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« Reply #25 on: March 17, 2011, 02:00:54 AM »

Have you tried running two instances of the sim (from different directories and
set to different com ports) at the same time yet?
It works fine for me and why I believe the separate com port to each machine
is the best approach to 'networking' them in a home environment.

I ran out of time today but I will try it in the morning!
I'm excited to see that tomorrow!  obsessed drool

I still plan to play with the sim log files and some 'macros' to get one machine
to trigger an event on the other one of these days.
Just not much to really do with a S+ other than maybe have the service button
trigger a cash to host and then a EFT to the other machine. 

Kind of what JDKMunch did with his machine is pretty cool.  Cool Thumbs-Up
We will come up with other ideas I'm sure...lol     stir the pot / get cooking

But I have not figured out how to send a single command with the sim program to add credits (with EFT).
It always pops up a dialog box asking how much to add.
And there seems to be some sort of checksum or CRC involved as even if I duplicate the
exact command it sends and send it manually, it does not work.

For some reason, I know I had the EFT commands working perfectly before I changed the game chip to the SP1213.
Now, I'm only getting it to work using the $69 and $64 EFT in the 2nd Long Poll Commands dialog box up on the left hand side.
All of the commands work on the S2000.
The S+ is "stunted" somewhat...
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« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2011, 07:47:17 AM »

You guys make me angry!! (need to figure out how to insert smiley thing here) I know there is porblems, and I know what some are just dont have time to fix at the moment. I have to head to another casino next week so out of the office again...
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« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2011, 02:33:43 PM »

Displaying & running 2 instances of the Sim program on the PC
and two S+'s plugged into the Edgeport/4 converter works!
However, you have to change the .INI file for the Sim program's port
and address to match the machines.
Both machine's are running DD SS reelchips with SP1213 gamechips.

I really hate the attract music though... rotflmao

AndyP, you work too much!     Crazy
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« Reply #28 on: March 17, 2011, 02:45:26 PM »

However, you have to change the .INI file for the Sim program's port
and address to match the machines.
 

In my case I only changed the comm port in the .ini. I just left both machines set as SAS 1 (and have the machies set as SAS 1) since there is no daisy chaining going on (yet).
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« Reply #29 on: March 17, 2011, 03:55:40 PM »

However, you have to change the .INI file for the Sim program's port
and address to match the machines.
 

In my case I only changed the comm port in the .ini.
I just left both machines set as SAS 1 (and have the machines set as SAS 1)
since there is no daisy chaining going on (yet).

Excellent...
When I changed the 2nd machine's address to [001] and
ran two instances of the TestApp on my PC - it worked!  Dancing Party
You can see in this screenshot I've pasted below that
I changed the COM ports in the Apps and leaving the Poll Addresses as defaulted.
Click on screenshot below to enlarge for enhanced visualoptical properties...lol >>>


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« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2011, 06:55:50 PM »

A long way from the early days of CDS Prolink huh?
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« Reply #31 on: June 06, 2011, 11:18:05 PM »

lol...that's for sure!  rotflmao
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« Reply #32 on: June 07, 2011, 08:21:44 PM »

OK, Fordsbs gave me the initial idea for this so here goes;
       I have seen the cable diagram for the SAS stuff, very simple 3 wires to a 5 pin molex. But Mr. Ford could not wait so what do ya do when you need something? Of course HOMEBREW (stuff that hams have been doing for years). Take an existing serial cable (it really does not matter what the heck it is as long as it's 9 pins). and cut the male end off. Then strip the end off and use a multimeter to find the pins 5,3, and 2 that match with their wires. Once you have found those 3 wires, cut the other wires off as you don't need them. OK,so you don't have an official Molex from Mouser or the damn pins............well that's where your old PC comes in (I knew they were good for something besides chairs). In that old clone PC you will find some 2 and 3 pin Molexes that were used for the speaker, front LEDs, etc. Cut 2 off of the 2 pin ones. Guess what.....the spacing is exactly the same as the S2000 sockets. Just solder the 2 pin one to the 2 comm wires and use 1/2 of the other one (cut the spare wire off). Now solder and tape it up really good. You can now plug it right into that socket in the S2000 even though it is in 2 parts, fits the same.
The advantage here is that the serial cable is molded and more robust. In addition, you can get a really long one if you have a slot that is like 10 feet away and you need the cable integrity for transmission (I forget how far you can send serial data over a wire). Pictures are below:


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« Reply #33 on: June 07, 2011, 08:26:41 PM »

reho, now everyone knows that I am like a little kid & can't wait to get something running.
Not Mr. Ford - just Ford
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« Reply #34 on: June 08, 2011, 12:03:29 AM »

lol  I think it's is a way much stronger cable than anything I could make out of Molex parts!
Great job on it reho!  applause Clap yes propeller
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« Reply #35 on: June 08, 2011, 12:18:17 AM »

Thanks, this is not to say that your version of the cable is any worse or better, just that I took a different approach to the idea. Thanks to both of you for your inpuy.
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« Reply #36 on: June 11, 2011, 01:29:07 AM »

Here's another tip, if you every change PC's or change the configuration of the ports, you will have to re-copy a fresh version of the software and re-register the machines or it may not continue to work.. This happened to me because I changed the OS on my machine and had  to do everything all over again, don't know if anyone else has seen this or not. Just throwing it out there.
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