Anyone heard of a STATUS brand Video Poker slot? CAN'T get it to do much!

[shortrackskater]

Thanks for all that information! Interesting ... my video slot in a box!
I couldn't find any numbers other than what was on that tag in the photo at the beginning of my thread.
I don't really know what else to do. I couldn't find anything in the MONITOR section here. I'm about to toss in the towel. Too bad because it's so darn CLEAN looking! I'm just not so knowledgeable on CRT's. I just had hoped some of the initial responders would come back!
I think it's time to put this back on Craigslist!

[SolidSilver]

So, how did it all eventually work out? Did you re-list & sell it?
If so, curious to know how much it went for.

[shortrackskater]

Well I tried contacting the former owner of the company and never heard back. But thank you for the help! I gave up. It's sitting in my garage, covered and super clean...looks new almost. The monitor is powering up, it has static but there's not picture, no sound. I'm going to put in on CL when I get some time.

[jay]

You could easily get a 8 liner or cherry master board and wire it up.

[shortrackskater]

You could easily get a 8 liner or cherry master board and wire it up.

I'm not sure what you mean.

[jay]

Not the cheapest place but a good overview.
http://www.slotsdirect.com/8linerboards.html

Basically a cherry master / 8 liner is a generic board that will plug into any CGA/VGA or Svga monitor.

They work with a basic harness that can be wired up to buttons and hoppers.

Google away....

[shortrackskater]

Hmmmm...thanks. That might be fun and a good learning experience. I'm still a little worried if the CRT really works or not. I only have static on it...no visible light!

[stayouttadabunker]

There's no question that your machine is kinda of rare and getting help on it would be sort of a challenge.
That's where your troubleshooting skills come into play here.
You need to get down to the nitty gritty and find out how to try to perform tests on the monitor.
Perhaps you can start by seeing what wires go to the monitor from the MPU?
Maybe that may give a clue as to what type of monitor they utilized in there and maybe you can search for similar help online?
Is there any stickers, labels, or circuit board etchings/markings that describe what CRT monitor it may be?
Not all CRT's are the same but many have similar troubleshooting procedures?

[shortrackskater]

Well I can certainly give it a try! I've always been hesitant working on CRT's - my only limited education was DC and digital technology and that was back before there was electricity!  
But I do have two other old video slots and it would be nice to learn this for future issues. AND this Status slot is in such CLEAN condition, it would be nice to see it come alive again. I'll start poking around. I'll make sure the power is on and I'm barefoot, and wet...just kidding... 

[stayouttadabunker]

Personally, that big red rubber thing on the back of the monitor scares the crap outta me!
I remember once trying to tape wire to a big screwdriver, clamping the end to the chassis
and grounding it out with one hand in my pocket.
I asked someone to be with me for fear of flying across the room knocking myself out...LoL
The loud crackling sound when you touch the metal under the rubber cap
with the screwdriver tip...is disconcerting to say the least!

[shortrackskater]

Personally, that big red rubber thing on the back of the monitor scares the crap outta me!
I remember once trying to tape wire to a big screwdriver, clamping the end to the chassis
and grounding it out with one hand in my pocket.
I asked someone to be with me for fear of flying across the room knocking myself out...LoL
The loud crackling sound when you touch the metal under the rubber cap
with the screwdriver tip...is disconcerting to say the least!

Me too! And that CAP that's the size of a 50 gal drum spooks me too! I know there's discharge instructions here...I'll need to find them.

[SolidSilver]

Glad I stirred it up again: I agree with the bunker man, a rare machine is worth recovering.
Will do a bit more research, this time on the technical side, to see what I can come up with.
No bets (pun intended...) but it could be fun.

[shortrackskater]

Thanks Bunker and Silver! 

[CVslots]

I'll make sure the power is on and I'm barefoot, and wet...just kidding... 

Darrell did that years ago...tinkering around in the garage one summer, barefoot, holding a beer....lets just say it got ugly! But he learned what NOT to do...real quick!

[jay]

Just getting back to the inital synopsis: Turn Machine on, static on monitor.....
This would lead me to believe that the monitor is good but no output is coming from the MPU.

Before we go down the road of discarging monitors, and throwing cap kits around it would seem to me that trying a known output source would be a valid troubleshooting step.
Ie Connect the VGA output of a laptop to the Monitor and see if anything shows up. We are not looking for picture perfect convergance, just enough to say that if the MPU was outputting something it would show up on the screen.

Are we getting any other poker noises or such and just a blank screen ?

