Mikohn Progressive Controllers Displays and other info

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   Re: Mikohn Progressive Controllers Displays and other info
« Reply #432 on: May 03, 2006, 08:27:24 PM »   

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Check out how they have the CON2 sending all the same info to all the meters
 

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   Re: Mikohn Progressive Controllers Displays and other info
« Reply #433 on: May 03, 2006, 08:55:14 PM »   

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Is that a triple line display in each of those machines ??

Where is this pic taken from ?? the CD or someplace youve been ?

 

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« Reply #434 on: May 04, 2006, 12:12:56 AM »   

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Quote from: Jay on May 03, 2006, 08:55:14 PM
Is that a triple line display in each of those machines ??

Where is this pic taken from ?? the CD or someplace youve been ?



I see three.

Without me perusing the bible, what S+ game(s) have three top awards?

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   Re: Mikohn Progressive Controllers Displays and other info
« Reply #435 on: May 04, 2006, 12:21:56 AM »   

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Slotness,

One that comes to mind with 3 top awards is Pure Pleasure, on the glass each is 2,000 coins for 2 coins in. I have not used this kit yet, so I am wondering for progressive reasons if the top award is the same for each, or if you can do 3 different awards? Maybe use an IGT for #2 and #3, and use Mikohn for #1??? That is the only reason I knew that one has 3 top awards.

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« Reply #436 on: May 04, 2006, 03:32:55 AM »   

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Triple Cat has 4 top awards.  I think someone was asking about which game if any had 4 top awards.   

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« Reply #437 on: May 04, 2006, 03:07:29 PM »   

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These pictures are on the CD with that program. I believe it is in  Atlantic City...........Do you suppose that the 3 awards are the lower, upper and linked progressive?   Well.....Just enough time to sneak a peek and open the box with the 2 X 3 inside........    Tim

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« Reply #438 on: May 04, 2006, 03:51:33 PM »   

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Well...............all I can say is WOW!     
I had asked for the 2 X 3 and a supreme to drive it...............well.........the 2 X 3 has it's own supreme and a 2nd power supply....so..............it came with 2 Supreme(s)........And I only need one!  WOW!

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« Reply #439 on: May 04, 2006, 04:02:56 PM »   

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will you then be selling off the other one ?????  hint hint hint   

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« Reply #465 on: May 04, 2006, 05:29:31 PM »   

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Anybody have a couple of 10 pin cables they can sell me   

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« Reply #468 on: May 04, 2006, 05:34:46 PM »   

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Quote from: idesign on May 04, 2006, 05:29:31 PM
Anybody have a couple of 10 pin cables they can sell me 

sure let me look around the shop if i can find some i will send them to you for free send me your address ......   

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« Reply #469 on: May 04, 2006, 05:37:01 PM »   

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Well...............now that I have given everybody a mild heart attack........Sorry Joey...........Now I really wish I had 2 extra!.......................I have to spend a couple of hours in my woodshop.......I will check back around 10pm CST to see if you folks are still breathing!   Tim

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« Reply #472 on: May 04, 2006, 08:01:11 PM »   

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Who would have thought you could have so much fun   with a 15 year old piece of electronics! I am testing the 2nd supreme (yours) now and I will get it boxed this weekend and sent out priority mail Monday. Tim

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« Reply #474 on: May 05, 2006, 12:52:42 AM »   

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Oh Man I missed the excitment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!       I did get the feel of excitement as I scrolled page by page though!!! It must have been excrutiating in real time!!!!   

I normally would have caught it in real time. I was frustrated with a busy crappy work day, so on a whim a friend and I went to a local Indian Casino because I had a free dinner buffet coupon that is expiring in a couple days. The guy in the players club even did me a cool favor by taking my friends (expired) Mon-Wed Lunch only coupon and still gave a full comp for the Thur-Sun more expensive dinner buffet. It turns out he lives a few streets away from me, so he was neighborly! Saved us another $21.99 plus tax!

My "FREE"
 buffet only cost me about a C-Note in the end, plus gas!       Video poker with crappy pay tables.... I only got 4 3's once and 4 7's once!      I guess that I can't complain as we had about 5 hours there so it was worth the drive.... I had to drive the Nissan Armada SUV so it also killed me in gas. I was trying to win some dough to offset my obcessive recent purchases which I have been too busy to play with anyway so far! My friend made out as I got her a free buffet, I drove, and she ended up winning all of her losses back with an extra profit of $20 after I showed her a lone Wild Cherry 2 coin $1 machine with a 98% topper. She played only one coin at a time, and she still did really good to get her money back and then some! I on the other hand got scalped!   

I am glad that you all had a fun evening!!!

