Paragon

1 Introduction

Project Date: December 5, 1978

Date Of Manufacture: June, 1979

Production: 9,120 units (confirmed)

Theme: Fantasy

Notable Features: Widebody, Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), 4-in-line drop targets (1), 3-bank drop targets (1), Kick-out holes (3), Standup targets (2), Star rollovers (4), Spinning target (1), Upper right chicane lane awards lit features.

2 Technical Info

Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)

A1 Displays: 5x AS-2518-21

A2 Power Module: AS-2518-18

A3 Solenoid Driver Module: AS-2518-22

A4 Bally MPU Module: AS-2518-35

A5 Lamp Driver Module: AS-2518-23

A8 Sound Module: AS-2518-50

3 Rectifier Board Connector J3 Wiring

Bally Paragon Rectifier Board Connector J3

Bally Paragon Rectifier Board Connector J3 Pinout

For reference, the wire color pinout for the rectifier board J3 connector is shown here. Note that the 20 pins are split across two connectors, 9 pin and 11 pin in this case. When TriFurcon pins are used (recommended), an entire 20 pin connector is difficult to install/remove. By splitting the connector, the two smaller connectors are easier to install/remove. Drawing a line across the top (and a different line on the bottom), along with keying the connector properly, ensures proper installation.

Note: There are two orange wires and two white wires. The thicker wires connect the general illumination buss. Thicker wires will always be general illumination.

