Download the Quick Start Guide
(pdf) that comes with new boxes. Print double-sided, trim along the
dotted lines, and fold in 4. It will fit in the shipping box under the
scoring box.
Physical buttons
There are three buttons on the box: a red button and two white buttons.
The red button has three functions:
A quick press will cycle through the weapon modes.
A long press will enter/exit the configuration menu on the box. This
is primarily useful to set the strip ID by pairing a remote.
A very long press (5s or more) will reboot the scoring box into
firmware upgrade mode. Once this is entered, it will remain in firmware
upgrade mode until the firmware is uploaded or the box is rebooted.
The two white buttons may be held down when the box is powered on to
immediately enter firmware-update mode as a recovery mechanism.
Configuration Menu
Long press the red button on the box or long press the OPT button of a
paired remote to enter the configuration menu. Once in the config menu,
use OPT to select items and CLR to exit items or CLR again to leave the
config menu.
Once selected, the left and right white buttons adjust values for items.
Strip
The strip ID of the box which defines which remote it will respond to.
See Pairing a Remote.
Remote
The last received charge level of the remote, usually in 5% increments.
This cannot be changed.
EpeeAuto
Whether to auto-increment the score when a hit occurs in Epee (only
while the clock is running).
SaberPer
Whether to display the period indicator for Sabre.
Tone
The buzzer frequency in Hz (2700 - 3300). This can be useful if you have
multiple boxes near each other.
Vol
The box volume (Off / Low / Medium / High).
Btn Beep
Whether to make an audible chirp every time a remote button press is
received.
StartSnd
Whether to sound an audible signal when the bout clock is started. This
can be used instead of the director saying "fence!" or "allez!".
Self Ref
Allow fencers in foil and sabre to start the bout clock and increment
scores without using the remote. When enabled, if both fencers short
their weapons to their lamés for at least 600ms then the box will beep
once to acknowledge and then start the clock with a double beep after a
short random delay of 1.5 - 3.5 seconds. Fencers can also increment the
score for their opponent by shorting to their own lamé for 3 seconds.
The box will emit warning chirps for the final 1.5 seconds to notify
fencers and prevent accidental scoring.
Timeline
Whether to display the hit timeline. This can be set to:
Off: The timeline is never shown and not available, even for review.
Live: The timeline is always shown with live strip interactions being constantly shown.
Hit: The timeline is shown only when a touch occurs.
For example, competitions may opt to either disable the timeline
entirely or show only when a hit occurs and allow reviewing the timeline
to disambiguate calls.
HitTimes
Whether to display extended hit information such as whipovers and late
hits.
Rot
Whether to rotate the display 180 degrees. This can be useful if the box
is mounted upside down.
L/R Swap
Swap the left / right fencer connections. This can be useful if the box
is mounted upside down.
Live Vid
This is for integration with an external video replay system. It will
indicate that the video replay system should display continuous live
video (instead of only showing replays).
System Info >
Select this option to show the serial number and current firmware
version of the device.
Update >
Select this option to show the current firmware version and optionally
reboot into firmware update mode via USB. If you choose to reboot into
update mode, you may exit without updating turning power off and back
on.
Remote
Hover or tap on the buttons below to learn what they do.
Remote ID (Strip ID)
Each remote stores the Strip ID that it is configured for. Boxes and
remotes are initially configured as "Strip 1". Scoring boxes will only
respond to signals from remotes that have the same Strip ID as the scoring
machine. To change the ID for a given remote, press and hold the SET
button and PLUS button on the opposite corner for 5 seconds until the
green LED flashes several times quickly. Then enter a two digit strip id
(01 - 99). The green LED will flash quickly again when the new ID is
set.
Charging
The remote is powered by an internal rechargeable battery. The battery
should last 1-2 months of typical usage. When necessary, recharge the
battery by connecting it to a standard USB-C charger.
Pairing a Remote (Setting the Strip ID)
To pair a remote with a customized strip ID (see above) with a box, do
the following:
Long press the red button on the box to enter config mode.
