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  1. Bought these. Am I an idiot!

    in Cabinet Building

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    17 minutes ago, woodsy said:

    Idiot, no chance I would of asked you for a higher price if I thought you were a dafty!! Thanks for the £20 I have a lot more falsely described clutter in my home if you are looking for more bargains and I’ll send you the lot with no stamps so you can pay the postage too!!!

    but seriously I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a £20 gamble on a possible way to get your build back up and running, the only thing I can say is bad luck and I hope you can get it fixed soon! Perhaps speak to roadhogmad as he’s selling a build and may have a hopper spare 

    Do they still do postal orders? I'll start sending them to you on a regular basis!

  2. Bought these. Am I an idiot!

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    As the title suggests, I got these 2, with tray from a scrap S4 club machine. I was assured that they were of the parallel persuasion, so took a punt. £12 + £7.50 postage. Once arrived I immediately saw that the big hopper only has an 8 pin connector rather than the 10 pin ones that the newer "U" type hoppers have. I can't even see the connector on the other hopper as it's covered by metal. Both seem to be seperately connected to an 18 pin connector that I assume once connected to the s4 payout system. Does anyone have manuals for either the s4 or the separate hoppers? Any information based on the pics below will be greatly received, and @woodsyI'm well aware you already think I'm an idiot. Thanks!IMG_1093.thumb.JPG.a08fb139142c6c1b9303f1d13ee77daf.JPGIMG_1091.thumb.JPG.675ff384c1f16ec9edb0766b998ec6be.JPGIMG_1092.thumb.JPG.53f2074a616f69c921e75f37261242bf.JPG

  4. Guide: Loading MFME for the First Time.

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    7 minutes ago, Tom Hod said:

    Hi 

     

    just download the MFEM v20 but it says operating system not supported ?

    can someone please tell me what operating system this runs on i think i have windows 10

    Again, not meant to offend, but are you sure you aren't on win 7? It doesn't work on that OS. The latest version to work on win7 is 6.1

  9. Another hopper problem

    in Cabinet Building

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    7 minutes ago, woodsy said:

    i've a locker full or thing to tell the mrs of needed hahah

    Thanks man!

    I'm pretty sure it isn't the wiring now (apart from the fact that the dupont connectors can be a little picky) as I have had the 24v hopper working as Hopper 1 and as Hopper 2 separately. I'm still hoping I can find the sweet spot for the pin that connects the hopper to the pac drive, but I'm not sure there is going to be one. I've given up on the one that fires off the [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[  for now.  Thanks for all the hints, tips, information and moral support!

    Will report back when there's more to the saga.               

  10. Another hopper problem

    in Cabinet Building

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    2 hours ago, woodsy said:

    i read that as you may have been abused in poland in a previous life.... jeez man that was a dark misread hahah..

    One good thing about this mess is at least I've had a few laughs out of it. I won't be touching the thing again until at least Friday. It has to be dragged out into open space in the lounge, much to the annoyance of my wife. Oh, and the swearing! Mind you, I'm not much better. Boom boom.

  12. Another hopper problem

    in Cabinet Building

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    Thanks Gary. First off, I did it exactly the same way as you are doing, getting a new bit each month if there was anything left in the bank. My biggest mistake really, was using an existing mame cabinet for the build, and trying to bodge it all together in one.

    I seriously have had no problem with the coin mech, and providing you get the one recommended on here and follow Stoney's diagram, it's quite straight forward, especially as you already know how to set up buttons.

    My hoppers on the other hand......

    The Universal hopper (Money Controls) was setup for me by a member here, and is huge, but didn't fit inside my machine lol, so is used for testing at the moment.

    The 3 Azkoyen 12v came from Poland, and I fear may have been abused in their past life! I had one working, and the others were incase anything went wrong and needed replacing, sadly as replacements, they are as bad as the now defunct original! Hence the plea for someone to test them.

    I also have an Azkoyen 24v which runs slower, but does actually work.

    If you do a build, make sure you design it with easy access in mind, and you'll have less hassle than me! Part of the problem is limited access to get to anything inside the machine.

     

  13. Another hopper problem

    in Cabinet Building

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    Right. I've changed the wiring to the hoppers. I have several 12v Azkoyen parallel hoppers and they are each finding a different way to be broken. I tested the wiring with buttons and deduced the ipac is sending the right message from each "slot". I have a 24v Universal hopper and that is running fine with the wiring in place. Therefore, I am asking here, and I'll put a post in real fruit machines too, is there anyone out there who can test hoppers and look at the connections/boards to these hoppers, and see if there is a fix possible?

    I know there are some people here who are good with electronic components, but would you have the time or inclination to take a look? I will gladly pay money to anyone who can fix one. Or can anyone recommend a company that might be able to do it?

    Thanks to everyone who has tried to help me. I am truly grateful.

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  15. Another hopper problem

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    The pac drive is sending out the signal to start up. As far as i know, it's waiting for a [ from the ipac to get it to stop. I moved it over just in case, but same result.  Looks like i need to invest in a volt meter and test each wire / connection individually.

  16. Another hopper problem

    in Cabinet Building

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    Thanks for the response. ctrl r? Resets the game ok, but I just can't get it to stop chucking out coins indefinitely in real play. I'm wondering if the ipac is buggered, but it accepts coins and the buttons work ok. I am stumped to be honest and close to saying f it.

    :mess_33:

  17. Another hopper problem

    in Cabinet Building

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    When i say it works in test. If i highlight each hopper in mfme then press test, then the hopper spins. If i just press the test hoppers button, nothing happens.

    I've also tested in ledblinky and it fires off ok, so i assume the pac drive part is ok.

  18. Another hopper problem

    in Cabinet Building

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    The continuous [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[or]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] has now been sorted, the connector end of the wire from the ipac to 10p hopper was dodgy. The hoppers work ok in test, but just dump their contents on payment when playing a machine in mfme. It doesn't show anything in notepad when the coins are firing out, so it's not registering the outputs. Any ideas why please?

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  21. Another hopper problem

    in Cabinet Building

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    I tried to respond, but I plugged my £1 hopper back in before hand and just got rows and rows of]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] coming up, which is weird because the 10p hopper is set to that, £1 is set to [ . This thing is f*cking with me now. Dammit Jim I'm a green keeper not a feckin' electrician/ person who deals with smaller scale wiring, whatever that is called.

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  23. Another hopper problem

    in Cabinet Building

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    I don't seem to be getting [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ in diologue boxes now, but if I win, hoppers just keep chucking coins, nothing seems to stop it. Tests ok in led blinky too, so I think it is the common ground thing, but it worked before with the same setup.

  25. Another hopper problem

    in Cabinet Building

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    During the week, one of my hoppers jammed. No biggie. Except. I took the offending hopper out, cleared the coins and put it back. Went to play a machine. No payout.

    WTF? Opened it up today had a fiddle, and now all works in test mode. Nothing in real play, but, I'm now getting rows of [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ appearing in any dialogue box. Could this be the dreaded common ground issue? I didn't have any problems before, despite using seperate psu. Could it be a dodgy connection from ipac to hopper? I've been messing about all day so far and seem to be going round in circles with it. Any ideas / suggestions will be gratefully received.

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