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1. 8E 2090 sobs mm This is the Log Preview dialog To print the log press Print To return to the Heports Menu press Close June 2004 PowerPlay User s Manual eBOS 2 1 x Page 55 of 59 PowerBingoKing EOG Console Session List Configure Printer Friday Night Bingo 15 68 Apr 85 2004 Friday Night Bingo 14 13 Apr 65 2004 PowerTouch Lil Cha 13 51 Apr 85 2004 UP Select Session Cancel Select New Server Ball Frequency wen This is the EOG Console It allows you to print end of game and ball frequency reports and contains the following buttons click on an underlined word to jump to that section of the manual Configure Printer Opens the Windows Printer Configuration dialog Up Down Start of List End of List Used to select a session Select Session Opens the Game List for the selected session Ball Frequency Opens the Ball Frequency dialog Select New Server This button should not be used except under direct advice from the Help Desk Refresh Updates the list of available sessions with the most recent information available on the server Cancel Returns to the Reports Menu PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 56 of 59 Game List Session Name Friday Night Bingo Date Apr 85 2004 Game 1 Single Line Game 4 Buy on the Fly Game 5 End of Session Select Winning Print All Card List Winning Cards E Print EOG Cancel2. This is the Game List It allows you to print end of game and winning card reports for the selected game and contains the following buttons click on an underlined word to jump to that section of the manual Up Down Start of List End of List Used to select a game Select Winning Card List Opens the Winning Card List dialog Print EOG Prints the end of game report for the selected game Print All Winning Cards Print all winning cards for the selected game Refresh Updates the list of available games with the most recent information available on the server Cancel Returns to the Reports Menu June 2004 PowerPlay User s Manual eBOS 2 1 x Page 57 of 59 Card List Session Name Friday Night Bingo Date Apr 85 2004 Game id 1 Game Name Single Line 200088 Print All Print Card Refresh Cancel This is the Winning Card List It allows you to print one or all winning cards for the selected game and contains the following buttons click on an underlined word to jump to that section of the manual June 2004 Up Down Start of List End of List Used to select a winning card Print All Prints all winning cards Print Card Prints the selected winning card Refresh Updates the list of winning cards with the most recent information available on the server QUIT Cancel Returns to the Reports Menu eBOS 2 1 x Page 58 of 59 Ball Frequency Report Ball Freque
3. 30 zPCRe lo a 30 Ball Frequency Report fL 30 June 2004 PowerPlay User s Manual Page 3 of 59 e BOS 2 1 x Caller s Walkthrough Start PowerPlay This is the PowerPlay Main Menu Press the PowerPlay button A dialog will appear with the following message as PowerPlay is loaded One Moment Please When the dialog disappears you will see the PowerPlay Caller s Menu PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1x Page 4 of 59 Select Session Select Session Utilities Manual Play Game Settings Hurricane Bonanza Reports Play Resume Session This is the Caller s Menu Press Select Session The Select Session dialog will appear Note If you need to exit from PowerPlay at any time press Exit This will return you to the PowerPlay Shell PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1x Page 5 of 59 Session List Play Resume Session This is the Select Session dialog It contains a list of all the available sessions in this example there is only one available session Friday Night Bingo Select the session you wish to play You can do this by touching the name of the session you wish to play or by using the Up and Down buttons to scroll through the list When you have selected the session you wish to play press OK The Start Game screen will appear PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x
4. This screen is displayed on the hall monitors and any PowerTouch terminals will inform players that the sales period is about to close When this timer reaches zero the sales period closes and the game begins The Caller s Screen will be displayed and you can call bingo as normal PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 21 of 59 PowerBingoKing Award a prize During a sales period players will be purchasing cards from their PowerTouch terminals using credits Depending on how your hall has set up their program when this type of game ends you will be able to award a prize in credits to the winner If your hall is set up to award prizes then when you close a sales period based game you will see the Award Prizes dialog Award Prizes Yes F1 No F2 Cancel F3 Each winning card will be listed here and the prize will be divided among them according to how your hall s system has been set up All you have to do is press Yes to award the prizes directly into the player accounts Press No if you do not want to award the prize for any reason PowerPlay User s Manual Page 22 of 59 June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x PowerBingoKing Refund a game During a sales period players will be purchasing cards from their PowerTouch terminals using credits Depending on how your hall has set up their program if this sort of game is cancelled or stopped by you for any reason you can refund credits to the players and r