I was going to send my 1x2 to Tim and HIRE him to design and build a box for it, but I held off as I was trying to find one more section to turn the 1x2 into a 1x3 first. Now I may want to wait in case he auctions off his 1x3 now that he is big man on campus with his 2x3. HA HA HA     

(MAYBE I can propose a trade... 1x2 for 1x3 with offsetting     of course?) Actually.... Tim, you might be better of turning your 2x3 into a 3x3!!! Noone would catch up to you for some time! The preliminary pic of the 2x3 is f    in gorgeous, and all it said was Ceasers!!! Folks, wait till he gets the other stuff going on it!

Tim- Got the present in the mail, and the CD read fine on my computer! It was loaded with stuff. I only could take a few minutes to browse, no time to play right now.      Maybe you can ask your guy if he has a spare segment to convert my 1x2 into a 1x3 as it looks like the cd is loaded with a bunch of 1x3 stuff, and less of the 1x2 stuff??

Have fun with your new toys, I am sure you could use the escape! I will catch you later!

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« Reply #475 on: May 05, 2006, 01:04:30 AM »   

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Quote from: cessnac182golf on May 04, 2006, 03:51:33 PM
Well...............all I can say is WOW!     
I had asked for the 2 X 3 and a supreme to drive it...............well.........the 2 X 3 has it's own supreme and a 2nd power supply....so..............it came with 2 Supreme(s)........And I only need one!  WOW!

Tim,

I almost had a heart attack when I was readmiring your 2x3 picture post! I was looking at the Pic, and my tired eyes thought they saw QUAN 2 2x3's, one lit up on one off on the floor!!!!    Then I looked closer and realized that you had pasted two seperate pictures together and posted it as one picture! YOU GOT ME!     (Even if accidentally, I was still fooled until closer inspection!) I thought you were gong to build up a 4x3, or even a 5x3 with your other 1x3 as well! Optical illusion got me! Thought that you would get a laugh out of this.... Got to get going... getting tired, and I want to check out the 2x3 and following posts one more time!     

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   Re: Mikohn Progressive Controllers Displays and other info
« Reply #476 on: May 05, 2006, 04:09:09 AM »   

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Quote from: cessnac182golf on May 03, 2006, 08:19:32 PM
I think that is what you call it...a choke....those round magnets that you wrap the wire around to limit interference.


Tim, I think you are referring to a ferrit core, not a choke

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« Reply #479 on: May 05, 2006, 08:28:15 AM »   

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Yeah, I may have to open up my own casino to help pay for all this hardware I'm beginning to acquire.  Come to think of it with all this hardware, I've got a good start.  Too bad casinos aren't legal in my state.........but then again maybe that's a good thing.  The closest casino is in West Virginia about an hour away.

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« Reply #480 on: May 05, 2006, 08:48:36 AM »   

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Well Rick we are glad you made it back safe and sound....
... Here is an interesting string of Casino Robberies by gangs of  armed gun men in South Africa.

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I am not sure how you would stop a gang of armed guys from walking into a casino but at least in vegas they would never find their way out.

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   Re: Mikohn Progressive Controllers Displays and other info
« Reply #481 on: May 05, 2006, 04:37:03 PM »   