4 Charts

4.1 Lamp Chart

SCR	conn.	lamp description	code	wire color	tr type
Q16	A5J2-22	Ball-in-Play	62	Brn-Blu	MCR-106
Q14	A5J1-18	Bonus 1K	58	Wht-Blk	2N5060
Q29	A5J1-1	Bonus 2K	41	Grn-Red	2N5060
Q36	A5J3-26	Bonus 3K	38	Yel-Blk	2N5060
Q57	A5J3-1	Bonus 4K	10	Red	2N5060
Q12	A5J1-19	Bonus 5K	60	Brn	2N5060
Q27	A5J1-9	Bonus 6K	52	Wht-Blu	2N5060
Q38	A5J3-25	Bonus 7K	36	Yel-Brn	2N5060
Q50	A5J3-12	Bonus 8K	21	Blu-Red	2N5060
Q13	A5J1-17	Bonus 9K	57	Wht-Orn	2N5060
Q28	A5J1-8	Bonus 10K	51	Wht-Red	2N5060
Q10	A5J1-15	Bonus Multiplier 2X	13	Red-Yel	MCR-106
Q22	A5J1-10	Bonus Multiplier 3X	32	Yel-Blu	MCR-106
Q37	A5J3-23	Bonus Multiplier 5X	98	Gry-Blk	2N5060
Q01	A5J1-24	Center "P"	50	Wht	MCR-106
Q24	A5J1-5	Center "A" (Left)	48	Grn-Blk	MCR-106
Q42	A5J3-21	Center "R"	30	Yel	MCR-106
Q56	A5J3-10	Center "A" (Right)	91	Gry-Red	MCR-106
Q02	A5J1-25	Center "G"	90	Gry	MCR-106
Q17	A5J1-11	Center "O"	65	Brn-Wht	MCR-106
Q41	A5J3-20	Center "N"	64	Brn-Grn	MCR-106
Q52	A5J3-13	Credit Indicator	13	Red-Yel	2N5060
Q35	A5J1-3	Drop Target 10K	45	Grn-Wht	MCR-106
Q49	A5J3-17	Drop Target 15K	27	Blu-Orn	MCR-106
Q54	A5J3-11	Drop Target 20K	20	Blu	MCR-106
Q09	A5J1-14	Drop Target 25K	54	Wht-Grn	MCR-106
Q46	A5J3-18	Drop Target Special	56	Wht-Brn	2N5060
Q33	A5J2-11	Game Over	95	Gry-Wht	MCR-106
Q07	A5J1-27	Golden Cliff 2K	53	Wht-Yel	2N5060
Q21	A5J1-12	Golden Cliff 4K	61	Brn-Red	2N5060
Q39	A5J3-24	Golden Cliff 6K	72	Orn-Blu	2N5060
Q53	A5J3-14	Golden Cliff 8K	84	Blk-Grn	2N5060
Q31	A5J2-2	Golden Cliff 10K	20	Blu	2N5060
Q45	A5J2-1	Golden Cliff 20K	60	Brn	2N5060
Q15	A5J2-23	High Score to Date	97	Gry-Orn	MCR-106
Q23	A5J2-8	Match	93	Gry-Yel	MCR-106
Q03	A5J2-21	Same Player Shoot Again (Back Box)	47	Grn-Orn	MCR-106
Q40	A5J3-22	Same Player Shoot Again (Playfield)	23	Blu-Yel	MCR-106
Q11	A5J1-16	Saucer "P"	12	Red-Blu	2N5060
Q59	A5J3-4	Saucer "A" ("Right)	14	Red-Grn	2N5060
Q32	A5J3-27	Saucer "R"	40	Grn	2N5060
Q26	A5J1-7	Saucer "A" (Left)	34	Yel-Grn	2N5060
Q04	A5J1-28	Saucer "G"	78	Orn-Blk	2N5060
Q25	A5J1-6	Saucer "O"	25	Blu-Wht	2N5060
Q20	A5J1-13	Saucer "N"	96	Gry-Brn	2N5060
Q48	A5J3-16	Saucer Paragon Special	25	Blu-Wht	MCR-106
Q05	A5J2-16	Spinner #1 (Bottom)	34	Yel-Grn	2N5060
Q18	A5J2-20	Spinner #2	35	Yel-Wht	2N5060
Q30	A5J2-6	Spinner #3	85	Blk-Wht	2N5060
Q43	A5J2-7	Spinner #4 (Top)	91	Gry-Red	2N5060
Q44	A5J3-19	Super Bonus 20K	67	Brn-Orn	2N5060
Q51	A5J3-15	Super Bonus 30K	53	Wht-Yel	2N5060
Q08	A5J1-23	Super Bonus 40K	56	Wht-Brn	MCR-106
Q47	A5J2-10	Tilt	98	Gry-Blk	MCR-106
Q55	A5J3-9	Treasure Saucer 5X	15	Red-Wht	MCR-106
Q60	A5J3-3	Treasure Saucer Extra Ball	81	Blk-Red	2N5060
Q58	A5J3-2	Treasure Saucer Special	95	Gry-Wht	2N5060
Q19	A5J2-15	Water Lane 5K	32	Yel-Blu	2N5060
Q06	A5J2-14	Water Lane 10K	12	Red-Blu	2N5060
Q34	A5J1-2	Water Lane Special	43	Grn-Yel	MCR-106

4.2 Solenoids

Sol. No	Solenoid description	Solenoid Type	Wire Code	Wire Color	Connector	Driver Transistor	Solenoid Coil Type
1	Outhole Kicker	Momentary	95	Gry-Wht	A3J1-5	Q4	AN-26-1200
2	Knocker	Momentary	85	Blk-Wht	A3J2-5, J3-4	Q3	AR-26-1200
3	Treasure Chamber Saucer	Momentary	74	Orn-Grn	A3J5-10	Q8	AO-27-1300
4	Paragon Saucer	Momentary	78	Orn-Blk	A3J5-11	Q14	AO-27-1300
5	Golden Cliffs Saucer	Momentary	75	Orn-Wht	A3J5-12	Q13	AO-27-1300
6	Left Slingshot	Momentary	83	Blk-Yel	A3J5-14	Q11	AN-26-1200
7	Right Slingshot	Momentary	18	Red-Blk	A3J5-8, J2-6, J3-7,	Q16	AN-26-1200
8	Left Thumper Bumper	Momentary	71	Orn-Red	A3J5-9	Q9	AN-26-1200
9	Right Thumper Bumper	Momentary	85	Blk-Wht	A3J5-15	Q10	AN-26-1200
10	Bottom Thumper Bumper	Momentary	81	Blk-Red	A3J1-3, J2-4	Q2	AN-26-1200
11	Center Thumper Bumper	Momentary	80	Blk	A3J5-13	Q12	AN-26-1200
12	Drop Target Reset (In-Line)	Momentary	67	Brn-Orn	A3J1-2, J2-9	Q1	NO-26-1900
13	3-Bank Drop Target Reset	Continuous	91	Gry-Red	A3J5-7	Q17	NO-26-1900
14	Coin Lockout	Continuous	36	Yel-Brn	A3J2-8	Q19	FO-36-7000
15	Flipper enabling relay	Continuous	--	--	--	Q15	48V Relay
16		Momentary	67	Brn-Orn	A3J2-10	Q5
17		Momentary	74	Orn-Grn	A3J2-11	Q6
18		Momentary	81	Blk-Red	A3J2-12	Q7
19		Continuous	81	Blk-Red	A3J5-3, J2-15, J3-9	Q18

