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Step-by-step walkthroughs for the jobs that span more than one screen.
Add games
Add one machine by hand, or bring in a whole collection from a spreadsheet or Pinside.
Sell a game
List a game for sale, record the sale, and keep its history after it leaves.
Collections and payouts
Collect a whole venue in one pass, then pay the location its share.
Free-play locations
Track door revenue at a venue where the games are set to free play.
Token locations
Collect cash from the change machine and tokens from each game, and watch tokens out against tokens counted.
Rent a game out
Book a game to a player for a date range, chase it back, and record what they pay.
Members and dues
Keep the member roster for a club or museum, record dues, and see who has lapsed.
Invoice a customer
Bill a customer for a repair or parts, print or email the invoice, and mark it paid.
Record audits
Log meter readings by hand, or import them from Stern Insider and Jersey Jack.
Stern backups
Import a Stern .SPB backup to save the game's settings, and download it to restore the game.
Jersey Jack backups
Keep each Jersey Jack USB backup in Pinventory, with its audit readings, ready to restore.
Order and receive parts
Stock your parts list, order what runs low, receive it, and handle a short shipment.
Payment devices
Track bill validators, card systems and coin mechs, move them between games, and count their value.
Record maintenance
Log a repair with parts and labor, and set reminders for the work that repeats.
QR codes and player reports
Put a QR code on each game so players can report a problem without an app.
Track and fix issues
Log a problem, see what a player sees when they report one, assign it, and close it with the repair.
Sync with Pinball Map
Publish your venues and game lists to pinballmap.com from your own account.
Stern Insider sync
Connect Insider so Stern games sync machines, meters, and tech alerts on their own.
API access
Create a token, read your data from your own tools, and choose whether it may add to it.
Reading
Longer pieces on running a route, and on what the software does about it.
Why track your games
What a route costs you when the records live in a notebook, a spreadsheet, or somebody's memory.
Don't run on a spreadsheet
Moving a route off a spreadsheet, screen by screen: import your sheet, set the splits, collect a location in one pass, and let the reminders watch the dates.
Why pinball needs its own software
Resale value, edition, era-specific maintenance, and a specialist parts supply: where a pinball machine stops behaving like general amusement equipment.
Choosing route software
The kinds of tools that exist for running games on location, and which of them handle the money side at all.
The collections lifecycle
The five stages every dollar travels: place the game, set the split, record the collection, pay the location, read the reports.
Renting out machines
Getting a rented game back on time, and getting the rental income into the same books as the rest of the route.
QR problem reporting
Let a player report a broken game from their phone, and see where a hand-written sign stops working.
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