[Building an idea WibbleWobble's MFME Cabinet build]

I am so jealous. Love that machine. Great work.

[3D Printed Cabinet Project]

Love that thing!

[Wine for Wizard]

Thank you Reg for setting this up and thanks Wizard.

 

[Thinking about building a new cab]

Little update. Got the pull arm installed and added a microswitch for the connection to the ipac 2. Drilled holes for buttons and cut out the section for the coin insert front plate.

 

[My prototype bartop cab]

@saunders22 did you print the paper for the buttons yourself? Looks awesome.

[My prototype bartop cab]

I believe mfme is setup so that the software will simulate a coin insert and payout. Those settings can be tweaked, altered to your liking within the main program.

i guess get the layouts you like and start playing

[Thinking about building a new cab]

3 hours ago, slasher said:

It is being built into a kitchen? Looks like a kitchen cupboard at the moment with a handle

If you pull the handle, then out comes the beer, lol

[Thinking about building a new cab]

58 minutes ago, Wizard said:

I can get it to work, but all these boards ( apart from the PACdrive ) aren't quick enough to keep up with the flashing lamps in MFME so aren't suitable tbh

The main issue is that you can't write to all output ports at the same time, so there is always lag.

The PACdrive allows you to write to all 16 outputs in one message whereas the others only allow 8 outputs, so need 12 seperate messages to update all 96 outputs ( UltimateIO )

It's a shame they behave this way as they are very good hardware wise.

Thanks for the explanation. I'll go with the Pacdrive then.

[Thinking about building a new cab]

Installed the pull arm today. Needs finishing. But looks good already!

[Thinking about building a new cab]

So it begins...

 

[Coin acceptor]

As long as it is a Coin acceptor with mechanism that can send a 'signal' to the keyboard encoder, or iPac or what you are planning to use. A mechanical coin mechanism works woth a microswitch that can be connected to the iPac. A cpu coin mechanism needs power, but there are types available that can be connected easy enough.

[PAC Drive Support]

On 11/05/2020 at 12:53, Amusements said:

Hey Luuk.

They are almost identical to what I use. 5v and 12v with high and low triggers:)

They work really well with them big cheap Chinese hoppers on both power and coin out sensor, and perfect for the cheap Chinese 12v mechs.

@Amusements do you have dimensions and perhaps a picture of the front of your cab?

[PAC Drive Support]

I am gonna use a 24V psu and use a 5v relay. 

[PAC Drive Support]

4 hours ago, Luuk said:

Wired direct to the pacdrive and ipac without additional relays, circuitry or whatsoever?

 

Received my Money Controls Compact hopper today. Nice compact device. Perfect for my mini build (23 monitor). I will order a 5V relay to use between the pacdrive and the hopper.

[PAC Drive Support]

12 minutes ago, No1Stoney said:

Azkoyen U2 parallel hopper is in my build. Works perfectly without additional wiring etc. And they can take any coins

Wired direct to the pacdrive and ipac without additional relays, circuitry or whatsoever?

 

[PAC Drive Support]

19 hours ago, Wizard said:

I use a pair of Universal hoppers in my cabinet and those have a "logic level" signal to turn on the motors so will work with PacDrive without additional circuitry.

If you have to drive the motor directly, then you'll need to add a relay or PNP transistor to handle the current because the Pac Drive has a max drive of 500mA and these hoppers can take 3A when starting up.

The other necessity is that the Hopper provides a lo level output for the coin output to be compatible with an IPAC

Also don't get anything with a serial interface as they won't work with MFME, it has to have a parallel interface.

I have no experience with the cheapo ones on Ali tbh

@WizardThis might work then:

€ 1,41  38％ Off | 5 V/12 V/24 V 1 Kanaal Optocoupler Relais Module Board Hoge & Lage Trigger Ac 250 v/10A Dc 30 V/10A
https://a.aliexpress.com/_B1tfZK

[PAC Drive Support]

4 hours ago, Wizard said:

I use a pair of Universal hoppers in my cabinet and those have a "logic level" signal to turn on the motors so will work with PacDrive without additional circuitry.

If you have to drive the motor directly, then you'll need to add a relay or PNP transistor to handle the current because the Pac Drive has a max drive of 500mA and these hoppers can take 3A when starting up.

The other necessity is that the Hopper provides a lo level output for the coin output to be compatible with an IPAC

Also don't get anything with a serial interface as they won't work with MFME, it has to have a parallel interface.

I have no experience with the cheapo ones on Ali tbh

The 'Money Controls Compact Hopper' has a parallel interface. I'll guess to go with that one then. Tnx

[PAC Drive Support]

@Wizard could you recommend me a hopper that works directly with the ipac/pacdrive? If that is possible at all.

Maybe one from Ali or something else that won’t break the bank?

[PAC Drive Support]

4 hours ago, Wizard said:

I would need to check, I do have a Ultimate board somewhere.

 

I am also interested in this possibility, because I am in the process of designing my mfme cab. You man Wizard are a great asset to this community! Thanks. 

[Thinking about building a new cab]

Just bought a used Bally pull arm handle with mechanism. The idea is that pulling the handle down pushes down a microswitch which closes its contact. Then the ipac would read it as a keystroke. I will also use a regular start button, but I feel the pull handle would be a nice extra touch. 
 

[Thinking about building a new cab]

12 hours ago, slasher said:

Good idea. I imagine you could use an arm with springs etc to simply trigger a micro switch when it's fully pulled down and use that to drive an input on the Pac drive?

That's what I was thinking about. Something like the ones on the pics below.

There are 'pull arm kits' for sale, like this one from Suzohapp: https://eu.suzohapp.com/en/products/handle_mechanisms/12-300532

Or maybe a used slot machine part.

[Thinking about building a new cab]

Anyone have any experience installing a working pull arm on a self made cab?

[Thinking about building a new cab]

@jabbathehut tnx for the info! @Reg that one looks great! The shift-function definitely gives more options. In my mini vpin the KL25Z (Pinscape encoder) also has a shift-function. Is that an old cabinet that you customized?
I intend on building from scratch around my monitor, but it should also still have ‘enough’ toom to accomodate a sff pc, coin mech and hopper.

I noticed the pacdrive.dll in the MFME main folder. Does anyone know is if besides the pacdrive mfme also works with the Ultimarc U-HID?

[Thinking about building a new cab]

Hi, my name is Luuk,

from the Netherlands and recently joined this site, that has lots of useful information. I am thinking of building my own cab. Already have a 23" touchscreen, a Core i5 pc where I will put an ssd in. I have a question though I hope someone can answer. Plz don't kill me cause I am at noob-level here .

- Besids the touch-function I will be using physical buttons that I am gonna hook up to an iPac. The lighting will come from a PacDrive, so the ROM is able to control the lights. How many buttons would at most be necessary?

Thanks for everyones response.

[Turn a "Bally Wulff - Action Star" into MFME-Cabinet]

Nice work! What coin hopper and how will it work with mfme?