Fruit Machine Chat

Hi All,

Recently bought a Casino Bar X which had a faulty Reel 1. In fact, all the wires had been pulled out and in wrong place.

Got a manual from electrocoin and matched up all the wires on the reels and on the main board connectors and they are all fine.

But reel 1 still did not work. When I switch the connectors i.e. put reel 2 connector on reel 1, it works fine, so I know the actual reels/motors/sensors etc are fine. Also means the voltage must be fine as the other reels would not be working.

After a lot of trial and error, I figured that if I move the "COMMON" wire from Reel 2 and put it in Reel 1 it starts to show some movement, but jams up.
Then I figured that if I put the PHASE 3 wire into reel 1 as well as the COMMON from Reel 2, it spins perfectly for a few spins. So I split the wires so it went into both reels.

But then I noticed after a few spins, it jams up again and then later unfreezes (repeating cycle) and I'm guessing that its because them wires aren't meant to be there.

So I grabbed a multimeter and measured the original COMMON wire from REEL 1 and noticed there is no voltage at all. I assumed both wires were dead, so soldered new wires onto the board but there is still no voltage. I then tested the wires individually with a battery so I know the wires are fine, they just won't work on the board.

So I'm guessing that the connector CN2 is faulty, or the main board?

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Regards,
Mike.

could well be a mpu fault,on the mpu you have common and phase transistors ,check these out for broken pins or for a faulty one

Cheers for the suggestion... can't see anything obvious but as its easy to miss I've ordered a new one from e-bay from a "working machine" so I'll swap it over and see if it helps...

Ok, fitted new board (MPU) and the reel is now working. Must have been a broken transistor somewhere, so thanks.

Only problem I then had was all coins going to cashbox even when refilling. Changed a wire on hopper to different loose one and it seamed to solve it. Even though the stats in refill mode say my hopper level is on 31, it goes way past this. Not sure what the exact hopper level is then, maybe 125 or 250 but nevertheless its kind of working.