Catapult Sports 32301A PERFORMANCE MONITORING EQUIPMENT User Manual Part 1

Catapult Sports Pty Ltd PERFORMANCE MONITORING EQUIPMENT Part 1

Contents

User Manual Part 1

INTRODUCTION3
USER INTERFACESYSTEM COMPONENTSDATA INTERACTION5StartEnters OpenField environment without creating or loading an activity. Use this to assign/map monitors to athletes.New ActivityCreates a new activity without starting a period. Do this if you want to prepare for a new activity, and have time before it actually starts.Hot StartCreates a new activity and starts recording data. Use this if you need to start your activity immediately.Full SyncSends all changed/modied data to the cloud. This should be done at the conclusion of each day.Fast SyncSends key information up to create reports on the cloud.USER INTERFACESYSTEM COMPONENTSDATA INTERACTION5
USER INTERFACESYSTEM COMPONENTSDATA INTERACTION5TimelineGreen bar depicts entire activity. Blue bars depict duration of each period or section of your session.When you select an activity or period it will highlight orangeYou are able to zoom in/out on your activityControls to the bottom right allow creation of periods and easy navigation.Controls on the bottom middle of the timeline allow are the zero settings. You can choose to have your data start from zero at the start of the entire activity (A), from the start of the currently selected period (P), or for a user selected time interval (I). You can freely change between these modes without affecting your data.Data ViewMade up of a number of individual data elements called widgets.A widget can be: a tactical view of the players moving on the eld, table of data parameters, bar graph.With all widgets you can choose your own parameters and ltering to show exactly what you want.Athletes panelUsed to interact with the members of your team and set up.USER INTERFACESYSTEM COMPONENTSDATA INTERACTION5
SETTING UP OPENFIELD6
PRIOR TO INSTALLING OPENFIELD ON COMPUTERLogging in/outGotoyourOpenFieldcloudwebaddressandenteryourusernameandpassword.Check account detailsBefore setting up your athletes and band settings, click on ‘Settings’ then ‘My Account’.Ensurespeed,distance,dateformat,weightandheightmeasurementsarecorrecttoyourregion.Thesewillbeimportantwhenbulkimportingathletesandviewingyourdata.7
Check team settingsTo personalize your team settings, click on ‘Settings’ then ‘Teams’.AddyourName,Abbreviation,Sport,VelocityDwellTime,AccelerationDwellTime,HeartRateDwellTime, PlayerLoadDwellTime,RHIEEffortCount,RHIEEffortRecovery,VelocityRHIEBands,AccelerationRHIEBands.You can also choose your colors and upload your logo.8
Adding athletesWhen in the cloud, you can add athletes by going to ‘Settings’, then ‘Athletes’.To bulkimportathletes,click‘ImportCSV’,then‘DownloadTemplate’.Openthedownloadedtemplateandllintheeldslistedinthecells.Leavethe‘Device’eldblank.Beforenishing,savethetemplate.9
Whenllingintemplateelds,alljerseynumbersmustbeunique.eg. If you have a number 75 on offense and defence, use ‘75D’ for your defensive player.GobacktoOpenFieldandndyoursavedtemplateunder‘ChooseFile’onthe‘ImportCSV’page.To addanathleteindividually,click‘AddAthlete’onthe‘Athletes’page.Fillouttheathleteinformationelds.If a position for an athlete doesn’t appear, click ‘Settings’ then ‘Positions’ to add another one.10
Youcanchoosefromapre-populatedlistofpositionsorclick‘AddNew’ifitisnotlisted.Enter‘Height’and‘Weight’,thenchoose‘DateofBirth’fromcalendar.Clickthe‘upload’iconnexttotheimageholdertouploadaphoto.ThesoftwareacceptsJPG,PNGandGIFupto1MBinsize.Don’t forget to save your changes.11
