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Alien Poker, various issues

By Reality_Studio

6 years ago


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#15 6 years ago

Looks like yours were built and wired from the earlier revision to the drop targets and schematics, and Alien Poker proved to be tricky to get the wiring right without having a machine physically here to look at. The target set in your machine is from the first batch I did for Alien Poker, which ended up not quite working right as you noticed. It's wired to use the momentary contacts in the middle of the board, not the constant contacts at the bottom. If you change the wiring you'll also need to move the diodes on the PCB's too, and make sure the stripe on the diode matches the orientation shown in the diagram.

I know not everybody is comfortable doing surface mount work, so I can also send you a fresh set if you feel it's outside your comfort zone.

-Hans

#20 6 years ago
Quoted from winteriscoming:

This is the reason AP can be converted to leaf switches, since it doesn't rely on momentary contact as the target falls. It relies on constant contact once the target is down, which is better suited to the leaf switch setup, in my opinion. Games with horseshoes that rely on the momentary contact would not work in a leaf switch conversion - so perhaps AP is among the few games where a conversion like this can happen.

Yep, and same thing that threw me off when I did the original schematics. I got so used to everything being momentary.

-Hans

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