I finally got on the HS board on my Taxi...and my initials wont enter?? Everything on the game works flawlessly save for this. The start button will still toggle to the next initial, but the flippers do nothing? Any suggestions???
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Do your cabinet flipper buttons allow you to change the rollover lane lights? That's usually associated with the same switch contact??
No, they don't. Its funny, I played Taxi on the WHOF XBOX360 game, and noticed you could change the lit lanes. I figured they did that to add something new to the game since my actual Taxi didn't do it. Its supposed to, huh?
Taxi does have the lane change feature.
Also note that Taxi does not have the additional switch contacts as mentioned above. Taxi used an opto-isolator to feed the flipper switch circuits into the switch matrix. I recall that the opto-isolator is on the interconnect board.
My money would be on a bad opto-isolator.
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Lane Change on games with Interconnect boards.
When the interconnect board was introduced on Banzai Run, Williams stopped using a doubled up switch on the flipper EOS switches for the lane change. Instead, circuitry was added on the interconnect board using a MOC3010 opto coupler. If you have problems with the lane change on these games, replacing the small 8 pin MOC3010 opto couplers will usually fix the problem.
I wish I could help you Jow. I am just sick over this. Beside myself frankly. Color me helpless.
Thank you for the concern, Phetishboy. If I know my fellow KLOVians the way I think I do, the help will be here in no time flat. I will post pics of my initials on the HS table as soon as this is all hashed out! Tickle my colon!
Can anyone tell me where that would be? Sorry, I cant open the link at work.
The interconnect board will be the long board in the bottom of the backbox. It's the one with the cement resistors and fuses mounted all over it.
The MOC3010 is on that board, it's a small 6 pin IC, should have MOC3010 printed right on it.
The part is still readily available (Jameco for example), can be had for under $1
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Jow this is a part Radio Shack carries.
Their part # is 276-0134 (possibly 276-134)
If there's anything I;ve learned from buying from the ratshack is to call ahead and verify they physically have it on hand. If they say "the system shows it in stock" tell them you hate computers and don't trust them.
Your Taxi Interconnect Board may not have the Opto Isolators on it (according to the Parts list - on page 40 and schematics - Page 79 which shows none on that board). I have a Taxi Project which I bought which was missing all of the boards and displays. In trying to get it up and running, I bought an Interconnect board (D-12313-2014 - Pool Sharks) off of EPay after reading info on Clay's site and comparing the schematics. The Taxi Interconnect board (D-12185-553) did not have the Opto Isolators on it, but the Pool Sharks (U1-U3) did. Maybe the Manual is is wrong (Not the first time I found issues). If they are not there, I would probably check the circuit that contains Q46 (1J8-9, 1J10-8 and 1J10-9 wires) - which handles the right and left lane change switches.
Jow this is a part Radio Shack carries.
Their part # is 276-0134 (possibly 276-134)
If there's anything I;ve learned from buying from the ratshack is to call ahead and verify they physically have it on hand. If they say "the system shows it in stock" tell them you hate computers and don't trust them.