Lake Elsinore, CA
I am having the same issues. The Ring opto and Tower opto are not working. I also installed the piggy back connector to J16. Am I not supposed to use this part?
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Lord of the Rings
Stern, 2003
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Thank you Razorbak86. The shaker motor is revision B. If I remove the piggyback connector the shaker does not work. It only works with the piggyback connector in place but the 2 sets of optos then don't work.
I do have the Brown / white wire to pin 5 of J9.
I connected the red wire to the red wire on the upper switch of the coin door.
You mention a ground but I don't see a ground wire. Is it the black / white wire that connects to the motor driver board and then to the piggyback connector?
Quoted from MapleSyrup:Yes, that's the one. I clipped that wire, and soldered it to the ground strap near the shaker motor. Without the ground wire connected to the shaker board, the shaker won't activate.
Awesome. I will do that when I get home. Thank you very much for the help!
Quoted from markmon:Where do you guys keep getting info on j16? This is nowhere in my guide - edit: I see it is something new from stern. I guess MapleSyrup gas the answers above.
Yes it seems there are some additional connectors in the newer versions of the shaker motor that are not to be used on LOTR. Hope to get mine going tonight.
Quoted from MapleSyrup:Yes, that's the one. I clipped that wire, and soldered it to the ground strap near the shaker motor. Without the ground wire connected to the shaker board, the shaker won't activate.
It's working perfectly now. Had to cut the black/yellow wire from the supplied piggyback connector and run it from the supplied motor driver board to the ground on the cabinet as you mentioned and got rid of the piggyback connector. Thanks for all the help.
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