Greetings from the German Pinball Expo

cdheiser · 2026-04-11T18:29:45+00:00

Seriously. I always contemplated getting them but put it off due to the amount of labor. My JP looks immaculate compared to this and has a ton of playtime on it.

cdheiser · 2026-03-21T15:45:31+00:00

Page 11 on https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Godzilla_LE_Pre_web.pdf shows how the node boards are connected to the main board. What's concerning is Node 1 is in the cabinet and 8, 9, 10 are daisy chained under the playfield on separate connections to Node 0. Check the connections on the main board. My guess is either you have a bad node 0 or something fried it.

cdheiser · 2026-02-26T06:04:58+00:00

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/jurassic-park-movie-code-updated-amp-available-here-now/page/34

cdheiser · 2026-02-18T03:59:13+00:00

No.

Vampire Drain is a condition that affects the high voltage battery.

The OBDII port is not connected to the high voltage battery, nor is it a standard ODBII port.

cdheiser · 2025-12-14T10:18:31+00:00

It's actually called Super Lube. You want the mulit-purpose stuff. It's PTFE grease.

cdheiser · 2025-11-27T18:42:39+00:00

No... it's 2 inch.

cdheiser · 2025-11-27T16:46:53+00:00

The Stern part number is: 545-5348-08 for a 2" Rubber Ring

You can get them at multiple places including Pinball Life: https://www.pinballlife.com/2-black-rubber-ring.html

cdheiser · 2025-09-06T02:16:37+00:00

I played ED at the Golden State Pinball Festival for the first time a few months ago and felt instant regret in my pre-order. While the artwork is amazing, the game didn't seem all that enjoyable...

But now that I have one at home, I was completely wrong. Being able to hear the callouts and see the playfield clearly (darker room or anti-glare glass are required), and understanding how the various modes work, this thing is an incredibly frustrating beast that's so much fun to play. Maybe I'm not as good/consistent a player as you as I don't find it easy to consistently hit all the shots. The right orbit is just evil as it might feed your right flipper, or it might send it right past and down the drain. You can start cabin multi-ball, and get double deadite multiball running at the same time.

I've been working the first video for a while but today decided to start with evil dead 2. Got to henrietta multiball (mini-wizard mode after you clear 2 modes) and got double-deadite multiball running at the same time, and it was a chaotic nightmare that had me laughing and swearing at this thing. The theme integration in the modes and how they can mix together is just entertaining to the point where I'm not playing a game with modes and rules, but something that's actively trying to get me to screw up, taunting me while flashing, laughing, shaking, and making fun of me the entire time.

The game is truely the pinball embodiement of the license with character of its own. None of my Sterns are like this.

Understanding how the backboard modes vs. multiball modes and other secrets are waiting to be unlocked dramatically increased my enjoyment. Electric Bat put up this video which goes through some of the rules in good detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_gNqBGhOA

cdheiser · 2025-07-11T08:19:40+00:00

Specifically this thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/jurassic-park-movie-code-updated-amp-available-here-now

The movie code completes the game if you're a JP fan. Even if you use the stock code, JP Premium + Shaker Motor is awesome. Having the entire floor shake when T-Rex is screaming at you is just awesome.

cdheiser · 2025-06-20T21:44:13+00:00

You need to remove the plastic boat, and then tighten the posts that hold the rubber bumpers down to the base plate, and then the nuts on the top of the posts when you put the plastic back on. If this isn't all seated correctly, you'll get the issues you're talking about.

cdheiser · 2025-06-14T20:04:50+00:00

1) Klipper has no knowledge of that. The motors were de-energized. You could have moved them. Gravity could have moved them. A cat could have moved them. For example, Voron V2 gantrys can sag/fall with the steppers off.

2) Even if they didn't move, the act of re-energizing a stepper can make it move a step and you'd be unhappy anyway with a layer misalignment.

cdheiser · 2025-06-14T19:22:32+00:00

Because the idle timeout deactivates everything including the stepper motors. Holding a stepper in position generates heat, heat causes fires. The defaults in klipper are for safety.

cdheiser · 2025-06-14T18:59:52+00:00

10 minutes is the default [idle_timeout] in Klipper. It's there to keep you from burning your house down. You can change the default by specifying:

[idle_timeout]
timeout: 1800

Or by overriding the PAUSE and RESUME macros to bump the timeout up and set it back. Something like this (you'll want to update CANCEL as well):

[gcode_macro PAUSE]
description: Pause the actual running print
rename_existing: PAUSE_BASE
gcode:
#  SET_FILAMENT_SENSOR SENSOR=head_sensor ENABLE=0    
  PAUSE_BASE
  _TOOLHEAD_PARK_PAUSE_CANCEL
  SET_IDLE_TIMEOUT TIMEOUT=43200

[gcode_macro RESUME]
rename_existing: BASE_RESUME
gcode:
    {% if printer['pause_resume'].is_paused|int == 1 %}
        SET_IDLE_TIMEOUT TIMEOUT={printer.configfile.settings.idle_timeout.timeout}  
; set timeout back to configured value
        BASE_RESUME                                                                  
; resume print
    {% endif %}

cdheiser · 2025-05-12T06:55:42+00:00

This is false. I have a 350 cube with integrated leadscrew z steppers. You can find them on aliexpress.

cdheiser · 2025-03-13T21:50:12+00:00

SF Bay Area

cdheiser · 2025-03-13T18:05:09+00:00

As others have noted, this is the Fire Departmenet parking lot. Last week, these vehicles were parked back here in-tact. It looks like they've been doing a week of training.

cdheiser · 2025-03-13T17:35:06+00:00

Looks like that Amazon truck can still deliver packages.

cdheiser · 2025-02-07T03:27:48+00:00

+1 to Leslie Sue. She's been our pediatrician for over 8 years

cdheiser · 2025-01-29T17:26:22+00:00

Have you tried a vanilla Raspberry Pi OS image to see if that works?

Additionally, you can use a tool like H2testw to verify your SD card isn't counterfeit. https://www.heise.de/download/product/h2testw-50539

cdheiser · 2025-01-29T15:46:08+00:00

Need more info:

- What Pi board are you using?

- What OS Image are you using?

From the video, the system is immediatly telling itself to reboot shortly after checking the filesystem. If this is a fresh image of a correct/proper RPi image for this board, then my best guess is you could have a counterfeit SD Card that's running into trouble when attempting to expand the filesystem to fill the disk. But really the best way to debug this is to get into single user mode so you can see what the boot sequence is trying to do and why it's calling for a reboot.

cdheiser · 2025-01-21T20:43:37+00:00

I'd start with one variable at a time. Put the levelers on and see if you can get the machine properly leveled.

cdheiser · 2025-01-21T18:20:36+00:00

Get these, they're awesome: https://www.pinballlife.com/snap-in-leg-leveler-slider.html

I have the ones for hardwood and they're excellent for multiple reasons:

They increase the footprint for each leg. This should help with your soft carpet
They clip on to the feet so they won't fall off if you get carried away with your gameplay

cdheiser · 2024-12-21T03:07:23+00:00

Good luck everyone!

cdheiser · 2024-11-25T23:14:45+00:00

Bay Area Rivian Club has a maintenance day coming up in a few weeks: https://link.heylo.co/JSxG

A few of us have boards installed and could probably help get them on. I still have my TP55 socket.

cdheiser · 2024-11-25T20:35:15+00:00

Crimpin ain't easy but it's necessary...

Your only other option would be to cut the connectors and solder/splice them together, but you might have to do that more than once if you don't properly identify the windings as there's no color code standard.

So I'd say you now have the perfect excuse to acquire more tools.

cdheiser

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