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Software Release Notes
System 6 - Swimming
Version 1.218 - 7 October 2008
  • Further improvements of single-line (0F) scoreboard
  • Race Distance remains the same when change event number if no event sequence has been programmed
  • Fixed several potential "lock-up" scenarios

  • Version 1.216 - 18 August 2008
  • Major improvements to the operation of the single-line scoreboard (0F)
  • Added option to display running time on a single module (12) and not on all lanes

  • Version 1.214 - 7 March 2008
  • Fixed minor issue with meet management transfer protocol

  • Version 1.212 - 27 December 2007
  • Fixes issue with timer "locking" after performing a Shutdown from within Swimming

  • Version 1.210 - 12 December 2007
  • KNOWN ISSUE: When performing a shutdown from within Swimming, the screen may not always clear. After confirming the shutdown, you may power down the timer after about 10 seconds
  • Minor fix that prevented Swimming from loading under certain circumstances

  • Version 1.208 - 10 December 2007
  • KNOWN ISSUE: When performing a shutdown from within Swimming, the screen may not always clear. After confirming the shutdown, you may power down the timer after about 10 seconds
  • NEW FEATURE: Places can now be displayed on the scoreboard while the race is running. Previously, places would only be displayed at the end of the race
  • NEW FEATURE: A button has been added to the "Quick Options" to repost the previous race by place. This allows the race to be run in lane order and then immediately reposted in place order without having to delve into the "Stored Data" menus.
  • Improvements to manual editing of times in stored data.
  • RJP on the far end of the pool could be associated with the near end and vice versa. This has been corrected.
  • The System6 will now visually indicate (by changing the lane box from white to orange) if a swimmer may have missed a touch pad.
  • The "Clear Lanes Automatically" feature now clears the place pick module and the subtracted splits.
  • Manual and Downloaded Event Sequences are now automatically saved
  • "Edit/DQ" key on lower keyboard now behaves properly in the "Stored Data" menu
  • Improvements to the "Investigate Race" screen that appears when pad and button times are not within comparison interval
  • "Create New Meet" now clears results from the screen
  • Printouts have been improved with respect to formatting and readability
  • If the "Screen Lengths Count" direction is during a race, the lengths count on the screen gets updated properly
  • If the record time is edited from the main screen, the new record time is saved with the event sequence.
  • The default pad to backup comparison time has been change to 0.31 seconds.
  • A new setup menu for configuring the WA-1 Wireless Scoreboard adapter has been added.

  • Version 1.206 - 16 April 2007
  • Main user interface has been made cleaner and more clear
  • Simplified the method for printing reports and cleaned up the formatting on the printouts
  • Many performance improvements with regards to meet management serial interface
  • A button has been added the "Misc" Menu to allow the timer to be shutdown without exiting Swimming
  • Odd length races now accept "Start Reacion Times" from the appropriate end of the pool
  • Fixed an issue with LED series numeric scoreboards being improperly set to have alternating levels of brightness
  • Fixed an issue invovling single length races (25 yard races in a 25 yard pool) that would cause a "Division by Zero" error
  • Empty races are automatically flagged as "Do NOT Print"
  • Backup times are now printing only on the "Race Summary"
  • If the race distance was changed to be made longer after a race was finished, the placings on the screen were not cleared. This has been corrected
  • Fixed an issue regarding the color of the DQ label on the screen
  • If the lanes were not set to normal, pad inputs would not beep. This has been corrected
  • If there was no "Event Sequence Title" and the option was enabled to "Show Evt. Seq. Title in Header", reports would not print properly. This has been corrected
  • The C/E button will now clear the "Record Time" entry box
  • Empty races are now properly displayed in the "Stored Data" screen

  • Version 1.204 - 3 November 2006
  • Minor update to fix buffer overflow error.

