Electro-Mech CX-Series MP Control Console for Hockey

This page is about how to operate the Electro-Mech CX-Series MP Control Console for Hockey made by Electro-Mech.

This controller has an LCD screen for showing game information and input information.

On this controller, many YES/NO prompts are answered by pressing [1] for yes, or [0] for no, then [ENTER].

Power Up
Plug in the controller.

A screen should pop up prompting:

At this point, press the number you want, [1] to restore the previously played game, or [2] to start a new game, on the numeric keypad and press [ENTER]

Setting Time
To set the time, press [SET CLOCK]. The prompt should come up

Enter the correct time using the numeric keypad and press [ENTER]

1/10 of a Second
This clock is equipped to automatically be in 1/10 of a second mode.

To toggle 1/10 of a second mode, press the [.1 SEC ON/OFF] Button, then press [0] or [1] and press [ENTER].

To set the time to 1/10 of a second accuracy during the last minutes of a game, press the [SET CLOCK .1 SEC] Button. Enter the correct time using the numeric keypad and press [ENTER]

Setting Period
Use the [QTR./PERIOD +1] button to cycle through the available period numbers.

Running Clock
Press the [CLOCK ON/OFF] Button once to start the clock. Press it again to stop the clock.

Adding Goals
Press the [HOME SCORE +1] or the [GUEST SCORE +1] depending on who scored.

Removing Goals
Press the [SET HOME FUNCTIONS] or [SET GUEST FUNCTIONS] key.

The first prompt will ask you to set the score  Press the correct score on the numeric keypad and press [ENTER]

The second prompt will ask you to set the shots. If you're not using shots on goal, just press [ENTER] to skip the prompt. For shots on goal information, see the shots on goal section.

Adding a Penalty
Press [HOME PENALTY] or [GUEST PENALTY], depending on who got a penalty.

The prompt will show   You MUST enter a player number here using the numeric keypad, then press [ENTER]. The  indicates the penalty will be assigned to line 1.

The screen will show   Set the correct penalty time using the numeric keypad, and press [ENTER].

To enter a second (or third/fourth etc) you must press the [HOME PENALTY] or [GUEST PENALTY] two (or three/four etc) times. Pressing the button multiple times scrolls through the penalty lines. When you enter a second penalty you MUST scroll down to the 2nd line, the controller will not do this for you.

Editing a Penalty
Press the [HOME PENALTY] or [GUEST PENALTY] button however many times you need to to get to the penalty you need to edit. Then, enter the player number and time in exactly the same way as described above, overwriting the previous info.

Removing a Penalty
Press the [HOME PENALTY] or [GUEST PENALTY] button however many times you need to to get to the penalty you need to clear. Enter the player number, press [ENTER]. When prompted for the time, enter all zeros, then press [ENTER].

Additional Penalty Information
There are four memory slots for penalties per team on this controller. Pressing the penalty button a 5th time will exit the penalty function. Only the first two penalties will count down.

Shots on Goal
This console can keep track of shots on goal. If the scoreboard is so equipped, these will also be displayed on the scoreboard.

To add a SOG, press the [HOME SHOTS +1] or the [GUEST SHOTS +1]

To remove SOG, use the [SET HOME/GUEST FUNCTIONS] keys described up in the goals section. If you're just adjusting the SOG, press [ENTER] an extra time to skip over editing the score.

Manually Sounding Horn
To manually sound the horn, press the [HORN] button. This will sound the horn for a two second burst.

Auto Horn
The auto horn sounds the horn automatically at the end of a period. To toggle, press the [AUTO HORN] button. The controller will prompt   Press [1] to turn the auto horn on, press [0] to turn it off. Press [ENTER] after making your choice.

The controller will then ask the same question for  and. Press [ENTER] to skip over  and press [ENTER] if you want to skip. Adjust the time out option if needed.

Interval Horn
Not available.

Time of Day Mode
The time of day mode on this controller can be accessed by pressing the [TIME OF DAY] button. The following prompt will appear:   Press [1] for TOD then [ENTER]

The following prompt will appear:   This is asking if you want the other game data (scores, period, penalties) to be blank when TOD is activated.

You will then be asked to set the clock. Enter the current time of day using the numeric keypad and press [ENTER]. Time of day is displayed in 12 hr format.

To exit time of day, press [TIME OF DAY] [0] [ENTER]

Count Up/Down
This clock has the ability to also count up. It should be set in DOWN mode however. To modify, press [CLOCK UP/DOWN] and press [0] for down, then [ENTER].

Quick Reset
Press [NEW GAME], then press [1] for yes, then [ENTER]

Power Down
Unplug the controller.

Misc.
This controller includes other buttons, since it's equipped for soccer and lacrosse as well. Feel free to ignore any buttons not covered on this page.

Other Resources
Full Manual for this controller: http://www.electro-mech.com/Manuals/console/CXConsoleMPHockeyLacrosse401A.pdf