DAKSTATS BASEBALL SOFTWARE DISPLAY MANUAL P1149

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DAKSTATS BASEBALL

SOFTWARE

DISPLAY MANUAL

P1149

DD1533474

Rev 5

28 November 2018

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ��1

Software Conventions ..........................................................................................................................1

2 DSTI Setup ��2

DakStats/DSTI Messaging .....................................................................................................................2

Networked Campus ��2

Selecting DakStats Interface and Database ....................................................................................3

Auto Start Options ................................................................................................................................3

Testing DakStats/DSTI Communication ..............................................................................................3

3 Viewing & Modifying RTD ��4

At Bat Text..............................................................................................................................................4

Editing RTD Batter Text ��4

Enhanced Batter Text ��5

Manual RTD Output Control ................................................................................................................5

Manual Mode ��5

Editing the Pitch Count ........................................................................................................................7

Right-Click Menu ..................................................................................................................................7

Scoring Text ...........................................................................................................................................8

Pausing Outputs ....................................................................................................................................9

4 RTDCongurations ��10

5 Quick Display ��11

6 Player Messages ��12

Creating Player Messages .................................................................................................................12

Displaying Player Messages ..............................................................................................................12

A Available RTD Items ��13

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Introduction

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1 Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to assist with outputting and displaying Real-Time Data

(RTD) using the DakStats

®

Baseball application. The manual includes the following main

sections:

• Introduction covers the basic information about the program and this manual.

Take time to read the introduction as it denes terms and explains concepts used

throughout the manual.

• DSTISetup,Viewing&ModifyingRTD,RTDCongurations,QuickDisplay,andPlayer

Messages explain how to control and congure the application.

This manual assumes previous knowledge of creating new seasons, teams and rosters,

as well as creating and opening new games. For general program installation and

operation instructions, refer to the DakStats Baseball Software Operation Manual

(DD1385420).

Software Conventions

This manual contains the following software conventions and terminology:

Bold

Indicates an item that requires direct action, such as clicking, pressing,

selecting, or formatting. Also used for reference items within the manual,

such as gures or sections, as well as other documents and notes.

Italics Indicates onscreen text or labels that are not clickable.

[Brackets] Represents a keyboard key that needs to be pressed.

“Quotes” Text or commands that may be typed. Quotes also indicate folder names.

Click Press and release the left mouse button.

Double-click Press and release the left mouse button twice.

Right-click Press and release the right mouse button.

Select

Highlight or mark, such as by placing a check mark in a nearby box;

clicking will not necessarily perform an action.

> Followed by (example: File > Open).

DSTI Setup

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2 DSTI Setup

In order for DakStats Baseball to output RTD, the Daktronics Scoring-Timing Interface (DSTI)

must have been installed. The DSTI software is pre-congured by Daktronics and cannot

be altered at the installation site. Any desired conguration changes in DSTI must be

addressed through Daktronics. Refer to the DSTI Software Operation Manual (ED-13009)

for more information on installing and setting up the DSTI.

DakStats/DSTI Messaging

The default setting is that the DakStats

Baseball program is on the same

computer as the DSTI program (Figure 1).

Use the following procedure if DakStats

and DSTI are on separate machines:

1� On the DakStats computer, browse to

“C:/Program Files/Daktronics”.

2� Right-click the Daktronics folder, and

then select Properties.

3� Click the Sharing tab.

4� Click Share this folder.

5� Click OK.

6� In DSTI, go to Edit > DakStats Messaging, and then select Different Machine.

7� In DakStats, go to Congure>Messaging, and then select Different Machine.

Networked Campus

In some facilities, multiple DakStats systems may be located on the same network. Data

communication issues can arise when more than one game is taking place at the same

time, for instance a baseball game on one eld and a softball game on another. In these

cases, certain default conguration settings must be modied as described below so the

separate DakStats systems can communicate properly via network messages.

1� Set DakStats and DSTI Messaging for all systems on the network to Different Machine

as described above.

2� On one DakStats computer navigate to “C:\Daktronics\DakStats Baseball” and

open the “DakStats Baseball.ini” le in Notepad.

3� Locate the “Main Port” eld and change the value to “32224”.

4� On the corresponding DSTI computer, navigate to “C:\Daktronics\Daktronics

Scoring-Timing Interface” and open the “Daktronics Scoring-Timing Interface.ini” le in

Notepad.

5� Locate the “Main Port” eld and change the value to match the setting in the DSTI

le.

6� Repeat steps 2-5 for any other systems on the network, increasing the “Main Port”

value by “1” for each additional system (32225, 32226, etc.).