5. Crazy Kite Crazy Kite amp Opposite Corners Cross z Page Down Diamond Diamond amp 1 Corner The Pattern List screen allows you to change the pattern being used for the current game and contains a list of all the patterns available for use in the session You can select a pattern by touching it or by using the Up Down Page Up and Page Down buttons When you have selected the pattern you wish to use press Ok To return to the Game Settings screen press Cancel Note When the next game begins it will revert to using its original pattern PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 44 of 59 PowerBingoKing Prize Dialog Level Ball This is the Prize Dialog The list on the left side of the dialog contains each of the prizes being used in the current game In a game with a single level prize that prize is automatically selected for you In a game with multilevel prizes select the one you wish to change using the Up and Down buttons When a prize has been selected the number pad on the right will show the value of that prize You can edit the prize value using the following buttons Back Erases the last digit in the number CLR Erases the entire number 0 9 Press a number between 0 9 to change the prize value Close Exits the Prize Dialog Apply Saves your changes for use in the current game Cancel Resets the prize you are editing to its original
6. Page 6 of 59 PowerBingoKing Start Game 02 13 PM Mon Apr 05 Desk Type ALL Session Friday Night Bingo Next Game Single Line ee evi S OWWgtre Dare Prize 250 This is the Start Game screen It contains some information about the session Name Date and Time as well as information about the first game the game is called Single Line the name of the pattern used is also Single Line and the prize is 250 There is an animated drawing of the pattern on the right hand side of the screen Press the Play First Game button The Caller s Screen will appear June 2004 PowerPlay User s Manual e BOS 2 1 x Page 7 of 59 PowerBingoKing Call Balls Blower This is the Caller s Screen The most important part of it is the interactive video flashboard whenever you call a ball it will be highlighted on this flashboard Press the Blower button This will start the blower allowing you to pull out a ball and place it in the rails of your desk When you place a ball in the rails press down on it slightly this will cause the ball to be called on the video flashboard as shown below If you don t use rails or if they are unusable for any reason you can use the touchscreen monitor or a mouse to call numbers by pressing the desired number directly on the video flashboard The following screenshot provides an example a game where some calls have been made PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1
7. be displayed PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 39 of 59 Select Desk Type Cancel Product mp Gal Desk Type This dialog allows you to change the desk type of the desk you are using If you wish to use the desk to play a Bonanza game select Bonanza from the list and press Ok If you wish to use the desk to play a non Bonanza game select Regular from the list and press Ok When you change the desk type on one desk the Desk Type dialog will appear on the other desk as well assuming it is functioning and connected to the network PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 40 of 59 PowerBingoKing Screen Descriptions This section of the manual explains in detail each screen that you might see while using PowerPlay Caller s Menu Select Session Utilities Manual Play Game Settings Hurricane Bonanza Reports Play Resume Session This is the Caller s Menu It allows you to move from area to another inside of PowerPlay and contains the following buttons click on an underlined word to jump to that section of the manual Select Session Opens the Select Session dialog Manual Play Opens the Manual Game Caller s Screen Hurricane Bonanza Opens the Hurricane Caller s Screen Play Resume Session If you are in the middle of a session this will return you to the game in progress or to the Next Game screen if y
