| 88 Slot Techs Attend
Annual Event
TechFest 13 was held at Mystic Lake Casino and Hotel on May 16th - 18th, 2006. The TechFest is geared for working slot techs and technical managers who are looking for a way to make a dramatic improvement in their understanding of video slot monitors, touchscreens, bill validators, coin validators and printers, with no-nonsense technical presentations from: 3M Touch Systems (MicroTouch)
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"I've repaired 3 LCD monitors since the Sencore training,
including a complete tear down and CCFL replacement, so I definitely got
out of tech fest what I came there for. Thanks for getting me signed
up for that session when I enrolled for tech fest. Currently I'm
the only bench tech here, and the only one who repairs, or even has the
desire to repair monitors and complex electronics. If we ever get
another qualified tech in the future, I'd definitely send them to your
training. Thanks again for everything."
Steve Huhn
For a schedule of events, click HERE. |
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our presenting companies, Slot Tech Magazine gratefully acknowledges the
contributions of the following supporters of TechFest 13:
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 David Oldham of Advanced Electronic Systems, Inc. addressed the group as the first guest presenter at TechFest 13, held at the Mystic Lake Casino and Hotel in Minnesota. David presented a technical look at MEI's Cashflow SC66 bill validator and the FutureLogic printer. |
Sencore's Don Multerer presented a hands-on "mini school" within TechFest. With four full sets of Sencore test equipment, 12 lucky attendees each day spent an entire afternoon with Don, learning how to repair LCD monitors and work with the gear. It was SRO, so we eventually had to install a row of chairs in the back of the room in order to accomodate the overflow. |
 Transact Technologies' Russ Wige presented their Ithaca printer and Epic printers. The very BEST thing Russ brought with him was a tube of chips with their brand new "TOF (top of form) reset program. You no longer have to go seek out another revision program just to trick the printer into resetting the TOF. Pop in this PROM, fire up the printer with the paper properly positioned and it's done. Hooray! |
 Ceronix's Paul Alexander discussed the operation and repair of their unique monitors. A full-color troubleshooting guide, complete with step-by-step repair flowcharts was given to every TechFest participant, along with a complete service manual for all Ceronix CRT monitors. A podcast of Paul's presentation can be found HERE. To stream the video, right click and copy the link. Then open a media player, "Open URL" and paste the link. This is an unedited rip of the raw footage shot at TechFest. I will try to edit it and integrate the drawings at a later time. The podcast includes some close-ups which will appear to be out of sequence but like I said, it's just raw footage. |
 Paul Hatin, Applications Engineer for 3M Touchsystems, Inc., presented a look at touchscreen technology. Everyone received a free, slot tech T shirt. |
 Coin Mechanisms' Mike Harris discussed calibration of Coin Mech products. He also presented a look at Coin Mechanism's line of cold cathode lighting products, including their 700 mm trapazoidally bent belly glass lighting scheme that simply pops into place with a spring-loaded rod. Very clever. |
 Tommy Talbot of AstroSystems, Inc. discussed their MicroCoin unit. He discussed the operation of the unit and calibration (none required) as well as programming. Giveaway Bonus: A really nice telescoping, magnetic retrieval tool. I saw a number of swordfights taking place in the hallway during breaktime following their disbursement but I was unable to take a photograph. |
 TechFest 13 anchor presentation belonged to Jack Geller of JCM. As usual, this dynamic presentation discussed cleaning and calibration procedures for WBA bill validators as well as repair issues. Jack also took us on a much more detailed tour of their latest bill validator, the UBA and its multi-spectral optical recognition, automatic bill centering, advanced diagnostics and plastic cashbox. |
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