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[Bencrest]

Just wondering, been through the alarm logs on one of my machines and it has LOADS of the above error in there, it is Barcrest Spiker the Biker MPU5, Genesis.

Any ideas? I was told the alarm was going off quite a bit - what would cause an alarm like that - does it have to be 'tampering' or can it be something else?

If it is 'tampering', what sort would it normally be?

Any help would be much appreciated

[skabaz]

probably you coin mech ben.

when some coin mechs start to go faulty they sometimes activate this alarm due to the mech not being able to correctly identify what coin has just been put into the machine.

shouldn't have anything to do with the hopper because that usually would set of an opto error if someone was trying to sick something into it.

what type of machine is it and what type of coin mech.

we have also had on the rare occasion power surges or power cuts in a premises that affect the power supply inside the machine which in turn cuts the voltage down on the coin mech which then sets of this alarm as well.this only seems to happen on barcrest machines fitted with sr5 or coin controls 435 mechs.

hope this helps.

baz

[Bencrest]

Cheers for your help, much appreciated

Machine : Spiker The Biker, Barcrest MPU5 1999, Genesis cabinet.

Coin Mech : MEI Cashflow 126 Reference.

Problem with the coin mech sounds likely, I'll bung as many coins in as I can and see what happens, at least with keys and stuff I can get them back out

[skabaz]

yeah its probably your coin mech but it may take ages for it to do it again because there are some many weights of £1.00s that it may be a real coin that has has so much wear and tear thats setting it off.

baz

[Bencrest]

...Well, it gives me something to do, I'd only be sat at the PC anyway

TBH it only has 222 £1 coins through it, and from the look of it the error has occured about 10 times, so I reckon I can get it to happen shortly

Thanks again for all your help Baz

[slippery]

Hello Ben ..long time m8.. it's not the coin mech, it ocurrs when the machine has been switched on and off too quick what happens is it registers a beep when you next switch the machine on and writes a fault to the alarm log but does not set the machine into alarm mode. Try switching the machine on and off a few times you will see what I mean ........ hope this helps Ya. On early machines not sure if was MPU3 or before, you could manipulate a machine by doing this. So Barcrest intoduced an anti tamper check system to avoid this from happening. If your machine is in a public place then I would suspect foul play. The software will not allow this to happen but obviously someone is trying. Off hand whithout looking at the manual I can't remember how many times this is allowed before the machine will alarm and a count down timer will start once the countdown reaches zero the machine will resume normal play. This will continue to happen untill a certain amount of credits has been entered whithout the same alarm occurance. Then the countdown will not occur but the alarm log will still show the errorr

[kensplace2]

Some info on many mpu 5 errors


Code Sup Description Message
00 00 Unknown Error UNKNOWN ALM
01 00 Non Payout of Other PAY OTHER ALM
01 40 Non Payout 5p Cash PAY 5P ALM
01 41 Non Payout 10p Cash PAY 10P ALM
01 42 Non Payout 20p Cash PAY 20P ALM
01 43 Non Payout 50p Cash PAY 50P ALM
01 44 Non Payout 100p CashPAY 100P ALM
01 4A Non Payout 20p TokenPAY 20T ALM
01 60 Opto Other Error (5p) OPT OTHER ALM
01 61 Opto 10p Error OPT 10P ALM
01 62 Opto 20P Error OPT 20P ALM
01 63 Opto 50p Error OPT 50P ALM
01 64 Opto 100p Error OPT 100P ALM
01 6A Opto 20 Token Error OPT 20T ALM

10 00 General Coin Mech. ErrorCOIN MECH ERR
11 00 £1 Coin Mech. Fault MECH 100P ERR
12 00 50p Coin Mech. Fault MECH 50P ERR
13 00 20p Coin Mech. Fault MECH 20P ERR
14 00 10p Coin Mech. Fault MECH 10P ERR
15 00 20p Token Coin Mech. FaultMECH 20T ERR
16 00 General Note Acceptor ErrorMECH NOTE ERR
16 01 Note Jammed Error NOTE JAM ERR
16 02 Note Tamper Error NOTE TMPR ERR
19 00 Strim Alarm STRIM ALM

20 00 General Reel Errors GEN REEL ERR
21 00 Reel 1 Fault REEL 1 ERR
22 00 Reel 2 Fault REEL 2 ERR
23 00 Reel 3 Fault REEL 3 ERR
24 00 Reel 4 Fault REEL 4 ERR
25 00 Reel 5 Fault REEL 5 ERR
26 00 Reel 6 Fault REEL 6 ERR
27 00 Reel 7 Fault REEL 7 ERR
28 00 Reel 8 Fault REEL 8 ERR
29 00 Reel 9 Fault REEL 9 ERR
2A 00 Reel 10 Fault REEL 10 ERR

