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**Video Poker, Keno, Slots, 21** Gaming machines => Bally Alpha (Cinevision), and ALL Bally "V___" series - V5000, V2000, V1000, etc. => Topic started by: JDKMunch on January 07, 2017, 05:35:46 AM

Title: Alpha 2 Wheel Fooler Board
Post by: JDKMunch on January 07, 2017, 05:35:46 AM

Has anyone figured out how to make fooler board for the wheel on top of an A2?

Title: Re: Alpha 2 Wheel Fooler Board
Post by: rickhunter on January 08, 2017, 10:13:04 PM

I don't think it is as easy as that.  The top wheel is a 1 reel stepper mech with correponding controller.  I've noticed that the newer A2 games with a wheel are all just lcd based, where the wheel is just a monitor screen.  But the older ones look like they use the same wheels out of the A1 cash wheels (the later type).  I don't think I have an a2 game title that uses the top wheel, otherwise I would try and just plug in the usb cable from my Reel Winner wheel game into my a2 to see if it would work.

Title: Re: Alpha 2 Wheel Fooler Board
Post by: coolwavepic on January 13, 2017, 02:03:40 PM

Rick -


The original CASH WIZARD required a Cash Wheel. I have it but don't have the newer Cash Wheel otherwise I would try it out.

Title: Re: Alpha 2 Wheel Fooler Board
Post by: JDKMunch on January 13, 2017, 02:56:27 PM

This is just a complete guess but on the harness of the wheel
There should be a tx/rx wire pair.    I want to make a
Fooler to answer the machine and make the game work.




What molex does wheel plug into ?

Title: Re: Alpha 2 Wheel Fooler Board
Post by: rickhunter on January 13, 2017, 04:25:19 PM

Quote from: coolwavepic on January 13, 2017, 02:03:40 PM

Rick -


The original CASH WIZARD required a Cash Wheel. I have it but don't have the newer Cash Wheel otherwise I would try it out.

I think I have that, I will give it a go this weekend.

Title: Re: Alpha 2 Wheel Fooler Board
Post by: rickhunter on January 13, 2017, 04:28:07 PM

Quote from: JDKMunch on January 13, 2017, 02:56:27 PM

This is just a complete guess but on the harness of the wheel
There should be a tx/rx wire pair.    I want to make a
Fooler to answer the machine and make the game work.




What molex does wheel plug into ?

The wheel is nothing more than a stepper reel.  It connects to the top backplane much in the way the 3 reel and 5 reel machines connect, there's also a reel controller in the top connected to the top backplane.   Then there's a usb cable that plugs into a usb extender in the top box, which is connected to hub on the main reel backplane.  So it's not a RS-232 type connection.

Title: Re: Alpha 2 Wheel Fooler Board
Post by: JDKMunch on January 13, 2017, 04:32:13 PM

I wonder if the usb is for lighting -


does it work with the usb disconnected ?

Title: Re: Alpha 2 Wheel Fooler Board
Post by: rickhunter on January 13, 2017, 05:58:54 PM

The USB connects the secondary reel controller to the system, If the USB is not plugged in, you get a tilt and the game doesn't start.