(Topic ID: 189662)

Pinball Magic opto problems

By Axl

6 years ago



Topic Stats

  • 4 posts
  • 3 Pinsiders participating
  • Latest reply 6 years ago by Haymaker
  • Topic is favorited by 2 Pinsiders

You

Linked Games

#1 6 years ago

I have a problem with the opt in my Pinball Magic.
The switch comes up as blocked Opto.
From the picture I took, it looks like the opto light up, although faint.
Maybe my phone has a filter that makes the opto look dead...

I checked the power, and transmitter board gives me 14,85 v.
In the manual that should be +12V. The reciver side gives me 0.01 v.
In the manual that should be +5V
This makes me think that it could be a board problem. Or a cable problem. The cable at the end where you can detach it showed the same values.
Testing another working opto gives me 14,85 and 0,24. Something is not right here.
Pin 3 on switchbank 3 that is the orange black wire on the switch matrix gives me 4,85 V.
Does this mean that the board is dead?

#2 6 years ago

On PM isn't there a connector that needs to be removed when testing optos? Are you doing that?

#3 6 years ago

yeah, it is a connector that needs to be removed, i removed it.
I will try to get a picture with an old camera to see if the opto lights up.

#4 6 years ago

I had some cold solder that I had to reflow on some of my optos. Also its a good idea to flip the resistors to the other side of the opto board per this: http://www.pinrepair.com/capcom/

Promoted items from Pinside Marketplace and Pinside Shops!
$ 10.00
Playfields
Mod Magic!
 
From: $ 55.00
Gameroom - Decorations
Pinball Photos LLC
 
From: $ 55.00
Gameroom - Decorations
Pinball Photos LLC
 
$ 54.99
Cabinet - Shooter Rods
Lighted Pinball Mods
 
From: $ 399.95
Lighting - Led
Pin Stadium Pinball Mods
 
$ 54.99
Cabinet - Shooter Rods
Lighted Pinball Mods
 
$ 69.95
Playfield - Toys/Add-ons
Hookedonpinball.com
 
8,100 (OBO)
$ 54.99
Cabinet - Shooter Rods
Lighted Pinball Mods
 
$ 54.99
Cabinet - Shooter Rods
Lighted Pinball Mods
 
$ 54.99
Cabinet - Shooter Rods
Lighted Pinball Mods
 
$ 209.00
7,000 (OBO)
Machine - For Sale
San Martin, CA

Reply

Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

Donate to Pinside

Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!


This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-magic-opto-problems and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.