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JAMMA Monitor Tester

Name: JAMMA Monitor Tester
Brand: pcbjunkie
Price: 44.99 CAD
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This is a small battery (CR2032) video tester / signal generator made specifically for testing arcade monitors in JAMMA cabinets. It is the size of a typical JAMMA fingerboard and can be easily carried around in your pocket for on the go testing. With an additional cabinet adapter (see my eBay store), a number of non JAMMA cabinet monitors can be tested as well.

The tester supports the common 15kHz standard resolution, as well as the 24kHz medium resolution and 31kHz high resolution arcade modes, with JAMMA standard negative composite sync. The tester can be operated from the control panel (Player 1 Buttons 1 and 2) and can be powered by either the cabinet's power supply or the CR2032 battery.

Outputs

Video and sync signals:
- RGB and SYNC at 3V-pp
Sync Types:
- Negative CSYNC – JAMMA standard

Video Generation

15kHz – standard arcade resolution
24kHz – medium resolution mode
31kHz – high resolution mode

Battery Life

About 3 hours battery life on a good quality CR2032 (depending on the pattern / type of use / monitor)

Pinout

On JAMMA Edge:

Video Output:
Red - Pin 12
Green - Pin N
Blue - Pin 13
Sync - Pin P

Controls:
Mode - Player 1 Button 1 - Pin 22
Test - Player 1 Button 2 - Pin 22

Dimensions

Board Size: 113x31mm
Weight: 70g

Shipping & Returns

Standard 30 days return policy. Buyer pays for return shipping. See Return policy page for more information.

JAMMA Video Tester Features and Additional Information

Generates the following tests in each mode:

Text – for raster direction / yoke polarity
Color Grids Primary Colors – for color check and adjustment
Color Grids Primary and Secondary Colors – for color check and adjustment
Checkerboard – for geometry and convergence checks, white / black level / saturation
Grid - for geometry checks
Convergence Grid - for convergence checks
Pong - streaking test
Hollow / Filled Box – for bloom artifact check
Moving Crosshairs - geometry distortion check
Vertical Primary Color Bars – for color check and adjustment
Vertical Secondary Color Bars – for color check and adjustment
Vertical Tertiary Color Bars – for color check and adjustment
Scrolling Horizontal Color Bars – bloom and color uniformity
Solid Full Screen White – for burn in and degaussing
Solid Full Screen Red – for burn in and degaussing
Solid Full Screen Green – for burn in and degaussing
Solid Full Screen Blue – for burn in and degaussing
Alternating Color Grid - color transitions / color saturation test
Alternating Full Screen Color – burn in, degaussing, color transitions
Random Color Grid - stability testing, demo mode, etc...

Battery life indicator shows battery status through MODE LED.

LED always on – full battery
Duration of on/off cycle indicates battery depletion level
50% off/on blink – nearly dead

To operate the tester, connect the edge connector to your cabinet's JAMMA harness.

Press the MODE button to cycle through the available video modes, and TEST to cycle through the tests. The tester can also be controlled from the cabinet control panel using PLAYER 1 BUTTON 1 (MODE) and BUTTON 2 (TEST).

It is not necessary to have a working PSU to test the monitor (ON switch in the BATT position). If the cabinet does have a working PSU, the tester can be powered from the +5V rail of the JAMMA harness (ON switch on the PSU position).