Ok so... I fixed a locked coil issue on this stupid Getaway and it was playing fine. Then one day my buddy boots it up (no errors) and presses start and gets a pinball missing error. WTF? All three balls are where they're supposed to be. The ball search finally kicks one out into the shooter lane and the auto launcher launches it. The other balls move over as they should. Hmmm.
Put all three balls in the trough where they go, and I enter switch edge test. All 3 switches show closed. Outhole switch tests good too. All switches test good in test mode, but the balls still aren't recognized.
All coils test good too.
Other info: If you start a game and wait for the locator to finally kick out a ball and start, it plays normally, EXCEPT... once you get your 3 balls locked (and the switches work there too!) it goes though the motions of multiball, but never drops the release plunger (Which tests ok in test mode)
W.T.F.?
Help?
On 2020/07/31 11:17 a.m., Mark Coward wrote:That's exactly what I did John! All showed closed in Test mode. I have continuity in the whole column all the way back to the mpu, which is new. Switches test good by hand or with balls in regular action. They test good in test mode and with a meter.
Ok so... I fixed a locked coil issue on this stupid Getaway and it was playing fine. Then one day my buddy boots it up (no errors) and presses start and gets a pinball missing error. WTF? All three balls are where they're supposed to be. The ball search finally kicks one out into the shooter lane and the auto launcher launches it. The other balls move over as they should. Hmmm.
Put all three balls in the trough where they go, and I enter switch edge test. All 3 switches show closed. Outhole switch tests good too. All switches test good in test mode, but the balls still aren't recognized.
All coils test good too.
Other info: If you start a game and wait for the locator to finally kick out a ball and start, it plays normally, EXCEPT... once you get your 3 balls locked (and the switches work there too!) it goes though the motions of multiball, but never drops the release plunger (Which tests ok in test mode)
W.T.F.?
Help?
Check the trough switches carefully for normal action. Best way is the
next time you turn it on and it complains go as quickly as possible to Switch Test to see if one of the trough switches is not registering.
Microswitches can get erratic, or it may be loose or for some other
reason one (or more) switch(es) are possibly barely tripping...
John :-#)#
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On Friday, July 31, 2020 at 1:12:36 PM UTC-7, John Robertson wrote:If the switches all test ok as you indicate, double check the diodes to make sure they aren't bent and shorting or broken. Sometimes lifting and setting down the playfield will hit the trough switches and mess the diodes up.
On 2020/07/31 11:17 a.m., Mark Coward wrote:
Ok so... I fixed a locked coil issue on this stupid Getaway and it was playing fine. Then one day my buddy boots it up (no errors) and presses start and gets a pinball missing error. WTF? All three balls are where they're supposed to be. The ball search finally kicks one out into the shooter lane and the auto launcher launches it. The other balls move over as they should. Hmmm.
Put all three balls in the trough where they go, and I enter switch edge test. All 3 switches show closed. Outhole switch tests good too. All switches test good in test mode, but the balls still aren't recognized.
All coils test good too.
Other info: If you start a game and wait for the locator to finally kick out a ball and start, it plays normally, EXCEPT... once you get your 3 balls locked (and the switches work there too!) it goes though the motions of multiball, but never drops the release plunger (Which tests ok in test mode)
W.T.F.?
Help?
Check the trough switches carefully for normal action. Best way is the next time you turn it on and it complains go as quickly as possible to Switch Test to see if one of the trough switches is not registering.
Microswitches can get erratic, or it may be loose or for some other
reason one (or more) switch(es) are possibly barely tripping...
John :-#)#
--
(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."
That's exactly what I did John! All showed closed in Test mode. I have continuity in the whole column all the way back to the mpu, which is new. Switches test good by hand or with balls in regular action. They test good in test mode and with a meter.
This thing is killing me!
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