Priority management with LiveHeats

LiveHeats has built a user-friendly priority management toolkit that allows your priority judge to use a tablet or laptop to manage live priority, which is displayed in real time to athletes in the water via an LED screen or Outdoor TV, as well as to judges, head judge, spectators, and live stream viewers. Here's a quick introduction to this feature by LiveHeats co-founder Chris Friend:

The below article contains:

• How to use the priority judge tool
• How to display priority to the athletes on a large screen
• Pricing for this feature
• Frequently asked questions

How to use the Priority judge tool

Once you've ordered the priority add-on for your event by filling in this form, and the LiveHeats support team have confirmed that you're good to go, you can follow the below guide:

1. Login to www.liveheats.com with a Director account using a dedicated device for the Priority judge device like a tablet or laptop 
2. Navigate to the Event dashboard and click Priority judge from the left hand side navigation
3. Once the Director has started the heat, the priority judge can begin to manage priority
4. When an athlete uses their priority, the priority judge can press the "X" icon to remove it from a row / position
5. When an athlete is deemed a priority position, the priority judge can press the relevant colour from the colour grid, to add it to the position
6. As they make edits the live priority will be visible on all live outputs (like the large screen, the head judge, the judges, public, and live stream viewers)

How to display priority to the athletes on a large screen 

1. To find the large screen display page, go to the Event dashboard and scroll down to the Links section
2. Click the LED Priority & Timer Display or copy the url
3. Open that URL in the browser on a laptop with a HDMI output and internet connection
4. Connect the laptop to a large screen using a HDMI cable
5. Use the appropriate display settings required by the screen to show the web page, and set it the browser to Full screen. Adjust the browser's window size so the priority positions all fit on the screen and are clearly visible to athletes in the water
6. Ensure the laptop is connected to the internet, and the display will update in real time as the Priority judge makes edits

Here's a test layout for your large format screen: https://liveheats.com/events/65684/priority

Pricing

Introductory rates are listed below and are billed per event. To activate on an event, please fill out the priority order form: https://forms.clickup.com/26411634/f/t60kj-3322/MS6FFNPS1B6SZG5ZN0

Frequently asked questions

What sort of screen should we buy?

You'll need a screen with the following requirements:

• has HDMI input
• can act as an external display for a laptop, so you can show our webpage
• is at least 1500+ Nits
• size wise should support around 25-30cm (9-12 inches) minimum of screen width per colour (e.g. so with 4 athletes, you'd want a screen at least 100cm - 120cm (40- 48 inches) width)

We're trialling outdoor TVs and LED panels and hope to have a recommended supplier soon.

Do we still need a manual priority board?

We recommend having a back up option incase the internet connection fails on the laptop connected to the large format screen, or the priority judge's tablet, fails.

How do judges and head judges view the priority?

A priority column will appear on their scorecards when the heat is live.

How do spectators view the priority?

Priority positions will appear on all public facing live score pages (e.g. when accessed on www.liveheats.com, embedded in your website, or on the live streaming graphics).