8. returned to the Caller s Menu with the Session Closed dialog displayed as shown below Session is now closed ettings Hurricane Bonanza Reports Note When you end a session cards sold for that session are no longer usable Credits are still usable because they are not attached to any particular session unlike bingo cards PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 19 of 59 PowerBingoKing How To How do I play a game with a sales period You can start a game with a sales period just as you would any other game Before the game actually begins however the desk will display the sales period screen shown below 02 20 PM Mon Apr 05 Friday Night Bingo Game 4 Buy on the Fly Sales are OPEN Desk Type ALL Prize 300 Close Sales This screen shows a timer which counts down to zero The sales period will remain open even after the timer reaches zero until you press the Close Sales button this allows you to leave the sales period open a little longer while people buy cards When you press the Close Sales button even if you do so before the timer reaches zero the screen will switch to show that the sales period is closing PowerPlay User s Manual cee e BOS 2 1 x Page 20 of 59 PowerBingoKing 02 20PM Mon pe Friday Night Bingo Desk Type ALL Game 4 Buy on the Fly Sales Closing in Prize 300
9. value Menu Returns to the Game Settings screen Note When the next game begins it will revert to using its original prize value PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 45 of 59 Product List Add Products Product If your hall needs to sell product beyond any pre defined products select the product from this list and press OK The desk will now be able to verify cards sold from the newly added product type PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 46 of 59 PowerBingoKing Flashboard Settings Number Of Calls Special Light Last Ball Called Last Number Only Game Number Reverse Last on Inactive Flashboard This is the Flashboard Settings screen It allows you to adjust the way the flashboard displays information in the current game Whenever you set one of the following three settings to ON PowerPlay will automatically set the other two to OFF Number of Calls Displays the number of balls that have been called Last Ball Called Displays the number of the last ball called Game Number Displays the game number This is a pre defined number which reflects the game s order in the session program not the order in which these games were played In other words for the 2 game of the evening if you jump to game 5 this number will say 5 rather than 2 The following settings can b
10. End of Session Page Down Cancel The Jump Game screen contains a list of all the games in the session You can select a game by touching it or by using the Up Down Page Up and Page Down buttons When you have selected the game you wish to play press Ok If you wish to return to the Next Game screen press Cancel Close Session To close the session you must close the last game in the session You can do this either by playing all the way through the session or by using the Jump Game screen to jump to the last game of the session If you play all the way through the session closing the last game is just like closing any other game After verifying a good bingo the Verification Screen will be displayed Press Close A confirmation dialog will be displayed asking if you are sure you wish to close the game Press Yes If you wish to close the last game without actually playing it do the following Jump to the last game of the session This will bring up the Caller s Screen From the Caller s Screen press Verify The Verification Screen will be displayed PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 18 of 59 PowerBingoKing Press Close A confirmation dialog will be displayed asking if you are sure you wish to close the game Press Yes When you have closed the last game of the session the Next Game screen will be displayed Press Next Game Instead of advancing to another game you will be
11. PowerBingoKing ower 4h by PowerPlay User s Manual e BOS version 2 1 x June 2004 PowerPlay User s Manual d e BOS M 2 1 x Page 1 of 59 PowerBingoKing Important Notice This guide is delivered subject to the following conditions and restrictions This guide contains proprietary information belonging to BK Entertainment Such information is supplied solely for the purpose of assisting explicitly and properly authorized users of the e BOS M system e No part of its contents may be used for any other purpose disclosed to any person or firm or reproduced by any means electronic or mechanical without the express prior written permission of BK Entertainment e The text and graphics are for the purpose of illustration and reference only Specifications on which they are based are subject to change without notice e The software described in this document is furnished under a license The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that agreement e Information in this document is subject to change without notice Corporate and individual names and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted e The use of masculine gender terms is to be interpreted as being non gender specific and is used solely to minimize textual complexity Copyright 2004 BK Entertainment PowerServer PowerEdit PowerPlay PowerTouch and Lil Champ are trademarks of BK Entertainment All other prod
