't notice till last night that the machine is not accepting bills The panel is not lit above the BV ,the bv will take the bill and spit it back out. So I'm thinking maybe the machine doesn't know it's there. Anybody know how to figure that out? And I have supposably he gave me a clear chip,although I have know idea where it goes or how to go about using it. Thanks again for the help

[knagl]

What kind of bills are you using?  Start with a simple $1 bill in good condition and see if it'll give you credit.

Actually, do you know what jurisdiction it's set for now?  If it's New Jersey, the smallest bill it will accept is a $5, and if the software in your bill validator is too old, it won't accept any of the new-style 5s.  Do you have an old-school (non large-portrait) $5 you can try?

[jer3270]

I have the two pieces of wire soldered in for the las vegas juristiction, I couldn't believe when that thing fired up after an easy fix. It shot a couple other codes after the Lo9 and I kept hitting the test button and it eventually told me door open,I closed it and have bandaging up the reels ever since. When you turn the machine on you get a pong right off the bat and then it does it's start up and it's playable.The guy that I got the machine from said the bill acceptor worked before. I have tried $1,5,20's in it, takes the bill gives it a electronic noise(like not accepted) and spits it back out. I am wondering if the machine knows the BV is there, the 4 bulbs above the BV in the door do not light up either(where it says insert bill face up) which makes me assume that the BV will not accept bills until them bulbs light up. Do you have any idea on how I can find out if the machine knows it has a BV in it? This is my first WMS machine, I didn't know if you have to tell the machine the BV is there(like the IGT's) Any help would be appreciated!!!  

[knagl]

Try changing the light bulbs.  If memory serves, those lights are on all the time and are likely just burnt out.

One "bong" is normal at startup.

Using just a $1 bill, am I correct that the validator takes the bill in, then rejects it back out?  You said it makes a noise -- is it a noise from the speaker of the machine, or just the sound of the gears in the validator moving around?

What validator is in there?  A DBV-200 or something else (there should be a label on the top of the validator, with the door open)?

You don't have to enable the validator like an IGT machine -- it should just work.  Do you have a $0.25 clear chip for your game?  I wonder if the jurisdiction change has something to do with the validator not accepting bills now.  I'd start by doing a clear with the $0.25 chip and see if that resolves your issue.


Backing up, I'm a little confused.  You said that you bought the machine with a jurisdiction error on it, yet the previous owner claimed that the bill validator had been working.  It's not like the machine could have been working when you bought it, right?  Can you clear any of that up?

(For the record, I don't have any jumpers in use on my machine, and my Big Bang software (and other games) run fine.  I'm almost wondering if you might just need to remove the jumpers (like it was when you bought it, and presumably worked at some point like that), do a clear, and it'll all work properly.)

[jer3270]

Thanks for the reply knagle ! While NLG was down. I took the cash box out and stuck a $20 in it and it took it(however that worked out with no known modification) I am going to check the bulbs next and see if they are burned out like you said. Any idea's on where to find the back lit reel housings and brackets? I have been searching and asking,but have come up with nothing.One of mine snapped at some point and is un-repairable.Also I have one vertical line out on the matrix screen ,any known repair for that? Or where to find a screen if it becomes an issue? Thanks again for all your help!

[knagl]

Jer-

I saw you posted an ad in the Classifieds section -- that's a good place to start.  Also, if you didn't do so before, try contacting John at http://rudysdeals.com/ -- I bought some reel assemblies from him in the past.

As far as the DMD, I don't know how much luck you'd have repairing it.  Clay (cfh) would know for sure, as he's the WMS Dotmation expert and a pinball guy, too (the DMD is the same kind that was used on Sega pinballs, if memory serves, and is very similar (but a different size) to those used in the later model Bally/WMS pins).  A quick Google search of DMD repair yeilds some pinball-related results.  I'd contact Clay before attempting any of it, though, to see what his experience has been with it.

Replacement screens are available on a limited basis.  They pop up from time to time on eBay, and can be pretty expensive.

[jer3270]

Great ! Thanks again knagl, I'll try getting a hold of him after I shovel out from the 22inch snow fall last night. UGHHHHHH!