  • Version 1.202 - 26 September 2006
    This update will delete all previous meets. Please backup your old meets to a floppy if you want to save them.
    This update requires Firmware v1.32 or greater. Please contact Customer Service with your serial number (from the Diagnostics Screen) or use the System 6 online update system.
  • When showing module definitions on the scoreboard, module 0F now displays correctly.
  • Added an option to blink the time of a lane that broke the record. It was not optional before.
  • Fixed formatting issues with Splits Summary report.
  • Enhanced "Place Order" scoreboard mode to:
  • Only show running time on lane 1
  • Swap Lane and Place Columns
  • Display times faster
  • Swimming will only create a new meet once per power cycle. This will allow the user to exit Swimming to run Diving and re-enter swimming and pick back up where they left off. If a new meet is required, the user can now select "Create NEW Meet" under the "Misc" menu. In order for this to work, Sport Loader will need to be updated to 1.108.
  • If an event sequence title was blank and the user tried to download event sequences from meet management software, the timer could lock up. This has been corrected.
  • Improved scoreboard initialization.
  • Improved keypad data entry for items including Team Scores, and delay times in Setups.
  • Improved event sequence storage and editing. You will have to recreate custom event sequences after loading this update the first time.
  • Added the ability to save a record time for each event.
  • Various formatting improvements for printouts.
  • Lanes can be turned off in Reset without affecting the placing for either the previous or subsequent races.
  • An option has been added to allow the event sequence title to be placed in the header of all printouts.
  • Team scores on the scoreboard can be blanked by pressing the C/E button in the "Team Score Entry box."
  • Races that are tagged as "Do NOT Print" are now no longer printed.
  • If a primary time was missing from a lane, under certain circumstances, the data stream passed to meet management could become corrupt. This has been corrected.
  • An option has been added to automatically clear places and times from the scoreboard when the event or heat is changed during a reset following a race.
  • An option has been added to allow the pad-to-backup comparison interval to be adjusted (Use with caution, most governing bodies dictate 0.3 seconds)
  • The Display Lanes Panel now (optionally) appears directly on the main screen and remains in place throughout operation.
  • A new "Quick Options" button has been added to the main menu to allow on-the-fly changing of various setup options including:
  • Far End Splits
  • Display Lanes Screen Visibility
  • Backstroke Start Reaction Times
  • Swapping scoreboard modules OC and OD. This is intended to be used with 6-Digit Dual-Purpose Scoreboards (LED-DP)
  • If the operator forgets to advance the event or heat before the start of the next race, no event and heat number will print in the race history. This is designed to avoid the confusion of having multiple prinouts with the same event/heat numbers, but actually showing different data.
    Version 1.142 - 17 January 2006
    This update will delete all previous meets. Please backup your old meets to a floppy if you want to save them.
  • Added button in setups to restore factory defaults
  • Added ability to adjust intensity of LED Numeric Scoreboards (requires scoreboard firmware version 1.3 and System 6 Firmware 1.30)
  • Addresses issue when communicating with Meet Management that resulted in a "Division by Zero" message.


  • System 6 - Diving
    Version 1.200 - 6 June 2008
  • Major update to user interface
  • choose meet and choose event screen now support more entries
  • main judging screen now features on-screen leaderboard
  • Improved interface with meet management software
  • newer protocol
  • easier to import data
  • Processing time for printouts greatly reduced
  • Added support for synchronized diving without different dives
  • Numeric characters can be used in meet titles
  • Diver's team names can now be entered
  • Added scoreboard module 1A to show platform level on first two digits
  • Added ability to blank and unblank scoreboard
  • Fixed minor issues with scoreboard data display

  • Version 1.136 - 22 February 2007
  • Instead of a pre-defined table, Degree of Difficulty (DD) lookup has been implemented using the FINA formula. This allows for new dives to be competed without editing the DD table. Any dive that is entered for a diver that does not have a FINA DD (as defined by the formula) is given a DD of 1.0.
  • The "Change Dive" and "Change DD" buttons can now be used after judges awards have come in. This allows incorrect dive and DD entries to be corrected without having to re-enter the judges' awards.
  • "Hold Mode" functionality has been improved to allow scores to be corrected before sending the data to the scoreboard. Data will always be sent to the printer, regardless of whether "Hold Mode" is enabled.
  • Many improvements to printouts.
  • Instead of allowing arbitrary (and potentially incorrect) arrangements of synchro judges, two options have been added:
  • 4 Exec Judges in a row (Ex Ex Ex Ex Sy Sy Sy Sy Sy)
  • 2 Exec Judges at each end (Ex Ex Sy Sy Sy Sy Sy Ex Ex)
  • Enhancements to data entry for Synchro diving.
  • Date and Time are now always shown on the screen.
  • Software and Firmware version are now always shown on the screen.
  • Meet and Event name are now always shown on the screen.
  • Improved keypad entry throughout the program
  • 0F module has been updated to show proper DD.
  • Scoreboard output has been cleaned up.
  • Improvements to Judging screen.
  • Added option to enable continuous printout of data during the event (paper backup)

  • Version 1.134 - 12 September 2006
  • Resolved intermittent Meet Management communications issue

  • Version 1.132 - 28 August 2006
  • Fixed Judges Interface

  • Version 1.130 - 22 August 2006
  • Improved menu structure for easier navigation
  • Added support for manual entry of starting scores
  • Added ability to enable/disable external judges interface. (This is a new setup option under "Hardware")
  • Improvements to Event Session functionality


  • System 6 - Water Polo
    Version 1.112 - 10 October 2008
  • Minor issues with shot clock shifting (flickering) have been corrected.
  • A bug in the previous release prevented the "Shot Clock Off" button from functioning properly. This has been corrected.

