Outrun Shaker not working

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Any ideas on how to troubleshoot the wiring board for an Outrun shaker.
I have tried 3 shaker motors just going through the menu to test the shaker.

The CP came from someone that tested the shaker motor working so I sorta trust him on that one one.

It's just not working hooked up to my cab. I've never seen it working but I got everything else working on this cab. Chips and memory all read fine now.
 
make sure your dips are correct. I got confused with mine, when finlly setup properly now my shaker works.

also make sure the fuse or circuit breaker next to the volume controls is ok.
 
As cadillacman pointed out, check those DIPs. Specifically DIP SW B, positions 1 & 2.

Aside from that, there are a number of things you might do to narrow down the problem:

1) you need to have the proper power to run the shaker motor. Check the DC voltage across the 4700µF cap in the power supply. I think it should be roughly 50VDC.

2) the motor itself. It's a simple DC motor, so it should run (albeit slower) with lower than its rated voltage. Hook it up directly to a 6V or 12V car (or truck, motorcycle, golf cart, etc.) battery and see if it spins.

3) the SSR (solid state relay) board. This is a tiny little PCB mounted down there somewhere. Maybe 2" x 4" or so, with a connector at each end. Testing it is beyond a sentence or two.

4) the signal from the PCB. You should see +5VDC at the 2-pin input of the SSR board when the PCB tries to turn on the shaker motor.

Hopefully you will have isolated your problem in (1) or (2).

Edit: shit, I almost forgot, there's a circuit breaker in the DC motor power supply (rather than a fuse). You should find the breaker reset button in side the coin door on the control panel.
 
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I was gone most of the day picking up a beast. I'll test this tomorrow. Thanks guys!!!
 
My dips are set to cab type UR but in the test menu it reads as "not moving" which I just understand as not the big moving cab.
I'll try the other tips mentioned.

Then I noticed some caps on my PCB (outsides of the top board in the corners were just ripped off) 220u 16v I believe. I think they are just filter cabs but I'll get them replaced also.
 
My dips are set to cab type UR but in the test menu it reads as "not moving" which I just understand as not the big moving cab.
I'll try the other tips mentioned.

Then I noticed some caps on my PCB (outsides of the top board in the corners were just ripped off) 220u 16v I believe. I think they are just filter cabs but I'll get them replaced also.

My upright (on which the wheel shaker works): DIPSW.B position 1 is ON, 2 is OFF. In the "TYPE" line, it reads "UP COCKPIT"
 
I know if the shaker motor is running all the time, its the little circut board in the bottom of the cab thats bad...

So maybe if its not getting power to that board, the motoro will not work..

I think I have the entire populated floor cabinet board plate to Outrun if you need it..
 
Yeah my dips match. It may be caused by something else. The cab type also my be because I've swapped some roms and am running the Japanese course order.
 
i swapped back in the US course roms. Two are bad but they are in the HS/FP ROMs DarrenF is putting up. It'll get fixed when I get it reburned.

OK tonight I'll check voltages. The cab type now reads right now that I put back in the US courses.

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at least this K7000 looks nice and strong. Even with the white knobs Flyback, LOL
 
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OK signal off the board has 5V going to the small board. Nothing measure across the caps and coming from the transformer. I wonder how it can be ZERO DC out of that thing.
 
OK signal off the board has 5V going to the small board. Nothing measure across the caps and coming from the transformer. I wonder how it can be ZERO DC out of that thing.

0VDC on your small filter cap in the bottom of the cabinet:

1) Check your circuit breaker. It's mounted on the panel inside the coin door. Press it to reset.

2) Check the wiring between the power supply and the circuit breaker. There should be a connector in between. Find it and check it.

3) Check for AC on the bridge rectifier. There are two bridges in there. Find the one connected to the small filter cap (on mine, it's toward the front of the cabinet). The middle 2 legs should have ~35 VAC on them.
 
Yeah my dips match. It may be caused by something else. The cab type also my be because I've swapped some roms and am running the Japanese course order.

Aaahh. Yes, I think the really old ("Japanese course order") ROMs just say "MOVING" & "NONMOVING" or something similar. I don't think those ROMs support upright cabinets with a steering wheel shaker only; they were intended for use in moving & nonmoving cockpit cabinets, AFAIK.
 
0VDC on your small filter cap in the bottom of the cabinet:

1) Check your circuit breaker. It's mounted on the panel inside the coin door. Press it to reset.

2) Check the wiring between the power supply and the circuit breaker. There should be a connector in between. Find it and check it.

3) Check for AC on the bridge rectifier. There are two bridges in there. Find the one connected to the small filter cap (on mine, it's toward the front of the cabinet). The middle 2 legs should have ~35 VAC on them.

Hmmm My circut breaker is like stuck in... I'll pull the leads and test continuity later when I have more time. I just took a quick look at it.
Thanks... maybe it's a simple fix of this one part.

UPDATE: yeah after pulling it, it is broken. Its locked and can't be reset. A quick search and I found the right part on mouser. I will order one on Monday if I can't find one here.
 
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Did you ever get this fixed? I have the same problem. I get 4.6v in to the SSR board from PCB but nothing out. Also getting 0v on 4900uf 50v cap. How can I verify if circuit breaker works?
 
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