zebulon Posted October 22, 2014 Author Posted October 22, 2014 that is awesome. just got settled in the new place so i'll be installing the plunger in my cab this weekend. is the palm smash code on the website for a firmware update It's going to require a minor hardware upgrade to get it going as well as firmware. Here's the details.... http://www.zebsboards.com/index.php/forum/up/70-plunger-beta-test-reports?start=42#277
randr Posted October 22, 2014 Posted October 22, 2014 Can we get reviews from owners? How does it compare to "other" plungers? Worth the price premium? Worth every penny!
randr Posted October 22, 2014 Posted October 22, 2014 that is awesome. just got settled in the new place so i'll be installing the plunger in my cab this weekend. is the palm smash code on the website for a firmware update It's going to require a minor hardware upgrade to get it going as well as firmware. Here's the details.... http://www.zebsboards.com/index.php/forum/up/70-plunger-beta-test-reports?start=42#277 I'm your hardware guy! Hi uncle willy!
maxxsinner Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 Talk about icing on the cake..... Brilliant work Zeb!
neohusky Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 How can you not love it! Keeps getting better and better.
zebulon Posted October 23, 2014 Author Posted October 23, 2014 Thanks guys, just a bit more testing and I should be ready to release it... Next up....get it working properly with some code to replace the launch button....
BaronShadow Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 That sounds really good. Can't wait to order and then the awful wait until it's arriving in the netherlands But i believe it's worth the waiting time.
Content Provider unclewilly Posted October 23, 2014 Content Provider Posted October 23, 2014 Ok. I was looking for the spot to send the shipping. So there is still some work to do before its available. Hey randr. Ill try the upgrade but if i cant get it it will be coming your way
maw111 Posted October 26, 2014 Posted October 26, 2014 And another new toy coming out..... PacLED64 Booster board 48 optocoupled outputs onboard - 4 ports capable of 1A each - 38 ports capable of 3A each - 6 ports capable of 6A each (diode protected) onboard diode protection for 10 contactors onboard speed control for shaker motor onboard booster for 32v knocker onboard regulation to fixed 24v 16 pin header for flasher led/strobe output (mates with new resistor board) 16 pin header for expansion through a barebones booster PacLED module plugs directly into the board. How soon on the new board? I'm ready to start my parts orders and this looks great.
zebulon Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 Drop me a line at [email protected] and we can go over what you need. Thanks!!
Content Provider Itchigo Posted November 16, 2014 Content Provider Posted November 16, 2014 Question: I am a ways off on this but I just got a old bally plunger for my cab (about 1979). Will this work with that? If not can you point me in the right direction? (And I don't mean the "other" site). http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-039-s-Bally-Pinball-Plunger-Assembly-/361110017619?ssPageName=ADME%3AB%3AEOIBSA%3AUS%3A3160&nma=true&si=Ng0CUtPrG%252BNyxGSxHp2FoWPVC2w%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
zebulon Posted November 18, 2014 Author Posted November 18, 2014 Should work fine Itchy, otherwise just get a William's shooter from pinball life
connorsdad Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 I have received my plunger but I'm having problems getting it to work, I don't believe its the product itself. Windows refuses to boot when it is plugged in, it gets to windows is starting and then crashes, lets me choose from "Repair windows" or "Start windows normally", it keeps doing this in a loop. If I load windows first and then plug it in it works, I have the latest drivers and bios as of today. Once I get to windows, I cant get the nudge or plunger working in pinball fx2 at all, how do I do this? What settings are you guys using for vp and fp ? Thanks
mikekim Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 It's not something silly like you have it plugged into a usb 3 port? I remember reading that some devices have issues with the newer chipsets and drivers, and people have had to puck up a usb card to get them to work.
connorsdad Posted November 19, 2014 Posted November 19, 2014 It's not something silly like you have it plugged into a usb 3 port? I remember reading that some devices have issues with the newer chipsets and drivers, and people have had to puck up a usb card to get them to work. No, I read about the usb 3 issues in this thread, it's plugged into usb 2. I have other issues too now
electricmagma Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 i had the USB3 issues... All you need to do is uninstall the USB 3 driver software, and let windows use it as USB 2.
kizam33 Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 Waiting for mine in the mail, can't wait. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
zebulon Posted December 9, 2014 Author Posted December 9, 2014 Just spent 2 days finalizing the palm_smash and launch ball features. Maxx and I came up with a hardware solution to indicate when a digital launch button table is loaded using the flashing launch button output from the ledwiz and I coded a routine into the firmware to read this. This option will be a very cheap upgrade... The downside is that there are currently a number of tables in the DF config tool that use analog plungers but have the launch button flashing as well. I'll have to figure out a method of editing these out so that they don't interfere with the analog plunger operation. Any plungers purchased after September have been shipping with the upgraded encoder strip and I'll have the strip kits available for everyone else in the next week or 2. Once I've tested the firmware across several plungers I'll have it posted, and it will be available as one download with 2 versions, 1 with the palm smash and launch ball update and one with just the palm smash update for those that currently have a launch button.
PinballPais Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 Exciting! I was waiting for this before purchasing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
randr Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 I will add my zeb plunger has been perfect! Love the thing!
Content Provider arngrim Posted December 9, 2014 Content Provider Posted December 9, 2014 zeb, you know there is also the "authentic launch ball" toy in the tool, to indicate digital plunger only
zebulon Posted December 9, 2014 Author Posted December 9, 2014 Thanks arngrim, I didn't realize that was what that was for. I tried to send you a pm the other day about it but your mailbox was full. Is it possible to create a toy like authentic launch button but only toggle the output to "ON" to create a steady signal? Or are we tied to just assigning the lamp or switch value automatically?
Content Provider arngrim Posted December 9, 2014 Content Provider Posted December 9, 2014 my mailbox is not full anymore now, worse case there is the vpf, or hp mailbox where we had conversations already well is it not better to have the launch lamp only when there is a ball in the shooter lane, the regular rom behaviour?
zebulon Posted December 9, 2014 Author Posted December 9, 2014 Nope, would rather have it active for the duration of the table as the launch button is also used to fire the cannon in games like t2, sttng. Having it on steady during the entire time the table is loaded means no delay in being able to use the launch button (plunger) and also removes the need for an interface to filter the flashing signal making it a no cost upgrade...
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