[shortrackskater]

No sounds... no lights (there IS power to the fluorescent tubes...they're burned out). There are some transistors (I think) on the MPU with heat syncs. Those do get warm. Not scalding... but plenty warm. How do I create a VGA input from wires on the CRT? I've never done any work on monitors, ever. 

[jay]

The VGA pin out is relatively simple.

The question however is which wire is which.

Step 1 is to identify the make and model if possible of the monitor. From there we can find a manual, determine if the input is CGA, VGA etc.

  Post some pictures - some of the guys on the forum are pretty sharp and may be able to ramble off pinouts in their sleep.

[shortrackskater]

This sounds fun! Thank you very much. I've suddenly got some renewed interest here.
I'll take some pics SOON and post. And I'll head down to Mar Vac, the last remaining true electronics store in Orange County Ca, I think. I love making custom cables. One thing I do need is a monitor extension cable again. I borrowed from from Jim but returned it, thinking I wouldn't need it again. 

[SolidSilver]

Shortrackskater, noticed in an older post that you have a Casino Electronics/Omega "Casino Poker" machine.
Any chance the CRT and/or video drivers are the same? Can't have been too many suppliers of CRTs to such
a small specialized industry at the time.

I just picked up one of the Casino Poker machines, looks much like yours, everything works.
If there's anything I can check or compare on mine for you, glad to help.

Any chance you have a manual for this thing?

[shortrackskater]

Shortrackskater, noticed in an older post that you have a Casino Electronics/Omega "Casino Poker" machine.
Any chance the CRT and/or video drivers are the same? Can't have been too many suppliers of CRTs to such
a small specialized industry at the time.

I just picked up one of the Casino Poker machines, looks much like yours, everything works.
If there's anything I can check or compare on mine for you, glad to help.

Any chance you have a manual for this thing?

Hi
I do have a manual, and it's in my hand now. For the life of me, I can't remember where I got it. I'm going to poke around my computer and see it's on pdf. Mine is an actual manual - 9 chapters plus 3 appendixes. It's  Version 51.0X Video Poker. Is there a version on yours? Mine is hand written near the MPU board.

[SolidSilver]

No clue what version it is; ...yet.
Haven't taken it apart yet: everything works so I'm not inclined to "fix" it.
But I'd like to disassemble enough to clean it, learn basics of adjustments and
option selections, and maybe find out why there are TWO "jackpot reset" keyswitches

I have an excellent professional scanner with PDF output. I'd be glad to scan any manual
you (or any NLG'er)  have and generate a PDF from it.

[shortrackskater]

Can you post a picture of the inside? You probably should start a new thread for this though as I may eventually try and fiddle with my Status poker slot.
I'm thinking someone may have mailed me that manual. Whoever it was my resurface. If not, and if this one will work for you, I could mail mine for you to copy. I do have a decent photocopier too... just haven't used it in a while.

[shortrackskater]

This sounds fun! Thank you very much. I've suddenly got some renewed interest here.
I'll take some pics SOON and post. And I'll head down to Mar Vac, the last remaining true electronics store in Orange County Ca, I think. I love making custom cables. One thing I do need is a monitor extension cable again. I borrowed from from Jim but returned it, thinking I wouldn't need it again. 

I think I'll keep this machine for now... convinced by SolidSilver and Jay to fiddle with it some more, including trying to isolate the problem to determine if it's the CRT or not.
I poked around a little bit last night and I have a strong feeling it's in the MPU, and not the CRT. Reason being there is no error sound or any sound of the machine trying to work. Nothing happens when I insert a coin as well. I still feel static on the CRT so apparently it's getting power but no signal.
One thing... and this might be really silly sounding since I have no schematic or the MPU, but there are four transistors with heat sinks on them. Three are nice and  hot, as they probably should be (not burning hot). One is COLD as ice. Could this possible be the problem? The three toasty ones are in one part of the pc board, but the one above is the "coldie." I know this is NOT the way to troubleshoot but you never know. Any comments again?

[proten]

Have you checked the caps on the board?
Can you post a good picture of the board

[poppo]

Coming into this a little late, and I know nothing about these machines, but looking at the MPU picture, right below that Sentry battery, there are 4 voltage regulators with heat sinks. Three are 7805s and one is a 7806. You can check the voltage output of them. From the heat sink screw (ground) to the right leg you should get +5VDC on the 7805s and +6VDC on the 7806. If you get nothing, check from the heat sink screw to the left leg. That wold be your input power.