30 00 General Lamp Failure GEN LAMP ERR
31 00 Multiplexor Alarm - Row MUX ROW ERR
32 00 Multiplexor Alarm - Column MUX COL ERR

40 00 General Operational Errors GEN OPER ERR
42 00 Memory Cleared MEM RESET ALM
43 00 Button Stuck STUCK BUT ERR
44 00 No % Key NO % KEY ERR
45 00 Options or % changed NEW OPTS ALM

48 00 On/Off Tamper Alarm ON/OFF ALM
49 00 No stakes/prizes key STAKE KEY ERR

50 00 General Electronic Problems GEN ELEC ERR
51 00 EPROM Failure EPROM ERR
52 00 PAL Error PAL ERR
53 00 Ram Check Fail RAM ERR
54 00 General Hardware Error H/W ERR
54 01 DSP Hardware Failure H/W DSP ERR
54 02 PIC Hardware Failure H/W PIC ERR
54 03 Multiplexor 1 Failure MUX1 FAIL ERR
54 04 Multiplexor 2 Failure MUX2 FAIL ERR
55 00 ESD / Sparking detected SPARKING ALM
56 00 Power supply fail PSU ERR

60 00 General Meter Fault GEN METER ERR
61 00 Meter 1 - (Cash In) Fault MET1 CIN ERR
62 00 Meter 2 - (Cash Out) Fault MET2 COUT ERR
63 00 Meter 3 - (Token In) Fault MET3 TIN ERR
64 00 Meter 4 - (Token Out) Fault MET4 TOUT ERR
65 00 Meter 5 - (Token Out) Fault MET5 REF ERR
66 00 Meter 6 - (Prizes Out) Fault MET6 PRIZ ERR
68 00 General LCD Meter Fault GEN LCD ERR
68 01 LCD Meter Read Write Error LCD R/W ERR
68 02 LCD Meter Fingerprint Fault LCD FP ERR
68 03 LCD Meter Firmware Checksum Failure LCD FWCHK ERR
68 04 LCD Meter EPROM Bus Failure LCD BUS ERR
68 05 LCD Meter Transmission Checksum Corrupt LCD CSUM ERR

70 00 General Comms Failure GEN COMMS ERR
70 01 Datapak NAK Received DP NAK RX ERR
70 02 Datapak Locked Up Error DP LOCKED ERR
70 03 Datapak Buffer Full Error DP BUF FL ERR
71 00 Waiting For Dataport DATAPORT ERR
72 00 Fault Comms Link COMMS LNK ERR

90 00 General Software Error S/W GEN ALM
90 01 Software Divide by 0 S/W DIV 0 ALM
90 02 Software Bus Error S/W BUS ALM
90 03 Software Address Error S/W ADD ALM
90 04 Software Illegal Instruction S/W INSTR ALM
90 05 Software Watchdog S/W WDOG ALM
91 00 Control Illegal Mode ILL MODE ERR
91 01 Control No Mode Matched MODE MACH ERR
91 02 Control Mode Changed MODE CHNG ALM
92 00 Access Cover ACC COVER ALM
92 01 Negative Credit NEG CRD ALM
92 03 PIC Security Error PIC SEC ERR
92 04 Invalid PIC Error PIC INVLD ERR


Could be the 19 error (coin mech) or the unknown error, which may be the anti tamper above. No idea really, but the list above is bound to be useful to someone sometime

[Bencrest]

Ok, one thing I have noticed :

The machine does not have a note changer fitted. However, in Short Term Meters [reset obviously before use], it now says something like NOCHANGE 220, which doesn't make any sense

Cheers for the error list!

[Sarky]

, it now says something like NOCHANGE 220, which doesn't make any sense

Don't quote me on this but it sounds like it's the number of games played where no change was available. Since no note acceptor is fitted, that would be every game.

[skabaz]

slippery is right if it is the tamper check error and no alarm is sounding as i was thinking of a different tamper error where the alarm goes off every time the tamper error shows on the digit display.

baz

[nigelb]

the 92 pic inlld err how do you stop that from sounding the alarm ?

[evilpogostick]

the 92 pic inlld err how do you stop that from sounding the alarm ?

I'd imagine you got this error because the PIC chip in the machine doesn't match the software on the game card.

Did you buy a machine and try and change the software? Was it bought as faulty? Or has this error just started happening for no reason?

[nigelb]

I'd imagine you got this error because the PIC chip in the machine doesn't match the software on the game card.

Did you buy a machine and try and change the software? Was it bought as faulty? Or has this error just started happening for no reason?

no its just started after i opened its up

[nigelb]

it happened after i opened the front of the machine