12. Volume utility allowing you to adjust the volume and sound sources used by the PowerPlay Presentation Opens the Presentation Screen allowing you to display custom slideshows on the hall monitors attached to the desk PowerPlay User s Manual June MK eBOs 2 1 x Page 42 of 59 PowerBingoKing Game Settings 11 59 AM Wed Apr 07 Friday Night Bingo Desk Type ALL Game 1 Single Line 250 Game Settings Pattern Flashboard Message Prize Timer Product Menu This is the Game Settings screen It allows you to modify the way the current game is played and contains the following buttons click on an underlined word to jump to that section of the manual June 2004 Pattern Opens the Screen Prize Opens the dialog Product Opens the dialog Flashboard Opens the Screen Timer Opens the screen Jump Game Opens the screen If you cancel out of it you will return to the Game Settings screen rather than a Next Game screen Message Opens the dialog Menu Returns to the screen PowerPlay User s Manual amp BOSIM2 1x Page 43 of 59 Pattern List Screen Select Pattern Line amp 1 Corner No Overlap Line amp 4 Corners No Overlap Line amp 4 Outside Corners Line amp Stamp Anywhere Line amp Stamp Anywhere No Overlap Line No Diagonals Sn Line or In Out Crnrs or 6 PK or Crnr Stamp Line or Inside or Outside 4 Corners Line or Outside 4 Corners
13. ancel Select New Server Ball Frequency Refresh The EOG Menu contains a list of sessions that have been played recently Select one by pressing it or by using the Up Down Start of List and End of List buttons Once you have selected a session press Select Session The Game List will appear PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1x Page 33 of 59 Game List Session Name Friday Night Bingo Date Apr 85 2004 Game 1 Single Line Game 4 Buy on the Fly Game 5 End of Session Select Winning Print All Card List Winning Cards E Print EOG Cancel The Game List contains a list of all the games that were played in the selected session Select the one you are interested in by pressing it or by using the Up Down Start of List and End of List buttons Once you have selected a session press Print EOG The following printer dialog will appear PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 34 of 59 Session Name Crazy Session Date Apr 68 2664 Print Setup Printer Name EPSON TM T88lI Partial cut EN Properties Status Ready Type EPSON TM T88lI Partial cut Where LPT1 Comment Paper Orientation Size Letter length 3 14 x 11 in Y Portrait Source Automatically Select D Landscape Network Print E0G Cancel Menu Esc Press OK The EOG report for the chosen game will be printed PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Pa
14. e turned ON and OFF in any combination Special Light When set to ON the Special light will flash When set to OFF the light is turned off Last Number Only When set to ON only the last number called will be shown on the flashboard When set to OFF all numbers called will be shown on the flashboard PowerPlay User s Manual eBOS 2 1 x Page 47 of 59 June 2004 PowerBingoKing Reverse When set to ON all the number lights are turned on then they are shut off one by one as numbers are called When set to OFF number lights are turned off then turned on one by one as numbers are called Last on Inactive Flashboard When set to ON the last number called on the inactive board will continue to flash When set to OFF the last number called on the inactive board will simply remain lit Done Returns to the Game Settings screen Note When the next game begins it will revert to using its original flashboard settings PowerPlay User s Manual eBOS 2 1 x Page 48 of 59 June 2004 PowerBingoKing Timer 03 38 PM Wed Apr 07 Fridav Night Bingo Desk Type ALL Game 1 Single Line 250 Timer Settings Piece Vole 10 Up Down Timer Beep ON Continuous OFF Done This is the Timer Settings screen It allows you to adjust the way the timer counts in the current game When the timer has finished counting it will flash until the next ball is called at which point it will reset and start count
15. emove the cards for that game from their accounts If your hall is set up to refund purchases when you close a sales period based game without calling any balls you will see the following dialog Winners List Would you like to refund this game Yes Enter No Esc BEN BEER oem Press Yes to refund credits to the player accounts and remove the cards for this game Press No if you do not wish to refund the purchases for any reason Note If you need to refund a game but have already called some balls you must first uncall each ball You can do this manually or use the Clear All Balls button in the Game Settings menu PowerPlay User s Manual Page 23 of 59 June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x PowerBingoKing How do I call balls for Hurricane Bonanza To call balls for Hurricane you enter a special version of the Caller s Screen If you are currently in the Caller s Screen press Menu to return to the Caller s Menu From the Caller s Menu press Hurricane This will bring up the Hurricane Caller s Screen Blower Clear Balls Save Balls Press Blower to turn on the blower and call balls Calling balls in Hurricane is different from calling normal balls You must enter 5 balls in each of the B I G and O rows You must enter 4 balls in the N row If you do not enter enough balls to meet these requirements you will not be able to save the ball calls and exit to the Caller s Menu f you try to enter more ball
