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Bill Validators, Currency Acceptors and Printers => JCM DBV-45, DBV-145, and DBV-200 Bill Validators => Topic started by: Badbaud on March 30, 2018, 06:14:59 PM

Title: was IDO44p used in Williams games?
Post by: Badbaud on March 30, 2018, 06:14:59 PM: The JCM info I have the 200 head says IDO44 was used for Bally games.
Did Williams use the same software?
I have V2.70, was there a newer version of IDO44p?
Title: Re: was IDO44p used in Williams games?
Post by: rokgpsman on March 30, 2018, 06:22:33 PM: On the WMS-40X machines ID-044P/045P ver 2.70-05 (cksum AA03) was the last software update for the DBV-200 as far as I know. It was released in January 2008. This software update gave the DBV-200 capability to work with all the new style bills except the new $100. Ver 2.70-05 is often called the "new purple $5 update" because that was the most recent bill it covers. This software version contains 2 protocols, ID-044P and ID-045P. DBV-200 dipswitch #10 selects which one you enable, see the dipswitch chart in the attached document. I think ID-045P was for reading barcode tickets and ID-044P was for normal operation accepting paper money.

I don't know about other models of WMS or Bally machines, they may use a different ID protocol. But at one time in history WMS and Bally were part of the same company, so maybe some WMS and Bally machines used the same protocol (ID-044).

http://am-en.jcmglobal.com/support/downloads/software-information/ (http://am-en.jcmglobal.com/support/downloads/software-information/)

From looking at the JCM website there was a separate software release called version 2.70 (cksum 0FC8) for ID-044, released in Feb 2008, but I don't know what it was used for. The note on the document for this software says "Head only", so it may not have worked with a stacker or transport setup. Maybe the software 2.70 you have is actually the 2.70-05 version. The cksum for it should help identify.

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Title: Re: was IDO44p used in Williams games?
Post by: Badbaud on March 30, 2018, 07:05:30 PM: Thanks, I think that solves it.
I have the 2.70 software.
Got a customer that says his Williams wont accept bills and the pictures he sent showed a Bally setup with a Bally stacker and transport.
Got me confused as I don't work on Williams.
Title: Re: was IDO44p used in Williams games?
Post by: rokgpsman on March 30, 2018, 07:38:16 PM: Maybe his DBV-200 is the style with an eprom (instead of flash rom) so it can be updated fairly easy.
Title: Re: was IDO44p used in Williams games?
Post by: Badbaud on March 30, 2018, 09:45:39 PM: It's flash, I have a flasher.
Trying to get him to send the head in so I can update and test it.