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Don't just plug and pray. Do yourself a favor and bring it up systematically:
- Set dipswitches on game board to freeplay (see the manual). Make sure self-test switch in coin door is off (set to middle position, not up or down).
- Unplug monitor and game boards from harness.
- Power on and test DC voltages on AR (+5V, +22V, and -22V). Measure +5V on the positive (+) side of the C1 cap.
- Power down, plug in game boards only, power up, retest voltages on game boards. Verify +5V (on both boards), as well as +15V, -15V, and +6.8V on main board.
- If board is set to freeplay, both start buttons should be blinking. Press P1, and see if the game will play blind. You should hear the sounds.
- If it's playing blind, test the AC and DC voltages on the XOUT and YOUT test points on the game board. AC for both should be between 2 and 4V AC. DC should be between -1.5 and +1.5V DC, but will move around. If DC is steadily more than +2V or -2V, don't plug monitor in. (It may fluctuate up to 3V briefly, but should come back down, and should fluctuate between -1.5 and +1.5V most of the time).
- If voltages are ok, power down. Inspect all monitor wires to make sure everything is connected, and there are no broken wires anywhere. Be careful not to hit the neck or neckboard with your hand while you're in there.
- If wiring looks good, plug in monitor and power up again, with your hand on the switch, ready to kill power if anything looks, sounds, or smells funny. If all is ok, you should see an image.
- Flip test switch on, run self test, and see of any errors are flagged (see the manual). Also, you can tweak the video pots on the game board at this point to adjust the picture.
Hopefully all is ok, but if you follow the instructions above, you should catch most common issues (if there are any), without frying the rest of the system.
If you run into any issues or have questions, post them here.
Damn Andrew, that's an impressive check list. Saving this for future reference!
Don't just plug and pray. Do yourself a favor and bring it up systematically:
- Set dipswitches on game board to freeplay (see the manual). Make sure self-test switch in coin door is off (set to middle position, not up or down).
- Unplug monitor and game boards from harness.
- Power on and test DC voltages on AR (+5V, +22V, and -22V). Measure +5V on the positive (+) side of the C1 cap.
- Power down, plug in game boards only, power up, retest voltages on game boards. Verify +5V (on both boards), as well as +15V, -15V, and +6.8V on main board.
- If board is set to freeplay, both start buttons should be blinking. Press P1, and see if the game will play blind. You should hear the sounds.
- If it's playing blind, test the AC and DC voltages on the XOUT and YOUT test points on the game board. AC for both should be between 2 and 4V AC. DC should be between -1.5 and +1.5V DC, but will move around. If DC is steadily more than +2V or -2V, don't plug monitor in. (It may fluctuate up to 3V briefly, but should come back down, and should fluctuate between -1.5 and +1.5V most of the time).
- If voltages are ok, power down. Inspect all monitor wires to make sure everything is connected, and there are no broken wires anywhere. Be careful not to hit the neck or neckboard with your hand while you're in there.
- If wiring looks good, plug in monitor and power up again, with your hand on the switch, ready to kill power if anything looks, sounds, or smells funny. If all is ok, you should see an image.
- Flip test switch on, run self test, and see of any errors are flagged (see the manual). Also, you can tweak the video pots on the game board at this point to adjust the picture.
Hopefully all is ok, but if you follow the instructions above, you should catch most common issues (if there are any), without frying the rest of the system.
If you run into any issues or have questions, post them here.
This is awesome! Unfortunately, my Andrewb-to-English translator ring is in a different shipment. I just read that and nodded a lot and went "uh huh....uh huh....uh huh". So in over my head right now.
I am such a dirty, nouveau-riche arcade owner/poser. I feel dirty.
Don't just plug and pray. Do yourself a favor and bring it up systematically:
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This is awesome! Unfortunately, my Andrewb-to-English decoder ring is in a different shipment. I just read that and nodded a lot and went "uh huh....uh huh....uh huh". So in over my head right now.
I am such a dirty, nouveau-riche arcade owner/poser. I feel dirty.
So to be clear, you run through a similar start-up procedure each and every time you power up your vectors? Secondly, is there a checklist you run through when you power up a raster game.....or are the vectors so uniquely fussy that it applies only to them? I think a I know the answer to this but I am a glutton for punishment.
Someone is due to add their passive-aggressive vector swipe in 3....2....1....
Plug it in!!!
Plug it In!!!
Plug it In!!!
Leave it on overnight!
Leave it on overnight!
Leave it on overnight!