New Users: Starting Fresh with Vector 8

Getting Started With Vector 8: Live Session with OpenField Console & Vector Live

This Checklist provides you with our recommended articles to set up your Vector 8 Devices, OpenField account and software in preparation for collecting Live Vector 8 data in OpenField Console and Vector Live iPad app.

Each step in the checklist should be completed sequentially. The checklist is divided into sections to cover:

• Pre-Session Setup
• Collecting Live Data in OpenField Console and Vector Live iPad app
• Post-Session Actions

Pre-Session Setup

OpenField Account Setup

1. How to register your OpenField account - OpenField Account Registration

2. Install OpenField Console - How to Download the OpenField Console Software

   Note: All Vector 8 users must be on OpenField Console 3.14 or higher
3. How to add a team to the Cloud - Teams
4. How to add athletes to the Cloud - Athletes
5. How to set units for parameters in the Cloud - Setting Units of Measurement
6. How to set bands for athletes - Bands
7. How to sync - OpenField Sync
8. What is a time sync error and how to avoid it - Avoiding a Time Sync Error
9. Install Vector Live iPad app - Getting Started with Vector Live
10. Download Vector Desktop app - Vector Desktop App

Vector 8 Hardware Setup

1. Set up Vector 8 Hardware for the first time - Vector 8 Hardware First Time Setup
2. Map Vector 8 Devices to Athletes - Mapping Vector 8 Devices to Athletes

Vector 8 Hardware LED Behaviours

1. Vector 8 Device - Vector 8 Device LED Behaviour (S8)
2. Vector 8 Dock - Vector 8 Dock LED Behaviour (S8)

Collecting Live Data in OpenField Console and Vector Live iPad app

What You Need

• Vector 8 Devices
• Vector S7 Receiver(s) (6.5GHz)
• OpenField Console
• Vector Live iPad app

Collecting Live Data in OpenField Console

1. Perform a Console sync to sync down any mappings made in the Catapult Vector app - OpenField Sync
2. How to connect the Vector Receiver to the PC via WiFi or USB cable - How to Connect the Vector Receiver to the Computer
3. Vector Receiver LED light knowledge - Vector Receiver LED Behavior
4. How to know if you’re ready to start recording live - Recording a Live Activity
5. How to create a new Activity Timeline - Activities
6. Ensure to select the correct Device Type - Dual/LPS/GPS OpenField Activity
7. How to edit an Activity Timeline - Activities
8. How to zoom in/out and adjust the Activity Timeline - Activities
9. How to create a new Period - Periods
10. How to add players into a Period (PIP - Players in Period) - Periods
11. Know the PIPing rules - Periods
12. How to edit a Period - Periods
13. How to stop an individual and all periods - Periods
14. How to delete a period - Periods
15. How to graph players - Graphing Data
16. How to create a new Dashboard - Console Dashboards
17. How to create a new widget - Console Widgets
18. How to customize a widget - Console Widgets
19. Know live vs replay widget options - Console Widgets
20. How to add a new group - Athlete Groups
21. How to interchange a player live - Rotating/Interchanging
22. How to clear graphs - Graphing Data
23. How to stop an Activity - Activities  

Collecting Live Data in Vector Live iPad App

1. Sync down changes made on Console or Cloud to Vector Live - How to Sync Changes to Vector Live
2. If running a standalone (Console-less) session, connect Receiver to Vector Live and commence live activity - Getting Started with Vector Live
   • Standalone Vector Live activities will be created automatically in the cloud when Vector Live app is synced post-session, and aggregated against device data uploaded from Vector 8 dock
3. If streaming standalone session to multiple iPads - Streaming Vector Live to Multiple iPads
4. If data is also to be collected on OpenField Console and streamed to Vector Live - 4G/Internet Stream or Local Stream

Post-Session Actions

OpenField Console and Vector 8 Dock

1. Connect Vector 8 Devices to Vector 8 Dock to upload device data to Cloud - Uploading Data from Vector 8 Devices to Cloud
   • If you are experiencing WiFi connectivity issues or working behind a captive portal (e.g. hotel or stadium network), use the Vector Desktop App to transfer data via USB from the Dock to your Windows PC.
2. In OpenField Console, perform any other activity edits as desired
   • How to open a previous Activity in the Console - Activities
   • How to interchange a player post session - Rotating/Interchanging
   • How to create Periods post session - Periods
   • How to flag a region of data - Flagging Data

3. Sync OpenField Console to upload activity created live and data collected live - OpenField Sync

    

OpenField Cloud

1. If desired, edit the activity in the Cloud Editor - Cloud Editor
2. How to select Athletes in the Cloud - Cloud Widgets
3. How to create a new dashboard on the Cloud - Cloud Dashboards
4. How to create a new widget on the Cloud - Cloud Widgets
5. How to customize a widget on the Cloud - Cloud Widgets
6. How to create a PDF report - Generating a PDF report
7. How to create a bulk PDF report - Bulk Exporting PDF Reports
8. How to export a CTR report - CTR Reports