I just sent a message to Stern Pinball asking about the possibility of adding some kind of WiFi support to their pins. Not for player-related things, but for maintenance and servicing.
For example, I think it would be a good idea for a connected pin to be able to asynchronously notify you if something goes wrong. It could emit a SNMP message each time a BIT fails or when it goes into ball-search mode, or even each time a game is started, when a game completes (including duration information). This kind of information could make a location more responsive to issues and help them with their periodic maintenance.<\/p>\r\n
Even if they decided to use a proprietary protocol and their own monitoring app (but why do the extra work?) I think it would be useful.\u00a0 Slot machines and video poker-type games have had server-based gaming for more than a decade now.\u00a0 I think it is time the rest of the amusement industry catches up.<\/p>\r\n
This seems like something that should be relatively easy to implement, and WiFI adapters are pretty cheap these days.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I just sent a message to Stern Pinball asking about the possibility of adding some kind of WiFi support to their pins. Not for player-related things, but for maintenance and servicing. For example, I think it would be a good idea for a connected pin to be able to asynchronously notify you if something goes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t