I have had a few questions about how to reset Orion’s Belt. It will be the same process as the Pin Stadiums.

https://pinstadium.com/app-faqs/

Once you reset them you should see the lights change through color sequences red, green,blue, and white. At that point you will see the “LEDNet******” network in your mobile device’s WiFi settings. Tap on that and connect to it. From there you should be good to go!

When labeling your devices in the app you can use the naming convention something like this:

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Wizard of OZ
Wizard of OZ(OB)
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Of course “OB” will help you to identify the Orion’s Belt for WOZ!

Special weekend and last sale of the year guys!

$40 off Pin Stadiums and Orion's Belt now through Monday for Cyber Weekend. Happy holidays and thank you for your amazing support this year!

Use code: "cyber"

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Hey thank you for your order. Wow your DI and Iron Maiden are in for quite the treat! Looking forward to hearing your impression of them once you get the Pin Stadiums installed. Thanks for your support!!

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That's a lot of spotlights coming out of that machine! Love it and congrats on getting your POTC and then adding the Pin Stadiums. Sounds like you are working your way through the capabilities and settings of the app too. Looks great and thanks for sharing this post with all of us!

You will be one of the first to install them, however the best thing to do is to lookup the manual from the Stern website or IPDB for other machines and find the “Light Reference” section that shows the flashers. Also even easier is just going to the flashers in the Settings of the machine. This is what I do and it gives you an immediate visual and location reference for your plan of attack. Also keep in mind you can trigger from any 4v-24v source (not on a switch matrix). So inlay bulbs, shaker motor etc. Be sure to check your manual if you are unsure of the voltage.

Here’s is the Star Wars manual:
http://www.sternpinball.com/games/star/pro

I have highlighted in purple. Let me me know if you have any questions I’m here to help.

Scott
Pin Stadium
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I am so happy that you installed the Orion's Belt and of all machines, Metallica! With that new code and the new lighting updates it will make it even more impactful. I saw the videos you had sent to me and I will have to be honest I was blown away myself since I had not seen it on Metallica yet I knew that it will do really well with it, but man your machine is now officially the coolest Metallica I have even seen which trumps mine. Now I have to install Orion's Belt on my Metallica after seeing yours.

Thank you also for posting up your specific flasher locations and color selections. That is very helpful for everyone which makes the initial install even easier. I appreciate you taking the time to review Orion's Belt as this was something I have been working on behind that scenes for a little over a year and it is always nice to get confirmation from customer's such as yourself that it was all it was hyped up to be.

After all, you guys and your opinions are what matters to me and I know that everyone likes to hear from customers that have personally used the product because of course I am going to love them. Thanks again and I seriously recommend anyone that is thinking about Orion's Belt to see @eg2k83 's machine!!

Thanks for the pics. It’s nice to see your Congo with them installed. It’s a great game and we had one at the booth at Expo and TPF this year with a kit installed. Yours looks exceptional!! Thanks for posting this up and for your big support of the product.

I wanted to let you all know that I personally saw the POTC in person that VillaThrills had installed the Pin Stadiums on. When he fired up his machine I could not believe how incredible POTC looked with the lights. Also one of the things I have been trying to find is the best spot for the UV+Glow flasher and it looks like the shaker motor is the way to go!!!

He also handed me a large group of spotlights that he pulled out (the ones posted in the previous pics) and showed me where they were once installed, while explaining that when he removed them it cleared up a lot of visual space in the game too. He also mentioned that he could not even tell they were on once he installed the Pin Stadiums.

Anyways, the machine shot really well and looked like a dream. There was a custom pirates barrel leg mounted cup that his son made which was absolutely beautiful and that sprinkled with Yelobird Mod Couple additions that were really impressive.

For anyone considering these and the Mod Couple mods https://themodcouplepinball.com for JJP Pirates its a big win, promise!!

Here is the direct link to the Mod Couple items available for JJP POTC: https://themodcouplepinball.com/collections/jjp-pirates-of-the-caribbean-custom-mods-collection

It's worth checking out!

The last 2 days of Cyber Weekend are remaining.

Secret Code: “cyber”

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When the flashers bulb terminals are not easily accessible then you can use the wire taps to connect to them. You will need to just trace the flasher wire down to the connector and then pressure fit those into that connector. There are two methods that you can use.

1. You can open that flasher connector up and then bend the end of the wire tap at a right angle then insert it in the female side of the connector (pic attached) then close the connector back together.

2. For connectors where this is not possible, you can pressure fit the wire tap from behind where the wire goes in. Find the side that is the tightest (smallest gap between wire and connector housing) and then pull that factory wire away from the housing. Next you will pressure fit the wire tap in there.

Next bend the opposing end of the wire tap all the way over on top of the black barrel that it comes out of like in the attached example. This gives you enough girth to securely clip the alligators to that.

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Next regarding the flasher behavior on Star Wars. My intitial guess is that you have it connected to a bulb/spotlight that is on all the time and that is overriding the Orion’s Belt. They are designed to flash in sequence once the first event trigger finishes then it goes to the next.

So if it is connected to something that is on all the time or stays on during those flasher moments then it will not allow the others to trigger.

I would try moving taking one connection off at a time and see which one it is. Then once you find the offending one you can move it to another. If you are having troubles feel free to let me know what flashers you are triggering off of (based upon the pic above in the previous post) and I can look at my SW to help recommend a location.

