Showdown Referee User Manual

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Amendment

In the iOS version of June 12th, 2019 there is a new button at the lower right corner which opens the user manual (this page) in Safari. This button is not yet shown in the screenshots of this page.

In the Android version there are graphical indicators below the player's names which reflect who is serving and the number of the service.

All the screenshots are taken from the iOS version of the app. However, they look more or less the same on Android.

Modes of Operation

There are two modes of operation for registering scores:

Event Based Mode

In event based mode the referee clicks the fault or goal button on the side where the event happened:

• The goal button is clicked on the side of the player who received a goal
• The fault button is clicked on the side of the player who made a mistake, e.g an illegal defense

If a button is in event based mode, its background color is green.

Score Based Mode

Both the goal and the fault button are clicked on the side of the player whose score is increased.

If a button is in score based mode, its color is yellow.

Recommendation

• For referees who are new to Showdown we recommend the event based mode
• For referees who are used to work with match sheets on paper the score based mode might be more inituitive

Switching modes

iOS: In order to switch the mode of either the goal or the fault buttons, touch one of the buttons, wipe to the other side of the screen and release your finger.

Android: In order to switch the mode of either the goal or the fault buttons, press one of the buttons until its color changes.

Switching the mode is only possible if a match is active.

Starting a match

A match can be defined and started by clicking the button "New Match". this button is active when

• there was a cold start of the app, or
• the previous match was finished by clicking the button "End of Set" after the final set, or
• the previous match was canceled by clickig the button "Stop Match"

The following screen will appear (with no entries filled in):

On this screen you can either fill in and/or select all fields (the coach is optional) or, in a tournament, you can load a match from the tournament server. In the latter case you can still add coaches and you have to assign the right of the first service

Filling in a coach name has no consequence for training matches. For tournament matches loaded from the server, however, the coach name will be stored on the server by the end of the match.

The "Start Game" button is active only when

• both players' names are entered, and
• The right of the first service is assigned (green), and
• One of the "Best of" options is selected

The option "T" for the "Best of" entry defines a team match

Registering Scores and Events

When a match is active you work on the following screen:

Event Mode	Score Mode

• The "Goal" buttons are used to register goals according to the selected mode of operation
• The "Fault" buttons are used to register faults according to the selected mode of operation
• The "P/W" buttons are used to register warnings or to assign penalties
• The "TO" buttons are used to register timeouts
• The "Back" button can be used to cancel the last action
• The "Switch sides" button can be used to flip the arrangement of the players if they decide to be not on the side where they are registered. This is usually only necessary in a match which was loaded from the server.
• The "End of set" button is used to confirm the end of a set. A new set will be started or the match is finished depending on the setting of the "Best of" option. If the match was loaded from the server and the match is over, the result is transferred to the server immediately or stored for later if there is no internet connection.
• The "Stop match" button can be used to cancel the match in progress.
• The "Match History" button can be used to display the history of the running match.
• The text just above the middle of the screen tells you what should have been your last announcement. If this is not correct, you probably clicked the wrong button and you can use the "Back" button to correct this mistake.
• The text at the bottom of the screen tells you what to announce before the next serve

Registering Warnings and Penalties

If you click the "P/W" button on the main screen, the following window appears:

As long as you select either "Warning" or "2 Points" you can select the reason by the picker in the middle of the screen. If you select "1 Point (Glasses)" the picker disappears because there is no need to pick a reason. If you click the "OK" button the penalty/warning is registered for the player indicated in the top line and the "P/W" button of this player will turn yellow. This indicates that there will be no further warning.

The Match History

The "Match History" button can be pressed any time on the main screen. It will open a new scrollable window which shows all the events which have been registered for the current match. You can go back to the main screen by clicking "Back".

Scores are always given in the same order, first player on the list against second player on the list.

Integration with a Server

In a tournmament for which there is a server complying to the rules of the app, matches can be loaded from this server. In this case the results and the history of the match will be stored automatically on the server, or, if there is no internet connection, they are stored locally for later transmission

If you click "Load from Server" in the "New Match" window, the following window will appear:

Loading a Match from a Server

Explanation of the input fields:

The first three values will be communicated to referees by the tournament administrator.

The match identifier is taken from the match list which should be placed in the playing room.

• Server Address: The complete URL for the server application
• Tournament: The unique identifier of the tournament
• Password: The password which is required to access data of the tournament
• Match Identifier: The unique identifier of the match to play

The entries for the first three fields are maintained in the app as long as it is running. For each consecutive match only its identifier has to be entered

Match Overview

If you click the ":" (colon) in the score indicator (sorry for this not very intuitive solution), the following window appears

As you can see there have been three matches played since the start of the app

1. The first match was not loaded from a server. Therefore there is no further action possible. The result field of this match is empty because it was not finished.
2. The second match with the id a1 was loaded from a server and its result and match history could already be stored on the server
3. The third match with the id a2 was loaded from a server, but its result could not yet be stored. Clicking on the red button will try again to store it and if the attempt is successful it will turn green, too.