************************************************************************** * * * STERN PINBALL, INC. * * (C) COPYRIGHT 2015-2019 STERN PINBALL, INC. * * * ************************************************************************** * * * CAN CRUSHER * * * ************************************************************************** HELP US, HELP YOU! If you have any suggestions, questions, need technical advice, find errors or have comments, contact us through our website: http://www.sternpinball.com/contact.shtml or call 1-800-542-5377. You can also email bug.report@sternpinball.com to report any software problems. This text file and all other documents relating to this product, playfield components, features, rules, programming and operation are subject to change without notice (Service Bulletins, if applicable, will be available through our website). PINBALL GAME SOFTWARE UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS *NOTE: For this platform we strongly recommend selecting FULL UPDATE option. 1) Download the latest code for your game by visiting http://www.sternpinball.com/game-code and following the links to the software update file for your specific game model. 2) Place game software update file (GAMENAME-VERSION.spk) into the root directory of a blank FAT32-formatted USB flash drive. Do not place more than one .spk files at a time in the root directory of the USB flash drive. 3) Use backbox power switch to turn off game. 4) Plug the USB flash drive into a CPU board USB connector at CN20 or CN21. 5) Turn the game on. 6) The game will automatically begin the software update and the following message will be displayed: "APPLYING UPDATE PLEASE WAIT". IMPORTANT: DO NOT turn the pinball machine off while this message is displayed. This message may remain on the screen a long period of time. 7) When the display indicates "UPDATE COMPLETE", turn the game off. 8) Remove the USB flash drive from the CPU board. 9) Turn the game on to play pinball! Detailed instructions and troubleshooting tips are available: - in the game manual - at www.sternpinball.com - at any authorized Stern Pinball Inc. Distributor. V1.1 - January 19, 2019 ======================= Game Updates - Added back box flasher effects. - Corrected coil firing for user-installed chime units. - Corrected erroneous switch error tech alert messages. - Actuate the flippers during a ball search that occurs after tilt in case a ball is stuck between the flipper and a post. System Updates - Update to nodeboard firmware v0.28.0 - Added LIFETIME count to Standard Audit #16 "Total Plays". - Added JAPAN_3 Coinage 1/YEN 200. - Added UTIL->VOL adjustments for minimum and maximum master volume level and minimum and maximum headphones volume level. This will limit the selectable volume range from the service menu Plus and Minus keys - Added support for 6th coin switch. - Added UTIL->VOL adjustments speaker balance, backbox speaker type, and cabinet speaker type - When entering UTIL->VOL, the first sub-menu adjustment is selected, previous behavior would select the last displayed sub-menu adjustment. - Added Standard Adjustment "START GAME ON CREDIT". Settings are: "OFF" - Do not automatically start a game or add a player when inserted money registers a credit "FIRST ONLY" - Automatically start a game when inserted money registers a credit "ALL CREDITS" - Automatically start a game or add a player when inserted money registers a credit Adding multiple credits simultaneously, via a bill acceptor, will only start a one player game or add a single player. Default setting is "OFF" - Removed unused obsolete Standard Adjustments: "FLASH LAMP POWER", "COIL PULSE POWER", "BILL VALIDATOR", "TEAM SCORES", and "CONSOLATION BALL". - Removed Standard Adjustments: "COIN DOOR BALL SAVE", "COIN DOOR DISABLE TILT", "COIN DOOR OPEN NODE BUS POWER" from games which do not have a coin door interlock switch. - Added USA_13 Coinage 1/$1.00, 7/$5.00 - Added adjustment to scale GI, Insert, and Flasher LED brightness, range is 25% to 100%. - Added adjustment to limit GI, Insert, and Flasher LED Max brightness, range is 64 to 255. - Added adjustments for backbox and cabinet speaker types to the service menu UTIL->VOL. Supported speaker types are "8 OHM" and "4 OHM". The amplifier power curve is appropriately adjusted for the selected speaker type. - DIAG->NODE->COMM test would occasionally falsely report address collisions, this has been corrected. - Extend TIMED PLUNGER adjustment range to DISABLED or 1 - 300 seconds - Correct minimum firing time for flipper coil when an EOS switch is inconsistent or poorly gapped - Improved LED refresh rate and blink consistency. - Improved reporting of shorted General Illumination bulbs and sockets. - Added AD_TILT_DEBOUNCE adjustment. Number of ms to debounce tilt bob. Defaults 1000ms, consider using 750ms for tourneys. - Added adjustments for backbox speaker bass/treble, cabinet speaker bass/treble, and cabinet/backbox speaker balance to service menu UTIL->VOL. Speaker balance allows lowering the volume level of cabinet speaker or backbox speakers vs. the other. - Added USA_12 Coinage 1/$0.25, 5/$1.00 - Added audit for total number of one, two, three, and four players games that have been played. - Interactively update the backbox brightness while changing Attract Mode, Game Play, and Service Mode adjustments in the service menu - Added Node Bus Communication test to diag menu - Updated Norway coin door to 1/5/10/20 Kr for left/center/right/4th slot. - Updated Sweden coin door to 1/5/10/2 Kr for left/center/right/4th slot. - Added Sweden 3 credit pricing 1 credit for 10 Kr. - Updated Sweden dip switch setting (0x0B) default to Sweden 3 pricing. - At boot a LOCATING NODE BOARDS message will display if a required node board is not discovered, previously it would incorrectly state UPDATING NODE BOARD and UPDATE FAILED. The node board number(s) of missing boards will be displayed and updated as boards are found. - Added China Dip Switch setting (28 00111000) and currency, pricing, overrides, redemption, tournement, novelty, etc setting. - Update UK pricing table, make UK4 (1/2, 2/3, 4/5) default for UK dip switch setting. V1.0 - July 16, 2015 ======================= - Initial release