System Setup Options

The System Setup Options menu contains global settings which apply to the console and scoreboards in the system.

  1. Battery

  2. Scoreboard Dimming

  3. Time-of-Day Clock

  4. Electronic Team Names & Captions

  5. Advanced Settings

  6. Show RF Level

  7. PC Connection

Battery

The battery screen shows detailed information about the battery ‘fuel gauge’ and battery charger.

Fuel Gauge

Fuel Gauge monitors battery usage, lifespan, state-of-charge, time to empty (discharging), time to full (charging), and capacity.

Field

Example Value

Description

Bat

3495 mV

Measured battery voltage in millivolts

Curr

173 mA

Measured current out of / into battery in milliamps

SOC

75%

State of Charge in percent. Fully charged ~ 99%, empty ~ 2%

Cycles

5

Number of full charge - discharge cycles on the battery

Age

100%

Design capacity of battery to current capacity ratio

TTF

1 h 24 m

Time until fully charged (only valid while charging)

TTE

11h 03 m

Time until empty (only valid while discharging)

rCap

1925 mAh

Remaining capacity of the battery in miliamp hours

fCap

2600 mAh

Full capacity of the battery in milliamp hours

Battery Charger

Battery charger shows information about the state of the charging circuit, battery and system voltage, charger voltage and current. Also battery installed, power good, and additional charger states for diagnostic monitoring.

Field

Example Value

Description

Charger mode

CONST VOLT

CONST CURR

Mode of charging where voltage is held constant

Mode of charging where current is held constant

Charger state

CHARGING

FAST CHARGE

NOT CHARGING

CHARGE TERM

Charging the battery at a rate < 500 mA

Charging at a rate > 500 mA

Battery charger not charging

Charging cycle has completed

vBat

4204

Measured battery voltage in millivolts

vSys

4204

Voltage provided to the system in millivolts

bat

1

Battery installed = 1; not installed = 0

pGood

1

Charger adapter power is good

vVBus

50

Charger voltage in tenths of volts (50 = 5.0V)

IChg

950

Charger current in milliamps

Scoreboard Dimming

Adjust the minimum brightness of the LED digits in the scoreboard. The scoreboards are designed to brighten and dim the LED digits automatically. Use this option to set brighter than default (0) dim level.

Standard dim setting = 0 and maximum bright setting = 9.

This setting is retained after the game is completed until it is set again.

Time-of-Day Clock

Set the current time-of-day and date in the scoreboard clock. This is also used to turn on and off display of the time-of-day when the scoreboard is not in use.

Automatic daylight saving time adjustment feature: Auto DST Adjust = YES Automatic DST time adjustment is performed on the second Sunday in March, and first Sunday in November. Set the correct time, date, and day of week to ensure Auto DST adjustment occurs at the correct time. This is optional, and can be configured to NO to disable that feature. Setting the day and date can be ignored when Auto DST Adjust = NO is configured.

Use arrow keys to move the > pointer across the fields, or press the number of the field to jump to that field. Press SELECT YES/NO to edit the value of the field. ENTER key to set the value of the field and move to the next field.

  1. Show Time of Day: YES - show the current time when scoreboard is idle. NO - Blank the timer when scoreboard is idle.

  2. Hour: Enter the one or two-digit hour value.

  3. Minute: Enter the one or two-digit minute value.

  4. AM? YES - time is in AM. NO - time is in PM.

  5. Day of Week: Press SELECT YES/NO key to rotate through the days of the week, to set the current day. Optional - only necessary to be updated when AUTO DST is enabled.

  6. Month: Enter the numeric one or two-digit month. Optional - only necessary to be updated when AUTO DST is enabled.

  7. Day: Enter the numeric one or two-digit day of the month. Optional - only necessary to be updated when AUTO DST is enabled.

  8. Year: Enter the numeric two-digit or four-digit year. Optional - only necessary to be updated when AUTO DST is enabled.

  9. Auto DST Adjust? NO - do not automatically adjust time-of-day for DST in March and November. YES use day/date to automatically adjust for DST.

  10. Send to boards? YES - send the current date/time values to any scoreboards on and within RF range. NO - Exit this screen without sending the date and time values.

Electronic Team Names & Captions

Electronic team names and captions provide flexibility of displaying names of both teams and the relevant fields on a multi-sport scoreboard. Use this option to enable or disable, modify the content, or configure the size of the team names and captions on the scoreboard.

Note

The scoreboard must have either electronic team name or caption panels installed to make use of this setting.

  1. Home Team Name: HOME Edit the home team name content. Choose this option and key in the new team name. The value will be sent to all scoreboards connected to the multi-sport console.

  2. Guest Team Name: GUEST Edit the guest team name content. Choose this option and key in the new team name. The value will be sent to all scoreboards connected to the multi-sport console.

  3. Change Captions Change the content of a caption field by sport. For example, in football, change the ‘QTR’ to ‘QUARTER’. Chose this option and use the arrow keys to select the sport to modify. Press ENTER to confirm. Use the arrow keys to choose the caption field content to modify. Key in the new field content and press ENTER to send the content to all connected scoreboards.

  4. Set Size / Justification Configure the size of the team name and caption display fields on a per-scoreboard basis. Example: set the ‘Home Team Name’ field to a 2x10 matrix and right justify the text on scoreboard ID 7. Follow the steps to configure the field height, width, justification, and scoreboard ID.

  5. Enable Display Captions Command a scoreboard to show electronic Team Names and/or Captions on its display. If not configured at the factory, the default is to not show team names or captions. Choose which type of fields to display on the scoreboard, NONE, Team Names, Captions, or both. Specify the scoreboard ID to apply to and press ENTER to confirm.

Show RF Level

Send the command to show the current received RF level on the scoreboard timer and score fields. This command will be sent once every 10 seconds. An RF level of 42 or greater is required for reliable RF link performance.