takasago video poker help

[Amechanic]

What kind of sounds does the machine make, are they simple or more elaborate, like when you get a good hand? I've not played or seen one of these machines but I've heard that many were at the old Las Vegas Imperial Palace and the airport at one time. Is your machine working fine except for the one button problem?

Longshot, but maybe worth a try- there is a guy named Robert Sult, he is/was a slot machine and bench repair tech at Treasure Island in LV. He's been in the slot repair business for many years. For about 7 years he was a distributor and repair person for Takasago slot machines and video poker machines. If you can get a hold of him he might be able to get you a manual and parts, or be able to help in some way.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-sult-97184910
Below is his personal website, he's into a lot of different stuff, his email address is at the bottom of his webpage, maybe you can contact him that way:
http://www.myslotnotes.com/

Great information.. I even added this to my phones home page.. 

[rapidroy]

i email Robert sult no luck on the manual and switch, it all works great, the sounds are your basic card dealing nothing fancy. now i need to adjust the colors it has a red - green -blue pots the green and blue work red does nothing. i would like to get the black cards black again

[rokgpsman]

What about that link I posted earlier, is that a possibility to get a manual?

http://stealthhome.stores.yahoo.net/tausma.html


Also, this place has a lot of slot machine manuals, you could contact them and ask about one for Takasago:

http://www.coinslots.com/

[rokgpsman]

i email Robert sult no luck on the manual and switch, it all works great, the sounds are your basic card dealing nothing fancy. now i need to adjust the colors it has a red - green -blue pots the green and blue work red does nothing. i would like to get the black cards black again

Check the connections and contacts on the video cable from the connector on the mpu board to the connector on the monitor. On older machines there is sometimes tarnish or corrosion on the connector pins or a broken wire. If the wiring looks ok on the video cable then you'll have to figure out if the red is missing from the mpu board, or if the display monitor has a problem with the red signal.

[Amechanic]

Would it be possible to put in a standard style button? I see what looks like two wires for a light. The standard button uses a cherry switch. Maybe you could just swap out the broken one with a different cash out button?

[rokgpsman]

Would it be possible to put in a standard style button? I see what looks like two wires for a light. The standard button uses a cherry switch. Maybe you could just swap out the broken one with a different cash out button?

I was thinking about that too. There are various sizes and shapes of pushbuttons available, there might be one that is close enough to work, especially if it was in a button position on the player panel that isn't used very much. His photo of the backside of the player panel showed that the pushbuttons have a little circuit board and he mentioned something about a magnet back there. So these pushbuttons might be some type of fancy thing, when you push the button a magnet moves and causes a magnetic switch to activate, similar to how a door or window security system switch works. Or the pushbutton may have an optical sensor and when you push down on the pushbutton a piece of plastic moves into position to block the light and the optical sensor activates. It looks like more circuitry than the typical switch we usually see on player pushbuttons.

For a payout or cashout switch any kind of momentary pushbutton could probably be made to work, just need to find one that fits the hole. And it might be possible to adapt or repair the broken pushbutton, the broken plastic might be able to get reformed or added to.

[rapidroy]

for now i put the broken one on "MAX BET" it will be the least used. "PAY OUT" would also not be used much but its fun to hear the coins drop in the pan. the switch is magnetic or optical i can trip it with a small screwdriver.

[rokgpsman]

That pushbutton switch you found on ebay looks like it might work, as long as it fits the hole in your machine. Might want to check what voltage your machine's pushbutton lamps use, make sure it will be ok for the new pushbutton you buy, or plan to adapt it. You can probably measure the voltage going to the bulb with a meter, could be AC or DC.

[Amechanic]

I'd be more concerned with the length of the buttons threads and the diameter of the hole needed. The cherry switch should work fine as long as it's not 110v. Most are low voltage 24V or lower.

[rapidroy]

the lamp on the switches is 12v i think they are #37 auto lamps. I've pulled the monitor to see if i can get the colors right.

[Paul]

The switches are a 5 wire hall effect switch and it will not be as easy as hooking up 2 wires to make it work.
All you need to find is the plastic part to the switch, that's what I would look into getting.

[rapidroy]

it looks like some work was done to it. broken traces, and burned in. looks like the  monitor came from a jack or better slot.

[rokgpsman]

Hard to say for sure, but those red wires added to the board on the crt could be a legit mod that was done sometime in the past. Sometimes companies that make displays will do something like this to make changes that are needed and they don't want to create a new circuit board.

Since the display is working except the red signal is missing then the display is mostly working. If you can connect it to another machine that would tell you if the red signal problem is with the display or if it is caused by your mpu board. Or you could connect another display to the mpu. But neither of these may be available to you if you don't have other parts.

Someone that works on displays, tv's, computer monitors, etc might be able to say how to determine if the red signal problem is because of the display, like by using a multimeter to check for the red signal voltage coming from the mpu and getting to the monitor, or something similar.

Usually the screen burn on the crt looks worse when the crt is turned off. When the machine is powered on the image of the game will often make the screen burn less noticeable. There isn't much you can do about the screen burn, if it is unacceptable you will have to replace the monitor, or you could try finding a replacement crt itself but that could be hard to do. Nowadays there are less and less crt's being made. But the internet is a big place, so you might find one out there somewhere that is used but still in decent shape. The crt should have a label with the mft name and part number for the crt. It might be easier to find a good replacement monitor instead of the crt itself.

There is also the option of possibly converting the machine to an LCD display.

[rapidroy]

the board was cracked and the traces were broken someone did the repair.

[rapidroy]

used a restorer on the monitor and got the colors back
now the last thing is to fix the MAX BET button.

[Amechanic]

Nice picture.. It makes the job easy when you have the tool for the job. It too bad this company made such a special button assembly, instead of a universal setup like most other game machines.

[Paul]

Monitor looks real good now!

Maybe you can look at the Pachislo sites ?
They may use the same buttons there.

[Shaggy]

Rapid, I have a TDC (Takasago Distributing Company) PSL slot machine. Your machine and mine are vastly different, reels vs. video, EXCEPT the buttons. They're the same. Maybe you can find a button off an old TDC reel slot machine. I have seen some members with old TDC machines on here before. They may not recognize it as a Takasago, but might as a TDC. The reel slots were fairly common back in the 80's. Good luck.

Dave

[rapidroy]

I've been looking at Pachislo no luck yet. i figured TDC reel machines would have the same buttons but i haven't seen one being parted out yet. i did move it to the MAX BET button so it doesn't  really get used much. but my job is not done till it all works.  

[Shaggy]

I've been looking at Pachislo no luck yet. i figured TDC reel machines would have the same buttons but i haven't seen one being parted out yet. i did move it to the MAX BET button so it doesn't  really get used much. but my job is not done till it all works.

Pachislo machines are not TDC machines. They are a later version. TDC was it's own company. I have a TDC Cherry Delight machine and I see Pachislo has a machine called the same thing. They may have bought them out or combined the companies. Maybe one of our vendors or members might have an old one stuck in a warehouse or garage. I'll keep an eye out too. I've seen members on here with them in the last 2-3 years. There will be one turn up.