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Sportzcast Integration

Production Truck allows for both the cloud and local connection of a Sportzcast Scorebot system in order to automate scoring duties to be controlled via the ScoreBot. This can be helpful in freeing up valuable time and effort when producing a broadcast.

Sportzcast systems require network ports between 1400-1405 to be opened in order to function. These are different than the ports that Hudl products and services utilize.

Cloud Connection

How to connect and pull data from a Sportzcast unit via the cloud. This is the recommended connection method.

  1. In order to connect to a Sportzcast Scorebot via a cloud connection, first register for a Sportzcast account. Access to this account is necessary to go forward. The link to sign into your account can be found here.

    Navigate to the Sportzcast website and verify that your bot is online. You need the bot number from their website. By just clicking on the bot, you can see what data is being received and if it is updating properly.

    If you need assistance with the Sportzcast Scorebot or system, please reach out to their Support team here.

  2. In Production Truck navigate to the Preferences (gear icon), then to the Scoreboard tab. Select Sportzcast ScoreBot Cloud.

  3. Enter your Sportzcast username, password, bot number, and channel.

    Then select Connect.

    The channel number is usually '0'.

  4. Once connected, use a Production Truck scoreboard overlay with the appropriate sport to bring in the data.

Local Connection

Here is how to connect a to a Sportzcast unit over a local connection.

  1. If attempting to connect a Sportzcast ScoreBot over a local connection, grab the IP Address from the ScoreBot system and then plug it into Production Truck.

    On the main screen of the Sportzcast ScoreBot, an IP Address will be displayed. An example of an IP Address would be as follows: 172.16.254.1.

  2. From Production Truck, navigate to the gear icon in the center. Choose the Scoreboard tab. Then from the Source dropdown, select Sportzcast ScoreBot Local. Input the IP Address from the ScoreBot in the IP Address Field. Select Connect. The Status indicator at the bottom should change to Connected to Bot.

  3. Under Detected Sport, choose the sport to display. Fields below that area will populate with various pieces of data such as: Home Score, Guest Score, Quarter, etc.

Disable Fields

In some cases, a particular field may not be wanted. This allows you to utilize our control panels to manually input various information such as team names, quarters, timeouts, etc.

  1. In Production Truck, navigate to the gear icon in the center and choose the Scoreboard tab. Navigate down to where the various fields are listed as being brought in through the Sportzcast Scorebot. Simply click the Enabled checkbox next to the respective field. If it is unchecked, it will not be controlled by the Scorebot.

  2. Bring up a control panel or other overlay to manually control these inputs. They will no longer be automatically changed due to automation.

FAQs

We are connected to our bot but we are not receiving any data or we are only receiving some of our data on our scoreboard, how can we fix this?

We would recommend verifying everything is correct on Sportzcast, to sign into your account you can find that here. Most importantly, make sure that the correct sport is selected on the bot and appears in Sportzcast.

For example, if you are attempting to automate scoring for football, make sure football is selected on both the bot itself and the Sportzcast website.

The connection to our bot fails, how can we get connected?

We would recommend verifying that Sportzcast is registering your bot as connected, to sign into your account you can find that here. From a networking perspective, Sportzcast systems require network ports between 1400-1405 to be opened in order to function. These are different than the ports that Hudl products and services utilize. Please verify these ports are open for the connection to take place.

If you continue to run into issues with Sportzcast, please reach out to their Support team here.

Which sports are supported for this integration?

Multiple sports are supported for this integration, this includes; American football, global football (soccer), volleyball, basketball, baseball/softball, and hockey.