Setting your bandsSet your bands by clicking clicking ‘Settings’, then ‘Bands’. You can set bands globally (all athletes the same) or individually (per athlete or per position).Global band settingsFromthedropdownmenu,choosewhichbandsyouwanttoset.Nowsetthelowerandupperthresholdsinthebandsettingsbelowthedropdownmenu.Onceenteredinanupperthreshold,usethetabkeyonyourkeyboardtoquicklynavigatetothenextbandsupperlimitsetting.Once you have set these bands select “Apply to Selected Athletes”.12
Onceyou’veenteredtheupperthreshold,hittheTabkeyandyouwillautomaticallybetakentothenextband’supperthreshold.Individual band settingsUsethesearchlterinthetopleftcornerofthescreentondeitherasingleathleteorpositionalgroup.Onceyouhavelteredtheathlete/positionalgroup,changethebandsasaboveandselect‘ApplytoSelectedAthletes’.Youcanalsoticketindividualboxes.13
INSTALLING OPENFIELD ON COMPUTEROpenField console is your link to the cloud. You need to install it in order to use the cloud.RUNNING THE INSTALLER - USER NAME AND DATABASE NAMERun the OpenField installer.Click ‘Next’ and accept the terms and conditions. Click ‘Next’ again through the installation process.YouwillbepromptedtoenteraDatabase,UserNameandRegion.YourDatabaseandUserNamewillbethecloudusernameprovidedbyyourCatapultrepresentative.Click‘Next’,createadesktopiconandclick‘Install’tonishtheinstallation.14
Youwillseeaprompttoinstalldriversifthisisyourrsttimeinstalling.Click‘OK’toinstall.Dependingonsecurity,promptsmayappearaskingforyoutoallowaccessthroughyourrewall.Click‘AllowAccess’Click ‘Finish’ to launch OpenField console.15
Youwillseeaprompttoinstalldriversifthisisyourrsttimeinstalling.Click‘OK’toinstall.Dependingonsecurity,promptsmayappearaskingforyoutoallowaccessthroughyourrewall.Click‘AllowAccess’Click ‘Finish’ to launch OpenField console.15INITIAL SYNC ON OPENFIELD CONSOLEThersttimeyouopentheconsole,youwillneedtosyncwiththecloud.Thiswillsyncallyoursettingsandathletes.Thestatusscreenwillshowtheprogressofthesync.DonotcloseOpenFielduntilitiscomplete.Youwillseeyourusernameintoprightcorner.Clickonittoshowyour‘Conguration’settings.Makesurethatallyourdefaultsettings(team,venue,eld,activitytypeandsport)arecorrect.To re-sync after making changes to your settings, click on the Actions Panel to go to the tiles screen.Then click the purple ‘Sync’ tile.Yoursettingswillbeupdatedwhenyoureturntoyourdashboard.16
CREATING A VENUETo createavenueonyourconsole,youwillneedtoinstallGoogleEarth(google.com/earth/).OpenGoogleEarth.Createanewfolderbyrightclicking‘MyPlaces’inthetopleftcorner,then‘Add’,then‘Folder’.Namethevenue,click‘OK’,thenentertheaddressunderthesearchbar.GoogleEarthwillzoominonyouraddress.17
Adjustyourscreenviewsothecornersofyourplayingareaarevisible,andtheeldispositionedasyouwillphysicallybeviewingit.Click ‘Add Placemark’ to add a placemark. Place one placemark in each of the four corners of the playing area. Name them: top right, top left, bottom left, bottom right.18
Saveyourworkbyrightclickingonyourfolderontheleft,andclickingon‘SavePlaceAs...’Makesureyou’resavingasaKMLle.Onceyouhavesavedthisleasa.kml,clickon‘NewVenue’onthemainpage.Enter the name of the venue.19
Chooseyoureldunderthe‘Field’dropdownmenu.Undervenue,click‘Google’andthen‘GoogleEarthImport’.SelectyourKMLle.Match your placemarks to the ‘mapped’ points on the screen by clicking the imported point, then its location. Click ‘Done’20
To nish,clickonyournameinthetoprightcornerandchangethe‘Conguration’settingstothevenueyoujustadded.To changetheeld/venueforoneactivityonly,rightclickonthesession,then‘Edit’andchangevenue.21

Navigation menu