A.K.Microsystems Touch Score 1, Installation And Reference Manual

Page 1: ...Page 1 Touch Score 1 ALS Board Installation and Reference Guide for Version 4 33 By A K Microsystems International...

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Page 3: ...btain written authorisation from A K Microsystems International Pty Ltd prior to shipping This warranty does not apply to defects due directly or otherwise to misuse abuse negligence accident incorrec...

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Page 5: ...18 3 4 REMOVING A SCORE 18 3 5 CLEARING A SCORE 18 3 6 GETTING A TEAM FROM THE LEAGUE SECRETARY 18 3 7 REMOVING A BOWLER 19 3 8 ENTERING A BOWLERS HANDICAP 19 3 9 ADDING A BLIND BOWLER 19 3 10 ADDING...

Page 6: ...NO BOWL 31 5 6 USING PACK 32 5 7 SEQUENCE NAME 33 5 8 TYPE OF TOUCH SCORE 33 5 9 SEQUENCE TYPE 33 5 10 SEQUENCE TITLE 34 5 11 PALETTE COPYING 34 5 12 USING YOUR GRAPHIC 34 6 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE 37 6...

Page 7: ...7 1 2 SKART Monitor 43 7 1 3 S Video Monitors 44 7 2 KEYPAD EXTENSION CABLES 44 7 3 TOUCH SCREEN CABLE 45 7 4 FRONT DESK COMMUNICATIONS 45 7 5 APS CABLE 45 7 6 PINDICATION CABLE 46 7 7 PINSPOTTER SWIT...

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Page 9: ...sing front desk communications etc In addition to the ALS board you will require various standard computer parts such as motherboards video cards and power supplies Depending upon your specific instal...

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Page 11: ...d type See you supplier or contact A K Microsytems for details Overhead monitors or TVs one per lane Monitors must be either VGA compatible 640x480 mode or have an S Video or composite input In order...

Page 12: ...rd 2 2 Assembling the Computer Assemble the motherboard ALS cards PCI cards any extra serial cards into either a standard medium tower case for mounting onto the curtain wall or onto a suitable mounti...

Page 13: ...e unit is running Reopen the switch when a score grid appears If the self test fails see the section on troubleshooting at the end of this manual Try a different motherboard or video card This particu...

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Page 15: ...cessary 2 The Lamps connection on the ALS board P12 can be used to supply a 12 volt switching signal Pins 2 4 are always at 12V and pins 1 3 are grounded when the TV is to be displayed This can provid...

Page 16: ...aisy chain manner Ie Front desk to lane1 2 lane 1 2 to 3 4 3 4 to 5 6 etc See the chapter on Cabling Specifications for more information on the cables 2 9 Connecting an APS including pindication For M...

Page 17: ...system but there are a few differences Many of the features are controlled by the Lane Control System front desk Refer to the Lane Control System manual for more information on these features Througho...

Page 18: ...scorer is in practice mode or if the arrows have been inhibited by the Lane Control System Once the names have been edited and the arrows are up bowling can commence 3 4 Removing a Score At the end of...

Page 19: ...ss ERASE until the name has been removed 3 8 Entering a Bowlers Handicap To enter a handicap for a bowler press LEFT or RIGHT then BOWLER then the bowler s position form 1 6 Then press BOWLER HANDICAP...

Page 20: ...three keypads press the required bowler key on the left or right keypad 3 14 Manual Scoring On systems which do not have automatic pinsensing the bowlers will need to enter each pinfall manually To en...

Page 21: ...sary to edit both balls in a single frame in order for the score to be valid For example if you scored 5 then spare and you change the 5 to a 6 then the score may read 6 5 which is not a valid score C...

Page 22: ...players entered then the large text grid cannot be used If the lane is in league play then the same type of grid is used for both lanes You may not be able to display large text grids on your lane if...

Page 23: ...her ready for the next game or ready for the next bowlers Between these two buttons is a green area label TOUCH HERE FOR MENU Touching this button brings up the main menu Note that the Lane Control Sy...

