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Serial Protocol Converter 2.5 (SPC2.5) Quick Reference

This document provides a quick reference of the SPC2.5 board. For a complete technical reference, see
Aristocrat document no. 20-00420, Serial Protocol Converter (SPC2.5) Guidebook.

Ports RAM Clear

Port Description Step Description
P1 Not used 1. Insert link on jumper J8.
P2 EGM Connections 2. Power up the board (quick flashing of the
LED).
P3 Secondary System Port 3. Remove link on jumper J8.
P4 Primary System Port 4. Remove power form the SPC board
Port Description 5. Power up the SPC board.
J5 5 Volts not used on Aristocrat MKVI™ NOTE: Normal operation indicated by
and new GEN7™ VIRIDIAN™. LED flashing 5-times per second.
J3 24 Volts from backplane or audio
amplifier.

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LED Pulse Codes

Pulse Rate
5-times per second
10-times per second
Pulsing one time
Pulsing two times
Pulsing three times
Pulsing four times
Pulsing five times
NOTE: Normal operation indicated by LED flashing 5-times per second.
Description
SPC2.5 operating normally
Non-volatile memory has been cleared. Remove jumper from CLR (J8) and
power cycle SPC2.5
Communication is down on port 2
Communication is down on port 3
Communication is down on port 4
Non-volatile memory is not initialized correctly. Clear non-volatile memory
before continuing.
Bad Configuration of the SAS address ID on primary/secondary port.

Jumpers
Jumper Configuration Description
J4 (WD) In (insert link) Enables the watch dog timer on the board.
J8 (CLR) Out (remove Link Used to manually clear the non-volatile RAM on power-up if the
jumper is “In” (LED flashes 5-times per second after memory
cleared.)
J9 In/Out On games for the N. Carolina Cher Jurisdiction, this jumper should
be in (insert link).

Port 1 and 2 Pins Port 3 and 4 Pins

Pin Function I/O Optional Function Pin Function I/O Optional Function
2 TxD O Transmit data out 1 CTS 1 CTS Clear to send
3 RxD I Receive data in 2 TxD O Transmit data out
5 Ground 3 RxD I Receive data in
4 RTS O Request to send
5 Ground

J9 (Lockout) Pins J8 (General Purpose) Pins

Pin Function I/O Optional Function Pin Function I/O Optional Function
1 GPIO 7 I/O Shared with J10 pin 7 1 PGIO 1 I/O Shared with J10 pin
1
2 GPIO 8 I/O Shared with J10 pin 8 2 GPIO 8 I/O Shared with J10 pin
2

Caution: Power must only be supplied in the range from 8 to 24 volts through
connector J3. Do not use 5 volts through connector J5, as communications loss
and stability problems will result.

Questions concerning this quick tip should be directed to the Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., National Service Support
Center at 1-800-482-3723 or ServiceSupport@aristocrat-inc.com

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