While config mode is active and the option is on strip id, it will
detect any remote. Press the OPT button on the remote twice to set the
new strip ID to the remote's ID.
Press CLR on the remote several times to exit config mode.
Updating the scoring machine firmware
To update the firmware of the scoring machine, follow these steps:
Download the desired firmware version to your computer. Do not
alter the name of the firmware file.
Connect a micro-USB cable from your computer to the micro-USB port
at the bottom of the back of the machine. If the scoring machine is
powered off, it will turn on when the USB cable is connected.
Enter the menu and select "Update" and then "Yes".
Note: If necessary, there is also a recovery
mechanism for entering firmware update mode: hold down the two white
buttons when powering on the box.
On the computer, a USB drive named "RPI-RP2" should should up.
Copy the firmware file to the "RPI-RP2" drive. Once it finishes
copying, the drive will automatically disconnect and the scoring machine
will restart with the updated firmware.
In some cases, the saved configuration will be reset after an
update. Press and hold the same button on the scoring machine (the
button further from the power switch) for 1 second to enter
configuration, then press "OPT" on the remote twice to register the
remote. You may also have to navigate the config menu to adjust the
screen rotation.
New Feature: Bluetooth support for SFS integration! This
release provides the initial bluetooth broadcasting support so that
the Super
Fencing System iOS App can connect to Skewered Fencing Boxes.
Please note that the bluetooth protocol is still in development and
may change.
New Feature: Direct entry for bout clock! Previously, a
long press of the SET button would reset the timer to 1:00.
Long-pressing the SET button now allows you to directly type in a time
in M:SS format. By default it's set to 1 minute, but using the button
numbers you can enter any time from 0:00 to 9:59. Pressing SET or CLR
will immediately accept the currently-displayed time.
New Feature: Allow showing the timelne only when a hit is
made. The timeline now has three options:
Off: The timeline is never shown and not available, even for review.
Live: The timeline is always shown with live strip interactions being constantly shown.
Hit: The timeline is shown only when a touch occurs.
The new "Hit" option may be a better option for competitions to avoid
distracting live updates by still allowing review of a timeline to
disambiguate the sequence of actions around a touche.
Update: When the timeline is not disabled, the review may
be started either from the most recent portion (by pressing the back
button) or the earliest captured portion (by pressing the forward
button).
New Feature: Allow reviewing the timeline for the last
touch as well as scrolling back in time to see more. After a touch,
press the white ↩️ button to view the most recent touch timeline.
Press ↩️ again to scroll further back, and press ↪️ to scroll forward
in time. Scrolling forward to the end will stop the review and restore
the live timeline.
New Feature: Add self scoring and rename "Self Clk" to "Self Ref". Fencers can now donate points by
shorting to themselves for 3 seconds. This is also a temporary
"Ticker" option to indicate that self start is engaged.
Fix: Show ground light on epee if a fencer's A-C lines are shorted.
Remote: Final production version of remotes include battery level monitoring and colored LED indicator for the battery level (green flash = >40%, yellow = 20-40%, red = <20%).
Config menu: Display charge level of remote battery for production remotes.
Config menu: Add system info display to show serial number and firmware level.
Internal: Add a quick firmware update mode sequence: hold the two white buttons when powering on to immediately enter firmware update mode at startup.
Internal: Increased display framerate to minimize flicker on recorded videos.
UI: Center scores move penalty cards to outside (P-Cards still on inside).
UI: Fix buzzing when 1 min break timer expires.
UI: Flash the clock when time has expired (either break or normal).
Config menu: Add firmware update screen, showing current build.
Internal: Revamp serial communication for Favero repeater adapter and video replay support.
Build 201 (2024-11-06) →
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Fix two bugs related to Favero repeater lights via the prototype
adapter:
In foil, after the lockout period off-target hits would
light up the white light momentarily like in sabre instead of being
locked out. This is now fixed.
When the box went to sleep the
repeater lights would stay on. They should now turn off.
Skewered Fencing