Daktronics MLB GameDay Baseball - Manual (Page 2)

MLB GameDay Baseball Quick Start Guide 2 of 3
DD1485958 Rev 3
12 April 2012
201 Daktronics Drive PO Box 5128, Brookings, SD 57006-5128
Tel: 1-800-DAKTRONICS (1-800-325-8766) Fax: 605-697-4700
Web: www.daktronics.com
Setting Up a New Season in DakStats
1. Go to Configure > Season and System Preferences.
2. On the Season tab, click Add.
3. Enter a Season Name, and set the Rules File to “Rules_MLB.ini”.
4. Click OK.
5. The GameDay Baseball Configuration window will appear. Choose the
appropriate League and (home) Team. Leave Opponent as Automatic.
6. Click OK, and exit the Season Configuration window.
MLB Pregame Procedure
The following steps are used if the DakStats/GameDay Baseball computer
has Internet access.
1. Open GameDay Baseball. The software will connect to the Internet
and download the information about today’s game.
2. Click the Start button and allow the files to be downloaded and
converted. If any download fails, try again.
3. Once the download is complete, open DakStats. Today’s game(s) will
already be created. Open the Play-by-Play game and operate DakStats
as normal.
Manual Download
The following process is only required if the DakStats computer does not
have Internet access. GameDay Baseball must be installed on 2 machines:
the Internet computer and the DakStats computer.
Setup on the Internet Computer
1. Install and register GameDay Baseball (Page 1).
2. Open GameDay Baseball, and click Configure.
3. On the Communication tab, uncheck Convert Files, and then click OK.
4. Note where the files will be downloaded under Select the folder
location for the files. This is where you will find the files in order to
transfer them to the DakStats computer.
Setup on the DakStats Computer
1. Install and register GameDay Baseball (Page 1).
2. Open GameDay Baseball, and click Configure.
3. On the Communication tab, select Manual Download, and then
click OK.
4. Note where the files will be downloaded under Select the folder
location for the files. This is where you will put the files that are
downloaded from the Internet.
Manual Download Procedure
1. On the Internet computer, open GameDay Baseball. The
software will connect to the Internet and download the
information about today’s game.
2. Click the Start button to download the various data files. If any
download fails, try again.
3. Once the download is complete, Copy all the files from
download directory (“C:\Daktronics GameDay\Baseball” is the
default) to a shared network or a portable flash memory drive.
4. On the DakStats computer, Paste the copied files into the
download directory (“C:\Daktronics GameDay\Baseball” is the
default).
5. Open GameDay Baseball on the DakStats computer.
6. Click the Start button to convert the copied files.
7. Once the download is complete, open DakStats. Today’s game(s)
will already be created. Open the Play-by-Play game and operate
DakStats as normal.