16. g It allows you to confirm the chosen date as well as perform a backup of the logs for that day To open the Print Log Session List for the chosen date press Select To backup the day s log files insert a floppy disk into the desk and press Backup To return to the Reports Menu press Close PowerPlay User s Manual eBOS 2 1 x Page 52 of 59 June 2004 Friday Night Bingo Manual Game Select ds 0o9 c D EE This is the Print Log Session List dialog To open the Session Log for the chosen session press Select To backup the session s log files insert a floppy disk into the desk and press Backup To return to the Reports Menu press Close PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 53 of 59 Friday Night Bingo log POOO OO GD S e zs zm This is the Session Log dialog To preview the log press Select To print the log press Print To backup the session s log files insert a floppy disk into the desk and press Backup To return to the Reports Menu press Close PowerPlay User s Manual Page 54 of 59 June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Opening Session Friday Night Bingo Jump to Friday Night Bingo Jump to End of Session Opening Game 2 End of Session 11 31 AM Play Sequence Number 1 Closing Game End of Session End of session Shutdown of Session Friday Night Bingo Opening Game 0 Manual Game 11 34 AM 1 Main Source 1 2 Main Source 2
17. ge 35 of 59 PowerBingoKing How do I change or add a scrolling message on the PowerTouch terminals From the Caller s Menu press Game Settings The Game Settings screen will be displayed Pattern Flashboard Product Press Message The Message Editor screen will be displayed PowerPlay User s Manual Page 36 of 59 June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x PowerBingoKing EEN EE E 832 EON GOLES cd se S RR 63 EE EECC This is the Message Editor screen Here you can type in a message which will scroll along the top of the PowerTouch screens in your hall If you make a mistake while typing press the button in the top right corner of the screen If you want to erase the entire message and start over press the Clear button When you are finished typing the message press Send If you decide not to send a message press Cancel Note The message will change back to your hall s default message at the start of the next game If your hall has no default message set up then at the start of the next game the message will be erased How do I use Dual Desks If your hall has two PowerPlay desks that are connected together you are using a Dual Desk configuration A dual desk configuration is most often used when your hall plays Bonanza bingo in this case one desk is set up as the Bonanza Desk and is used for Bonanza bingo the other desk is set up as the Regular Desk and is used for the othe
18. ing again Time Value This is the number of seconds the timer will count Increase the amount of time using the Up button and decrease the amount using the Down button Timer Beep Press this button to change the Timer Beep setting When set to ON PowerPlay will play a sound whenever the timer finishes counting When set to OFF no sound will be played In either case once the timer has finished counting it will flash until the next ball is called Continuous Press this button to change the Continous setting When set to ON whenever the timer finishes counting it will automatically reset and start again When set to OFF it will flash until the next ball is called at which point it will reset and start counting again Done Returns to the screen Note When the next game begins it will revert to using its original timer settings June 2004 PowerPlay User s Manual e BOS 2 1 x Page 49 of 59 Reports PowerBingoKing Print Log Print EOG Card Auto Card Auto Card Network Auto EOG Auto EOG Network Auto Log This is the Reports Menu It allows you to modify the way the reports are printed and contains the following buttons click on an underlined word to jump to that section of the manual June 2004 Print Log Opens the Print Log Calendar dialog Auto Card When set to ON the receipt printer will automatically print all winning cards when a game is closed When se
