Install Pinman and open your first project.

Pinman runs on Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit). Download and run the Pinman 2 Installer (a single .exe).

The installer is signed by Parkerhill Technology Corporation — you can confirm that in the Windows approval prompt. Because Pinman is new, Windows SmartScreen may still show a blue “Windows protected your PC” screen until enough people have downloaded it. Click More info, then Run anyway to continue.

Windows will then ask for administrator approval so the installer can set Pinman up for every user on the computer. Approve it, then follow the installer — you can accept the default install location or choose your own — to finish setup.

If you are setting up a virtual pinball cabinet, also download the BallerInstaller Kit. You will choose it in the next step.

A project is the machine configuration Pinman will track. At the end of installation Pinman offers to set up your first project (you can also run pinman setup any time). Choose one of these starting points:

Note: New projects always start in read-only mode, so Pinman will not change anything on your machine until you say so. When you are ready, switch the project to writeable on the Pinman Config page (or with the pinman config set readonly_mode false command).

The rest of this guide assumes you chose Basics. If you chose BallerInstaller, continue with the Pinball Setup guide.

Open Pinman from the Windows Start menu. When the Pinman icon appears in the notification area, open its menu and choose Open Browser.

In the browser, select this computer, choose Technician, and enter the Technician PIN. If you have not changed it, the default is 4321.

The Technician dashboard should open with the Basics project selected.

Pinman is installed and ready. The Basics tutorial walks through your first checkpoint, shows how Pinman finds configuration changes, and introduces Explore, Journal, and Profiles.