Mikohn Progressive Controllers Displays and other info

[jay]

PSP has two ways of resetting a jackpot.

If you look at the Jackpot programming there is an option called RESW - you do not want this option.
This requires a second key switch in which to reset the jackpot.

Normally once you start playing the game again and it senses a coin in from the machine that won everything resets back to normal.

[chosmer]

Best way for me to discribe it is to show you.

here is the link VID 1 is the settings,  VID 2 is the working CON2 , VID 3 is the bad CON2

<a href="http://i6.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/chosmernv/VIDEO_1.flv" target="_blank">http://i6.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/chosmernv/VIDEO_1.flv</a>

<a href="http://i6.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/chosmernv/VIDEO_2.flv" target="_blank">http://i6.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/chosmernv/VIDEO_2.flv</a>

<a href="http://i6.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/chosmernv/VIDEO_3.flv" target="_blank">http://i6.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/chosmernv/VIDEO_3.flv</a>

[chosmer]

Ok I found where that RESW setting is , but that is under Controller test mode.                       

[jay]

I don't have PSP in front of me but I believe you can turn this setting on either on the main screen or under jackpot settings.
You might turn it on, Press the F1 to send it to the controller, then turn it off and send it to the controller.

[stayouttadabunker]

chosmer,
Did you get it working?

[Ron (r273)]

I have made up some notes on hooking up a single display in an IGT S2000.
If anyone is starting up the first time it might help.

Ron (r273)

[joseluisruffo]

Hi all, I am Jose Luis from Argentina, I wonder if anyone can help me connect a progressive Mikohn a S2000 driver with a super 8 networked machines. So I'm trying, but most important is that you do not know how you connect to have a mystery well, anyone know if there is a mystery well Mikohn a s2000, of course many thanks. if they have schematic or something to guide me and whether I continue with this work or discard lol. Jose Luis Ruffo

[MrBellMan]

I would like to give a big thanks to Jay and Ron (r273) for recently helping me get my Mikon CHAMII+ stand alone up and running on my Triple Double Wild Cherry machine.

Thanks guys! It turned out perfect!

Rob

[stayouttadabunker]

That topper on the machine really gives the effect of an explosion
or a Flamingo girl dancer's plumes , huh?
Great looking machine! 

[brichter]

I would like to give a big thanks to Jay and Ron (r273) for recently helping me get my Mikon CHAMII+ stand alone up and running on my Triple Double Wild Cherry machine.

Thanks guys! It turned out perfect!

Rob

Now post up your notes for the rest of us...

[MrBellMan]

Most of my findings are already well documented here on NLG, but what made the key difference was when I read the following regarding the F1 (SEND command):

"If the download is successful, no message displays in the message area and if the controller is connected
to a display, you will see the data from the CURRENT JP field display for the associated jackpot group."

For the longest time I could not figure out why the data would not send and show me the jackpot amount on the display. Well, turns out I was using a standard RS232 cable instead of the "modified" version. I found an old serial cable, cut it in half and spliced it back together per the instructions. Tried to send the data again and BAMM! My configured jackpot was being displayed.   

One thing I should probably mention was that at first I did not realize that the CHAMII+ was the actual progressive brain. I am used to spectrum displays and use the S2000 software to configure the jackpots. I bring this up because my searches always included "S2000", when in fact the CHAMII+ works the same for all machines I believe except for the actual "CHAMII+ to MACHINE" connection. My searches would have been a lot broader had I know this from the start.

Rob

[McCackie]

The display cable is a simple 3 wire RS232 cable but at the Display end short pin 1 to 5 which tells the display to attend to that port and ignore the 422 port (they share the UART).  Its the same for ChamII or the Supreme.

Most of my findings are already well documented here on NLG, but what made the key difference was when I read the following regarding the F1 (SEND command):

"If the download is successful, no message displays in the message area and if the controller is connected
to a display, you will see the data from the CURRENT JP field display for the associated jackpot group."

For the longest time I could not figure out why the data would not send and show me the jackpot amount on the display. Well, turns out I was using a standard RS232 cable instead of the "modified" version. I found an old serial cable, cut it in half and spliced it back together per the instructions. Tried to send the data again and BAMM! My configured jackpot was being displayed.   

One thing I should probably mention was that at first I did not realize that the CHAMII+ was the actual progressive brain. I am used to spectrum displays and use the S2000 software to configure the jackpots. I bring this up because my searches always included "S2000", when in fact the CHAMII+ works the same for all machines I believe except for the actual "CHAMII+ to MACHINE" connection. My searches would have been a lot broader had I know this from the start.

Rob

[LIGJACKSON]

Best way for me to discribe it is to show you.

here is the link VID 1 is the settings,  VID 2 is the working CON2 , VID 3 is the bad CON2

[Tomba]

Hello,

It has been a long time. I need some help about IGT with Mikohn. Does anybody know how to install (programming) of the Supercontroller when connecting to a GameKing? I have the connection but I would like to get the progressive amount on the screen as well.

Thanks in advance.

Tomba