Page 24: ...r to this new position If there is already a bowler in this position they will be moved to the original bowlers original position 4 3 Bringing up the Arrows In Open play the arrows appear as soon as t...

Page 25: ...ed the team handicap will default to the sum of the bowlers handicaps 4 7 Bowling Out of Turn If a bowler is to bowl out of turn for one frame only then you can shift the arrows to the next bowler by...

Page 26: ...h frame only Now touch the correct score You may have to correct both balls in a frame for the score to be valid Corrected scores are shown underlined To restore a corrected score to its previous valu...

Page 27: ...between TV and score display on the overhead monitors You can watch a TV picture on the overhead while scoring on the touch screen Touch MENU then SELECT TV OR SCORE Touch either TV for TV display or...

Page 28: ...at you are using eg Autodesk Animator The following points should be noted A still will require only one GIF file but an animation will require several GIF files one for each frame The name of these f...

Page 29: ...cts such as a transparent grid or a graphic that appears in front of the grid but behind the scores or moves in and out of the grid can be achieved by manually setting the palette in your GIF file Pal...

Page 30: ...overlaid by the background colour 0 of the graphic This is done so that the grid does not change colour when the graphic is displayed When creating a graphic for use with a score grid ensure that non...

Page 31: ...en displayed at the scorer this pixel will be converted to colour 7 top bit set to 0 which is it s original colour and will not interfere with the graphic It is possible to display the name in differe...

Page 32: ...ive them a name in the configuration file See the section on Special Configurations 5 6 Using Pack The Pack program is a DOS program that packs the individual frame files into one sequence file A fram...

Page 33: ...k Convert or similar to ensure the format is correct The first frame number must be 0 but the zero may be omitted for the first GIF frame and must be omitted for single frame sequences Pack will pack...

Page 34: ...nvoked with the title as an argument then ensure the title is surrounded by quotes if any spaces appear in the title For example This is legal pack myfile 2 4 An orange butterfly 2 This is NOT legal p...

Page 35: ...your picture See the appropriate section for information on using these menu items If your graphic is a Casino Bowl or a prize graphic enter the name in the appropriate prize setup screen The graphic...

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Page 37: ...various parts of the hardware and display the results The ALS board will go into this mode if switch 8 on dip switch S1 is closed on the ALS board or due to a command from the Lane Control System The...

Page 38: ...you should see the normal BIOS startup of the motherboard This may include memory tests copyright messages etc If this does not appear try removing all the cards except one video card and try again If...

Page 39: ...See the previous section on ALS Diagnostics 6 5 Computer Locks Up If the computer randomly stops running during operation then you have a faulty piece of hardware The only reliable way to pinpoint the...

Page 40: ...n the socket This is the end nearest the closest end of the ALS board 6 9 Touch Screen is blank Check that the overheads are on if not switch them on with the Lane Control System Check power to the to...

Page 41: ...of the picture horizontal and vertical position and size are not adjusted after calibration or the calibration will need to be redone 6 12 No Pindication If when a ball is bowled the score is being di...

Page 42: ...is set to the correct lane number Switches 1 5 on S1 set the lane number Check that no other unit is set to this number Check the cabling from the unit to the front desk Check that the cable shield i...

Page 43: ...a bowling lane Some cheaper types may give acceptable results 15 Pin Male VGA connector 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 6 Red Return 7 Green Return 8 Blue Return 13 Horizontal Sync 14 Vertical Sync 5 10 ground...

Page 44: ...Video Monitors Some ATI VGA cards have a standard S Video socket on the card other are supplied with an adapter Use a standard cable to connect this to the S Video input on the TV The output of the v...

Page 45: ...upgrade the front desk communications are connected by connecting the original 12 way plug from the I O board in the Magicscore leg to P2 on the ALS board If the ALS is mounted on the curtain wall th...

Page 46: ...thin the APS can be changed See the chapter on connecting an APS for more information The cable must connect to a serial port on the computer that is configured for COM1 The port may have either a 25...

Page 47: ...d can be connected to the pinspotter cycle switches so that the ALS board can cycle the pinspotters The connection should be made so that the system scores the ball during the cycle The relays on the...