BOSS Scoring™ System
Front Desk Reference Manual
Turning On and Off Non-Open Play Lanes 21
3. Press AMF Tournaments. The Non-Open Check in screen for
tournaments appears.
Note: Press
(set as default) to make this Tournaments screen always
appear first when you access League/Tourn Check-In from the Main
screen.
4. In the Tournament ID box, type in the number of the tournament or
the name of the tournament checking-in. This number or name will
appear in the lane’s box in the Main screen. Press the
icon after
typing in the tournament number.
5. From the Play Mode drop down list, select the desired mode.
Before the bowlers arrive, you should select Hold, placing the lanes
on hold. After the tournament bowlers arrive, you should then access
this check-in screen again, (selecting the lanes, and pressing
League/Tourn Check-In, then Interfaced Programs), then select
Practice. When the tournament’s practice time is up, access this
screen once again, and select Play.
Hold
Turns on the scorer screen only. Lane is being held for a
league that is not yet ready to play.
Practice
Turns on the lane(s) and the scorer; choose With or
Without Pins. With Pins means that the Pinspotter
clears fallen pins as in a regular game, and practice balls
are returned. Without Pins means that practice balls
are returned, but the Pinspotter does not clear fallen pins.
Play
Scorer is started for tournament bowling.
Note: After check-in, you can also press Lane Control (CTRL+2) to
change the lane settings. See Controlling Lane Properties.
Basic keyboard users: You can
press CTRL+D, or use your
mouse to click
at this point.
Customized keyboard users
have the button on the
keyboard.
6. Press . A message appears, informing you that the system has sent
information on the bowlers in that league to your server.
Note: Before you press
, you can press (Scorer Features Settings)
to change the default scorer settings for this tournament play. See
Changing The Scorer Feature Settings.
7. Click OK, or press the Enter key.
Note: Remind bowlers to press Next Game after the last game bowled to
receive scores from the last game in your tournament software.