Run a Meet using a Network

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How to Logon the Network
How to Setup a Network
How to Setup Network Administration

If you are using MEET MANAGER for Track & Field with the Pro Network Option, please click on the topics above to learn about how to Logon and Setup the Hardware and Software for a peer-to-peer Network system.

As mentioned in the How to Logon the Network section, MM provides 4 levels of access with up to 9 users accessing the same Database as shown below.

Level    User Name         Permissions
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   1   Administrator         No restrictions at all.

   2   Run1, Run 2, Run 3      This level can do everything except Network Administration and Single User Mode functions.

   3   Clerk 1, Clerk 2, Clerk 3      This level can do everything Level 2 can do except Run the meet and Single user Mode functions.

   4   Report 1, Report 2      Level 4 can print Reports/Labels ONLY
      

Here are two examples of how you might setup the computers and printers on the network to run a meet.

1.

Single Facility Meet

Administrator Computer - This would be set up as the main computer that would be used to key in the times/marks or accept them from the Photo Finish system just as one would normally do. You might want to set up a local printer for this computer. The Database would be loaded on this computer.

Clerk 1 Computer - This computer would be set up to do any scratches or re seeding depending on how your particular meet is run. It could also be used to print various reports.

Report 1 Computer - This computer could be used as the main Report computer for results, heat sheets, award labels, etc.

Printer 1 - HY-TEK recommends the printer be physically connected to the Printer 1 computer and be set up in your peer-to-peer network as shared. That way, any of the 3 computers can print directly to it. It also might be nice to have this printer and the Report 1 computer located closer to where the spectators, athletes, and coaches would normally pick up their awards and reports.

2.   Multiple Facility Meet

In this type of meet, one is using more than one facility to run a competition.

Administrator Computer - This would be set up as the main computer that would be used to run one facility - to key in the times/marks or accept them from the Photo Finish system just as one would normally do. The Database would be loaded on this computer.

Run Computer - This would be set up as the main computer that would be used to run another facility - to key in the times/marks or accept them from the Photo Finish system just as one would normally do.

Clerk 1 Computer - This computer would be set up to do any scratches or re seeding depending on how your particular meet is run. It could also be used to print various reports.

Report 1 Computer - This computer could be used as the main Report computer for results, heat sheets, award labels, etc.

Printer 1 - HY-TEK recommends the printer be physically connected to the Printer 1 computer and be set up in your peer-to-peer network as shared. That way, any of the 4 computers can print directly to it. It also might be nice to have this printer and the Report 1 computer located closer to where the spectators, athletes, and coaches would normally pick up their awards and reports.

Report 2 Computer - This computer could be set out in an area that is accessible for spectators and used to print the Meet Summary Report for Teams and Individual Athletes. Both of these reports can be sold and used a revenue source for the host club.

There are many variations on these two examples but the main idea here is to be able to set up your people and computer resources optimally for the particular type of meet you are running and for the particular space constraints that you have.