Configure a Mobile Scoreboard with FlashTiming

Updated 4 weeks ago

If you want to take your live results game to the next level, setting up a live track scoreboard is a great first step! A live track scoreboard is the mobile-device equivalent to a big stadium display. Instead of waiting for all heats to finish and the results to be processed through your meet management software before finally being displayed when the event concludes, keep your fans on the edge of their seats by displaying each athlete's place and time directly from your FAT software! As soon as you evaluate each runner's time, preliminary results appear on your fans' mobile devices! And if you have a big stadium display, you can use AthleticSB to send the same data right up to the big board!

This article explains how to send scoreboard data from FlashTiming to AthleticLIVE

Requirements

The following software is required to connect FlashTiming with AthleticLIVE

1. FlashTiming FT-FAT software for the FT-FATLS Plus and FT-FAT200 systems. Users may download the latest version from the website, FlashTiming.com. Click on Downloads from the main menu bar and then Download FT-FAT Sofware. Version 2.2.0 or later is required.
2. AthleticLOCAL middleware version 1.2.0 or later
3. Create a meet on AthleticLIVE
   1. You will need a Pro or Pro Field credit
   2. Select FlashTiming in the "F.A.T. Timing System" and "Running Time System" dropdowns

      

Step 1 - Start AthleticLOCAL

Download and run AthleticLOCAL

1. Login and select your meet from the dropdown, if you don't see your meet ensure your Upload Protocols are enabled
2. Take note of the port numbers for FlashTiming results and runtime, these values don't ever need to change between meets
3. Click start on the bottom of the page

Step 2 - Enter Credentials

From the FT-FAT main screen:

1. Click the menu icon in the upper left
2. Click Displays in the menu
3. Select AthleticLIVE in the drop-down menu
4. Check "Show Results" and enter the Results IP Address and Port Number that you set in AthleticLOCAL
   1. Default port is 3152 and using the IP address 127.0.0.1 if FlashTiming and AthleticLOCAL are running on the same computer

1. Check "Show Race Clock" and enter the Clock IP Address and Port Number that you set in AthleticLOCAL
   1. Default port is 5322 and again using the IP address 127.0.0.1 if FlashTiming and AthleticLOCAL are running on the same computer

1. Click OK

Step 3 - Display Setup

1. In the Display Setup window
   1. Check "Clock" to send live running time
   2. Check "Entries" to have the ability to send entries to AthleticLIVE
   3. Check "Results" to have the ability to send results to AthleticLIVE
   4. Check "Save Results on Save" if you want to automatically send results to AthleticLIVE when you save the results for a race
   Clock and results will be checked automatically based on settings on previous window, you will only be allowed to choose clock if you entered clock credentials on the previous window and entries or results if you entered results credentials
2. Click OK

   

Step 4 - Send Entries to AthleticLIVE

1. Click on the Events Tab
2. Click the Event in the list
3. Click the List button in the toolbar

Step 5 - Send Results to AthleticLIVE

1. Click the Record Times Tab
2. Click A in the tool bar to automatically send results to AthleticLIVE whenever a time is entered in the result table
3. Click the List button to send the current results to AthleticLIVE

Times will automatically be sent to AthleticLIVE when the Save Times button is clicked if the option was selected in the Display Setup window

Step 6 - Send Runtime to AthleticLIVE

1. The race time will automatically be sent to AthleticLive when the race start is detected by the FT-FAT system or when the user clicks the stopwatch icon
2. If race start is detected and the user also starts the stopwatch, the FAT race time will be displayed
3. The user can clear the race clock by clicking the X in the clock tool bar

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