Aristocrat's All-Star Tech Training 2011 has been specifically created for CasinoFest 9 and is designed to give a casino's slot tech staff the knowledge and tools they need to work as efficiently as possible with Aristocrat's exciting new technologies. Aristocrat's All-Star Tech Training 2011 is the perfect, relaxed, hands-on way to prepare your casino floor for the future.
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Day 1 - Tuesday, May 17
GEN7™ Platform and VIRIDIAN RFX Stepper
10:30 a.m. – noon
The GEN7™ platform is powering the most innovative functions in Aristocrat's lineup, indeed some of the most innovative functions in the gaming industry. This session will begin with an introduction to the GEN7 platform and then feature a presentation on how Aristocrat has leveraged GEN7 into the VIRIDIAN, Vertex™, Vii and RFX™ stepper products. We'll also cover an additional topic here. Combining the innovation of the GEN7 Platform with the SpinFx system, Aristocrat has produced a unique physical reel game experience. The technician will be guided through system topology, setups and features unique to the VIRIDIAN RFX Stepper enabling him to maintain and troubleshoot the system.
Presenter: Bruce Wright, Technical Trainer, Aristocrat Technologies
VIRIDIAN WS™ Wide Screen Cabinet
1 – 1:50 p.m.
The VIRIDIAN WS™ cabinet is a sensation among players from coast to coast, and this session gives an up-close overview of the features and components unique to the cabinet.
Presenter: Bruce Wright, Technical Trainer, Aristocrat Technologies
Aristocrat Progressives
3 – 3:50 p.m.
Aristocrat has been very creative in developing new progressives, and attendees in this session will learn setup of the progressive system, major components and connectivity for optimum efficiency.
Presenter: Bruce Wright, Technical Trainer, Aristocrat Technologies
VERTEX™
4 – 4:50 p.m.
VERTEX™ is Aristocrat's hardware and computer software that controls bonus features and gives players a better gaming experience. This session begins with a history of the product and a look at the target audience and games for VERTEX, and then takes an in-depth look at system typology and unique requirements for a G2S device.
Presenter: Bruce Wright, Technical Trainer, Aristocrat Technologies
Day 2 - Wednesday, May 18
VERVEhd™, Part 1
10:30 a.m. – noon
The award-winning VERVEhd™ cabinet has been turning heads and helping casinos turn profits. This session begins with an inside look at the innovative Nteractiv™ LCD programmable button panel. From there, the team presents an introduction to the cabinet, parts and pieces from a service point of view. The session concludes with a look at evolving menus and Setchip options and what it all means to slot technicians.
Presenter: Bruce Wright, Technical Trainer, Aristocrat Technologies
VERVEhd™, Part 2
1 – 2:30 p.m.
This session begins with an inside look at the innovative Nteractiv™ LCD programmable button panel. After that, a lab session will cover disassembly of the unit by subsystems to gain intimate understanding of the unit for purpose of repair, modification and conversion.
Presenter: Bruce Wright, Technical Trainer, Aristocrat Technologies
VERVEhd™, Part 3
4 – 5:30 p.m.
In this lab, we'll re-assemble the unit from Part 2, and also talk about diagnostics and troubleshooting.
Presenter: Bruce Wright, Technical Trainer, Aristocrat Technologies
Day 3 - Thursday, May 19
Oasis 360™ Hardware
10:30 – 11:20 a.m.
In this session, we showcase the major hardware components of the Oasis 360 player tracking system and how they relate to one another in the Oasis 360 system. Terminology and topology will be also be discussed, giving attendees everything they need to know to speak and work as knowledgably as possible on the system.
Presenter: Bruce Wright, Technical Trainer, Aristocrat Technologies
nCompass™
1 – 1:50 p.m.
nCompass™ is the next generation hardware platform of the Oasis 360 Sentinel™, and is a leap forward in direct customer communication with amazing, advanced media delivery. At a surface level, nCompass utilizes an interactive media window on the main screen of the slot machine that offers dynamic gaming content to the player. Under the surface, nCompass is a technologically advanced engine that includes expansion capabilities, greater processing power and greater storage capability for multi-media content. This session takes an in-depth look at this technologically superior media window platform.
Presenter: Bruce Wright, Technical Trainer, Aristocrat Technologies
Building Momentum
3 – 3:50 p.m.
Aristocrat is on an incredible path for success, and in this session, attendees will get an inside look at where Aristocrat has come from, where we are going and some of the exciting technologies that will take us there.
Presenter: Bruce Wright, Technical Trainer, Aristocrat Technologies