  • Version 1.110 - 18 August 2008
  • Improved game clock and shot clock coordination
  • (in some cases, the game clock and shot clock could be come unsynchronized. This has been corrected.
  • Game Setups menu hierarchy has been redone to make settings easier to find and change
  • Overhauled display options for time and stats
  • rounding and shifting options have been replaced by LED vs. light reflective optiosn
  • when set to LED, times will display running 1/10s on main game and shot clock
  • stopped times will always display with 1/100s
  • Maximum number of timeouts can now be set
  • Timeouts can either be displayed as number used or number remaining

  • Version 1.108 - 4 April 2007
  • Player cap numbers are now editable
  • Improvements to scoreboard data display
  • The positions of blue and white teams can now be swapped
  • Game log files are now kept. These can be viewed, printed or saved to a floppy disk
  • External Shot Clock Reset button now triggers reset when the button is depressed and starts counting when the button is released
  • Fixed issue with Time of Day
  • Shot Clock time is now limited to 59 seconds
  • Game horn and shot horn times can now be set independently
  • Improvements to accessing the floppy disk drive
  • Shot Clock time can now be edited with 1/100 second precision
  • Scoreboard intensity for LED Numeric scoreboards can now be adjusted
  • Improvements to scoreboard module redefinition screen.
  • 0F module shows properly rounded game time
  • Improvements to top scorer and top foul cycling
  • Added modules to show goals and fouls for players 14-22
  • The key on the lower keyboard immediately to the right of the "Edit Shot Clock" key will now undo the last shotclock reset. This can be used in the case of the operator accidentally resetting the shotclock.


  • System 6 - PaceClock
    Version 1.202 - 21 Sept 2007
  • v1.202 - Minor fix that prevented PaceClock from loading under certain circumstances

  • Version 1.200 - 20 Sept 2007
  • Numerous enhancements to improve usability
  • Numerous enhancements to improve stability
  • Numerous enhancements to improve performance of scoreboard display
  • If a lane is restarted after stopping, the running time for that lane is reset to 0. This allows coaches to stop the clock, correct a swimmer and restart that interval
  • Setup screen has been made to look and operate like other sports
  • Scoreboard can now be blanked (still showing time of day) and totally blanked
  • Scoreboard redefinition window has been simplified
  • Workouts can now be modified while the workout is running. This allows sets to be added or changed after practice has begun
  • Lane boxes at the bottom of the main screen now indicate the running status of the lane (green = running, red = stopped)
  • Lane boxes at the bottom of the main screen now indicate the scoreboard status of the lane (whether or not the line is blanked)
  • A column indicating the time remaining in each lane's workout has been added to the main screen
  • Upload/Download interface fully functional (for use with HyTek Workout Manager and other similar products)
  • Current workout is saved when exiting, and automatically reloaded.
  • Current workout can be cleared with a softkey press
  • Time of Day on scoreboard can now optionally show running seconds
  • Time of Day on scoreboard can now be shifted to the left by two digits. This allows the minutes and seconds to be shown on LED Pace Clocks (PC-Standard, PC-Portable and PC-Pro)
  • Time of Day on scoreboard can now be toggled between 12hr and 24hr format
  • Lanes do not automatically reset to set #1 when the workout is concluded. This allows an additional set to be entered at the end and immediately started.
  • Gaps in the workout (sets with repeat counts of zero) now indicate a pause in the workout. The clock will stop and advance to the next set in the workout. This allows indefinite periods of rest to be programmed.


  • System 6 - Sport Loader
    Version 1.114 - 17 Jan 2008
  • Disk Management screen now allows for setup files and sport programs to be deleted
  • Diagnostic temperatures are now displayed in Fahrenheit and Celsius
  • Improvements to performance for loading sports
  • A warning message is now displayed if the System6 is running on Battery power
  • The MAC address of the network card is now displayed on the Network Information screen. This can be used for networks that have MAC address restrictions.
  • Changes are made to the Operating System setup files to allow USB keyboard and mouse support

  • Version 1.110 - 26 September 2006
  • Minor performance improvements

  • Version 1.108 - 22 August 2006
  • Added scoreboard test to diagnostics menu
  • Improved reliability of loading updates from floppy disks

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