coin mech c220b

[jukejohn]

sorry steve
both
maybe thats the problem im no numptey im good at electronics just a coin mech virgin
i have set one up before but not using a c220b coin mech or vjb or a kllingon board i do have a 2.2 excel board if thats any difference can also send you pdf of kliingon board
 im at your mercy dude

[Steve]

jukejohn

not sure exactly why you would use both boards because the Kim board can accept parallel inputs just as the klingon can.
Anyway, so you have the klingon connected to the kim and the kim connected to your computer (videobox), so you have 3 chances to get a setting wrong in this setup because...

you can set the price of play on the klingon board & in videobox coin-op section and you could have the input keys set wrong on the kim board

So, what i suggest you do is set the clingon to give 1 pulse for each coin, then use the kimflash utility to set the Kim board to its defaults, then go into videobox coin-op section and set all the coins to give a diffrent number of credits.

Try that, see how it goes...

[jukejohn]

will try that later

would use the just kim board but not sure how to wire it up to this mech and maybe that would solve my problem

[jukejohn]

ive decided to try and get the c220b coin mech working with just kim board and no credit board
here is what it says on the coin mech for pin outs

pins
1 - commA- £1
2 - Acc 1 - 50p
3 - key [unused]
4 - Acc2 - 20p
5 - acc3 - 0.10
6 - select
7 - Acc4 - £2
8 - inh4
9 - 12v
10 -0v
11 - inh3
12 - inh2
13 - inh1
14 - inh5.6
15 - inh 7.6

hope this will help just need to know which ones i connect to the kim board
i know there is 5v coming out of some of these so im aware that they will
go to the 12v inputs on the kim but which i dont know hope this makes
my problem more clearly for you to understand 

[Steve]

I tried to fing the c220b datasheet but couldnt find one, but I think the c220b is interchangeable with the sr5 http://gmmpro.com/pub/SR5_Technical_Manual.pdf  so I had a look at the parallel settings and to be honest I think trying to get all the pins configured correctly for parallel will drive you crazy, from what i can see first you have to set all the coin inhibits low before it will accept a coin, then you will have to set the com to give a negative pulse & you would have to set it to 5 coin mode so that it gives 1 pulse on each line for individual coins, so I take back what i said before, it might be a lot easyer for you to use ccTalk, ccTalk basicaly only needs 4 wires, or maybe the Klingon idea isnt so bad after all, I've included a link to the sr5 datasheet above, take a look see what you think.

[jukejohn]

yes the sr5 is the same for pin outs that much i have found out

so ive connected my sr5 which lights up and takes coins but cant
get any outputs from it i have enabled cctalk but still no go
ive even wired it via 3wires com -supply-signal aswell as the serial lead
it is a known worker looked at the manual over and over again
no sollution

[Steve]

when you tried ccTalk, did you set pin 9 0f the sr5 Low ?

[jukejohn]

no i didnt how do i do that

[Steve]

What happens is that when the sr5 is powered up it looks to see if pin 9 on the ccTalk connector is low (connected to Gnd -), if it is it will go into serial mode (ccTalk) if it is not low it will go into parallel mode.

Note that pin 9 must be set before the sr5 is powered up.

If you read the Kim datasheet you will see that this is provided for on the ccTalk connector (see the diagram)

[jukejohn]

im a fool i havent done that

no doubt it will work will try it later
only down side to using a sr5 is there will be a fair amount of
cutting and bodgeing to make it fit inplace of the c220 but if
it gets it running so be it ill have to get the hacksaw out

[Steve]

im a fool i havent done that

no doubt it will work will try it later
only down side to using a sr5 is there will be a fair amount of
cutting and bodgeing to make it fit inplace of the c220 but if
it gets it running so be it ill have to get the hacksaw out

Lol  , i think the lesson heare is to read up on the subject before connecting wires, anyway I hope that works for you, test it before you break-out the hacksaw lol 

[Dj4nrv]

Lol. Its just not as much fun tho. Int that right john.
 

[jukejohn]

made progress but not there as yet
cctalk seems to be working im getting a signal through with a 50p acording to my
remapper software this is keynumber 1 and a £2 is number 4 but no credit on vjb

this is the closest ive got with cctalk what do you surgest from here

does the kim want resetting

why is it that when each time i open the kim software the cctalk is always unticked is that normal

and yes dj its is fun but this is also giving me one mighty headache
costing me in paracetimol lol

[jukejohn]

update

just my bloody luck got it working with 50p £2 but no signal is seen
with a pound coin theres a slight click from the selonoid and thats it
any ideas