Dr Pinball Personal DMD Guía de configuración

Personal DMD

Installation and Usage Instructions

V0.1 September 2013

Copyrig t 2013 - Dr Pinball

Important

Please c eck Appendix A for details of mac ines t at are compatible wit t e Personal DMD. It is

important to note t at t e Personal DMD as not been tested on all of t ese mac ines – it is t e

responsibility of t e user to make a final decision about t e suitability of t is system for use on a

particular pinball mac ine.

T e user installs t e Personal DMD entirely at t eir own risk – Dr Pinball cannot accept responsibility

for damage or ot er problems caused by t is system or its use.

T e installation instructions are given purely as a guide. T e user must exercise caution w en

performing t e installation.

Introduction

T ank you for purc asing t e Personal DMD by Dr Pinball. T is system adds a 4.3” screen into t e

pinball apron area and is driven by t e DMD Extender product also developed by Dr Pinball.

T e Personal DMD comprises:

1 X 4.3” Colour TFT Screen in a metal enclosure

1 X 12V Regulator Board

1 X 4 way Power Cable Assembly

1 X Screen Power Cable Assembly

1 X Composite Video Cable

2 X Cable Ties to secure

Please ensure you ave received t e items above before proceeding.

T e system requires a DMD Extender to be already installed in t e pinball mac ine.

T e following sections take you t roug t e installation of t e Personal DMD only.

Installation

Installation must only be attempted by a competent person w o understands basic principles for

t e safe operation of electronic devices. You must ensure t e pinball mac ine is switc ed off and

t e power cable removed from t e wall socket prior to installation.

Please read all of t e instructions before performing t e installation.

T e Personal DMD adds a small screen into t e apron area of t e pinball mac ine. It is designed to fit

mac ines wit a specific type of apron as s own in figure 1.

Figure 1 – Compatible apron design

T e scorecard area of t e apron must be recessed and ave a large cut out be ind. Any ot er design of

apron may not allow t e screen cables to pass under t e table, or t e gap between apron and glass may

not be large enoug .

Firstly, please familiarise yourself wit t e components of t e system.

Figure 2 – Personal DMD Components

As s own in Figure 2:

1. Screen Power Cable Assembly – allows connection between t e TFT Screen and t e 12v

Regulator Board

2. Power Cable Assembly – allows connection between t e DMD Extender and t e 12V Regulator

Board

3. Composite Video Cable – allows connection between t e Raspberry Pi and t e TFT Screen

4. TFT Screen – Complete wit power connector (Red) and video connector (Yellow)

5. 12V Regulator Board – Takes t e pinball power and converts to correct voltage for t e TFT

Screen

Also included are 2 cable ties to secure t e various cable assemblies.

T e 12V Regulator Board in detail comprises t e items s own in Figure 3.

Figure 3 – 12V Regulator Board

1. Ad esive Mounts X 4

2. Power In connector – labeled 'POWER IN'

3. Fuse – 500 mAmp 20mm cartridge type

4. Power Out connector – power for TFT Screen, labeled 'OUT 1'

5. Power Out connector – power for TFT Screen, labeled 'OUT 2'

It is possible to connect and power 2 TFT Screens using t e 12V Regulator connectors 'OUT 1' and

'OUT 2'.

Step 1 – Prepare the Playfield

Remove t e lock down bar and play field glass. Remove all of t e balls from t e ball troug .

Lift t e playfield forwards so t at it rests on t e lock down bar mec anism, as s own in figure 4.

Figure 4 – Playfield in t e correct position for installation

Wit t e playfield in t is position it will be possible to begin routing t e power and video cables for t e

Personal DMD.

Step 2 – Prepare the back box

Remove t e translite glass and open t e back box lig t door. Lift t e speaker panel and rest on t e

pinball side rails.

Hint: Use magnets on t e side rails to stop t e speaker panel slipping.

Step 3 – Connect the Video Cable

Figure 5 s ows t e location of t e composite video connector on t e Raspberry Pi.

Figure 5 – Composite Video connector s own wit red arrow

Connect one end of t e Composite Video Cable into t e composite video connector on t e Raspberry

Pi, as s own in figure 6.

Figure 6 – Composite Video Cable inserted into Raspberry Pi connector

Step 4 – Connect the Power Cable Assembly

Connect one end of t e Power Cable Assembly into t e 'POWER OUT' connector of t e DMD

Extender, as s own in figure 7.

Figure 7 – Power Cable Assembly in connector 'POWER OUT'

Wit t e Power Cable Assembly and t e Composite Video Cable pus t e free ends of t e cables

t roug t e back box cable ole. Allow some slack in t e cables to remain in t e back box. Figure 8

s ows t e cables pus ed t roug into t e pinball base cabinet.

Figure 8 – Cables exiting t e back box into t e base cabinet. Cables are marked wit red arrows.

Step – Route Cables from Back box

Replace t e speaker panel into t e back box.

Using 2 cable ties, fix t e cables coming from t e back box to t e wiring loom conduit as s own in

figure 9.

Figure 9 – Cable fixing

Fixing t e cables in t is way will allow t e back box to be folded wit out straining t e cables to t e

DMD Extender.

Now close t e back box lig t door and replace t e translite.

Step 6 – Mount the TFT Screen

Select w ic side t e of t e apron to install t e TFT Screen – it can be mounted in eit er of t e

scorecard areas, alt oug viewing angles are best w en it is located on t e rig t and side.

Pus t e screen cables t roug t e apron ole and t roug t e available playfield ole so t at t e

cables ang free under t e playfield as s ow in in figure 10.

Figure 10 – TFT Screen cables passed under t e playfield

Note t at t e screen controls – circled in figure 10 – s ould be on t e left.

Place t e TFT Screen onto t e apron allowing t e integral magnets to old it in place. T e screen

s ould sit evenly on t e metal apron.

Figure 11 – TFT Screen correctly mounted

Now lift t e playfield into its fully uprig t position. T e TFT Screen will be eld in place by t e

magnets and will not fall.

Step 7 – Route Cables Under Playfield

T e 12V Regulator needs to be mounted under t e playfield. Select a suitable area in t e lower 1/3 of

t e playfield, remove t e yellow paper from t e ad esive mounts and firmly place t e 12V Regulator

onto t e wooden playfield.

Select t e mounting area carefully, away from playfield mec anisms and allowing enoug space

to connect t e cables. See figure 12 for an example.

Figure 12 – 12V Regulator mounting suggestion

Take t e free end of t e Power Cable Assembly coming from t e backbox and plug into t e 'POWER

IN' connector on t e 12V Regulator. Note t at t e cable is keyed and can only be connected in one

orientation.

Plug t e Screen Power Cable Assembly into t e 'OUT 1' connector of t e 12V Regulator. Note t at t e

cable is keyed and can only be connected in one orientation. Plug t e ot er end of t e Screen Power

Cable Assembly into t e TFT Screen red power connector.

Take t e free end of t e Composite Video Cable coming from t e backbox and plug into t e TFT

Screen yellow video connector.

Now carefully route all cables t roug t e pinball cable supports as s own in figures 13 and 14.

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