Figure 1: DakStats/DSTI Messaging

DSTI Setup

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Selecting DakStats Interface and Database

DSTI must point to the correct sport interface and DakStats database.

1� In DSTI, make sure the Sport is set to Baseball/Softball and that the

Interface is set to DakStats (Figure 2).

2� Go to Edit>DataConguration.

3� The Database Path must be set to “X:\Daktronics\DakStats

Baseball” where X represents the appropriate local or network

drive (Figure 3).

Auto Start Options

1� In DakStats Baseball, click Congure.

2� Check Auto Start Interface to automatically start DSTI when a game is opened.

3� Be sure to also check Auto Start Hit Chart RTD if using other RTD outputs, such as spray

charts or scorecards.

Testing DakStats/DSTI Communication

1� Open a game in DakStats Baseball.

2� Open DSTI if it did not already open automatically, and click View Data.

3� The DSTI Message Log shows that a Competition opened, and DakStats sends the

game information, as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 2: Sport &

Interface

Figure 3: Data Conguration

Figure 4: DSTI with DakStats Data

Viewing & Modifying RTD

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3 Viewing & Modifying RTD

At Bat Text

The At Bat tab displays the previous

at bat text and game summary for

the current batter. This area is used to

monitor the text that being sent out to

electronic displays as well as for online

Webcasts.

Note: At bat text modication is only available for seasons congured with MLB Rules.

If there is a problem with the text, or it is

not appearing correctly:

• Click the pencil icon, modify the text,

and then click the green checkmark

to save the changes (Figure 5).

To modify batters’ text before they are

at bat:

• Right-click a player’s name in the

roster and click Edit Batter Text to

open the Edit Batter Text window

(Figure 6). Make the appropriate

changes and click OK.

Note: Once the at bat text has been modied, it will no longer receive updates.

Click the undo

button to return to the default values and resume automatic

updates to this eld.

Editing RTD Batter Text

The Edit RTD Batter Text window (Figure 7) sets how certain types of text will appear for

batters’ previous at bats.

1� Go to Congure>

Batter Text.

2� Click a text box once to

select it, and then click

it again to begin typing

in the new at bat text.

3� Click Restore All

Defaults to return the

original settings, or click

OK to save the new

text.

Figure 5: Editing At Bat Text

Figure 6: Edit Batter Text

Figure 7: Edit RTD Batter Text

Viewing & Modifying RTD

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Note: It is possible set alerts when the text is close

to reaching the length that the RTD eld

occupies on the display layout to make sure

data does not get cut off. The text box turns

yellow when the limit is approaching and turns

red when the limit is exceeded.

Enhanced Batter Text

Use enhanced batter text to

include additional play or player

information along with previous at

bat text.

1� Go to Congure>

Congurations.

2� Click Congure to open

the Enhanced Batter Text

Conguration window

(Figure 8).

3� Check the box next to Errors,

Home Runs, RBI, Sequence,

Run, and/or Stolen Bases to

display this extra information in

the batter text.

4� Insert other stats and

information as desired

according to the Legend.

5� Click Restore Default to bring

back the original settings, or

click OK to save the enhanced

text.

Manual RTD Output Control

Manual Mode

Use the Manual tab (Figure 9)

to manually enter game stats to

send scoring data to scoreboards

and displays live during a game.

This keeps the current scoreboard

output correct while allowing the

operator to get caught up from

editing or deleting plays in the

commentary.

Figure 8: Congure Enhanced Batter Text

Figure 9: Manual

Viewing & Modifying RTD

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Stats may be entered by clicking the following buttons or Hotkeys:

• B (+): Add a ball

• Sh-B (–): Subtract a ball

• S (+): Add a strike

• Sh-S (–): Subtract a strike

• F (+): Add a foul

• Sh-F (–): Subtract a foul

• Clear Balls/Strikes

(press [C])

• O (+): Add an out

• Sh-O (–): Subtract an out

• R (+): Add a run

• Sh-R (–): Subtract a run

• I (+): Add an inning

• Sh-I (–): Subtract an inning

• A (+): Add an at bat

• Sh-A (–): Subtract an at bat

Visitor

• H (+): Add a hit

• Sh-H (–): Subtract a hit

• E (+): Add an error

• Sh-E (–): Subtract an error

• L (+): Add an LOB

• Sh-L (–): Subtract an LOB

Home

• Ctrl-H (+): Add a hit

• Ctrl-Sh-H (–): Subtract a hit

• Ctrl-E (+): Add an error

• Ctrl-Sh-E (–): Subtract an

error

• Ctrl-L (+): Add an LOB

• Ctrl-Sh-L (–): Subtract an LOB

Note: Sh means to hold the

[Shift] key while pressing

the letter key.

