Center hole switch ejects upper left hole solenoid...switch matrix test checks out all is good...center solenoid energizes and lights out when it goes into attract mode...also, center hole ejects in solenoid test mode but under "Police Light", center hole solenoid ejects upper left in test mode. I've been doing this for almost 40 years and am dumbfounded, lol...New RD MPU BTW...
On 2021/06/01 1:19 p.m., David Sopata wrote:I sold it to this guy a year ago and all was working fine when sold, the guy has not messed with it...the upper left solenoid works as it should and tests as it should...I'm confused, lol...also, when the ball goes into the left lock and the second ball ejects into plunger lane, it tilts as soon as the ball is shot...any help appreciated.
Center hole switch ejects upper left hole solenoid...switch matrix test checks out all is good...center solenoid energizes and lights out when it goes into attract mode...also, center hole ejects in solenoid test mode but under "Police Light", center hole solenoid ejects upper left in test mode. I've been doing this for almost 40 years and am dumbfounded, lol...New RD MPU BTW...
Is this your game and it started doing this, or is it a customer's game
and you have not seen it working properly and have no idea what screwups
the owner or previous tech may have done. This info is useful...
It sounds like someone miswired a connection.
Let me see if I have it right:
1) Centre Hole Switch shows correctly in Switch matrix Test
2) Centre Solenoid fires Upper Left Solenoid in Solenoid Test.
3) The Upper Left fires when it should be Centre.
What happens with Upper Left Solenoid when tested - does it work correctly?
John :-#)#
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On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 1:31:22 AM UTC-4, John Robertson wrote:
On 2021/06/01 1:19 p.m., David Sopata wrote:I sold it to this guy a year ago and all was working fine when sold, the guy has not messed with it...the upper left solenoid works as it should and tests as it should...I'm confused, lol...also, when the ball goes into the left lock and the second ball ejects into plunger lane, it tilts as soon as the ball is shot...any help appreciated.
Center hole switch ejects upper left hole solenoid...switch matrix test checks out all is good...center solenoid energizes and lights out when it goes into attract mode...also, center hole ejects in solenoid test mode but under "Police Light", center hole solenoid ejects upper left in test mode. I've been doing this for almost 40 years and am dumbfounded, lol...New RD MPU BTW...Is this your game and it started doing this, or is it a customer's game
and you have not seen it working properly and have no idea what screwups
the owner or previous tech may have done. This info is useful...
It sounds like someone miswired a connection.
Let me see if I have it right:
1) Centre Hole Switch shows correctly in Switch matrix Test
2) Centre Solenoid fires Upper Left Solenoid in Solenoid Test.
3) The Upper Left fires when it should be Centre.
What happens with Upper Left Solenoid when tested - does it work correctly? >>
John :-#)#
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John's Jukes Ltd.
MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
(604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
Dave
On 2021/06/01 1:19 p.m., David Sopata wrote:I have been looking for a John Robertson that is in Canada. When I was doing Pinball five years ago he helped me with some very
Center hole switch ejects upper left hole solenoid...switch matrix test checks out all is good...center solenoid energizes and lights out when it goes into attract mode...also, center hole ejects in solenoid test mode but under "Police Light", center hole solenoid ejects upper left in test mode. I've been doing this for almost 40 years and am dumbfounded, lol...New RD MPU BTW...
Is this your game and it started doing this, or is it a customer's game
and you have not seen it working properly and have no idea what screwups
the owner or previous tech may have done. This info is useful...
It sounds like someone miswired a connection.
Let me see if I have it right:
1) Centre Hole Switch shows correctly in Switch matrix Test
2) Centre Solenoid fires Upper Left Solenoid in Solenoid Test.
3) The Upper Left fires when it should be Centre.
What happens with Upper Left Solenoid when tested - does it work correctly?
John :-#)#
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(Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup)
John's Jukes Ltd.
MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
(604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 12:31:22 AM UTC-5, John Robertson wrote:
On 2021/06/01 1:19 p.m., David Sopata wrote:
Center hole switch ejects upper left hole solenoid...switch matrix test checks out all is good...center solenoid energizes and lights out when it goes into attract mode...also, center hole ejects in solenoid test mode but under "Police Light", center hole solenoid ejects upper left in test mode. I've been doing this for almost 40 years and am dumbfounded, lol...New RD MPU BTW...Is this your game and it started doing this, or is it a customer's game
and you have not seen it working properly and have no idea what screwups
the owner or previous tech may have done. This info is useful...
It sounds like someone miswired a connection.
Let me see if I have it right:
1) Centre Hole Switch shows correctly in Switch matrix Test
2) Centre Solenoid fires Upper Left Solenoid in Solenoid Test.
3) The Upper Left fires when it should be Centre.
What happens with Upper Left Solenoid when tested - does it work correctly? >>
John :-#)#
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(Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup)
John's Jukes Ltd.
MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
(604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
I have been looking for a John Robertson that is in Canada. When I was doing Pinball five years ago he helped me with some very
hard to find parts for Williams machines...etc...if so, please post to me or something along those lines...so to take up space here folks...
thanks
Steve
On 2021/06/03 1:45 p.m., Steven Campbell wrote:
On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 12:31:22 AM UTC-5, John Robertson wrote:
On 2021/06/01 1:19 p.m., David Sopata wrote:
Center hole switch ejects upper left hole solenoid...switch matrix test checks out all is good...center solenoid energizes and lights out when it goes into attract mode...also, center hole ejects in solenoid test mode but under "Police Light", center hole solenoid ejects upper left in test mode. I've been doing this for almost 40 years and am dumbfounded, lol...New RD MPU BTW...Is this your game and it started doing this, or is it a customer's game >> and you have not seen it working properly and have no idea what screwups >> the owner or previous tech may have done. This info is useful...
It sounds like someone miswired a connection.
Let me see if I have it right:
1) Centre Hole Switch shows correctly in Switch matrix Test
2) Centre Solenoid fires Upper Left Solenoid in Solenoid Test.
3) The Upper Left fires when it should be Centre.
What happens with Upper Left Solenoid when tested - does it work correctly?
John :-#)#
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John's Jukes Ltd.
MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
(604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
Is the 6821 that controls the coils in a socket? If so, I would swap it out first. Then the 74154 that multiplexes the signal, and finally the u45 or u50 that passes the signal to the transistor.I have been looking for a John Robertson that is in Canada. When I was doing Pinball five years ago he helped me with some very
hard to find parts for Williams machines...etc...if so, please post to me or something along those lines...so to take up space here folks...
thanks
Steve
Hi Steve,
You found me! jrr(at)flippers(dot)com
John :-#)#
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John's Jukes Ltd.
MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
(604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
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