Compumatic MINIDART v3, Technical Manual

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NTRODUCTION AND
O
BSERVATIONS
Dear customer, all the team at COMPUMATIC want to thank you very much for purchasing this
electronic dart machine. With it you have purchased a superb Dart Machine with all the
'state of the art' innovations. We recommend you to read carefully all the instructions
contained in this manual, in order to operate the electronic system correctly and to get the
maximum profit from it. If you have any suggestion to communicate us we want to encourage
you to fax it or e-mail it to us. If reasonable, be sure that we will take it into account
the earliest possible. Connect the main wire in the lower part of machine.
When you turn on the machine, it will start automatically. It will work in show attractive
mode or stand by. You can locate the main switch in the left part of the machine.
If you want to introduce a new programming with the desired setting, you will have to
turn on the test switch
(see Connexion Plan, page 58). It is placed next to the volume
V.R. and the Ni-MH battery, or by the other side of the display connector (the bigest of
the Minidart CPU). To change settings go to the section 3.
2.1- T
HE
M
INIDART
S
YSTEM
Minidart CPU it's a four layer compact PCB CPU, designed by our technical team, very
r e l i a b l e , t h o u g h t t o b e t h e h e a r t o f s i m p l e m a c h i n e s . ( D i r e c t c o i n a c c e p t o r i n t e r f a c e ,
Displays and Leds system control,...).
Minidart is a simple system full of innovations. Thanks to the new REF97 full custom IC,
the Minidart CPU provides the following advantages.
-Small size suitable for low weight hanging machines.
-Card Reader: Player identification and special functions
(see pag. 13).
-Simple player interface, with one number per every game, and a telephone style keyboard for
game 'calling'.
-RS485 network connection with other Minidart machines.
-Game number showed on display.
-It can have 2 kinds of targets, easy to change into European and American target.
- T a r g e t i l u m i n a t i o n " w i t h o u t s h a d o w s " b y e l e c t r o l u m i n e s c e n t d i o d e s r i n g .
-Volume Sound Adjust Potenciometer
(see pag. 58).
-Easy wiring, assembling and service.
-Big display PCB.
INTRODUCTION AND
O B S E R V A T I O N S 2 . 1 - T H E M I N I D A R T S Y S T E M