Star Trek: The Next Generation
Williams, 1993Hey,
I'm finally going to install my STTNG shaker kit - but can't find the instructions 
It is the one with pinbit driver board 2.1 purchased from Bay Area Amusement:
http://bayareaamusements.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=MC-SHAKE-STTNG
Installing shaker and board is no problem - but not sure where to get the 20V and where the purple wire goes?
Anyone that can help?
Thanks,
Ken
Thanks guys - I have been there and this seems to be the instruction for the prototype (e.g. the connectors are different on the sales version). Further, I expected the board revision 2.1 to be "intelligent" as stated in the product description, i.e. I expect the controls to be more advanced than a simple flasher activation that the prototype provides. Hope the purpose of the purple wire is adding some intelligens 
No, those are he instructions I used to install mine. I think the purple wire is unused. Read the instructions. The shaker fires only on those flashers which appropriately only are used when fighting the Borg ship or getting extra ball or shooting the Borg ship in battle modes. It's perfect.
Did you use the wire splicers the kit provides? They are kind of easy to mess up, and then they don't make contact at all. There's also a lot of silicon paste or something in splicer for some reason. Really messy.
I couldn't figure out what was wrong until I noticed the flasher signal never came through. I ended up removing the splicer and solder directly to the flasher wire instead.
The thing is supposed be be intelligent, it counts the flasher signals and it knows kind of in what mode it is, but I wonder if there ever is going to be an 'upgrade' to use the purple wire for something.
Quoted from KenEberhardt:Well, I did actually read the instructions but judged them as preliminary
Quoted from KenEberhardt:it is not a $10 product
Quoted from KenEberhardt:I expected them to have pictures of what I have bought and not a prototype with other connectors etc.
I'm sure the instructions were made with the prototype. Then they're not going to rip it all out of their game and install another one just to make new photos especially when the many photos they have are fine and the instructions are overly detailed.
FreeBee - yes, I was also surprised about the paste, and considered soldering instead of using them. Again instruction are not impressive here either - it is another connector than the one described... However finally I got it right squeezing a lot and paste all over the place.
I dont expect they will improve the firmware and use the orange wire - guess when its too much work to update a simple html page with instructions, adding new functionality is not gonna happen.
BTW I still have a red connector of some kind in the box - not described either, and quite confusing...
Thanks a lot for all the help here at pinside to "make it so" 
Special thanks to markmon making it clear the instruction are indeed to be used - even though I dont have a clue why you keep on defending lousy instruction and indicating that we are all stupid...
So I don't think anyone here is stupid.
But when instructions are posted, the least one can do is read them. When I installed mine, I found the instructions to be overly detailed and quite good. Also, just because a wire exists (for future projects) and can be useful the future doesn't mean it should be implemented. The shaker is perfect as it is.
The sttng shaker is a decent shaker for other projects as well. I used one in my pirates, for example.
Okay, I just purchased one from another member and want to confirm a few things... I guess count me in the "stupid" category - I found the instructions a bit cryptic. If I had written them, I would have used more pictures and less words... So, here are some pics and questions. Maybe this will help the next guys.
Here's what I got:
I've placed the shaker and board in front as follows:
Grounded black wire at lower left of back box, where the speakers are grounded:
Now I've located the flasher "I think" they're referring to in their "instructions"... Is this correct? Are these the correct wires and placement points? Then, I'm assuming I open up the plastic connectors and essentially place each wire in the open channel in each - and then squeeze shut?
Well followed this setup - and everything worked for about half a game... Then, no red light signal on board, so assuming it's not getting power. Figuring the tap connectors could be the issue, I went to a Radio Shack and picked up brand new ones - similar to others - but still nothing. I then stripped/spliced wires - to give a direct connection. Still nothing.
Now I'm thinking its a power issue related to the harness wiring or board.
Btw, flasher fuse is working (as is flasher).
Any thoughts? Any way to test harness and board with a multimeter? any other thoughts.
Thanks.
Nice pictures 
Have you check that you have absolutely solid connection from flasher to the board? Seems like you should have, but only thing I can think of - and initially I had similar issues. I used the multimeter with one connector on the board and one on the flasher and found my issue that way - touching the wires by the flasher stopped continuity sometimes and I had to rework the connector...
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