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Coin meters
- Thread starter insx
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early mechanical ones take one type of coin. it’s the size and weight that determines if it’s accepted or rejected. if accepted it falls through and momentarily triggers a switch which is interpreted by the pinball machine to clock up one or maybe more credits. or maybe 1/2 a credit on some EM machines.
later electronic ones can take different types of coins- again they examine the coin in a variety of methods weight, size, magnetic tests even, to check it’s ok and then an electronic signal is put out on the output wires. in this way the coin mech can tell the pinball what type of coin has been entered.
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later electronic ones can take different types of coins- again they examine the coin in a variety of methods weight, size, magnetic tests even, to check it’s ok and then an electronic signal is put out on the output wires. in this way the coin mech can tell the pinball what type of coin has been entered.
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oh sorry - ha ha read it as coin mech. Doh!
Its usually a "total plays" meter - so advances one each time a new game / player starts.
Its usually a "total plays" meter - so advances one each time a new game / player starts.
Incorrect. That meter is usually in units of 10p
Your game has taken aprox £3500 (at £1 per game)
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what game is it from?
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£1 adds 100 units on the counter. I could be mistaken thoughit registering 1p inputs ?
Try again
It should be 10p for one click.
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Spider-Man
Good idea!
Tim I've got a suitable coin mech you can borrow
Tim I've got a suitable coin mech you can borrow
Thanks for the offer James but I don't need to know that badly
I need to know now thoughThanks for the offer James but I don't need to know that badly
I need to know now though
You can come and fit it then when Boris allows.
On Bally/Williams WPC games you have to choose between a knocker or a coin meter. There is settings in the software.
If someone reconnects the knocker, and then puts a coin in without changing software settings you hear bang-bang-bang-bang-bang.....
Put in 50p or £1 and see how many units get clocked in. That is the easiest.
It does not register freeplays - only coins going thru the mech(s).
If someone reconnects the knocker, and then puts a coin in without changing software settings you hear bang-bang-bang-bang-bang.....
Put in 50p or £1 and see how many units get clocked in. That is the easiest.
It does not register freeplays - only coins going thru the mech(s).