This long-awaited update to SuiteCG is finally here! In addition to new features, which we will detail below, we’ve updated the SuiteCG logo, along with the logo for MultiSport Scoreboard.

Important Upgrade Steps

Before we get to the exciting stuff, we want to make sure everyone is prepared for some non-standard steps to make this upgrade. Due to some changes in how we license the software, if your installation is currently licensed, you will need to DEACTIVATE your license prior to upgrading. You can do this from the License Manager, accessible from the SuiteCG Main Menu. We advise that you have your emailed invoice on hand so you have your license ID and activation password available. You can also find your license information at the Customer Portal.

After you have deactivated your license, close SuiteCG and run the installer, or click “Update Available” in the License Manager to run the update. During installation, you will see this very important notice and you cannot upgrade until you have confirmed understanding of the requirement.

If you have deactivated the license, or do not have an active license, you can check the checkbox and continue installing the upgrade.

Failure to follow these steps will result in your upgraded version of SuiteCG showing as unlicensed, and attempting to re-enter your license ID and password will result in a failed activation. Reach out to us through the contact form and we can reset your license. Be advised that support may not be available to assist on short notice! We do not recommend upgrading right before a game, especially if it’s in the evening.

We appreciate your patience and understanding and hope this is the only time we have to ask our customers to jump through these extra hoops to upgrade.

Now, with that out of the way, on to the exciting news!

New Football UI and Graphics

There are too many changes to put in writing, so watch this overview! The import points to cover are:

1. Improved workflows for Field Goals and extra point attempts after touchdowns.
2. Improved Penalty Flag workflows, including penalty types, declined penalties, plays under review, and coach challenges.
3. The addition of Manual Stats for manually entering additional statistical information
4. A new, sleek graphics package with more page options and scorebug configuration options.

School teachers, don’t forget that your students can download an unlicensed copy at home and learn to use the program while following along during a televised game. You can literally make watching Sunday night football part of their homework!

Other Sports?

Out main push with this release was to update the football UI and graphics. Other sports are in the cue to receive a similar graphics upgrade, and for some sports, a UI update as well.

Data Automation

And finally, after the long wait, we’re thrilled to announce the addition of external data support! There is still work to be done on this, but the main framework is in place for all the essentials of data automation for clocks, counters, toggles, and even some basic team and match details.

We currently have support for the following data sources:

1. Daktronics TV Feeds, including from All Sport CG’s, All Sport Pros, and DSTI computers. Other Daktronics models, as well as other scoreboard systems are planned for support.
2. Scorebird via the basic cloud API, requiring a Nest ID. More comprehensive integration with Scorebird is planned, and their team has been fantastic to work with!
3. Basic XML, JSON, CSV, and TXT files from a local drive or via HTTP.

We’ve provided sample files and configuration profiles to get you stared on how to map data from your own sources, and you can export your profiles to use in future games sessions.

A few caveats:

1. Some features, mainly in football (given it’s complexities), cannot be supported by data automation. Mainly since most scoreboard controllers limit the ballspot to a range of 0-50, we are unable to fully automate the ballspot to include the side of the field, nor are we able to accurately predict the Redzone. If you intend to utilize these features, it will require manual entry of the ballspot. We have added customization options to the Down and Distance button to enable or disable different features based on your needs.
2. We do not yet have automation support for macros, so any action involving an animation (touchdown, field goal, etc…) will require user input. In the absence of user input, scores will still automatically update, but animations will not be triggered.

While this release took much longer than planned, we appreciate everyone’s patience, as well as input from our beta testers. We’re looking forward to moving forward with support for more data types and building in more features in the future! Click here to download the latest version of SuiteCG!

It’s been a very long time coming but the wait is over and we’re excited to announce an update for SuiteCG. There is no video tutorial to go along with this update but stay tuned for future announcements with video tutorials on the various new features.

As a general overview, this new update includes new features for shootouts, such as in soccer, hockey, and lacrosse (LAX support in development). Also included are some sort/filter features when selecting players for lower thirds, etc…

But the biggest update, which we took our time to carefully build, test, revise, re-test, etc… to ensure it works to expectations, is the inclusion of multiple clocks. First and foremost, this benefits games like hockey and lacrosse where penalty clocks are an important piece of the scorebug. Penalty clocks will sync with the game clock to start/stop and add/subtract time with the game clock. No need to start/stop/edit multiple clocks if the operator was too slow to stop the game clock! And when it comes to the free hockey graphics package, whether you have a single penalty clock or penalties for each team, or penalties of differing lengths, the scorebug will show an individual team Powerplay, or an “On Ice” drop down, and will always show the clock that is closest to zero.

Additionally, multiple clocks have allowed us to create intermission and halftime clocks. This is only implemented in hockey intermissions at the moment, but we will be adding halftime clocks to other sports as well in the coming months. We will cover the hockey updates in a video tutorial in a later update.

Another big update is the addition of tennis as a new sport! Support is included now but training videos will be forthcoming. We’ve made sure to provide a user interface that allows for singles and doubles, allows for tracking who is serving, who is what side of the court, advantage and tie breaker points, and tracking games, sets, and match points.

In the coming months we will be providing official support for lacrosse, now that penalty clocks are completed, and will be adding support for folk-style wrestling, which is already in the testing stage. Other features are in the works as well. We appreciate everyone’s patience while we worked on this big update in-between family, full-time jobs, and the ongoing disruptions to general life with the pandemic for the last two years. We are excited to get this release out and get moving on to the next stage of development!

The update is available now at suitecg.com, or from the License Manager in the SuiteCG application!