Once any stats have been manually changed, the linescore will become yellow to

indicate the program is operating in Manual Mode (Figure 10).

Figure 10: Manual Mode

To exit Manual Mode:

1� Click Exit Manual Mode. A window will appear showing a comparison between the

changes that were made in manual mode and the plays as entered in the play-by-

play commentary (Figure 11).

2� Click Yes to conrm that the stats are up-to-date and leave manual mode.

Figure 11: Exit Manual Mode

Viewing & Modifying RTD

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Editing the Pitch Count

If the pitch count (number of

pitches thrown by current pitchers)

is incorrect on the scoreboard or

display:

1� Go to Edit > Edit Pitch Count.

2� In the Edit Total Pitches Thrown

window (Figure 12), update the

number of balls or strikes for the

appropriate pitchers.

3� Click Select Previous Pitcher if a

previous pitcher’s count needs

to be adjusted.

4� Click OK when nished, or click

Cancel to discard the changes.

Right-Click Menu

Players in the roster list can be right-

clicked to access additional editing tools

(Figure 13).

Note: Right-clicking is only available for

seasons congured with MLB Rules.

• Edit Batter Text: Refer to At Bat Text

(p�4).

• Edit Season Stats: Click to quickly

modify a player’s season stats without

leaving play-by-play mode (Figure 14).

Figure 14: Edit Season Stats

• Click the Batting, Pitching, or Pitching Game tab.

• Either double-click a stat to increase it by one, double-right-click to decrease by

one, or select a stat and type in the new value.

• Use the [<<] and [>>] buttons to switch between players or select another player

from the team’s roster list.

Figure 12: Edit Total Pitches Thrown

Figure 13: Right-Click Menu

Viewing & Modifying RTD

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• Add to Bullpen #1 & Add to Bullpen #2: Use these options to denote which pitchers

are in the bullpen. Pitchers currently in the bullpen will have B1 or B2 next to their

jersey number. If the pitchers are marked as Remaining, they show a 1/P or 2/P

instead.

• Clear Bullpen: Click to remove all pitchers from the team’s bullpen. To remove a

specic player from a bullpen, right-click the player and select the appropriate

Remove from Bullpen option.

• Add to Remaining Pitchers: Use this option to denote which pitchers are left. Pitchers

marked as remaining will have a P next to their jersey number. If the pitchers are

marked as in a bullpen, they show a 1/P or 2/P instead. In the output, remaining

pitchers are grouped by Right-Handed and Left-Handed, with up to 8 of each on

both teams (32 max pitchers).

• Clear Remaining Pitchers: Click to clear all pitchers marked as Remaining.

Note: Outputting bullpen RTD requires another port in addition to the scoreboard

and requested stream outputs in the Daktronics Scoring-Timing Interface (DSTI)

application. Contact Daktronics to request an updated DSI le that includes a

Bullpen output port.

Scoring Text

Similar to at bat text, the Edit

Scoring Text window (Figure 15)

allows customization of the

appearance of scoring decision

text. This is also used for the text

that appears in the graphics

created in the Scorebook

Generator program.

1� Go to Congure>ScoringText.

2� Click a text box once to select

it, and then click it again to

begin typing in the new scoring

text.

3� Select Display Out Sequence

Dash and/or Display Full Out

Sequence if desired.

4� Click Restore Defaults to return

the original settings, or click OK

to save the new text.

To break the Text into multiple lines,

type in “<BR>”. The <BR> tag will

not appear in the RTD stream, but

instead will split any remaining text

onto another line to better t on scorecard graphics.

Click Send Text to resend the updated play abbreviations, for example if the Scorebook

Generator program was running at the time they were modied.

Figure 15: Edit Scoring Text

Viewing & Modifying RTD

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Pausing Outputs

Sometimes it may be necessary to change data in DakStats

without it being immediately displayed. In these cases, go to

View > Pause/Resume Outputs Toolbar and click the Pause

Outputs button (Figure 16). This will keep all data currently being

displayed as is while changes can be made. The green circle will

turn red to indicate no data is outputting. When nished making

changes, click the Resume Outputs button, and the red circle

will turn green again to indicate the updated data is being sent.

Figure 16: Pause/Resume

Outputs

RTDCongurations

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4 RTDCongurations

The Congurations window

includes several settings related to

outputting RTD. Go to Congure

>Congurations to access the

Congurations window (Figure 17).

