The Challenger Crane by A.G.E. newer than J-series

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Here are some notes that I have put together on these Candy cranes. Thanks to Ken Layton, Pindork1, mvco, and Coinopshop.
Hope this helps!

A.G.E. The Challenger (Newer than J series)

To get into the program mode,
1. press and hold the program and the reset buttons at the same time and hold them in for at least 5 seconds.
2. Realease the reset button while holding the program button the rope lights (if working) will start flashing.
3. Then release the program button the display will toggle from 1 2, press the drop claw button when the display gets to a 1.
If you have a talking version (newer) You should hear it say program mode.
The display will toggle through all the options in this mode.


Menus:

1-volume 1-10 on your crane it may be 1-100
2-claw strength 1-10 or 1-100
3- game time in sec.
4-price 1=.25 2=.50 3=.75 4=1.00
5-number of games. it's play till you win but you can set it to a max number tries.
6-atract mode 1=4x per hour 2=3x 3=2x 4=1x
7-voice vol. but if you have no voice this is why you only have six options.

Parts can be found at http://www.candyandtoy.com/

Suitable power supply: Mean Well Power supply PT-65

*** Note Original wiring will need to be modified to accommodate the new power supply pin-outs are different.

http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/st...amecoall&ddkey=http:StoreCatalogDrillDownView

To turn off the winner every time, wait till the left side of the display gets to five and press the claw button. You should hear it say plays per credit. Now with the joystick (moving up or down) set the right side of the display number to 1. This will only give
one play per credit. You should read 5 1 on the display. I think the factory setting is 10 for the winner every time.
The price per play is at #4 in the program mode on the left side of the display. If you are looking for 2 coins per credit, in the program mode, go to #4 (left side display) hit the drop claw button and set to 2 on the right side using the joystick. This will give you .50 cent per play.
It sounds confusing, I know. I have several of these machines and they were a nightmare at first, but once you get into the program mode, it will announce the options over the speaker as you toggle though them
 
age crane

this is great info! thanks for putting it all in one location!! im looking for a motor for one of these cranes right now. S&B wants 70 bucks but i think i can find it a lot cheaper. if i do i will get you the info so you can add it to this post. thanks again!!
 
I picked up one of these recently but I didnt get a manual. This post was very helpful.

Does anyone know how to adjust the flash rate of the rope light? I would really like it to be always on during attract of always off during attract. The flashing is a little much for a home game room.

Any help is appreciated.

-Ken
 
My AGE Challenger candy crane was made in 1994, has program and reset buttons, a 2-digit display, and a circuit board that says "Rev B." It has no voice feature in the menu. So do I have a "J series" or a "newer than J?"

S&B has one manual online, for "J series with no program or reset buttons."

http://www.sandbsales.com/contents/media/Manual.pdf

If you look at the parent page (http://www.sandbsales.com/contents/en-us/d52.html) you will see links to the J series and "newer than J series" but they both point to the above file.

I was unable to get into the menu with the procedure above, but I eventually figured out a method that works.

1. Reboot game
2. Hold RESET; claw should close
3. Keep holding RESET
4. Press and hold PROGRAM for 2 seconds
5. Release RESET while continuing to hold PROGRAM
6. Hold PROGRAM for another 2 seconds
7. Release PROGRAM
8. Now you should see 1,2 repeating on the display
9. Press DROP when the display shows 1
10. The game will auto-cycle through all the menus
11. Press DROP to change a setting; note this will immediately revert the setting to its default value
12. Use the joystick up/down to change the value
13. Use DROP to commit and return to auto-cycle
14. Values are immediately committed, turn off the machine any time

There may be a better way to do this, but this was the only repeatable way I could find to activate the menu on my Rev B game. This game also uses values 1-10 (not 1-100) and the attract mode setting values go from 0 to 6 instead of 1 to 4 as in the OP.

Can anyone tell me where the speaker connects to the board, and what kind of speaker to use? My game has never made a peep and I don't even see a speaker installed!

Lastly, if you need belts, get them now. I called Ron at S&B today and bought a few spares, and he said that belts are about all he has left for these games.
 
I can't edit my last post, it's too old, but I wanted to drop in a pointer to a great post by @coinopshop which has the programming instructions and pinouts for the AGE Challenger crane Rev B!

 
Necro Bump.

Anyone have any spare drive belts for this game they would be willing to part with? Need the large one that moves it left to right.
 
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