19. lay Resume will return you to your session of bingo this is explained below Manual Game will return you to your manual game When you close a manual game you will see the Next Game screen PowerPlay User s Manual Page 29 of 59 June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Winners List Next Game Jump Game If you wish to play another manual game press Next Game Returning to session bingo If you were playing a manual game in the middle of a session and wish to return to session bingo press Menu The Caller s Menu will be displayed Press Play Resume You will see the following dialog PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 30 of 59 Manual game in progress Are you sure you want to play a session game Hurricane Bonanza Reports Ee Press Yes The bingo session will resume at the next game from where you left off prior to starting the manual game PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 31 of 59 PowerBingoKing How do I print an end of game report From the Caller s Menu press Reports The Report Menu will be displayed i ir Auto Card OFF Auto Card Network Press Print EOG Card The EOG Menu will appear PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 32 of 59 Session List Friday Night Bingo 15 68 Apr 805 2004 Friday Night Bingo 14 13 Apr 85 2004 PowerTouch Lil Cha 13 51 Apr 65 2004 Select Session C
20. lled you would accept the bingo as a winner by pressing the Accept button This will return you to the Verification screen Note A card that is not a winner according to this screen can still be declared a winner by pressing Accept This would be done in a situation where for whatever reason the desk does not properly show a legitimate winning card PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 13 of 59 Reject a Bingo B I NG O 10 30 42 47 68 6 19 39 46 75 5267 3 DEER This is the Card Verification screen again but this time there isn t a good bingo for you to accept The daubs on a non winning card are displayed in yellow In this case you would not accept the bingo by pressing the Not Accept button This will return you to the Verification screen Note A card that is a winner according to this screen can still be rejected by pressing Not Accept This would be done in a situation where for whatever reason the desk shows a card as a winner even though it does not have a valid bingo Note Depending on the options that were selected during the setup of PowerPlay the Not Accept button might be labeled Reject instead PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 14 of 59 PowerBingoKing Close Game 1 Good Video Champion 200000 PowerTouch PART Single Line Confirm Display we comme com After accepting or rejecting a bingo you will ret
21. ncy D Count Aug 16 26 B82 B83 e e CH Don BOS B86 pe BOs B89 B18 B11 B12 J B13 B14 B15 of LIST END of LIST 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 ez ro o mum wu cocco eoooo Aug dn gt Vi Print Report Reset Counters Save Report This is the Ball Frequency Report It allows you to print the ball call frequency statistics for the desk and contains the following buttons click on an underlined word to jump to that section of the manual Up Down Start of List End of List Used to scroll through the report preview Print Report Prints the desk s ball call frequency report Reset Counters Resets the counts and percentages for all ball calls to zero Save Report Saves the ball frequency report to disk Cancel Returns to the Heports Menu PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 59 of 59
22. ou are between games If you are playing or have just finished playing a Manual Game this button will return you to your session Utilities Opens up the Utilities screen Game Settings Opens up the Game Settings screen Reports Opens up the Reports screen Exit Closes PowerPlay and returns you to the Shell PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 41 of 59 PowerBingoKing Utilities 1159 AM Wed Anr 07 Friday Night Bingo Desk Type ALL Game 1 Single Line 250 Utilities Power Play 5 0 1 12 Ie Card Flashboard Test OFF Color Bars OFF Clear All Balls I O Reset 1 PowerVideo Volume Presentation Done This is the Utilities screen It allows you to perform minor maintenance as to how PowerPlay functions and contains the following buttons click on an underlined word to jump to that section of the manual Flashboard Test If set to ON this will turn on all the lights on any flashboard attached to the desk If set to OFF this will turn off any lights that aren t currently being used by PowerPlay such as called numbers or pattern display Clear All Balls Opens a confirmation dialog then erases all the ball calls in the current game PowerVideo Opens the PowerVideo Screen Color Bars Displays color bars on each of the hall monitors attached to the desk UO Reset Resets the I O card attached to the desk Volume Displays the Windows
23. r games in the session Use the Bonanza desk when calling balls for Bonanza pre call and completion These calls will be displayed on the Bonanza flashboard and will remain lit throughout the rest of the session Use the Regular desk when calling balls for any other game in the session These calls will be displayed on the Regular flashboard and won t interfere with the Bonanza flashboard in any way PowerPlay User s Manual d eBOS 2 1 x Page 37 of 59 PowerBingoKing If you are using the Bonanza desk but play a regular game the nactive Desk screen will be displayed shown below If you are using the Regular desk but play a bonanza game the nactive Desk screen will be displayed shown below Desk Not Active Other Desk has Control This is the nactive Desk screen You must move to the appropriate desk in order to call balls for the current game If there is an emergency and you are unable to use the appropriate desk to call balls for example the Bonanza desk has stopped working in the middle of the session and you need to play Bonanza Completion you can change a desk s type using the following procedure From the Caller s Menu press Game Settings The Game Settings screen will be displayed including a Desk Type button PowerPlay User s Manual June MA eBOs 2 1 x Page 38 of 59 PowerBingoKing Pattern Flashboard Product Jump Game Desk Type Press Desk Type The Desk Type dialog will
