Electronic Scoreboard: Main Features
Four separate displays for Home and Away team scores (0-199), current game period (1-2-3-4-E) and the period countdown timer.
Display digits are all 130mm high and are formed using high-brightness 10mm LEDs (four per digit segment). The team score displays are in green, the current period in orange and the timer displays in red for easy reading.
The period countdown timer display shows minutes and seconds during most of each game period but automatically changes over to seconds and 1/10 seconds during the last minute of play. The end of each game period is also signalled by a brief burst of sound from a piezo siren.
All scoreboard functions are controlled by a small wireless console which can be located at almost any convenient location inside the court.
Console buttons allow easy addition of 3, 2 or 1 points to the score of either team, along with the ability to subtract 1 from either team's score in the event of penalties and scoring disputes.
Console features extra buttons to start the next game period, stop the countdown timer (Time Out) or restart it again (Time In) - plus a pair of buttons which must be pressed together to reset the scoreboard for a new game. This last pair of buttons must be pressed together twice, to confirm that you really do want to reset the board (which should prevent you accidentally wiping the scores and timers clean.
Unit can be set up to play according to either NBA, FIBA (International) or NCAA basketball rules. This is done by setting DIP switches inside the console.
Both the scoreboard and the control console operate from 12V DC - eg, from either 12V plug pack supplies or 12V batteries. There are no dangerous voltages anywhere inside. This also means they can be used in areas where there is no mains power.