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Howdy.............    Well........sounds like Idesign.......is going to work on a 1 X 3 also after yesterdays last second win.......sorry Joey ........and with several of you out there doing the same thing I thought that it just might be the time to tell you what I have had to do to my meters to get them working great...... and I also am going to start another thread this weekend on how to use the downloader with a supreme and a CHAMII. I myself am ....by no means ....an expert and am still learning ....but I thought that it might help to pass along what I have learned so far.
These Mikohn meters are built tough........but after hanging on a smoke filled Casino wall for many years and then taken down................storage for no telling how long..........and then a UPS ride to your home with peanuts everywere......there are a few quirks that need to be addressed to have a smooth running display. I myself must do this to my newest toy, the 2 X 3 this weekend..........cleaning the connectors from the graphic cards to the LED panels. I have found that a lubricating contact cleaner.........the kind that works on the old rotary type channel changer TV's seems to work best. Before doing this run a full display test to see were you are having problems...if any. Even the slightest touch and a dirty connector will show itself in the form of an LED not lighting or showing only one color or lighting at the wrong time. 1st ...........unless you have a photographic memory....take a picture of how every ribbon cable and power cable is so you can reference this later. Use somekind of static prevention (Happs wireless is great) Pull the wires from one graphic board at a time making note on were they go. Un-screw the 2 Phillips screws that hold the Graphic board. Carefully lightly rock the board loose. VERY carefully move.........no more than you have to..... any transistors (3 leads in and a metal tab with a hole) that the METAL parts are touching each other. This will also mess up the LED's. With a vacuum and a soft brush remove any dust goblins........after all...cleaner will run cooler...Then Spray both the male and female ends of the connectors on the graphic board and LED board. Wile they are wet carefully push the boards back together and then carefully pull them apart several times. If you have a no frame unit ...replace it ...tighten the screws...and move on to the next. If your unit has a frame and glass.....and there are a pot load of those pesky dust goblins up front.......... repeat this procedure on all other boards......... but do not replace them yet.....leave them off...........as it is a lot easier to clean the front without worrying about breaking a transistor off. If you plan to clean the LED surface.........do not spray it with anything wet.......unless you are planning on making some spare parts for Joey! The Swiffer dusters work great....have an extremely soft touch.....and ....if you are carefull....will not leave a lot of FUZZ to deal with later. Again it would be wise to take pictures before............and refer to them for re assembly.
After all the cords and power plugs are back in place.....time for a test. These board are sometimes pretty touchy and require a slight push in or pull out for the best contact. Do this with the test program running...and you will see your results. If there is still a group or one or two still not doing right.......look at the transistors. Un sure if they are touching? Take a playing card and carefully push between any transistors within a 6 inches of the malfunctioning LED. Do not use the card as a fix! These require cooling............and a card in there would get hot and maybe even start a fire......not the thing to do when you can not wait to post a picture so you can get the ultimate response.....The Slotness Monsters calling card! Run the unit for an hour or so. An extremely dirty board just might require additional cleaning......noting how warm it gets. These units are spec for a max temp of 60 C....slightly above 120 degrees Fahrenheit. In a closed or partially enclosed box on a warmish day this threshold temperature could be easily hit............so plan a cooling fan. Hint.......Look at the noise level before you buy..........Get the most air movement at the lowest DB level. Usually anything above 40 DB is loud if you are sitting in a quite room enjoying the light show. Jay, Idesign, Captain Happy, and myself all have a great library of Graphic files.....just ask if you would like a copy.
I am watching my 1 X 3 and 2 X 3 (2 X 3 is still sitting on the floor) as we post..........and quoting the Slotness Monster..................OOOHHHHHHHHH........AAAHHHHHHHHHHH.....      Tim

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« Reply #484 on: May 05, 2006, 05:38:56 PM »   

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Tim, on the CON2 power jack, is center  + or -?

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« Reply #485 on: May 05, 2006, 07:33:45 PM »   

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Center Positive. Well.............more bad weather comming tonight and the weather radio is going nuts..........better go!  Tim

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« Reply #486 on: May 06, 2006, 05:33:46 AM »   

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Tim, have you hooked the CON2 up to a machine yet and run the CHAMII+ as a meter?  or are you just using the Supreme as a graphics display at the momemnt?

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« Reply #487 on: May 06, 2006, 09:13:08 AM »   

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I have the CON 2 connected to all 6 machines............at present I am using the CHAMII+ units as standalone for each machine and the supreme as the linked progressive....and working great!. I now have the wire and connectors and wire to run daisy chain from the CON2 and to the CHAMII units and the 2nd Supreme (the 2nd supreme and any CHAMII that you do not want to run the same stuff must have a different address). But I probably will run the same address on both supremes with different graphic programming. I was going to wire them this weekend.........but now that I have my new toy...the 2 x 3... I am going to get it running perfect and then mount it and then run the wire to all at the same time as soon as I am finished spraying in my woodshop. Well.........break over...........Time to sand the vinyl sanding sealer and then a coat of pre-cat lacquer.  Later       Tim

PS.....The supreme will not communicate with the CON2 as long as serial pins 1 and 5 are connected....and you will get a C1

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« Reply #488 on: May 06, 2006, 07:14:08 PM »   

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Hey............Captain......... Idesign has a 1 X 1, and I hear that he is trying to get a 1 X 3. These just daisy chain........so all you would need is to run power off the supreme source (the power supply is good for 3 boards max) and run a short 10 pin ribbon cable and.............Wala!   Instant 1 X 3 !   COOOOOOOOL!      Tim

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« Reply #489 on: May 06, 2006, 07:34:35 PM »   

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Do you need to change the software ??

On the LED4's you need to change out the chip to support 1x1, 1x2, 1x3... etc.
There is no 1x4,5,6,7,8,9  but there is 1x10 & 1x12.

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« Reply #490 on: May 07, 2006, 07:37:02 PM »   

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No.........all you need to do is plug in the power......and a 10 pin ribbon cable. Then ......using the downloader...you simply tell it what size it is in a PDF file. Thats it. My 2 X 3 is simply 6 1 X 1's all in series.
I have both supremes hooked up to the CON2 now...........and they MUST be daisy chained off the same port. Can not simply plug one in J7 and another in J6.  And I had a secondary jackpot hit wile I was testing and it worked great.....resetting the secondary to base amount after giving a jackpot win code.
Well..................batteries getting low again.........Goodnight!    Tim