Bespoke Scoreboards Play cricket scorer pro Installation manual

Play cricket scorer pro interface
Set-up and operating instructions
February 2019
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Table of Contents
Play cricket scorer pro interface equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PCSProsoftwareinstallation.............................................. 4
USB to Serial data cable installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PCS Pro scoreboard configuration set up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PCS Pro interface operating instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Howtoconnect................................................... 7
Wirelessoperation. .......................................... 7
Wiredoperation. ............................................ 7
PCSProinterfaceLED’s............................................. 8
PCSProinterfacebuttons........................................... 8
Umpire’slight. .............................................. 8
RefreshScoreboard.......................................... 8
Testpatternbutton........................................... 9
Resetbutton. ............................................... 9
PCS Pro set up fault diagnosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Servicing.............................................................. 12
ContactDetails......................................................... 12
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Play cricket scorer pro interface equipment
The Play cricket scorer pro (PCS Pro) interface comes with the following parts;
1 x PCS Pro interface .................................
1 x USB to Serial data cable .................
1 x Set-up and operating instructions booklet.
If you have a wireless version, you will also have;
1 x 12 volt plug top power supply........
If you have a wired version, you will need to use your existing data cable to power
the PCS Pro interface from your scoreboard.
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PCS Pro software installation
PCS Pro is available to download for free at www.play-cricket.com You should be
using version 2.1 or later. Ideally install PCS Pro to the default locations on your
computer.
There is a wealth of information on how to operate PCS Pro at
https://play-cricket.ecb.co.uk/hc/en-us/categories/360000012789-Play-Cricket-
Scorer-Pro-Laptop-
USB to Serial data cable installation
Insert the supplied USB to Serial
cable into an available USB socket
on your computer. Windows should
automatically install drivers for the
cable. For PCS Pro to interface with
your Bespoke Scoreboard you will
need to know which COM port the
cable has been allocated to.
The COM Port is the
communication port allocated to
the USB to serial cable. This can be
found by opening the Device
Manager on your computer, and
clicking on Ports (COM and LPT).
This will expand the sub menu to
show all available COM ports. You
are looking for Prolific USB-to-
Serial Comm Port. Note down the
allocated COM port on your
computer as you will require it later,
in my case, it’s COM8. It is important
to note that if you plug the cable
into a different USB port on your
computer, then the COM port
allocation will probably change.
If Windows did not automatically
install the drivers for the USB to
Serial Cable then they can be
downloaded at:
https://www.startech.com/support
Use the search bar to find the specific driver. The product number for your cable
will be on the packaging, and will be similar to ‘ICUSB232'
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PCS Pro scoreboard configuration set up
Once PCS Pro is installed and open on your PC, click on Tools from the menu bar
at the top, then select Configuration from the drop down menu.
This opens the configuration window. Click on Scoreboard from the menu bar at
the top and it should look like the image below.
The bottom box titled LED scoreboard (FSL Controllers only) requires setting up.
Click the Enabled box on the right so that it shows a tick. Also click Include debug
output, Capitalise and using Cricket Scorelink device, so that they all show a tick.
You now need to find the Command config file. For our scoreboards you require
bespoke-scoreboards-categories.config. Click the browse button (opens the
window in the next image), and assuming you installed PCS Pro using the default
locations, you will find the file in Documents\Cricket Matches\_Scoreboards.
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