Fairplay SP-70 User manual

SP-70
Statistics
Controller
User’s Guide
Document No. 98-0002-33
Rev. 20-07-01

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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.......................................... 1
About this user guide .................................................. 3
Conventions used in this guide ................................... 4
Getting help................................................................ 5
Contacting the help desk ............................................ 5
Ordering items............................................................ 5
Necessary information................................................. 6
Important precautions................................................. 7
Setting up the SP-70 ................................................... 7
Turning on the SP-70.................................................. 8
Selecting a sport ......................................................... 9
Entering team lineups ................................................. 11
CHAPTER 2 COMMON FUNCTIONS............................... 11
Navigating within the team lineups............................. 12
Editing a player record ................................................ 12
Displaying players in the game.................................... 13
Adding a player to the game....................................... 13
Removing a player from the game .............................. 14
Mass player substitution.............................................. 14
Correcting a mistake ................................................... 14
Using the shifted functions.......................................... 15
NEW GAME................................................................. 15
YES and NO ................................................................ 15
NEXT .......................................................................... 15
Operating the SP-70 in a basketball game................... 17
Tracking player points................................................. 17
Tracking player fouls ................................................... 17
CHAPTER 3 BASKETBALL ................................................ 17
Operating the SP-70 in a volleyball game.................... 19
Tracking digs .............................................................. 19
Tracking kills ............................................................... 19
CHAPTER 4 VOLLEYBALL................................................ 19
CHAPTER 5 SETUP .......................................................... 21

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Battery control features ............................................... 23
CHAPTER 6 BATTERY OPTION........................................ 23
Using and recharging battery control .......................... 25
Battery control safety and precautions......................... 27
CHAPTER 7 WIRELESS OPTION ...................................... 29
Setting up the wireless connection .............................. 30
Selecting transmission modes...................................... 31
High and low power modes ........................................ 31
Viewing your settings .................................................. 32
Changing your settings ............................................... 33
High power transmit ................................................... 33
All scoreboards............................................................ 33
Select channel ............................................................. 33
Selecting channels....................................................... 34
Receiver card location ................................................. 35
Verifying your channel selection .................................. 35
Verifying scoreboard signal lock .................................. 36
Turning wireless off ..................................................... 37
General wireless operating guidelines.......................... 39
Operating wireless under special circumstances........... 40
Mixing wireless and conventional cable hookups......... 41
Power-up sequence for multiple controls..................... 43
Avoiding potential problems with multiple controls..... 44
Wireless Troubleshooting ............................................ 47
Radio Frequency Interference ...................................... 47
Scoreboard not picking up radio signal ....................... 48
Final wireless control considerations ............................ 49
CHAPTER 8 PROGRAMMING SYSTEM SETTINGS ..........51
System settings in detail .............................................. 52
Scoreboard type.......................................................... 52
MP-69 data output...................................................... 53
Wireless system settings .............................................. 54
Exiting system settings ................................................ 54
Boards Supported........................................................ 55
Solutions to common problems................................... 57
Nothing appears on the statistics panel ....................... 57

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CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING...................................57
Portions of the statistics panel do not respond ............ 58
Contacting Trans-Lux.................................................. 58
CHAPTER 10 WARRANTY ............................................... 59
CHAPTER 11 DOCUMENTATION CHANGE REQUEST....61

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The SP-70 Statistics Controller is a companion piece to the MP-70 Score-
board Controller. Operating in conjunction, these two controls keep spec-
tators informed by displaying game and player data on properly equipped
Fair-Play scoreboards.
The intended purpose of the SP-70 is to delegate the task of tracking indi-
vidual player statistics to one control operator, while another control oper-
ator tracks main scoreboard functions such as game clock start/stop, team
scores, period, etc., via an MP-70 or equivalent control. This division of
labor allows each control operator to focus their attention exclusively on a
particular task, resulting in more timely and accurate presentation of a
game’s statistical information.
The SP-70 will control the presentation of individual player statistics on the
“wing panels” or “side panels” (known as player “stats” panels) of your
scoreboard. It can run the older 5-line Telelite model “stats” displays as
well as the newer 5-line and 6-line Bar Digit and LED technology displays.
In addition, it can also operate 15 player lineup panels. These have 5
lamps or spots in a row for each player and an additional lamp to indicate
whether the player is in or out of the game.
The figure on the following page acquaints you with the major compo-
nents of the SP-70.
Introduction

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Chapter 1: Introduction
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About this user guide
This User Guide will acquaint you with the SP-70 Statistics Control. It
includes chapters on:
• Common Functions, such as Entering Team Lineups, Editing a Player’s
Record, and Displaying Players in a Game, on PAGE 11.
• Sport-specific settings, including Basketball on PAGE 17, and Volleyball
on PAGE 19.
• Wireless settings on PAGE 29.
• Battery options and maintenance, on PAGE 23.
• Programing and changing system settings, on PAGE 51.
• Troubleshooting, on PAGE 57.
This User Guide can also be found at the Fair-Play product Web site. The
following URL (Web site address) will take you to the online User Guide.
http://www.fair-play.com/asp/productslist.asp

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Conventions used in this guide
The following conventions are used throughout this manual to help you
identify actions, terms, hints, notes, and warnings.
• ALL CAPITALIZED non-bold large text describes either 1.) Modes of
your control’s functionality, such as PROGRAM mode or TEST mode; or
2.) a message or prompt displayed on the control’s LCD.
Example: In PROGRAM mode, you will see the LCD display the message
“CHANGE SPORT?”
•BOLD and ALL CAPITALIZED text, such as that shown at left, high-
lights buttons or switches you must use to complete an action.
Example: Press the ENTER button to complete the action.
•CROSS-REFERENCE small text, such as the blue color, all-capitalized small
text shown at left, indicates a hypertext link to a cross-reference in
another part of this user guide. If you are viewing this user guide in
Adobe PDF format, you can automatically jump to the text described
in the cross-reference by placing your cursor over the text and pressing
the left-hand button on your computer’s mouse.
Example: See “INTRODUCTION” ON PAGE 1 for the beginning of this chapter.
Note: A note, such as this one, provides additional informa-
tion. It may also discuss other procedures to think about.