Scott
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Also I recommend to start with using the primary colors in the colors wheel for the brightest and most impact. Red, Green Blue, and White.

Of course you can dial the flashers into any color you would like if course such as let’s say turquoise (lights blue with some green) and it will be that color but less bold and intense as a solid. Remember to you can mix white in also etc.

Also the White (stand alone) is a POWERFUL vivid diamond white that is a great “go to” when you are trying to decide the best color for a particular flasher. It’s safe and effective.

Overtime as we collectively figure out the best locations and colors for each specific game it’s going to be awesome!!

I mean it will look excellent just hooking them up with the factory default colors (Red, Green, Blue, and White), but you will find that some colors or trigger locations won’t look as good for a certain game. You may end up having 2 of the 4 triggers Red, and the others Blue and White. Or 2 of them white and one Green and the other Red etc. This is the beauty of using the color wheel on the Pin Stadium app to adjust the colors.

This is where the portal link for the website, I plan to post up shortly will be very helpful for us all to post our settings, locations, pics, and notes for both Pin Stadiums and Orion’s Belt.

Once you get them dialed in, will be VERY impressive.

Thank you for your order. I saw it come through earlier for your TZ. Exciting!!! Thanks for your support. Tracking will be sent this week when it goes to ship.

Okay I am glad that helped. I just corrected all my typos in that last reply. Sorry I was trying to get a response to you as soon as I could. I’m glad you translated it well.

Yes what you found is exactly what I was referring to. That would definitely cause what you experienced. Keep me posted and let me know how it goes.

Yes you are correct there is a lot of GI interactivity that goes on with most any pinball machine and the Bally/Williams in particular just have such dim lighting that we don't realize how much the programmers actually put into the game. It is just hard to see or notice with the factory lighting. That is one of many things that the Pin Stadiums will do that makes a huge impact on your game.

Here are some pics of what you can expect for the results on Twilight Zone.

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Last night for the Cyber discounts!! Use code: “sdtm”. Thank you SDTM for all you do for us!! You guys are amazing.

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The key to this is not to wrap the machine up all the way once you get them connected, versus like you would normally do with Pin Stadiums.

Setup on these is a little more involved as you are dialing in 4 Flashers compared to Pin Stadium you just set up the GI colors and are done.

If you change the routine to this, versus the normal Pin Stadium “set and go” method, this will help a ton. You won’t have to dig back into the machine over and over.

What I do is leave the playfield propped up resting using the playfield support rails on the front of the cabinet (not vertical). This way you can have access to the module where they rest and see the flashers/playfield. Then you can walk through the machine flasher settings to test the triggers and colors: Settings/Diagnostics/Flasher. If you need to reprogram it then it will be right in your hands for instant programming.

You can then simultaneously program it and test the flashers at the same time. Once you get them working and to your liking with colors/triggers then it would be fine put the machine back together. Once you get the dialed in then you should be good. Feel free to call or text me as you have my number. I can walk you through this and explain.

There have been many installs done and it’s a new product so I am happy to help as always and guide you through it. Calling me may be better so I can help you more efficiently. I’m here for you.

Several customers are installing the Orion’s Belt on Stern Star Trek. I am posting these up here also to help others with locating the flashers for installation.

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Yes I found some pics someone posted. There have been many Pin Stadiums sold for NGG. Big improvement!

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/new-pin-stadium-lights-official-announcement/page/21#post-4090719

The good news is the Pin Stadium app is your friend with this one

The word is getting out about Orion's Belt and the results and responses are excellent. Can't wait to see what you all are doing with them on your games. A lot of possibilities and customizations are possible.

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Gameplay definitely is helpful to truly test the settings for sure. Wiring onto that board would be messy and difficult.

I did some testing and I found an easy solution for setup/testing that would solve your situation. It would be for you to put the flasher module temporarily over the back of the machine over the backboard (playfield side) clear of the playfield. So you would run the Orion’s Belt ribbon cables through the clamps then bring the module back up.

Here you can then instantly access the buttons, and once you have it dialed in you can then place it back in the bottom of the cabinet where it would normally reside.

Yes. That’s actually a really good idea to rest it up there and would be easier to access too. Thanks Yelobird !!

Hey no problem it’s a long long thread! Here is a post of IJ with the Pin Stadiums. It’s a dramatic change!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/new-pin-stadium-lights-official-announcement/page/47#post-4454437

Here are some pics of JJP Pirates from the Pincinnati show in a very dark room!

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Today is the last day for the Pincinnati event. There are some really high end top notch machines here. Don’t miss the last day because it will be another year until the next . It was packed for good reason, and low to no wait for gameplay. Excellent job boys!! chuckwurt

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I was able to grab some pics of Spooky’s Alice Coopers Nightmare Castle Pinball (ACNC) at the Pincinnati show (before pic on the left). I matched it up next to an earlier post in this thread of an ACNC with the Pin Stadiums. This is an excellent example of how the brilliant artwork on this machine will come alive with them installed!

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Awesome news!! Thank you for taking the time to post these up. I have had many Pin Stadiums ordered for AS but have not seen a lot of pics of them on this thread. Although I know what you are experiencing as I have them personally installed on one myself. Your machine looks incredible

Now you have new game code and the Pin Stadiums!! Thank you very much for your support of the product @snaroff.