Hey all, just picked up a JM today. Glove was not working. I'm putting together a parts order immediately. Already ordered a new X nut and a spare opto, are there any other cheap 'go to' parts I should just grab to have on hand?

2: can anyone explain where the X home switch is? I can't seem to find it, and it's hard to see behind.

3: can anyone explain when the Y home switch should open and close? It looks like it'll open when the glove is at its furthest back point on mine, and stay closed the rest of the time; is that correct?

4: can anyone explain (or have a video) of what the self test should do when functioning properly? the manual is very useless here... mine just moves back and forth a bit on the X axis and then says error, even though all the switches are toggling properly

Thats not going to answer any question besides #2. Useless to take the whole thing out if I don't understand how it works and don't have any parts on hand

My problem is I don't know what the switches *should* be doing. When should they be open, when should they close. I can't adjust them properly if I don't know how they should work.

The bracket that holds the glove on (and closes/opens the Y home switch) vibrated loose during transport, one screw fell out completely. I'm trying to reassemble everything now.. I put everything together in a 'best guess' on how it would work, and read every post I could find on glove issues, but couldn't find the answers to these questions. Want to make sure everything is as it should be before I bother asking for any specific troubleshooting help.

They are limit switches yes, but what position is considered the 'limit'? Is it one corner? Somewhere in the middle? I can't ensure they're working right if I don't know where they should close/open.

All the optos are functioning fine in switch test.

So the Y home switch should... open when the glove is over the vuk? Close? From the construction it seems like it'll be open for half the Y range and closed for the other half, which seems weird to me

Yes, but it doesn't show how things should align, just how they connect together

Thanks!

Probably a long shot but does anyone have a spare one of these guides, or know where one is available? Mine seems to be missing and balls in the left column end up going down the left ramp instead of into the pops.

A-20481 "Ball Guide #4"

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Thanks! the 3D printed one looks a bit tacky, but didn't see the one on PPS. Sadly they seem to be out of stock

I messaged about the clear one a few days ago but no response

It's the blocky shape, not the color, that annoys me. I've got my own printer anyway though, it wouldn't be a big deal to print one in the worst case, but I would prefer a more professional looking replacement or an original before I resort to that

Lol, I managed to get one from PPS... and it's just the ugly 3d printed one from mezelmods. Even has their label on the bag. Doesn't match the pic on PPS's site at all

FYI, avoid the mezelmods 3d printed diverter. Had multiple issues with it already. Ball hang ups, wrong sized hole etc. I think it's a complete loss, will need to make my own

Has anyone ever had problems with the glove picking up two balls during multiplayer games?

Had the same question recently: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/johnny-mnemonic-is-there-an-owners-club-yet/page/69#post-5324126

Nycon who makes a nice clear one did get back to me saying he might have some left over, but then I never heard anything back again after

pinbits sells a plastic protector set which includes a protector for that plastic, however both my original plastic and the protector (which matches the plastic) have a hole that doesn't align with my actual ramp.

Does anyone else have that issue?

Do other people's games award the right ramp jackpot instantly on starting multiball if it's selected? It seems like when it dumps the balls, the balls on the right ramp enter before the right ramp scoring switch, which awards the jackpot (while on the left ramp they enter below the switch). Something wrong, or just a coding overlook?

X is left to right. My Y is harder than my X, but both can be done by hand. I've never found the supposed updated service bulletin for the hand

Can't hurt to take the screw rods out, clean all the old grease off, and apply some new stuff

Does it match this?
http://tiltforums.com/t/jm-bonus-collect-hold-weirdness/6549/25

If you read the rest of that thread, I think you'll find the whole game is already sorta ruined for tournament play :/

You could technically make a "spinner divider" little board... Either a smart one using a tiny cpu to read the spinner and fake a switch closure on the first spin and then every subsequent X spins, or a dumb one using a few logic chips

I think the best thing though would be for Soren to mod it so that the spinner points don't go to bonus, you just score them immediately, so you can't have your score go crazy from playing with the bonus hold/x/collect and ball 3 bug

You could just make it on some perf board by hand, or order a few PCBs cheap. No need for bulk construction. I think the main issue would be getting 5V to that area of the playfield somehow