This looks like an easy way to get power set up as I have a spare power supply I never used for a blue elf multiboard. I just need to get a power cord without an end. Could you show a better picture of how the power cord wires hooked into the power supply? Also, I am assuming that the red wire at the top is the power wire for the DMD, but what is the white wire? I am also assuming that there is a black ground wire of the DMD that you connected to a ground port on the cabinet.

Looks like mine should arrive just in time for me to head out of town on my next trip. Guess I can watch all the videos a few times to try and better learn what I need to do to have the only color DMD Tee'd Off machine

Thanks for your time and help.

Tim

That clears up a lot. I think I'll just go buy a power cord without an end from Menards today and hook it up to my unused power supply.

https://www.menards.com/main/electrical/electrical-cords-cord-management/specialty-cords/smart-electrician-reg-16-3-3-indoor-power-supply-cord/p-1470660795788-c-13965.htm?tid=3767307231995737652&ipos=2

But am I correct that you needed to splice some wires to make the DMD wires reach the power supply?

Thanks again for the information.

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One more question. Here is my unused power supply. The power cord connection looks to be straight forward. I bought a 6 foot cord so it could reach all the way to the back of the cabinet.
I noticed that you connected your DMD power (red wire) to a 5V 15A connection, I have a 5V 16A option, would that be sufficient? Or would the 12V 4A option at the top be better. Also, I expect that I can just connect the DMD ground to either the ground in the back cabinet, which is only a foot away, or connect it to the ground on the power supply.

Thanks again for all the help.

Tim

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Power supply is wired and plugged in. Putting out a little over 12V. Getting excited as I think it should arrive today.

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It arrived this afternoon. Though I didn't have the little box on top that you received. What was in it? Is it something I was supposed to get also? All that was in the box was the DMD and a small bag with what looks like an SD card adapter and 2 wire clips. Oh and enough foam peanuts to keep mine safe. I see the power and ground wires have male connectors on them. I will need to find some wire and attach female connectors that I could then connect to the power supply. Any idea what gage wire I would need to use?
I won't get to do any more until I come back from my trip on Monday, so I guess I'll be reading up on the installation while I am gone. Sure am anxious to get it running to start colorizing Tee'd Off.

Thanks again for all the help.

Tim

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Hello Malenko,
I hope to finally get my DMD powered up today. The power and ground wires are too short to make it to my power supply, so I thought I would just get some wire and put a female end to connect to the male end of the DMD wires. The DMD power and ground wires seem to be of a heavier gage than most of the other wiring in the machine, but the wires you show hooked to your power supply don't look much different than normal arcade wiring. I don't want to burn out my new DMD by using something that is incorrect. So I am looking for help about what kind of wire you used to connect the DMD to your power supply.

Thanks for all the help you have given.

Tim

Got it all wired up and installed. The youtube video was a bit different than what I needed to do to make my basic settings for a Gottlieb Tee'd Off, but finally figure out how to get into the Config Menu and set it to my version. It is a nice bright white now. There are some "psychedelic" colorings in the animantions, but this is showing a lot of promise and I look forward to working and helping in any way to colorize. I was trying to figure out where to attach the mini USB to the DMD but my cord doesn't fit any way I try. Is there a different version of mini USB this needs to connect. Sure would like to get a dump of the files to get things going for everyone.

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Thanks again for all the help and patience.

Tim

I stopped by my local Ace Hardware and got 8 feet of red and 8 feet of black 16 gauge wire. Put a male end on one end and a U connector on the other. Seems to be working just fine.

Pardon my ignorance and possibly incorrect terminology. Basically I need to know what kind of USB cord is needed to connect and where does it connect to. Pictures would be very helpful for me to better understand as I am eager to create the dump file to assist in colorizing.

Thanks again for the help.

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Found that this morning. Didn't even see it yesterday. Kept trying to fit the round peg in the square hole.

Thanks for the verification as I also found a mini USB cable that would have fit into the square hole and who knows what might have happened.

The version of pin2dmd.exe is a little different than the documentation. I am assuming that the Create Dump checkbox remains red until the dump is completed. Mine has been making a dump for about 20 minutes and is about 90mb so far. How big is a dump file and how long do they usually take to make?

Thnaks again for all help.

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So there is no indication when the dump is done? Mine is up to about 300mb after an hour. I guess I am trying to make sure I gather the data that is needed and don't want it to be incomplete.

So I should play some games to get different scenes recorded. That helps a lot as my 400mb file showed very little since it was just recording the intro screens. Sorry to be asking so many questions, but I want to make sure I get what would be needed.

Thanks again.

Hopefully these pictures are worth a thousand words.
Since the dmd already had male ends, in crimped female ends to my black and red wire extensions. I then crimped U connectors to the other ends and connected them as shown.

Hope this helps.

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Hello Lucky1,
Thanks for all the great work you have done to make pin2dmd. I got the USB thing figure out and have made many dumps of different modes of play. I have saved these into an .xml file. What kind of video were you asking me to make? One of the dmd during gameplay or of how I got things working?

Would you like to take a look and use my .xml file? I'll try and help anyway I can.

Thanks again.

Tim

Now I understand what you meant. That video was just a post showing that I had got it installed and running. Not for trying to make a colorization. I plan to watch your videos many more times before I'd attempt to colorize. I think Dom had requested me to make some dump files though and colorization could be done by someone else.
Would a video be helpful for that if it was better quality?

Thanks again for all your help as I am still a long way from understanding even the basics. But the pin2dmd is working very well in my Tee'd Off machine.

This is where the Stargate video is different than our current pin2dmd. I too had a hard time trying to get into Config Mode. I believe I finally got it to enter Config Mode by holding both the Option and Menu buttons until Config Menu was displayed. You then can press Option (or maybe it was Menu) until you find the correct setting for your machine (gottlieb2 for my Tee'd Off). You can also select different color schemes and dmd display settings. The 2 taller buttons in the middle of the board you saw used in the Stargate video, only seemed to restart my dmd. I could be wrong about this as I didn't take any notes, but after 5 minutes of trial and error, I believe it was holding the Option and Menu buttons that got me into Config Menu.

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Since there are so many more people now involved with the PIN2DMD experience, wouldn't it be better for a specific thread to help people with setup and colorization. I feel I have kind of hijacked Malenko's thread for SF2.

I see many similar screen styles between SF2 and Tee'd Off. I wonder how long it would take to colorize my Tee'd Off.

Thanks Malenko
Too bad I won't have a car while I am in DC Saturday through Tuesday or I would drive up and have you teach me. If you would like to look at the editor file I have from the 8 or so dumps I have made, let me know how I can get it to you.

Malenko
You are everywhere. I was looking into replacements for an arcade monitor and found you discussing it with my friend Greg. Small world.

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Since many Gottlieb machines share a lot of features, would it be possible to make many different short videos about how different animations were colorized. SF2 has the "TORPEDO" ani which is very similar to the "GOPHER" and "SKINS" ani on my Tee'd Off. Unfortunately, I am finding the learning curve of the editor to be very steep and any help is appreciated.