Operating the scoreboard

This is info about how to operate the scoreboard in each rink.

Each scoreboard controller has an LCD Screen that shows what your doing during various actions.

Each controller has a HOME area and a GUEST area for different functions relating to each team.

Text in [ ] brackets represent buttons on the controller

Text in the  tag represent text on the controller's LCD screen.

NOTE: Controller button layouts vary from rink to rink. Check at the bottom of the page for pictures of the controllers.

Scoreboard Simulator
Before starting the article, I'd like to point out that there is a very good online scoreboard simulator for the Daktronics 4000 series. This controller is quite similar to the controllers as NESC (although not identical). If you'd like, open the simulator in a new tab and use it to follow along with the article.

Scoreboard info and controller assignments
All 9 of the scoreboards are Daktronics brand scoreboards, controlled by an AllSport series controller. Here are the controllers that are currently in each rink


 * Rink 1: Daktronics AllSport 2000 series - code 63
 * Rink 2: Daktronics AllSport 2000 series - code 62
 * Rink 3: Daktronics AllSport 2000 series - code 62
 * Rink 4: Daktronics AllSport 2000 series - code 62
 * Rink 5: Daktronics AllSport 3000 series - code 004
 * Rink 6: Daktronics AllSport 3000 series - code 004
 * Rink 7: Daktronics AllSport 5000 series - code 4401
 * Rink 8: Daktronics AllSport 5000 series - code 4401
 * Rink 10: Daktronics AllSport 5000 series - code 4401 (mini rink, no penalty clocks on scoreboard)

Controller layouts
Daktronics AllSport 2000 series



Daktronics AllSport 4000 series



Daktronics AllSport 3000 series



Daktronics AllSport 5000 series



Starting the Scoreboard

 * 1) In rinks 1-4, plug in the scoreboard controller. In rinks 5-10, plug in the scoreboard controller and flip the power switch on the back of the controller, if necessary. The controller will start up.
 * 2) If the controller asks you if you want to resume the previous game, press the [CLEAR] button to say no
 * 3) The controller will prompt

Once all the setup is out of the way, the scoreboard should light up and you should be all set to go.
 * 1) *In Rinks 1-4: Enter the code from the table above (63 in rink 1, 62 in rinks 2-4)
 * 2) *In Rinks 5-10: Check to be sure the code displayed matches the code in the table above.
 * 3) In rinks 1-4: The controller will prompt  You may either press [CLEAR] or [ENTER], depending on if you want to enter the main time in tenths of a second or not.
 * NOTE  If the scoreboard is already powered on, then 1/10 of a second may already be on or off.
 * NOTE In rinks 5-10, 1/10 of a second will be on by default.

Setting the time

 * 1) To set the time, press the [SET TIME •] or [SET MAIN CLOCK •] button.
 * 2) Enter the correct time using the number pad, followed by [ENTER]:
 * 3) If 1/10 of a second is on: Enter the time using three zeroes. For 3:00 press  [SET TIME •] or [SET MAIN CLOCK •], [3], [0], [0], [0], [ENTER]. For 12:00 press  [SET TIME •] or [SET MAIN CLOCK •], [1] , [2], [0], [0], [0], [ENTER].
 * 4) If 1/10 of a second is off:  Enter the time using two zeroes. For 3:00 press  [SET TIME •] or [SET MAIN CLOCK •], [3], [0], [0], [ENTER]. For 12:00 press  [SET TIME •] or [SET MAIN CLOCK •], [1] , [2], [0], [0], [ENTER].
 * 5) Consult the Game Rules page for warmup and period times.

Running the clock

 * In order to run the clock, press the [START] button to start the downward countdown, and press the [STOP] button to stop the countdown.

Setting the period
Rinks 1-4 Rinks 5-10
 * Press the [PERIOD •] button. Then, press [0], [1], [2], [3], or [4] on the number pad. Finalize by pressing [ENTER]. Use [0] for a blank period indicator, use [4] for overtime.
 * Press the [PERIOD +1] Key. This button will cycle the period indicator in increasing order from 0 to 9.
 * You may also press the [EDIT] key, press the [PERIOD +1] button, enter a numeric value using the number pad, and press [ENTER] to change the indicator to a specific value.

Goals
Adding a Goal Removing a Goal
 * 1) To add a goal, Press the [SCORE +1] button on the HOME or GUEST side of the controller; depending on who scored.
 * RINKS 1-4: To remove a goal, press the [SCORE •] button on the HOME or GUEST side. Then, on the number pad, press the number of goals the scoreboard should be displaying. Press [ENTER] to finalize your number pad entry.
 * RINKS 5-10: To remove a goal, press the [SCORE -1] button on the HOME or GUEST side. You do not need to press enter. (You may also use the [EDIT] key, then press a [SCORE] button, then enter a specific value).

