ScoreBox Consoles

Python interface for scoreboard consoles manufactured by Daktronics and Colorado Time Systems

Supported Consoles

• Daktronics All Sport 5000
  • 🏀 Basketball
  • 🏈 Football
  • 🏐 Volleyball
  • 🤽 Water Polo
  • 🤼 Wrestling
• Colorado Time Systems System 6
  • 🤽 Water Polo

Installation

pip install scorebox-consoles

Usage

from consoles.sports import Basketball

if __name__ == '__main__':
    basketball = Basketball('COM1')
    game_state = basketball.export()

Calls to sport classes must be protected by an if __name__ == '__main__' because the serial connection is read in a seperate process

Connecting a Console

Consoles are connected with a Serial to USB cable.

Daktronics All Sport 5000 - Connect to the port labeled I/O Port (J6) with a DB25 to DB9 Serial connector

Colorado Time Systems System 6 - Tap into the 1/4" Scoreboard Out plug and connect the tip to pin 2 of a Serial DB9 connector and the shoe to pin 5.

API

Sport classes take a serial port string as an argument and expose an export method that returns the current game state. All sport classes also feature an on_update method that is designed to be reimplemented. It is called everytime the state of the game changes, depending on the settings of the console, this can work out to be 10 times per second or faster. on_update must take a single variable, a Python dictionary that corresponds to the game state values described below for each sport.

from consoles.sports import Football

def do_something(game_state):
    # Do something useful with the parse score console information
    # For example:
    home = game_state['home_score']
    visitor = game_state['visitor_score']
    if home > visitor:
        print(f'The Home Team leads {home} to {visitor}.')
    elif visitor > home:
        print(f'The Visiting Team leads {visitor} to {home}.')
    else:
        print(f'The teams are tied at {home}')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    football = Football('COM1')
    football.on_update = do_something

🏀 Basketball

Key	Type	Description
{home/visitor}_score	int	Team Score
{home/visitor}_timeouts	int	Team Timeouts Remaining
{home/visitor}_fouls	int	Team Fouls
{home/visitor}_possesion	bool	Team Possesion Status
{home/visitor}_bonus	bool	Team Bonus (1-on-1) Status
{home/visitor}_double_bonus	bool	Team Double Bonus (2 shots) Status
clock	str	Main Clock Time (excludes timeout time), Tenths shown under 1 minute if configured in console settings
shot	str	Shot Clock Time, Tenths shown under 5 seconds if configured in console settings
period	str	Game Period

🏈 Football

Key	Type	Description
{home/visitor}_score	int	Team Score
{home/visitor}_timeouts	int	Team Timeouts Remaining
{home/visitor}_possesion	bool	Team Possesion Status
clock	str	Main Clock Time
play	str	Play Clock Time
quarter	str	Game Quarter
down	str	Down Number (includes ordination [ex. 1ST])
to_go	int	Yards For First Down
ball_on	int	Ball Location on the Field (does not include side of field)
flag	bool	Flag Status (only updated on console button push)

🏐 Volleyball

Key	Type	Description
{home/visitor}_score	int	Team Score in Current Game
{home/visitor}_sets	int	Team Sets Won
current_set	int	Game Set

🤽 Water Polo

Key	Type	Description
{home/visitor}_score	int	Team Score
clock	str	Main Clock Time
shot	str	Shot Clock Time
period	str	Game Period

Water Polo is supported on both Daktronics and Colorado Time Systems consoles: for Daktronics call WaterPoloDaktronics, for Colorado Time Systems call WaterPolo

🤼 Wrestling

Key	Type	Description
{home/visitor}_team_score	int	Team Score
{home/visitor}_match_score	int	Match Score
clock	str	Main Clock Time
period	str	Match Period