QubicaAMF TMS Tenpin String Pinspotter, Руководство пользователя

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TMS STRING PINSPOTTER
OWNER’S MANUAL
400-051-010-01 Rev. Date: 7/17
Page 1-24
Powering Up the Machine
When the pinspotter is turned on by placing the Logic Power Switch , located on top of
the control chassis, in the ON position, the control chassis “boots up”. At the end of its
boot cycle, the chassis goes into the Standby Mode and awaits operator interaction. By
pressing the
Cycle pushbutton on the keypad and entering the general password, or by
placing the pinspotter in the Bowl Mode, the pinspotter enters a pin deck calibration
cycle where it runs the drawbar to the
Home position, sets the drawbar drive motor
encoder counts to zero, and then slowly lowers the pins to the pin deck. It does this
because at this point it does not “know” where (at what counts) the pin deck is and must
locate it. It does this by monitoring the pin detectors. As long as there is string
movement from lowering the pins, it knows the pins have not reached the pin deck.
When the pins touch the pin deck, the drawbar continues forward, but pin detector
activity (string movement) stops. The chassis registers and remembers this drive motor
encoder count total as the pin deck location. From this point on (as long as the machine
remains powered up) it remembers this count total and during each cycle it slows down
the lowering of the pins at a preset number of counts short of this total to minimize the
chances of pins falling over while being set, and then speeds up again to complete the
cycle.
Note
If during the pin deck calibration process the drawbar is unable to reach the HOME
position, the control chassis will stop the pin deck calibration process and wait for
an intervention from the user. (See the Troubleshooting section for more details.)
Pinspotter Cycles
The pinspotter must be able to take several different actions based on the rules of
bowling, and set up the machine for delivery of the correct ball (first ball or second ball
of the frame). After the bowler delivers the first ball of a frame, the ball detector sends a
signal to the pinspotter control chassis. The chassis determines whether there are pins
standing and what type of cycle to perform. This process is called reading, and according
to all the information that the pinspotter control chassis analyzes, the pinspotter will cycle
in one several possible manners.
Partial Set
If a partial set is necessary, the pinspotter control chassis activates the individual
brakes for each pin that was detected as being knocked down. The pinspotter then
lowers and sets only the pins that were not knocked down, raises the shield, and
indicates that the system is ready for the next ball.