Instructions
Score Distributor
Distributing contest scores in real time to online scoreboards
Use the instructions below to configure your contest logging software to send score data to the scoreboards via the Score Distributor.
General
Look for references to Score Reporting, Realtime Scoring or Online Scoring in your software's documentation. A configuration window should provide you with the ability to designate a server to periodically send score data to during a contest. Enter http://scoredistributor.net as the server address and follow your software's instructions to enable sending scores.
DXLog
User Guide: http://dxlog.net/docs/index.php/Menu_Commands#Live_score
- Click on Commands in the main program menu
- Select Live Score near the bottom of the drop-down menu
- Select Setup to access the menu settings for Band category, Posting period and Live score server settings
- Use the default server setting that uses http://scoredistributor.net
- Select Post QSO/multiplier breakdown if you wish to post your band QSO and multiplier details to the scoreboards (recommended)
- Select Auto-post from the Setup submenu to automatically periodically post your score
N1MM Logger
User Guide: https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/setup/the-configurer/#score-reporting-tab
- Click on Config in the main program menu
- Select Configure Ports, Mode Control, Audio, Other...
- Click on the Score Reporting tab at the top of the Configurer menu
- Enable score reporting by checking the Report Real-Time Score to Server checkbox
- Select score distribution server in the Score Reporting Server drop-down menu
- If you don't want to report band breakdowns to the scoreboards, click on the Exclude band breakdown checkbox
- You can leave the Score Reporting Username and Score Reporting Password fields blank
- Click on the OK button at the bottom of the form to save your settings
N3FJP Software
User Guide: http://www.n3fjp.com/faq.html#q103
- Click on Settings
- Select Web Contest Upload Status
- Select Other Online Sites
- In the Score Distributor for All Scoreboards window, click on Enabled
- Close the settings window
Win-Test
See: https://contestonlinescore.com/blog/win-test-online-score-is-supporting-score-distribution-server/
User Guide: https://contestonlinescore.com/settings/cosb_logger_settings.pdf
- Download and extract https://contestonlinescore.com/settings/WinTestOnlineScore.zip developed by K2BB
- In Win-Test, in Contest Configuration screen, check Enable time distribution across the network
- In Interface Configuration screen, check Enable Ethernet Network
- Right Click on Win-Test Summary Window (Alt-S) and select Broadcasting on the Network -> Enable
- Set Periodicity... to 1 or 2 minutes
- Start the Win-Test Online Score program and select Score Distributor instead of the default (Online Scoreboard)
WriteLog
User Guide: http://writelog.com/Downloads/writelog1220.pdf
- Click on Contest in the main program menu
- Select Broadcast score...
- Complete the data fields at the top of the Log submission fields window
- Click on the cqcontest.net Upload tab near the middle of the window
- Enter http://scoredistributor.net in the Network Address field
- Select the desired posting frequency (Post Score every) and click on the post qso&mult breakdown also checkbox if you wish to report band breakdowns
- Click on the Start button
- Click on the OK button to save your settings