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The marker is a tablet-sized scoring screen for a single snooker frame. A member of staff — or the players themselves — taps each pot and foul as it happens, and the running score appears live on the table card, on any spectator screen, and in the frame’s final result.

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Opening the marker

Start the session with the game type set to Snooker (see Starting a session). The active session panel then shows Open marker, which opens the scoring screen for the current frame.
Snooker marker with coloured ball pad, score header and action buttons

Scoring a frame on the marker

The header shows the frame number, both players, the current Break, which ball is On, how many Reds are left, the Highest break so far, and a Free ball flag when one is in play. A connectivity chip sits alongside it, because the marker often runs unattended for an hour at a time.

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Scoring a frame

1

Record pots on the ball pad

Tap the ball that was potted: red (1), yellow (2), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6), black (7). Balls that are not legally on are dimmed and cannot be tapped, so the break stays valid.
2

Record a foul

Choose Foul and pick the reason:The modal shows the Ball involved, the calculated Penalty, and who plays next, ending with Confirm — Bilal Khan plays. The scoring engine on the server has the final say and may raise the penalty if it sees more balls involved.
3

Handle a free ball

After a snooker foul, choose Declare free ball. The Free ball button on the pad becomes tappable so you can score the nominated ball. If the fouled player is offered the shot again, a Play again (replace) button appears.
4

Record safeties and misses

Safety and Miss end the visit without a pot and pass play to the opponent.
5

Place the cue ball when it is in hand

When the cue ball is in hand, the marker locks input and shows an overlay — at frame start, after the cue ball was potted, or after it left the table. It says “Place cue ball anywhere inside the D”, names the ball-on, and unlocks when you choose Ready — record next shot.
6

Correct a mistake

Undo last removes the most recent shot. It is disabled when there is nothing to undo.
7

End the frame

End frame asks to confirm: “This closes the frame and triggers session billing for it.” Accepting closes the frame, charges it to the loser, and shows the Frame ended banner with the winner and final score. Back to tables returns you to the floor.
Ending a frame here is what bills it. The result also raises a Frame Finished alert for the rest of the club to acknowledge — see Running a session.

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The spectator scoreboard

Spectator view in the marker header opens a second, read-only screen sized for a wall display or projector. It shows both scores at full height, the current break, the ball on, reds left, a free-ball indicator, a foul banner as fouls happen, and a cue-ball-in-hand overlay — all driven live from the marker with no input of its own.
Full-screen spectator scoreboard with large scores and current break

The spectator scoreboard on a wall display

Nobody has to sign in on the spectator screen: the link carries its own access, so you can open it once on a club display and leave it running. If it loses its connection it says Reconnecting rather than leaving a stale score on the wall.
The spectator link contains an access token from the marker’s own session. Open it on screens the club controls; do not post it publicly or send it to customers. If a link has been shared beyond the club, reopen the spectator view from the marker to generate a fresh one.

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Scoring offline

The marker keeps accepting shots with no connection. Completed frames are held on the device, counted by a pending badge on both the marker and the session panel, and sent when the connection returns. The offline chip in the header tells you when that is happening — see Offline and sync.