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- Page 1 USBC Scoring Interface Software Operation Manual Rev 1 –18 May 2010 DD1530662...
- Page 2 DD1530662 Rev 1 – 18 May 2010 DAKTRONICS, INC. Copyright 2009-2010 All rights reserved. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. No part of this book covered by the copyrights hereon may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means –...
- Page 3 Single Roll Results (Singles, Doubles, Team) ............. 10 Fonts ............................10 Sequence Triggering ......................11 Drive/Library ......................... 11 Singles/Doubles/Teams ....................11 Colors ............................11 Fonts ............................12 Lanes Per Output ........................12 Reset Defaults ........................12 Daktronics Customer Service ..................13 Table of Contents...
- Page 5 The purpose of this manual is to assist in the installation and operation of the Daktronics USBC Scoring Interface. This application is designed to connect the official US Bowling Congress™ scoring system to Daktronics Venus 7000 display controllers for displaying real-time lane information.
- Page 7 Daktronics Live Events at 1-866-343-6018 and provide Daktronics with the Lock Code. A license file will be sent via email. Save this file to the computer. Click Load License and browse to the location where the license file was saved.
- Page 9 When the USBC Scoring Interface is opened, the main application screen appears (Figure 2). The screen will remain empty until an appropriate input file is configured. Figure 2: Main Application Screen Configuring the input establishes a connection to the scoring data that is to be shown. Go to Ports>...
- Page 10 When a valid data has been detected in the configured Input file, the USBC Scoring Interface will automatically load the data into the program. The appropriate lane information will appear in tabs across the top of the screen. Click the tabs to view the scoring data (Figure 4). Hover over the <<...
- Page 11 After the input and output(s) have been created, they appear as green indicators in the lower- left hand corner of the main application screen (Figure 7). Use these indicators to perform the following actions: Figure 7: Input/Output Indicators Click the input/output indicators to disable and enable the port. ...
- Page 13 Select Masters Format to display information for up to 5 games. Use Masters Format when the Venus 7000 sequences are using USBC Masters Lane ITFs (see Appendix A). Setting the configuration to Masters Format will not load Open input files properly.
- Page 14 This setting should always match what is configured in the scoring software. It is currently configurable between 3 to 6 games. This setting allows for tournaments with multiple series of games. For example, in a tournament where a bowler has 3 series of 5 games (for a total of 15 games), this setting would be set to 5.
- Page 15 Venus sequences and setting up sign numbers, refer to the Venus 7000 Operator’s Manual (ED-14551). The Drive is the drive letter where the Venus 7000 information is stored (typically “D”) and the Library is where the Venus 7000 sequences are located within the particular drive.
- Page 16 Select or type in the number (1-16) of the type of Venus RTD font for Normal, Narrow, or Split fonts (Figure 10). This setting describes how many lanes‟ data gets sent across each configured port. The more ports that are used will help the Venus software‟s performance by not overloading one port with too much lane data.
- Page 17 Various scenarios can result in the TCP connection between Venus and the USBC Scoring Interface being lost. One known scenario is if the Venus 7000 Sign Service gets restarted. To re-establish TCP connections without restarting the application, individual ports can be disabled re-enabled; this closing and opening action re-establishes the connection.
- Page 19 The following Input Template Files (ITFs) are needed to output the data from the USBC Scoring Interface to a display controller: Open Format Masters Format “USBC-Lane1.itf” “USBC-Lane26.itf” “USBC-Masters-Lane1.itf” “USBC-Masters-Lane26.itf” “USBC-Lane2.itf” “USBC-Lane27.itf” “USBC-Masters-Lane2.itf” “USBC-Masters-Lane27.itf” “USBC-Lane3.itf” “USBC-Lane28.itf” “USBC-Masters-Lane3.itf” “USBC-Masters-Lane28.itf” “USBC-Lane4.itf” “USBC-Lane29.itf” “USBC-Masters-Lane4.itf” “USBC-Masters-Lane29.itf”...
- Page 21 Color RTD in the Venus 7000 for the USBC Scoring Interface only supports 8 colors (see palette at right). However, by editing registry keys, it is possible to remap these 8 colors to any RGB value. Go to Start > Run. Type in “Regedit” and click OK.
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