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**Video Poker, Keno, Slots, 21** Gaming machines => Pot-O-Gold => Topic started by: mchthewanderer on February 04, 2024, 01:56:16 PM

Title: pot-o-gold did not come with supervisor key
Post by: mchthewanderer on February 04, 2024, 01:56:16 PM

Hello, my first post on here.  I've had this pog machine for about 10 years.  I'm flipping pin 8 and successfully getting into the main setup screen, but I just hear the <womp womp> tone when I click on some of buttons.  I'm trying to add\remove a couple games, like I don't need 2 Shamrock 7's and 3 Blackjacks.

Apparently I'm supposed to hold the Supervisor or Red Key down for this, but I see nothing.  I found on an archive newlife site that there's a 3-pin connector where the Supervisor switch would plug in if I had one.  OR, I could

"once you find the key switch or 3-wire plug to cross with paper clip to enable access to the full options of board"
https://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=24428.0

I'm attaching a pic, I think I've found it, white\green\black wires.  But does anyone know what to cross?  Sounds like a bad option, but I'm stuck.

Thanks in advance !

Title: Re: pot-o-gold did not come with supervisor key
Post by: Stayouttadabunker on February 04, 2024, 02:03:42 PM

Probe for voltages with a multimeter first, on those 3 wires.
One of those pins inside the housing is ground (-)

Title: Re: pot-o-gold did not come with supervisor key
Post by: mchthewanderer on February 04, 2024, 04:06:35 PM

OK, I have a meter, not real familiar with it or how to do the test you mention.  But, I set it for continuity and tested all 3 nodes (with one probe from my meter grounded).  The middle/green wire dropped to zero, the others had no reaction.  So I think green is the ground.  Does that sound right ?

Title: Re: pot-o-gold did not come with supervisor key
Post by: Stayouttadabunker on February 04, 2024, 07:41:07 PM

Continuity does not measure voltages.
Set your multimeter to 20 or 200 volts direct current (vdc).
Seei f your probing registers anything.

Stick red probe into white, black onto green pin.
Next, stick red into black keeping black probe on the green pin.
If your multimeter shows a "1", set it onto 200 volts alternating current (vac) and see what you get.

Title: Re: pot-o-gold did not come with supervisor key
Post by: mchthewanderer on February 05, 2024, 09:01:57 AM

Ok, I did DC and AC both, here are the results:

DCV 20      
Black Probe \ Green Pin and Red Probe \ Black Pin
Nothing

Black Probe \ Green Pin and Red Probe \ White Pin
Nothing or Negative (kind of bounced around)

-------------------------------------------------------------

ACV 200

Black Probe \ Green Pin and Red Probe \ Black Pin
.1

Black Probe \ Green Pin and Red Probe \ White Pin
122.1

Thanks Again.

Title: Re: pot-o-gold did not come with supervisor key
Post by: Stayouttadabunker on February 05, 2024, 12:05:06 PM

okay.. now you know those wires are for either a printer or a bill acceptor that would need household current.
That's high voltage coming out at around 122 volts AC.
I'm glad you didn't stick a paper clip in there!...haha

Your supervisor wires are somewhere else.
Can you show us a high resolution photo of the wires connected to the main game board?
Also, give me the exact model & name of the main board so I can find a manual and pinout of the game board connector harness.
Some of these machines have the same sort of connector and the pin connections are the same.

Title: Re: pot-o-gold did not come with supervisor key
Post by: mchthewanderer on February 05, 2024, 02:06:46 PM

Ok good I didn't let any of the magic smoke get out haha.  Here's a bunch of pics, let me know if any other shots may help.  I tried to show anything else loose I could find in there.  It does have functioning bill reader and 'disabled' printer (home use only).

Also attaching a pinout map I found from an old discussion if it's actually the correct one, they were saying pin14\solder side was the supervisor key, but then the conversation cut off.

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Post by: mchthewanderer on February 05, 2024, 02:07:32 PM

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Title: Re: pot-o-gold did not come with supervisor key
Post by: Stayouttadabunker on February 05, 2024, 04:10:06 PM

okay...you can see on the pinouts that pin#1 is ground.
Pin#1 is on the component side of the board...the top side.

On the bottom, pin A is opposite of Pin#1.
The ground wire should be black?
Locate that pin#1 or Pin A on the big 28-pin connector...just so you know how to find other pin numbers.
The last pin should be marked 28 or a small "f".

Pin R on the bottom is the ground pin for the Diagnostic key button.
Put a piece of tape on that wire...mark it "Diag"....follow that wire.
It will go somewhere in your machine to a switch button possibly?
The other wire on that button will be the ground wire...probably a black wire?

Now...Pin#18 on top is the Attendant Key switch pin.
Put some tape on that and mark it "ATT"...follow that wire...it should end up somewhere near the a key switch on your cabinet.
The wire on the other tab of the key switch will be the ground wire.

Title: Re: pot-o-gold did not come with supervisor key
Post by: mchthewanderer on February 05, 2024, 06:02:18 PM

Son of a gun.  I traced both, not too bad but I killed all my cable management ties.  Switches are there the whole time, just didn't look like a key or button or anything.  Check out the pics, those red thing press down, top is supervisor switch, bottom is the attendant switch. 

I can't think you enough for your help!!!

I'll do a final post with all the options I find to muck around with.

Thank You !

Title: Re: pot-o-gold did not come with supervisor key
Post by: Stayouttadabunker on February 05, 2024, 06:05:54 PM

Sometimes, even a squirrel finds a nut... :rotfl:
Those are microswitches....budget! haha
Get some real buttons...lol
Have fun!  :cool_thumb_up: