Over coming Qcom on QLD MVP.

[BlackSwan]

Got hold of a QLD MVP and of course it's QCOM.Would like to get it running.
I have a technical background so any technical info would be appreciated in over coming it.I've tried QCOMconfigtool and manged to get it from getting to step 6 up to step 70 then I get comms terminated. I've been told it may not work on QLD games.

[bogan]

I am not familiar with QCOMconfigtool, but as I understand it from a couple of you tube video's, its designed to get New Zealand based games going.


The way the New Zealand machines work, is that you use a tool to configure the machine, then once configured they will run standalone like a NSW game. In other jurisdictions, the machine needs to be set up via a host, then it needs to be polled continuously after that. If the machine is not polled in a certain time frame (I think 5 seconds) then it locks up with a comms timeout which is shown on the screen as "Play Disabled TD".

[BlackSwan]

Not sure about the 5 seconds between polls. Watching the polling on an enabled game it's close to about 1 second.
The EGM then talks to a local PC (site controller) which itself needs to communicate to a central PC. If no comms between the two PCs within 72 hours the site controller shuts down.

[bogan]

The EGM only cares that its being polled. The logic between the computer that is polling it and any other system is purely a regulator/business requirement.


The protocol specifies it here https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/bec7fb3a-5b45-411d-9c1b-6c82a009ca3e/resource/641daaea-0623-4b4a-a472-99f4ae812922/download/qcom-protocol-v167.pdf



6.1.2 Communication Time-Out
If an EGM does not receive a poll with a valid CRC to its poll address for more than 10 consecutive
seconds the machine shall automatically disable.CP:122 The Communications Timeout Event may be
logged (see 7.10.3).

[jj-taylor]

I know its an old thread, but did anyone sort this out? I have the same problem.
Cheers,Jeff