4.33.0-beta10

Changes for release 4.33.0-beta10

Changes since previous pre-releases

4.33.0-beta10:

• All the distinct areas and cells of the scoreboard should now have their own color definitions in colors.css Editing colors.css should now suffice to create a full new color scheme.
  • Documentation now includes a tutorial on how to change the scoreboard colors: Scoreboard Colors
• Fixed layout for the multiple ranks scoreboard

4.33.0-beta09:

• Experimental "Sinclair meet" feature added. If the feature switch SinclairMeet is defined on the Language and Settings page, then the scoreboard hides the lift and total ranks, and shows the Sinclair and Sinclair rank. Also, the leaders section uses the Sinclair ranking. It is no longer necessary to edit the results.css file for this situation.
• Fixed athlete filters and spurious dialog on the Team selection page.

Changes in 4.33

• Records
  • Records are shown if record definition Excel spreadsheets are present in the local/records directory. See the following folder for examples: Sample Record Files .
  • Records definitions are read when the program starts. Records set during the competition are updated on the scoreboard, but the Excel files need to be updated manually to reflect the official federation records.
  • Records are shown according to the sorting order of the file names. Use a numerical prefix to control the order (for example 10Canada.xlsx, 20Commonwealth.xlsx, 30PanAm.xlsx).
  • All records potentially applicable to the current athlete are shown on the scoreboard. Records that would be improved by the next lift are highlighted. If there are too many athletes in a group the records can be hidden using the display-specific settings, or by adding records=false to the URL
  • Added large notifications in the record section for record attempts and new records. You can hide the scoreboard record notifications by setting the --showRecordNotifications variable at the top of colors.css to hidden if you do not want them.
• Additional hidden fields on the scoreboards
  • Added the custom1 and custom2 fields to the scoreboards (after the year of birth). They are hidden by default; change the width to non-zero and visibility to visible in results.css in order to show one or the other or both.
  • Added the Sinclair score to the scoreboards, at the end. Same process as above to enable.
• Fix: Team Sinclair scoreboard now updates on every successful lift.
• New: Announcer can act as solo athlete-facing referee. A setting on the announcer screen (⚙) enables emitting down signal on decision so it is heard and shown on displays.
• New: Round-robin "fixed order" option for team competitions. If this option is selected in the Competition Non-Standard Rules, athletes lift according to their lot number on each round. The lot number can be preset at registration or drawn at random depending on competition rules.
• New: 24h time will now be used in the date-time picker when using English outside of the "traditional" English-speaking countries ("AU", "GB", "IN", "NZ", "PH", "US", "ZA"). On a laptop, the country is obtained from the operating system. If using English in the cloud, we recommend setting the OWLCMS_LOCALE environment variable to en_SE in order to get English with consistent ISO date and 24h time formatting throughout the program.

Highlights from recent stable releases

• On weigh-in or registration forms, if a change in category results, a confirmation is required (#499)
• Requested weight is now shown on attempt board (including loading chart) and on top of scoreboard during breaks (but hidden during ceremonies).
• Announcer is notified when weight on bar needs to change.
• Officials scheduling and registration templates:
  • Registration import-export spreadsheet changed to add additional columns for Marshal2 and TechnicalController2. Added a report page in the export that shows the assignments for each official.
  • The Start List document has an Officials tab that shows official assignments for each group according to the introduction order.
• New parameterized scoreboards. Colors can be changed in the styles/colors.css file (The default colors are the same as the previous defaults). See Customization for how to proceed. The scoreboards can be zoomed in or out using the Ctrl+ and Ctrl- keys to accommodate more lines, or to make text bigger with smaller groups.
• Improved management of ceremonies : see Breaks and Ceremonies procedures, and Result Documents for the medals spreadsheet.
• Jury console now supports summoning the referees either individually or all together. The jury console now allows direct reversal/confirmation of lifts (#435, #427)
• The Refereeing screen (typically used on phones or tablets) now displays notifications when a decision is expected or when the jury summons the referee.
• It is now possible to build affordable physical devices to receive instructions from owlcms (decision expected, jury calls referee) using MQTT. Software and circuit schematics are available at this location.
• Video Streaming: Support for Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) automated scene switching. Added documentation for all supported transitions.
• It is now possible to choose and override the Excel templates for competitions cards, the start list, the starting weight sheet, the results (protocol), and the final package (attempts, sinclair, robi, team results, etc.)
• It is now possible to Export and Import the database content (#449). This allows taking a snapshot of the database in the middle of a competition. It also allows bringing back a Heroku database for local use, and conversely, setting up a competition locally prior to loading on Heroku.
• Explicit support for participation to multiple age groups (#433)
• All resources in the local directory take precedence over the built-in ones (visual styles, templates, age group definitions, sounds, etc.)
• Implemented the rules to prevent athletes from moving down their requested weight illegally. Moving down is denied if the athlete should already have attempted that weight according to the official lifting order. The exact checks resulting from applying the TCRR to that situation are spelled out in the documentation. (#418)
• Violations of rules for timing of declarations (before initial 30 seconds), and for changes (before final warning) are now signaled as errors (#425, #426). Overriding is possible for officiating mistakes.

Installation Instructions

• For Windows, download owlcms_setup.exe from the Assets section below and follow Windows Stand-alone Installation

  If you get a blue window with Windows protected your PC, or if Microsoft Edge gives you warnings, please see this page : Make Windows Defender Allow Installation

• For Linux and Mac OS, download the owlcms.zip file from the Assets section below and follow Linux or Mac Stand-alone Installation

• For Heroku cloud, no download is necessary. Follow the Heroku Cloud Installation to deploy your own copy. See also the additional configuration steps for large competitions on Heroku.

• For Kubernetes deployments, see k3s_setup.yaml file for cloud hosting using k3s. For other setups, download the kustomize files from k8s.zip file adapt them for your specific cluster and host names.