• Under Display of Batter’s

Previous at Bats, select to

display the batter’s previous

at bats by Ascending or

Descending.

• Select whether to use

Enhanced Batter Text. Refer to

Enhanced Batter Text (p�5).

• Check whether or not to Use

Hit/Error Info Control for RTD.

This will enable an edit control

in the toolbar to instantly

update the RTD stream about

the play:

Select whether there was a hit

or error (or none), type in the

desired text, and press [Enter]

to update. The number of

characters is limited to 25.

• Enable Use Automatic Scoring Decision to automatically send the scoring text as

soon as the play is entered. This can be used in conjunction with the Hit/Error Control

described above to ll in the play for the user to edit.

• Under RTD Linescore Settings, select to have the linescore Grouped (place inning

10 in the rst inning position) or Shifted (remove the earliest innings to make room for

additional innings), and how many innings to show in the RTD Linescore.

Figure 17: Congurations

Quick Display

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5 Quick Display

The Quick Display option allows users who interface with Daktronics display controllers

to run sequences from DakStats Baseball. These settings do not need to be modied

if the DakStats Baseball program is not interfacing with a display controller. For more

information about creating sequences, refer to the documentation provided with the

display control software.

1� Make sure to have DakStats Baseball, DSTI, and the display controller running.

2� In DakStats Baseball, go to

Congure>QuickDisplay,

and the Quick Display window

will appear (Figure 18).

3� If the Empty Interface

Conguration File! message

appears at the bottom of the

window, click RequestCong.

4� Right-click an empty cell, and

then click Add Item; to modify

an existing cell, right-click the

cell, and click Edit Item:

a� In the Congure Quick

Display Item window

(Figure 19), check the box

next to Show on toolbar.

b� Type in a descriptive Item Name.

c� Fill in the Enhanced RTD

Parameters to specify the

desired sequence to play.

d� Fill in the Request Parameters

to specify what type of data to

output.

Note: Items with the %Select

Nickname are not

compatible with quick

display buttons.

e� Click OK to save the changes to

the quick display button.

5� Repeat Step 4 to assign up to 20

other commands on the toolbar.

6� To delete an existing cell, right-click

the cell, and click Delete Item.

7� Click Close when nished creating the quick display buttons.

8� Go to View > Quick Display Toolbar to make the Quick Display Toolbar appear

above the standard toolbar.

9� The QD Toolbar can be undocked and moved, and it also will dock on either side or

the bottom of the screen.

Figure 18: Quick Display

Figure 19: Congure Quick Display Item

Player Messages

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6 Player Messages

Use player messages to add any number of informative notes about individual players

that can be sent as RTD to displays.

Creating Player Messages

1� Go to Congure>

Player Messages.

2� In the Player Messages

window (Figure 20),

select a Season and a

Team.

3� Select a Player, and

then click Add New to

create a new message

for the player.

4� Type in a short

Description of the

message.

5� Type in the message

one line at a time, using

up to 26 characters per

line.

6� Check Wrap Text if desired to automatically push longer words to the next line.

7� Choose Left, Center, or Right alignment for the text.

8� Click Delete to remove the message, or click Save to keep the message.

9� Repeat Steps 2–8 to create as many messages as needed for each player.

Displaying Player Messages

To display messages for a specic player, set up a Quick Display button.

1� Follow Steps 1–4c in Section 5: Quick Display (p�11).

2� In the Congure Quick Display Item window (Figure 19), enter the following settings

under the Request Parameters area:

• DSTI Port Name: Venus Request – Network

• Format: PlrMessages

• Nickname: Select either Home or Guest, or a specic team name.

• Number: Select the player’s jersey number.

• (Lastname): Select the player’s last name.

• Message#: Type in the message number to be displayed.

3� Click OK when nished.

At this point, a message request button for each player may be created.

Figure 20: Player Messages

Available RTD Items

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A Available RTD Items

Refer to the DakStatsBaseballInterfaceProductSpecications(SL-06041) for the latest list

of available RTD elds.

All ITF/DID les below are located at http://dakles.daktronics.com/downloads/Data/

Scoreboard Stream Files:

• “DSTI DSBA Scoreboard” (Pre-2007: “dsba sbrd”)

Requested Stream Files:

• Game and Season Stats: “dsba req”

• Game Summary: “DSTI DSBA Game Summary req”

• Player Message: “DSTI DSBA Plr Msg req”

• Player Positions: “DSTI DSBA Position Lineups”

• Pitchers in Bullpen: “DSTI DSBA Bullpen”

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