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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Groni" data-source="post: 21355" data-attributes="member: 880">On Pinball Machines a tilt sensor is used. The sensor consists of a metal ring with a cone-shaped pendulum bob hanging through the center of it. Normally, the bob hangs so that none of it is touching the ring. The tilt mechanism keeps you from shaking the machine excessively. As the machine is shaken, the bob comes closer to the edges of the conductive ring. Once the bob touches the ring, a current is transferred and a tilt is registered. Depending on the machine, you might immediately lose your ball, or you might only get warned. Most newer machines give you two warnings before all the flippers stop working and your ball goes down the drain.There are also devices that look for slam tilts. A slam tilt is a heavy abuse of the game, usually in the form of someone picking the machine up or kicking the front end very hard. Registering one of these immediately So the longer you wait and the pendulum stops moving, the warnings reset. Mostly after about 10-15 seconds, the warnings resets, if there is no more pendulum movement. On TPA is made the same way. Soft Nudges are ok and youwill get no warning. Also on some machines you can adjust how many times you get a warning.GreetzGroni</blockquote>

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