S6000 using Players Club VFD Display and Keypad to Control Machine

FORDSBS -

Just soldering up the boards tonight and going to test.. I'm going to try and mimic exactly what yo machine does so everything will work 100%.. But not having a machine here that does that is a little tough.. But I can assume what its doing internally and go from there.. If testing goes good.. It will be ready to ship by tomorrow.. I will let you know..

As far as the S2000 ?? Not familiar.. I don't have any of those but they look very similar.. are the internals that much different? Might just a different harness.. .. If someone wanted to send me the info .. pics of the internals and such I could take a look.. I plan on making one for the Splus Machines as well.. But I have yet to even meter up the wiring.. and start any testing. I believe the voltages are different but the rest should be pretty straight forward.. I guess there are a lot of IGT Splus with the Ballys players club stuff so it might work out as well.

Hey TZtech..

Yeah i seen something that on the forum.. someone posted a little device for the coin in and out.. that's what I did.. but I added a ton of monitoring to make sure there would be no "error" codes.. So if someone opened the door, hit buttons, or the coin in is maxed out. It will not tilt the machine. As well in auto play.. it monitors everything, so if you hit a big jackpot it will stop, if someone opens door as well, if it runs out of credits it will auto load some, I tried to think of everything. I see what you are saying regarding the SAS Serial. To do something like that I think you would have to actually have a PC running along side the machine at all times. I think it can be done on a smaller scale, but have yet to really have a look. With the bally's 6000 I found that all the wiring that I needed to build an interface around was pretty much there, and I didn't need to go any deeper.

As far as programming.. Well to be honest.. I have never been to school for this stuff, kinda self taught. I have played around with a lot of Allan Bradly PLC stuff and know how to program in ladder logic very well. So one day I typed into Google "Ladder logic PIC programming" and found a company called Picaxe.. They make a wide variety of chips and sizes and I found the programming to be very similar to Ladder logic.. And here we are. It is more then enough for these machines.. As well I deal with automotive electronics all day, and everything is now done in some type of Data, Can bus and so on.. So I have a lot of tools at my disposal. I'm certain I will continue to expand this idea until I can run the machine from my blackberry.. But all in time. I only have so much "Hobby" time.. I wish I could crack a couple SPlus machines open and go at them.. but One thing at a time. If you need any info on anything else please feel free to ask..

Steve