24. s game including the prize pattern and timer settings will be taken from the defaults for your hall Playing this game is exactly like playing a normal game of session bingo if you would like an explanation of how this works please see the Call Balls section of the manual PowerPlay User s Manual eBOS 2 1 x Page 27 of 59 June 2004 PowerBingoKing If you wish to play a manual game during the middle of a session Close the current game of bingo as you normally would The Next Game screen will appear as shown below Winners List Instead of pressing Next Game or Jump Game as you normally would press Menu The Caller s Menu will be displayed Press Manual Game The following dialog will be displayed PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 28 of 59 PowerBingoKing Select Session F1 Utilities FS Session in progress Are you sure you want to play a manual game Yes Enter No Esc Play Resume F4 Exit Esc Press Yes The Manual Game Caller s Screen will be displayed Everything about this game including the prize pattern and timer settings will be taken from the defaults for the session you currently have in progress Playing this game is exactly like playing a normal game of session bingo if you would like an explanation of how this works please see the Caller s Walkthrough The Caller s Menu works a little differently when you are playing a manual game P
25. s in a row than required the video flashboard will ignore those balls If you wish to start over or erase any existing ball calls press Clear Balls PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 24 of 59 PowerBingoKing When you are finished entering balls press Save Balls If you have called the proper number of balls as per the restrictions above then you will see the following dialog Hurricane ball calls have been saved 58 59 60 When you are ready to leave the Hurricane Caller s Screen press Done A dialog will appear asking you if you wish to save any changes PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 25 of 59 PowerBingoKinq Do you wish to save changes Blower Clear Balls Save Balls Press Yes You will return to the Caller s Menu and the new ball calls will be sent to the PowerTouch terminals PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 26 of 59 PowerBingoKing How do I play a Manual Game A manual game is not a part of a regular session instead you play it in addition to or instead of a normal session There are two times you might play a manual game in the middle of a session and outside of an actual session To play a manual game when you are not in the middle of a session From the Caller s Menu press Manual Game The Manual Game Caller s Screen will appear Verify Blower Everything about thi
26. ss the Verify button This will bring up the Verification screen shown below Confirm Display This is the Verification screen Input the number of the winning card using the number pad In this example we are going to verify card 200000 Press Enter This will take you to the Card Verification screen Note To return to bingo from this screen press the Continue button Depending on the legal jurisdiction in which your hall is located you may have to use this method to verify PowerTouch cards as well PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 11 of 59 PowerBingoKing Verify Winner Caller Prompting When a player gets a bingo on a PowerTouch the PowerPlay will automatically switch to the Verification screen Confirm F11 Display The Verification screen contains a list of all the cards that have a bingo in this example card 223711 has a bingo To verify a card Select the card you wish to verify from the list by pressing it or by using the Up and Down arrows The currently selected card will be highlighted in blue Press Confirm This will take you to the Card Verification screen June 2004 PowerPlay User s Manual e BOS 2 1 x Page 12 of 59 Accept a Bingo This is the Card Verification screen A winning pattern is displayed in green with the last ball called flashing red In this case given a winning pattern that includes the last ball ca
