So I got my TZ up and running recently, but two issues remain which I can't quite solve myself. I was hoping my fellow PinSiders could help me out.

1) When Battle the Power is engaged, the flippers still work. I was under the impression that they're meant to be "dead" until the ball goes down the mini playfield drain whereupon it crosses the opto that brings the flippers back to life. Any clues as to what might be wrong here? The mode works fine, it's just the flippers that are still active.

2) Big issue - "Gumball error check geneva switch". I was playing a while ago and I loaded the ball into the gumball machine, but nothing happened. I fired up test mode and tried to dispense a gumball, that's when I got the geneva switch thing on the DMD. Totally clueless as to what might be wrong here. I've done some digging on the problem, but I couldn't quite gather what the solution was (for example, one guy was saying his gumball worked fine in test mode, not the case for me).

Thanks in advance!

Right, so should I remove the gumball machine and examine the switch (replace if bad/broken)?

Sorry for not responding, unfortunately I was ill over the holidays. I checked the wires and everything seems fine. Any further suggestions? Should I remove the gumball machine and check the switch?