• Head judge rank and release feature

  Rank and release: Manage & approve scores with confidence The rank and release view is a new feature on the Head Judge page that gives Head Judges complete control over round-based competition rankings - before any scores are published: It's designed to help you: Review the round leaderboard in real time including any unapproved scores Clearly identify ties between athletes See the cut line (ex.: Top 8 ) Approve and publish scores only when yPopular

• Finding judge logins and setting up your judge's devices

  Follow the below steps when you're ready to set up your judge devices. For some tips on what devices to use for judging, see this article. Finding your judge logins When you create your LiveHeats account, 6 generic Judge users are created for your organisation, which you can use during events for live scoring. The credentials will be sent to you in your Welcome to LiveHeats email, and you can also acFew readers

• Starting and ending heats

  To score a heat, either via the judge's devices, or as a Head judge or recorder, the heat or run needs to be started. Once the heat or run has been scored, it can be ended, which finalises the results and progresses the competitors to the next round. This article explains how to Start and End heats so they can be scored for both of our main methods of scoring: Starting and ending heats or runs in a standard single schedule event (1-how-to-start-or-end-heats-or-runs-in-a-standard-siSome readers

• Entering scores into the judge's devices

  Once a heat has been started by the Director, each judge's scorecard will become active. They can then enter, edit, and remove scores for each athlete's ride. (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/4/8/7/1/48714ddcbf925400/image1hnlt6l.png =700x415) To enter scores, judges need to: Tap the plus icon next to an athlete or the athlete's name - this will open open the keypad. The position of the kepypad is optimised for the type of device being used. Type in score.Popular

• How to set an modifier, like a DNS, DNF, Interference, Double Whammy, or Disqualification - non-surfing formats

  When you need to modify an athlete's ride or run, or mark it as something aside from a numerical score (e.g. 9.0), you use Modifiers. In LiveHeats, Modifiers are specific to each sport. We support modifiers for a range of sports. This article describes how to add and or remove a modifier from a ride, run, score or result and how each of the supported modifiers work for either Judged sports or  RPopular

• Using the head judge or announcer page

  LiveHeats has a dedicated page for the Head Judge, Director, or Announcer to view the average score, and the individual judge scores for the live heat. Here’s a few of the features: Tabs to select the bank or podium you’re viewing Warning signs if there’s a difference of more than 15% of the judging scale Warning signs if a judge misses a ride Approving scores before they are published ( see here for how to activate this setting (https://liveheats.crisp.help/en/article/head-judge-approFew readers

• Head judge approval of scores

  When you're using live judging, you can activate a setting that means all rides/runs must be approved by the Head Judge before they are made visible to the public. This article explains how to activate this setting, and the approval process for the Head judge. Head judge approval of scores Navigate to the  Head judge page for the event. You can access this page when logged in to LiveHeats as a Director Once a score is entered by a judge, it will appear on the *Head judgeFew readers

• How the public can view the event

  One of the best features of LiveHeats is that any event information is available to the public to view live on their own device. Accessing your events via your LiveHeats public organisation url When you sign up to LiveHeats, you choose a LiveHeats username, which we use to create your public organisation url (e.g. https://liveheats.com/surfingqueensland). Here's how to find that url: Go to the Welcome to LiveHeats email you received inFew readers

• Setting your device to use internet time

  LiveHeats operates in the "cloud", meaning that the timer uses the internet time for the heat countdown timer and the schedule timer. A common issue faced by organisers is seeing the wrong time on the countdown or schedule when the computer or device they are using for LiveHeats is not set to use Internet time or automatic time update. Here's how to fix that. How to set your device to internet time or automatic time Below links to some how to videos for each type of device: Windows cFew readers

• Using LiveHeats at an event with a single device in tabulator mode

  In some cases, you might like to just run LiveHeats live judging feature, just from a single device with an internet connection. The below sets out how use LiveHeats at your event, when you have judges scoring on paper, and a tabulator entering the scores into an internet connected device. This allows you to still offer near real time results, and also allows you to automate rankings. If you're wanting to use LiveHeats the standard way with judges entering scores themselves, see here (https://Few readers

• Displaying live results and draws on a TV, monitor or big screen with the Whiteboard page

  LiveHeats has a dedicated page that is designed to be displayed on a TV, Monitor, or big screen. We call this page the  Whiteboard. The  Whiteboard is optimised for larger screens (not mobile devices), and displays: the live heat, including scores and rank results for completed heats upcoming heats It updates in real time as you move through the event, so provides a dynamic, live heat draw board: (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/f/3/f/6/f3f655604cec4000/ePopular

• Setting the minimum number of judges (panel size)

  When running live judging on Liveheats, you will have a set number of judges on each panel - for example 3, 4 or 5 judges. Our minimum number of judges setting allows you to set the panel size, so that the average score is only calculated and shown to the public and head judge once all judge's scores are entered. How to set the minimum number of judges (panel size) Navigate to the  Event setting and click the  Judging tab Scroll down to the  Field that reads Number oFew readers

• Troubleshooting common issues with live judging

  If you are using LiveHeats for live judging and having issues, check out the below troubleshooting guide. Issue 1: Not all judge scores are appearing on the Head judge page Problem: For example, three judges are entering scores but only one score is appearing on the Head judge page. Solution: Check that each judge's device is logged in with a unique judge login (e.g. judge1, judge2, judge3 etc). If they are not, log out of the account and log back in with a unique account (e.g.Few readers

• How to score a heat or run when multi schedule is activated

  The multi-course schedule mode is for those events where a recorder/tabulator can score any division's heat or run at any time via the draw tab in each division. It is the default setting in Surf Life Saving and Freeride Ski & Snowboard. If you're in an eligible sport, you can see this article for how to turn this setting on. How to score a heat or run in multi-scFew readers

• Internet connectivity for live scoring - common questions

  Do the devices used for scoring need to be connected to the internet? Yes, each device needs to have an internet connection, which can be achieved via Wifi, or via the device's own 3G, 4G, or 5G. What internet speed is required? There is no strict minimum - you just need a basic connection as our service is only transmitting text/numbers, it does not require a super-strong connection like if you were live streaming for example. The best way to validate the internet is by visitingFew readers

• Priority management with LiveHeats

  Liveheats has built a user-friendly priority management toolkit that allows your priority judge to use a tablet to manage live priority, which is displayed in real time to athletes in the water via an LED screen, as well as to judges, head judge, spectators, and live stream viewers.  Here's a quick introduction to this feature: The below article contains: How to activate priority on an event (1-how-to-activate-priority-on-Popular

• Using the undo end and start buttons to re-score a heat or run

  LiveHeats allows full flexibility to undo starting or ending heats which allows to you re-score or re-do the progression. Below explains how to use these features in the following scenarios: Undo start or end in a standard single schedule event (most sports) Undo start or end in a multi-schedule score anywhere mode (1-how-to-undo-start-or-end-in-a-standard-multi-schedule-score-anywhere-mode-freeride-snow-and-suPopular