Hall Screens

A hall screen is a full-screen page for a projector or TV in one of your venues. Open it once on the computer connected to the screen and leave it running: it updates itself, so nobody has to stand by the laptop pressing reload.

Each venue gets its own screen, and each screen shows only what happens in that venue.

Plan requirement. Hall screens are part of the Premium plan. On other plans, the Screen button in the dashboard explains the feature and links to the plans page.

What the screen shows#

The screen is laid out for a room: big type, high contrast, readable from the back of a sports hall. It follows the day in that venue on its own:

• The headline. While a match is being played there, the headline is that match, with the live score, the period and the minute. When the match clock is running in Live mode, the minute counts up on the screen by itself between score updates. Between matches it switches to the next kick-off, with a countdown in the last hour and the kick-off time before that. Once the day's last match is over, it keeps the final result up.
• Next matches in this venue. The upcoming kick-offs after the headline, with the teams and their group.
• The tables of the groups playing here. Only the groups that play in this venue that day, the headline match's group first. Teams on the court right now are marked with their live score. When the headline is a knockout match (a semi-final or a final, say), this column shows the path into it instead: the two ties that fed it and, if you have one, the placement match their losers play. A tie played over two legs shows each leg's score and the aggregate, with the team that went through marked.
• Today's results. The matches already finished in this venue today.
• Your sponsors. Their logos take turns in the bottom corner (sponsors are a Premium feature too).
• A QR code. Anyone in the hall can scan it to follow the results on their phone.

The clock, the date and the "updated … seconds ago" indicator in the top corner show that the screen is live. The clock, the countdown and the live minute follow MyCup's time, not the device's, so a TV whose own clock is a few minutes out still shows the right time.

Which day? The screen always shows today in your tournament's time zone. If a venue has no matches today, it shows its next match day; after the tournament, its last one. The screen then names the date it is showing instead of saying "today". So you can set the screens up the evening before.

How fast results appear#

The screen checks for changes every 15 seconds. A score entered in the match editor or in Live mode reaches every screen showing that venue within those 15 seconds. The screen itself never reloads visibly: only the parts that changed are replaced.

If the connection drops, the screen keeps showing the last results it had, and the indicator in the corner turns amber and says when it last updated. It carries on as soon as the connection is back.

Turning hall screens on#

Hall screens are off until you switch them on, because each screen is a public link.

You can switch them on in either of two places:

• Tournament Management > Venues. Press Screen next to any venue, then Turn on hall screens. This needs permission to manage the website settings, because it publishes a public page. Anyone without it sees "Ask a tournament admin to turn on hall screens" instead.
• Website > Website Editor, on the Venues tab: switch Hall screens on and Publish.

To switch them off again, use the same switch in the Website Editor. The screen links stop working as soon as you publish, and any screen still running stops receiving new results.

Hall screens don't depend on the Venues page being published: you can run screens in the halls without a public venues page.

Getting a screen's link#

• From the dashboard: go to Tournament Management > Venues and press Screen next to the venue. The dialog shows the screen link, a Copy button, a QR code you can scan with the device driving the screen, and Open the screen.
• From the public website: when the Venues page is published, each venue page has a Hall screen button with the same link and QR code.

Each venue's screen lives at /venues/{venue-id}/screen on your tournament website.

Setting up a screen in a hall#

1. Connect a laptop, mini PC or smart TV with a browser to the projector or screen.
2. Open the venue's screen link (type it in, or scan the QR code from the dashboard dialog).
3. Click once anywhere on the page to go full screen.
4. Leave it running. The screen keeps the display awake where the browser allows it, hides the mouse pointer after a few seconds, and reloads itself at midnight so the new day starts cleanly.

The layout is designed for a standard 16:9 screen (1080p or 4K) and scales to fit whatever it's shown on.

Tip: do a test run the day before, with the venue's real screen and connection. Enter a test score and watch it appear.

Good to know#

• Colours. The screen uses your website theme's colours, always on a dark background so it stays readable on a projector.
• Standings during a match. If your standings don't count matches in progress, the tables show the standings before the live match, and a note under them says so. They update at the final whistle.
• Many groups in one venue. The column shows as many group tables as fit on the screen, starting with the group that is playing now. A league of twenty shows its top of the table plus every team on the court, with a "+ more teams" line.
• Language. The screen uses your website language.

Related#

• Public Website — the Venues page and each venue's schedule
• Venue Time Slots — when and where each venue plays
• Live Scoring — entering scores during the match