If the pic restarted but not the game - which very well could be
happening for the homing to occur - the game would not send new values,
and being eeprom would not change.  The PIC did not zero that between
restarts.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Rolf
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:35 PM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [PIC] question from someone new to the list
> 
> Hmmm... This strikes me as maybe the weak point.....
> 
> The PC tells the PIC on every restart? Perhaps there was a brown-out
> that reset the PIC, but not the PC? Would the PIC get "Zeroed"?
> 
> Rolf
> 
> 
> William Killian wrote:
> > The same reel controller card is used in all reel games.  But not
all
> > reel games have the same fault/home positions.
> >
> > The PC tells the reel controller (PIC) what the safe positions are
when
> > the game starts.
> >
> > So it isn't hard coded cause the reel strips are not the same in all
> > games.
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
> >>
> > Behalf
> >
> >> Of David VanHorn
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:51 PM
> >> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> >> Subject: Re: [PIC] question from someone new to the list
> >>
> >>
> >>> With the half hearted approach the casino and our slot tech take
> >>>
> > they
> >
> >>> don't remove and replace the whole machine for me to examine.  I
got
> >>> only the PIC chips sent back to me.  I believe I checked them
right
> >>>
> > off
> >
> >>> and the EEPROM read correctly and not as all zero for those three
> >>>
> > bytes.
> >
> >>> With code protect on that meant I believe I put the chips in a
board
> >>>
> > and
> >
> >>> homed the reels and they didn't go to zero.
> >>>
> >>
> >> You have me curious.. This home location parameter sounds like
> >>
> > something
> >
> >> that dosen't change, but it's in EE?   If it dosen't change, it
should
> >>
> > be
> >
> >> hardcoded.
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