Scoreboard Interfaces
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An Alpha Scoreboard (SCBD) is a scoreboard with a computer that can display swimmer names and team affiliations on the 6, 8 or 10 line scoreboard. If your swimming facility has an Alpha Scoreboard and you have purchased the Alpha Scoreboard INTERFACE option from HY-TEK, click on Set-up from the Main Menu Bar then click on Alpha Scoreboard Interface. Or, from the Run menu bar, click on Interfaces / Setup. Then pick your vendor scoreboard from the list below.

Click Here for more information about how to initially specify which Alpha Scoreboard you are using.

Please check with your Scoreboard vendor for the exact details on how to connect the Scoreboard Computer to HY-TEK's MEET MANAGER and how to request Start Lists and Results from MM.

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Colorado Time System, Daktronics, or Omega
·If you are using the Daktronics OmniSport 2000 or 6000 or the ARES bi-directional Timing Console, then select Daktronics as the scoreboard vendor regardless of what scoreboard vendor you are using. This is because these timers get the start list information from MM and forward the information to the scoreboard computer. Thus MM is connected to the timer and only uses one serial port.  
·If you are using any other timer other than IST, such as the Colorado Time System 4, 5, or 6, the MM computer must have two serial ports, one to connect to the timer and one to connect to the scoreboard computer.  

Generic Serial
·If your scoreboard vendor's computer connects to the Meet Manager computer via a serial cable, you can choose the Generic Serial Scoreboard option if the scoreboard vendor has designed in the generic serial protocols. If your HY-TEK computer does not have a serial port, you will need to purchase a USB to serial adaptor and install the software than comes with the adaptor.  
·When you are ready to Run the meet, click on Interfaces / Scoreboard (Genser) / Open/Close Serial Port from the Run Menu Bar and select the Communications COM port to which the Scoreboard is connected to your PC. Click on Configure Serial Port to customize the COM port to open at 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 baud. The parity, data bits, and stop bits can also be set.  
·The Generic Scoreboard Interface has the following features which allow the HY-TEK operator to send data from the Run Menu:  
1.To send the current heat start list to the scoreboard by press Ctrl-F10.  
2.To send the top 8 results to the scoreboard, press Ctrl F-11 when heat one is highlighted. To send 9th - 16th results to the scoreboard, press Ctrl F-11 when heat two is highlighted, and so on.  
3.To send the Team Scores for the gender of the event in the Run Menu, press Ctrl-F9.  
4.To send the complete compiled list of the results of the current event, press Ctrl-F12. This can be done at any time such as after two heats of five are completed.  

Network File Sharing
·The Network File Sharing protocol supports the International Sports Timing (IST) Scoreboard as well as the ResulTV product provided by Lynx System Developers.  

Please Note  
If your Scoreboard vendor does not currently provide an interface to HY-TEK's MM, please ask the scoreboard vendor to contact HY-TEK directly and we will be happy to provide either our Generic Serial or Network file Sharing protocol.