What the software is for
A fan in the stands sees the score on the board in the arena. A viewer at home sees whatever the production sends out. Sports Scoreboard CA70 joins those two worlds: it takes the score, game clock, fouls, penalties and the 24 second clock straight from the arena and hands them to the software running the broadcast.
🔑 Nobody retypes anything. The data travels from the board to the broadcast on its own, so the picture never shows a score from two attacks ago, nor a misspelled name.
The software supports handball and basketball. The name CA70 comes from the referee console it connects to.
Two ways to get the score
Not every arena lets you plug a cable into the console. That is why the software can read the score in two ways - you pick whichever is possible in a given venue.
| # | Method | How it works | When to choose it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From the referee console | A cable from the console to the computer (RS232 serial port). The software finds the port and recognises the protocol by itself. | Whenever it is possible - this is the most accurate and most reliable way. |
| 2 | From a camera | An ordinary USB camera looks at the board in the arena and the software reads the digits from the picture. | When the console is out of reach - old wiring, someone else's arena, no access. |
What the production gets
The software writes what it reads into a TXT or CSV text file, and every serious broadcast package reads such a file. Tested with vMix and OBS.
- the home and away score,
- the game clock and the period,
- fouls, penalties and the numbers of penalised players,
- the 24 second clock,
- team names and shirt colours,
- team rosters loaded from a file.
The file can be overwritten or appended to - the second mode is handy when you want a record of the whole match.
Scoreboards on a monitor and on LED panels
The software can also display the score itself - on a monitor at the officials' table or on LED panels in the arena, connected over HDMI. Three windows are available:
| # | Window | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tablica mała | The basic scoreboard - score, clock, fouls |
| 2 | Tablica 24s | The 24 second clock together with the game clock |
| 3 | Tablica duża | The board with team rosters - numbers, names, points and fouls |
Each window can be stretched to full screen and moved to a second monitor.
Who it is for
- Sports clubs that stream their own matches online.
- Broadcast operators working in vMix or OBS - the score reaches the graphics without a second person.
- Arenas and sports venues that want the score on extra screens or LED panels.
- Local television covering lower league competitions.
Two licences - you pick what you need
| # | Licence | What it gives |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tablica Sportowa (TABW) | Reading from the referee console and from cameras, plus writing the score to a file for vMix and OBS. |
| 2 | Tablica Sportowa (OKNO) | Scoreboards shown on a screen: Tablica mała, Tablica 24s, Tablica duża and the scoreboard settings. |
⚠️ A licence is tied to one computer. If you change the production machine, activate the licence on the new one in advance - not on match day.
What you need
- a computer running Windows,
- a cable to the referee console (RS232 serial port) or an ordinary USB camera,
- broadcast software if you want the score on air - vMix, OBS or anything else that reads text files,
- an HDMI output if you want the scoreboards on an extra screen.
Try it before you buy
You can download and run the software without a licence - it then works for four minutes and closes itself. That is enough to connect the console, watch the reading and check that the data lands where it should.
Related pages
- Sports Scoreboard CA70 user guide - step by step, from installation to reading from a camera
- Downloads - the installer
- Contact (page in Polish) - questions about setting it up in your arena