Chicago Gaming Nicktoons Racing - Manual (Page 16)

6. Trouble Shooting
In case something happens to the software on the Hard Drive or other problems, a boot CD has been included to
reload all software. See chapter 8 “Reloading Software & BIOS settings” if your problem is not easily resolved.
In most cases the plugs just have to be re-connected.
Table 11, Trouble Shooting Table
Description of Problem Possible solution
Turn on game and the message “USB Dongle
Problem: Please plug in the USB Dongle for
Nicktoons Racing…” appears in a dialog box with
the buttons OK & Cancel. Your USB dongle is un-plugged. Find the Nicktoons
Video game USB dongle and plug it into any USB
port on the PC. Or if it is already plugged into game
unplug it and re-plug it in. Then power cycle the
game.
Turn on game and the message “Please connect Coin
Meter to COM1 port for this game.” appears in a
dialog box with the buttons OK & Cancel. The coin (switch & meter) connector is un-plugged.
Find the coin connector and plug it into the COM1
port of the game. Or if already plugged into game
unplug it and re-plug it in. Then power cycle the
game.
Turn on game and the message “Please plug the
Control Plug into the Joystick Connector on the
PC” appears in a dialog box with the buttons OK &
Cancel. The controls connector is un-plugged or a 100K
potentiometer is disconnected. Find the controls
connector and plug it into the Joystick port of the
game (typically a 15 pin female connector) on the PC.
Or if already plugged into game unplug it and re-plug
it in. Then power cycle the game. If it still fails, see
the chapter 6.1 “Trouble shooting the Joystick
Connector”
While playing the game or during the attract mode, the
players controls do not respond and a message “The
controls seem to be unplugged., Please re-plug the
controls into the Joystick connector on the PC and
press OK.,” appears. See above solution.
I insert a coin during the game, but no credits or sound
is generated. Press “F1” to enter the adjustments page and press the
“Diagnostics” button. If the box for the coin switch is
red, look at the RS232 status line for recommended
action. If it is not red, then press the coin switch to see
if the software can read the switch. If the coin box
does not turn green when the switch is closed, look for
a broken wire or mechanical switch .
6.1. Trouble shooting the Joystick Connector
Typically, the 100K linear taper potentiometers vary from 0 ohms to 100K ohms. If any of the 4 potentiometers
have an open circuit, then all the joystick controls will not operate. An ohm meter between pins 1 & 2, pins 1 &
6, pins 1 & 11, and pins 1 & 13 on the male plug should always have 0 to 100K ohms.
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