Difference between revisions of "Powerlifting Live"

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Introduction

Powerlifting Live is a system made to simplify and optimize the organizing of powerlifting competitions. It handles tasks like entering and display of results, timers, document creation and presenting other information to the audience, coaches and lifters.

Installation

System requirements

Powerlifting Live requires Windows XP or later, and 1 GB RAM or more. All major browsers are supported, but Chrome is recommended.

Downloading

Powerlifting Live can be downloaded from www.powerliftinglive.com. After running the installation program you might get prompted by the firewall asking for permission. If you want to enable the online functionality or sharing Powerlifting Live over a local network you need to confirm access at this point.

Starting/closing the system

The system is started from the start menu in the folder called Powerlifting Live. The default web browser will open the administration interface. In case you want to use a different web browser, just enter the following address: [1]. To close the system you have to right click on the icon in the system tray down to the right. Press the button "Close Powerlifting Live".

Network setup

Warning: A network setup consisting of multiple cmoputers is recommended only for people who are familiar with setting up local networks.

It is possible to connect multiple computers to the same Powerlifting Live installation by using a Local Area Network, using a wired or wireless router. By doing this you are able to set up more screens, or split up the work of entering data(so you could have a computer in the weighin to enter data directly).

The main computer needs to run the actual Powerlifting Live software, and other computers can connect to this. To do this you need to know the IP address of the computer running the software. The IP address can be located by running the cmd command in the Start Menu, and then running the ipconfig command. This will list information about your network card. Look for the part stating IP Address or IPV4 address. This address will be in a format similar to this: 192.168.0.100. After locating the IP address you need to open the following address on the connected computer(s): http://<ip>:4001/ (for instance http://192.168.0.100:4001/ ). You also need to make sure your firewall is allowing incoming connections for this to work.

General advice

Never trust technology. Problems can occur with computers, software or electrical power. Always make sure you have a paper copy of results, either by using speaker cards or having manual results on paper.

Preparations, execution and post work

Preparations when the list of nominations is ready

Creating the competition

Press the New Competition button on the left side in the administration panel. Enter the name of the competititon, and the password which you later will use to log in to the competition. If you have a license key then you should enter this in the Settings menu to enable the online functionality.

Weighins

Weighins are created and edited in the menu Weighins. Click on the time field and select the correct date and time, and then click Create.

Groups

Lifter groups are created in the menu Groups. Enter a name for the group in the field Name and press Create. Note that when deciding the group order, the groups are sorted alphabetically. Due to this the best naming would be Group 1, Group 2 etc. After creating the group you need to connect it to the correct weighin and then press Save.