Pin monkey question

[mongoliantreesloth]

What do the terms 180, 270 and 360 relate to when directed at a pin monkey when a ball is stuck in the pit or whatever?

[Alucious]

I know 180 is sweep down, maybe specifically that pins are not cycling... i hear that one used a lot.

[Street Racer]

180 means, when the machine is halfway through the cycle, sweep is right back into the pin deck, machine is still up..
normally when it is a 180 a pin ontop of the setter is stuck from going into the machine, so it stops at the half way point, until the pin can go into the setter

i use to work on Brunswick A2's

i havent heard of the term 270, but i am guessing its when the machine is down and the sweep is infront of it...

and 360? well i am taking it means when there is pins haha

[Cobalt]

As said, a 180 is when the pin sweeper is all the way back and the deck has no pins in it to put down.
A 270 is when the pin sweeper is all the way forward, but the pin deck is all the way down to the lane, putting pins back on the lane.
As for a 360, that is a new one to me, I can assume that it is either when the machine has gone through a full cycle, but when it is done, the pin sweeper doesn't get lifted back up. It could also mean that the strike detector probe isn't working, and it tried to pick up pins for a spare, when they really got a strike. The machine would set what is called "ghost pins" and you pretty much have nothing on the lane.