Adding a Penalty
To add a 1:30 penalty quickly, press: To add a 2:00 penalty quickly, press: See the full detailed instructions below: Info about more than one penalty If two penalties are happening at the same time for the same team, the scoreboard will display and run both penalties. When you go to enter this penalty, the scoreboard will default to line two, and you use the same procedure to enter the penalty as the first player. If more than two penalties happen on the same team, you may enter the penalty. However, as per hockey rules, the third penalty won't start until the first penalty is completed. At that point the new third penalty will show on the scoreboard along with the second penalty. Technically, the scoreboard controller can keep track of up to 6 penalties per team, however this most likely will never occur.
 * [PLAYER • PENALTY •], [ENTER], [ENTER], [1], [3], [0], [ENTER]
 * [PLAYER • PENALTY •], [ENTER], [ENTER], [ENTER]
 * 1) Press the [PLAYER • PENALTY •] Button on the HOME or GUEST side of the controller. In rinks 7 and 8 this button is labeled [PLAYER PENALTY •]
 * 2) Press [ENTER] after pressing [PLAYER • PENALTY •]
 * 3) Enter the player jersey number then press [ENTER], or simply press [ENTER] to skip entering the player number. You are not required to enter the player number. NOTE Only the rink 1 scoreboard will display the player number. All the other scoreboards don't have a display for this, and won't display it if you enter it.
 * 4) Enter the penalty time using the number pad, then press [ENTER]. Consult League Rules for info about how long penalties are.

Please note that matching minor penalties and misconduct penalties DO NOT get entered into the scoreboard. For more info please see Game Rules.

Removing a Penalty
When the team on a power play scores a goal against the team with a penalty, that penalty is canceled, and 5 vs 5 play resumes.

Steps for rinks 1-4: Steps for rinks 5-8:
 * 1) Press the [PLAYER • PENALTY •] button for the HOME or GUEST team. When you press this, the controller will default to line 2 (or 3), as if you wanted to enter a new penalty. However, you DON'T want to enter a new penalty.
 * 2) You must use the up arrow [↑] to scroll up to the penalty you want to clear.
 * 3) When you reach the correct penalty, press the [CLEAR] button to clear the penalty, then press the [ENTER] Button
 * 1) Press the [DELETE PENALTY •] button for the HOME or GUEST team. This will bring you by default to the penalty on line 1.
 * 2) If the penalty you want to clear is on line 1, press [ENTER]. If not, proceed to step 3
 * 3) If the penalty you want to clear is on line 2, use the down arrow button [↓] to get to the correct penalty, then press [ENTER].

Penalty Timer Control
If you are timekeeping for a run time game (game clock does not stop when play stops), and there is a penalty in progress; the penalty still stops when play stops. In order to do this use the [DISABLE PENALTY TIMERS] Button to stop the penalty, and the [ENABLE PENALTY TIMERS] button to run the penalty. In rinks 7 and 8, these buttons are labeled as [ENABLE PENALTY CLOCKS] and [DISABLE PENALTY CLOCKS]

Sounding the Horn
This will often occur when referees ask you to sound the horn before the warm-up to call the teams out of the locker rooms. In all cases, the horn will sound for as long as you have the button pressed.
 * Daktronics 2000 series: press the [MAN HORN] button
 * Daktronics 3000 series: press the [MANUAL HORN] button
 * Daktronics 4000 & 5000 series: press the [HORN] button

Interval Horn
For mite cross-ice games, you might find it helpful to use the interval horn. This feature regularly sounds the horn automatically at a pre-set time interval. Please note this feature is only on the Daktronics 5000 series controller. Please use the following instructions to operate the interval horn:

Set the period time to memory by pressing [SET MAIN CLOCK •] twice, then entering the period time, followed by [ENTER].

Then, to set the interval timer, press [AUTO HORN •], then [1] to keep the regular auto horn on, then [1] again to turn on the interval horn. At the following screen, enter the desired interval time in minutes on the numeric keypad, and press [ENTER] to confirm.

To turn off the interval horn, press [AUTO HORN •], then [1] to keep the regular auto horn on, then [2] to turn the interval horn off.

While the interval horn is on, an   will be displayed on the right side of the LCD screen.

