CHAPTER 2 – INSTALLING A NEW CABINET
Linking Cabinets
You can link up to 4 cabinets together for head to head competition. The necessary cables and hardware are
provided with each game to link 2 cabinets together. A NFS Linking Kit is required to link more than 2 cabinets
together. Once the cabinets are linked in hardware and software, players can choose to play individually, or
against other players. Follow the instructions below to link your NFS cabinets correctly.
Figure 15
– Installing Network Cables
1. Locate the 10ft Ethernet cable and Ethernet Cross-Over coupler, which should be inside the cash box of
each cabinet.
2. Connect an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet connector at the back of each cabinet next to the power switch.
3. If connecting two cabinets, connect the two cables to one cross-over coupler (don't use two couplers).
4. If connecting three or four cabinets, connect the cables to the Ethernet hub. The hub includes an AC
power adapter, which must be plugged in and powered ON. Do not use any of the cross-over couplers
when using a hub.
5. When the hardware has been connected, go into the Operator Menu on each cabainet, and adjust the
Cabinet Link ID number shown by the arrow in the picture below. Each cabinet must have a unique
number: 1 , 2 , 3 , or 4. When you change the Cabinet Link ID number, the game software will
automatically reboot the computer when you exit the Operator Menu to make the changes take effect.
If you have a duplicate cabinet number among the linked cabinets, you will get an error message on screen
on both of the cabinets that have the duplicate cabinet link ID number. Correct the duplicate Cabinet Link
ID numbers in the Operator Menu to make the error message go away.
Figure 16
– Checking Link Status
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