Can you explain the significance of the single relay? My car starts with a single solenoid.

The pinsetter is either "on" or "off", there are no other states to manage. Once it's on, it runs indefinitely: it sets the pins, clears the alley, resets the remaining pins, and repeats the cycle, all without any external control.

On mine, I do have some "feedback info" on which pins are down + a signal to "when" to score points, but this is optional as you can also write your score manually if you have no scoring computer system.

	▲	hinkley a day ago \| parent [-]
		When I was in a junior league we were at a relatively recent vintage alley and once in a while it would glitch and reset the pins twice in a row. I bet the relay stayed closed too long.

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devilbunny a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That one relay is the only connection between the pinsetting machine and the scoring system.

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lelanthran 21 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Can you explain the significance of the single relay? My car starts with a single solenoid.

Your car also starts with a single relay... that drives a solenoid and a motor.

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taneq a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah this $100k system with all its expensive add ons is there to push a single button.

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manwe150 a day ago | parent | next [-]

But at least now I know why the lane near me just has a physical button next to each lane (and manual scorecards)

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eru a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Well, and to display your score.

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tanseydavid a day ago | parent | prev [-]

This is an AI app from the 1950s! Developed by Rube Goldberg who fully intended to vibe code the scoring part later. </sarc>

	▲	tanseydavid 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Point of clarity: my </sarc> remark was not in reference to the original post and project (which I love!). It was in reference to this comment (which I should have pasted): > Yeah this $100k system with all its expensive add ons is there to push a single button