Possible problems
Time of day mode

The scoreboards have a time of day function, that could possibly be on when you arrive. To get out of time of day mode, follow these instructions:

NOTE: If you don't feel like following these instructions, restarting the controller and starting a new game always works =) Clock is counting up instead of down
 * Daktronics 2000 series: unplug the controller and follow the scoreboard startup instructions at the top of the page
 * Daktronics 4000 series:
 * press [MENU] (located in between the arrow keys)
 * press down [↓] until the screen says, then press [ENTER].
 * at the prompt  press [CLEAR]
 * enter code 062 and start the controller as normal.
 * Daktronics 3000 series: press the [CLEAR] key and then press [9].
 * Daktronics 5000 series:
 * press [MENU] (located in between the arrow keys)
 * press up [↑] until the screen says
 * press right [→] until the screen shows
 * press [1] to select GAME
 * when the screen says  press [ENTER] for yes or [CLEAR] for no

Press the [COUNT UP/DOWN •] to change that.

The penalty timers are not running

Press [ENABLE PENALTY TIMERS] or [ENABLE PENALTY CLOCKS]

Horn doesn't sound automatically at the end of a period

Press the [AUTO HORN •] button, then press enter.

Here's how to tell if the auto horn is on: Turning the scoreboard off
 * Rinks 1-4: There is a ' ' on the right of the display
 * Rinks 5 and 6: There is a ' ' on the right of the display, under the down arrow.
 * Rinks 7, 8 and 10: The yellow light on the horn button is on.

Penalties are not showing up on scoreboard
 * Rinks 1-4: unplug the controller
 * Rinks 5-10: flip the power switch on the back of the controller. (If you're the last game of the day, it's a good idea to unplug these controllers as well.)


 * Try restarting the scoreboard if you get a chance (like in between periods)
 * If problem persists, tell the main office (the scoreboard needs to be repaired)

Additional Buttons
This section is a description of other buttons on the controller and what they do. You will generally not need to use these buttons, however, you may have to.

Daktronics 2000 Series (rinks 1, 2, 3 and 4):

 * [COUNT UP/DN •] Pressing this key brings you to a menu where you can choose if the clock counts up or down. In hockey, this should ALWAYS be set to DOWN.
 * [AUTO HORN •] Pressing this key brings you to a menu where you can choose if the Auto Horn is on. This automaticlly sounds the horn at the end of a period. This should generally be on. If it is, an 'h' will be displayed on the right side of the LCD screen.
 * [PENALTY ◄] and [PENALTY ►] These illuminate the red Penalty arrows on the scoreboard. You don't need to use these.
 * [SHOTS ON GOAL +1] and [SHOTS ON GOAL •] These buttons control the shots on goal counters. These values will NOT display on the scoreboard, with the exception of rink 1 (that scoreboard has shots on goal). Even though they're not shown, this is still a good tool to use if you have to keep track of SOG for a scoresheet.

​Daktronics 3000 Series (rinks 5 and 6):

 * [ALT] This is built in to the [CLEAR] key. Pressing [ALT] Then one of the light green options on the number pad changes some controller settings.
 * [EDIT] On the 3000 Series, this is built in to the [ENTER] Key. Pressing this, then an option (score/penalty/period etc...) allows you to enter a specific numerical value for that option. This is simlar to the buttons with a [•] on them on the 2000 and 4000 series.
 * [COUNT UP/DN •] See description for 2000 Series
 * [AUTO HORN •] See description for 2000 series.
 * [PENALTY ◄] and [PENALTY ►] These buttons will do nothing.
 * [TIME OUT ON/OFF] This button activates the time out function, however our rink does not use this function. If there is a time out, the referees keep track of how long it is. You don't have to worry about this button.
 * [MAJOR PENALTY] and [MINOR PENALTY] These buttons allow for entering of preset penalty times, however I don't know what these are set to. Don't worry about these buttons.

Daktronics 5000 Series (rinks 7, 8, and 10):

 * [COUNT UP/DN •] See description for 2000 Series
 * [AUTO HORN •] See description for 2000 series.
 * [EDIT] See description for 3000 Series. On the 5000 Series, this is a seperate button.
 * [MENU] This button is located in between the arrow keys. This brings up a system menu that can be scrolled through using the up and down arrows. It may contain some useful options, however I wouldn't recommend poking around in here too much.
 * [PENALTY ◄] and [PENALTY ►] See description for 3000 Series.
 * [TIME OUT ◄] and [TIME OUT ►] These are useless buttons, as there are no time out arrows on the scoreboard.
 * [SHOTS ON GOAL +1] and [SHOTS ON GOAL -1] See SOG description for 2000 series.
 * [SAVES +1] and [SAVES -1], work in the same way as the SHOTS ON GOAL buttons.
 * [CLEAR ALL PENALTIES •] This button clears all the penalties for that particular team.
 * [TIME OUT ON/OFF] See description for 3000 Series.
 * [MAJOR PENALTY] and [MINOR PENALTY] See description for 3000 Series.
 * [SET SHOT TIME] and [RECALL SHOT TIME] These buttons are NOT used for Hockey.