4009 and LED Scoreboard Configuration

Scoreboard configuration for 4009 and LED numeric scoreboards can be done either from a CTS sports timer (System 5 or later), or by physically setting the switches on the scoreboard's circuit card. To configure your scoreboard from the timer, please see your timer manual. CTS manuals are also available online.

The following are the steps to physically set the switches. These are also the instructions to follow if you are replacing the internal circuit card.

To configure your 4009SB and LED swimming scoreboards:

1. Determine what you would like a given scoreboard line to display. See the sample scoreboard module displays figure below with the channel (or code) numbers to produce those displays for swimming. Configurations for other sports are shown in the timer manuals for those particular sports.
2. See the figures below to determine the physical location of the module code switch on the internal circuit card to set the channel (or code) number using the module code switch settings table.

Swimming Scoreboard Module Displays

The figure above shows sample scoreboard module displays and the corresponding channel selections to produce them. Set the switches inside each scoreboard module to agree with the channel number listed beside it as shown in the figure above.

The sports timer software uses the channels to transmit specific race information. For example, channel 01 sends the place and time information for Lane 1, and channel 0C sends the event and heat information for the current race. To function properly, the switches in each scoreboard module must be set to receive the proper information. Refer to your timer manual for more details.

A few special settings:

• Channel 03 also displays the time of day when you press the Scoreboard Blank soft key in the Scoreboard menu on your timer.
• Channel 11 is a multi-purpose channel that displays time and place information for lane 1 (channel 01) during the race. Following reset, team scores (channel 0D) are automatically displayed on the same scoreboard module.
• Channel 12 is a special purpose channel, which is very useful for televised broadcasts. It displays the running time, lead split time and winning finish time. Unlike channel 0F, this channel does not cycle through all finish times, but displays only winning time until it is reset.

Please refer to your scoreboard manual for more extensive information about your scoreboard.

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