Flipper Circuits	Power Wire	Flipper Coil Wire	Flipper Connector	Flipper Button Wire	Button Connector	Coil
Left Flipper	60 (Brn)	40 (Grn)	A3J1-8	20 (Blu)	A3J2-2	AQ-25-500/34-4500
Right Flipper	60 (Brn)	70 (Orn)	A3J1-9	10 (Red)	A3J2-1	AQ-25-500/34-4500
Upper Left Flipper	60 (Brn)	90 (Gry)		(to lower left flipper)		AQ-25-500/34-4500
Upper Right Flipper	60 (Brn)	50 (Wht)		(to lower right flipper)		AQ-25-500/34-4500

4.3 Switch Matrix

			Strobe 0	Strobe 1	Strobe 2	Strobe 3	Strobe 4
	to Playfield	--	A4J2-1 Wht-Red (51)	A4J2-2 Gry-Yel (93)	A4J2-3 Wht-Blu (52)	A4J2-4 Wht-Yel (53)	A4J2-5 Yel-Red (31)
	--	to Cabinet	A4J3-2 Red-Yel (13)	A4J3-3 Red-Grn (14)
Return I-0	A4J2-8 Wht-Grn (54)	A4J3-9 Red-Wht (15)	1 Inline Drop Target "D" (Top)	9 Coin Chute III (Right)	17 Drop Target "C" (Bottom)	25 Not Used	33 Spinner
Return I-1	A4J2-9 Wht-Brn (56)	A4J3-10 Brn-Wht (65)	2 Inline Drop Target "C"	10 Coin Chute I (Left)	18 Drop Target "B"	26 Top Center Rollover Button	34 Top Right Rollover, Gold. Cliffs Rollover, Drop Target Rebound
Return I-2	A4J2-10 Wht-Orn (57)	A4J3-11 Blu (20)	3 Inline Drop Target "B"	11 Coin Chute II (Middle)	19 Drop Target "A" (Top)	27 500 Points Rebounds (2)	35 Right Slingshot
Return I-3	A4J2-11 Wht-Blk (58)	A4J3-12 Blu-Red (21)	4 Inline Drop Target "A" (Bottom)	12 Not Used	20 Not Used	28 Waterfall Rollover Button	36 Left Slingshot
Return I-4	A4J2-12 Brn (60)	A4J3-13 Blu-Yel (23)	5 Not Used	13 Not Used	21 Not Used	29 Center Target	37 Bottom Thumper Bumper
Return I-5	A4J2-13 Brn-Yel (63)	A4J3-14 Blu-Wht (25)	6 Credit Button	14 Not Used	22 Right Outlane	30 Top Center Target	38 Center Thumper Bumper
Return I-6	A4J2-14 Brn-Wht (65)	A4J3-15 Blu-Orn (27)	7 Tilt (3)	15 Not Used	23 Right Flipper Feed Lane	31 Treasure Chamber Saucer	39 Right Thumper Bumper
Return I-7	A4J2-15 Orn (70)	A4J3-16 Yel (30)	8 Outhole	16 Slam (2)	24 Paragon Saucer	32 Golden Cliffs Saucer	40 Left Thumper Bumper

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