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SimSalaThril

Lock your golf simulators outside booked times. Learn how to install SimSalaThril, pair each simulator PC with a resource and set up staff access.

SimSalaThril is Thril's own lock for golf simulator PCs. A simulator stays locked until someone has a booking on it. When the booking starts, the PC unlocks by itself. In the last five minutes the screen shows a QR code that customers scan to book more time. When the booking ends, the PC locks again.

SimSalaThril is a paid add-on. If Settings → System → Integrations → SimSalaThril shows Request SimSalaThril, select it and Thril will contact you about the next steps.

What you need

  • A 64-bit Windows PC at each simulator.
  • An internet connection on the PC. SimSalaThril keeps working through short outages, but it needs to reach Thril to pair and to pick up new bookings.
  • A bookable resource in Thril for each simulator. See Resources.
  • A venue admin account. Clerks can see the PCs and reveal the staff PIN, but only admins can change settings and pair PCs.

Set up SimSalaThril

1. Turn it on and choose the settings

  1. Open Settings → System → Integrations → SimSalaThril.
  2. Set Extra time before a booking and Extra time after a booking. This is how many minutes the simulator is unlocked outside the booked time, up to 60 minutes each.
  3. Enter a four-digit Staff PIN. Staff use it at the simulator PC, so pick one they can remember.
  4. Add Unlocked hours if the simulators should stay open during staffed opening hours without a booking. Leave it empty to keep the simulators locked outside bookings.
  5. Switch the status to Active and select Save changes.

Until the integration is active, you cannot pair simulators. While it is switched off, every paired simulator stays locked. The pairing stays in place, so turning the integration back on is enough.

2. Install SimSalaThril on the simulator PC

  1. On the simulator PC, download the Windows installer. The Download for Windows button on the SimSalaThril settings page gives the same file.
  2. Run the installer. It installs for the signed-in Windows user and does not ask for administrator rights. Windows can show an "unknown publisher" warning for a downloaded installer. Choose to run it anyway.
  3. SimSalaThril starts and locks the screen. A new PC shows a notice that the simulator is not set up yet.

Install it on every simulator PC. Each PC pairs with one resource.

3. Pair the PC with a resource

  1. In Thril, open Settings → System → Integrations → SimSalaThril and go to the Simulators tab.
  2. Select Pair a simulator.
  3. Under Select resource, choose the resource this PC belongs to, then select Create pairing code.
  4. Thril shows an eight-character code. It works once and expires after 15 minutes.
  5. On the simulator PC, press Ctrl+Shift+F12. The Pair this simulator window opens.
  6. Enter the code and select Pair.

If the top row of the keyboard runs media or other functions instead of F1 to F12, hold Fn as well: Ctrl+Shift+Fn+F12. This applies to the staff shortcut below too.

The PC now appears in the Simulators tab with a status of Online. Bookings on that resource unlock the PC from now on.

A resource has one PC. If you pair a new PC with a resource that already has one, the old PC is unpaired and locks.

4. Keep the PC signed in

SimSalaThril starts when Windows signs in. Set the PC to sign in to the same Windows user automatically after a restart, and leave that user signed in. If nobody is signed in, the simulator is not locked and SimSalaThril is not running.

Staff can switch the start at sign-in off or on from the staff menu (see below).

Test that it works

  1. Make a test booking on the resource, starting now. See Reservations.
  2. The PC unlocks within about 10 seconds. A small countdown in the tray shows how long is left.
  3. Cancel the booking or let it end. The PC locks again after the booking ends, plus the extra time you set.

What staff can do at the PC

Staff press Ctrl+Shift+F12, or double-click the SimSalaThril icon in the tray, and enter the staff PIN. They can then:

  • Unlock for 10 minutes. The unlock ends early if the next booking starts sooner.
  • Lock now. The PC stays locked until staff select Resume booking control.
  • Resume booking control. The PC follows the bookings again.
  • Check and install update. SimSalaThril also updates itself when the PC has been idle for five minutes.
  • Pair again. Use it to pair the PC with another resource.
  • Language. Sets the language of the lock screen and the booking ending popup on this PC. It defaults to the Windows language.
  • Move booking notice. Shows a sample of the popup that staff drag to where it hides none of the simulator's own controls, on any monitor. Without a saved spot, or when the saved monitor is gone, it sits at the top right of the main monitor. It saves where you drop it, and Reset to top right undoes it.
  • Turn start at Windows sign-in on or off, or quit SimSalaThril.

Five wrong PIN entries block the PIN for 30 seconds. SimSalaThril's staff windows and tray menu are in English. The lock screen and the booking ending popup follow the language you set.

To see the PIN, open the Settings tab and select Show current PIN. To change it, enter four new digits and save.

Managing simulators

The Simulators tab lists every paired PC with its resource, status, when it was last seen and its version. Select a row to open it. There you can:

  • Rename the PC under PC name.
  • Set Unlocked hours for this PC only, with Use different hours from the venue.
  • Select Open lock screen to see what the screen shows.
  • Read Staff actions. It lists when staff unlocked, locked or closed SimSalaThril with the PIN, and wrong PIN entries. All staff share one PIN, so the list shows what happened but not who did it.
  • Select Unpair to remove the PC. It locks and needs a new pairing code to work again.

Good to know

  • A PC that goes offline keeps the booking information it had for up to two hours. If a booking is cancelled during that time, the PC stays unlocked until it reaches Thril again.
  • When the PC cannot show the lock screen, a notice says the simulator is not set up, not in use or offline.

When something looks wrong

  1. Open Settings → System → Integrations → SimSalaThril and check that the status is Active. If it is switched off, all simulators stay locked.
  2. Open the Simulators tab. Offline or an old Last seen time means the PC cannot reach Thril. Check its network and that SimSalaThril is running in the tray.
  3. A PC that shows a notice that the simulator is not in use has been unpaired or the integration is switched off. Create a new pairing code if it was unpaired.
  4. A pairing code that does not work was already used or has expired. Create a new one.
  5. Staff can always unlock the PC with the staff PIN while you sort it out.
  6. Contact Thril support if it still does not work. Give the venue name, the resource and the PC name.

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What you needSet up SimSalaThril1. Turn it on and choose the settings2. Install SimSalaThril on the simulator PC3. Pair the PC with a resource4. Keep the PC signed inTest that it worksWhat staff can do at the PCManaging simulatorsGood to knowWhen something looks wrong