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Scoreboard Control

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 6:58 am
by PPPadre
Sometimes as a volunteer, I get to wear a couple of different hats during a ballgame. Often I get both scorekeeping and scoreboard control. Since all of the information that is needed for the scoreboard is in the "header" of the play screen (total runs per team, inning, outs, balls, and strikes), I was wondering if there was any way to code the software to broadcast that data (through the USB connector, bluetooth, or wi-fi) so that scoreboard manufacturers could develop an adapter that would allow iScore to control their scoreboard?

I realize that the scoreboard controller itself is way beyond your realm of development, but I live just 40 minutes away from Nevco's headquarters and I would not be above pestering the living daylights out of them to develop such an adapter. :D

Re: Scoreboard Control

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 12:49 pm
by FTMSupport
We would love to do that and have researched it a bit. There is not a standard that can be used to do this. If any of the scoreboard manufacturers created a standard way of doing it that was compatible with iOS / Android devices (WiFi would most likely be needed), we would be happy to add that capability.

Re: Scoreboard Control

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 1:17 pm
by Camerabry
I've wished there was like a two foot LED board that could be wifi linked with box score to take to games, battery operated and hang on the fence. Someone invent that! Speaking for all storekeepers of the world I'd love to stop getting asked what the score is....

Re: Scoreboard Control

Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 7:30 am
by PetroGuy
I know what you mean. It doesn't bother me too much, but when you get asked five different times in a row, it gets pretty comical. At least 3-4 of the parents at our games have started using the Scorecasts to keep up with the score. That has saved a few questions.

Re: Scoreboard Control

Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 4:35 pm
by Camerabry
Yeah. I have my computer at home automatically forward to a list of people when it sees the link get emailed to it. That way I can just do one email from the iscore.