(Topic ID: 279923)

Target Alpha player reset

By Budski

3 years ago



Topic Stats

  • 2 posts
  • 2 Pinsiders participating
  • Latest reply 3 years ago by MarkG
  • No one calls this topic a favorite

You

Linked Games

#1 3 years ago

Hello everyone, I'm working on the 2nd Target Alpha I have and have everything working withe exception of the start game complete reset. Staring a game itvresets all the scoring reels and then the player until stops short and the motor keeps going. I then go to the back and trip the coil on the player unit one stroke and it then finishes its reset. Any ideas why it is not finishing its start sequence? It also has player#2 lit up when it is stuck until I manually give the player unit coil one stroke.

Thank you in advance of your help.
Dave

#2 3 years ago

The Player Unit may be waiting for a Score Reel to reset. Each Score Reel has a Runout switch that opens when the Score Reel reaches zero to block any more pulses that would advance it past zero during reset. There is another switch on each Score Reel that needs to close to tell the Player Unit that it has reached zero. The Player Unit waits for all of those switches to close during reset before it advances to the next position.

Even though the Score Reel shows zero, if all of the "I'm at zero" switches aren't closed the Player Unit won't advance and the Score Motor will keep running and pumping out pulses to try to get the Score Reels to reset.

To figure out which switch(es) might not be closing, put a score on all four players. Then watch as they reset to zero. The last player(s) to clear is (are) probably the one(s) the Player Unit is waiting for. And remember that just because a switch closes doesn't mean it's making an electrical connection.

/Mark

Promoted items from the Pinside Marketplace
From: $ 4.99
Cabinet - Decals
The Pinball Scientist
Decals
From: $ 12.99
Cabinet - Other
The Pinball Scientist
Other
$ 5.95
Playfield - Protection
The Pinball Scientist
Protection
From: $ 3.00
Cabinet - Other
Space Coast Pinball
Other
From: $ 33.00
Gameroom - Decorations
Rocket City Pinball
Decorations
From: $ 1.00
Playfield - Other
Rocket City Pinball
Other
$ 12.00
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
UpKick Pinball
Toys/Add-ons
From: $ 5.95
Playfield - Protection
The Pinball Scientist
Protection

Reply

Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

Donate to Pinside

Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!


This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/2nd-target-alpha-player-reset and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.