27. t to OFF it will not Auto EOG When set to ON the receipt printer will automatically print an end of game report when a game is closed When set to OFF it will not Auto Log When set to ON the receipt printer will automatically print log messages during play When set to OFF it will not Print EOG Card Opens the EOG Console Auto Card Network When set to ON a network printer will automatically print all winning cards when a game is closed When set to OFF it will not Auto EOG Network When set to ON a network printer will automatically print an end of game report when a game is closed When set to OFF it will not Menu Opens the Caller s Menu PowerPlay User s Manual eBOS 2 1 x Page 50 of 59 Print Log April 2004 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday A OOO OOGD SI Cbs This is the Print Log Calendar dialog The calendar allows you to select a day that has a log you wish to view and contains the following buttons 1 31 Selects the corresponding day of the month Month lt b Moves the calendar forward or backward by one month Today Moves the calendar back to the present day Select Opens the Log Date dialog for the selected day of the month Exit Returns to the Reports Menu PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 51 of 59 Apr06_2004 Select ds 0o9 c D EE This is the Log Date dialo
28. uct names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged PowerPlay User s Manual June A eBOs 2 1 x Page 2 of 59 PowerBingoKing Table of Contents Table of Contents MEME 3 Caler s WV aKO U EE 4 Start PowerPlay occ cot peit o oa a a e E a a Ue M M EEMENEE 4 Select SSSSION E 5 KEE EEN 7 Ee 8 RC E E 10 KEE 11 Verify Winner Caller Promptmg AAA 12 Accept a ie E 13 Reject a BINGO E 14 Close GAME d 15 Next GaMMa aenneren a E A a E A R E ETEA 17 Close SESSION mI 18 POW KEE 20 How do play a game with a sales Dertod 20 e e ER Mee E 22 Ref nd a EE 23 How do call balls for Hurricane Bonanza ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 24 How do play a Manual Game uiacs scere dependere tainen entes 27 Returning to SESSION DIqo oee rq tenete equ e etn pede qu Qut iet utet sue gentes 30 How do print an end of game report EEN 30 How do I change or add a scrolling message on the PowerTouch terminals 30 How do I use Dual Desk encuentra tani nnna iram gd ge i ege 30 S reen WSS CMO MONS Em 30 Galler eege Eege ege eegene 30 EE 30 Ed ce N 30 Pattern List Screen M eege eege 30 Prize Dialog EE 30 Prod ct E 30 Flashboard SS d e fete e 30 NMG eee irae E 30 aires ifte 30 Print Eog MPH L
29. urn to the Verify screen As you can see above the list now shows each card you have verified along with whether it was a good or bad bingo When somebody has won the game it is time to close the game and move on to the next Note To ensure that a valid bingo does not get missed you must verify every card in the list before you can close the game Note If the game is being played with multiple winners you can press the Continue button to resume playing bingo instead of closing the game Press the Close button This will bring up a confirmation dialog shown below PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1x Page 15 of 59 PowerBingoKinq Do you want to close Single Line If you are sure you want to close the game press Yes This will take you to the Next Game screen If you need to re verify a card or return to bingo for any reason press No PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 16 of 59 Next Game Winners List This is the Next Game screen It contains a list of all the winners from the previous game as well as the following buttons Next Game will take you to the next game in the session Jump Game allows you to move to any game in the session pressing this button brings up the Jump Game screen shown below June 2004 PowerPlay User s Manual eBOS 2 1 x Page 17 of 59 PowerBingoKing Jump Game 1 Single Line 2 Double Line 3 Caller s Choice 5
30. x Page 8 of 59 Verify Blower In the above example we ve called 5 balls Notice the following The five numbers called are highlighted on the video flashboard The Calls area shows that the number of calls has increased to 5 The Last Ball area shows that the last ball called was 15 As you call balls and they appear on the video flashboard they are also being sent out to any PowerTouch terminals or Lil Champ handsets that use RF Sooner or later someone will get a bingo Note If you need to return to the Caller s Menu at any time press the Menu button PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 9 of 59 PowerBingoKing Uncall a ball If you need to uncall a ball press that number on the rails or touch the number of the ball on the video flashboard The following dialog will appear Do you want to uncall 1 Verify Blower Press Yes to uncall the ball Press No to leave the ball called When you uncall a ball it will automatically be uncalled on Lil Champ RF handsets and PowerTouch terminals Any other players will have to manually uncall the ball themselves PowerPlay User s Manual June 2004 eBOS 2 1 x Page 10 of 59 PowerBingoKing Verify Winner When a player gets a bingo you need to verify their card on the PowerPlay If the winning card is a Lil Champ PBK Handset or Paper product you must verify the card as follows From the Caller s Screen pre
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