User Guide
Here you can find a full list of commands that can be used to operate and/or customize the coach and player units. Just click on a topic to to learn more. You can also use the links at the bottom of this page to download the User Guide and our Game Day Signals brochure.
Game Day Signals is a product of Blackhawk Enterprise Incorporated
Getting started
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Initializing New Player Units
If you ordered coach and player units, they will typically be paired before they are shipped. This procedure will be useful when receiving additional or replacement units.
Prior to being paired, each player unit will display a unique ID on the screen
To pair a player unit to a coaching unit, press *** plus the 5-digit PanID dis-played on the player unit, followed by #
Example: ***21473#
Charging
About 1 hour is required to fully charge the battery
The battery lasts about 5-6 hours
Pairing a Secondary Coaching Unit
This allows you to pair another coaching unit to the network.
On the new coaching unit that you want to pair, press **401# (this will show the PanID on the display)
On the master coaching unit, press *** plus the 5-digit PanID displayed on the secondary coaching unit that you are trying to pair, followed by #
Example (on new coaching unit): **401#
Example (on master coach unit): ***17439#
The screen will display “Pairing Complete”
Commands
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Sending Signals
Signals are digits sent to players communicating activities for the upcoming play.
You can enter up to 6 digits and submit the information by pressing #
Example: to send 123456, you would type 123456#
Clear Display
This will clear the last signal on the player unit and the display on the coach unit.
Example: *#
Vibration Mode
This allows you to turn vibration mode on for the player units.
The command is **1x# (options for x are: 0 = Off, 1-9 = Number of Vibrations, Defaults to 2 if no value entered for x)
Example: **1# (turns vibration on and de-faults to 2 vibrations)
When toggling vibration mode on, you can customize the length of the vibration.
Example to customize length: **14# (the 4 indicates the customized vibration length)
Example: **10# (turns vibration off)
Signal Timeout
This will set a timer for how long a play call remains on the player unit.
This setting can be activated by sending **2x# (options for x are: 0 = Off, 1-9 = Number of Seconds)
You can set the timeout to be 1 to 9 seconds.
Example: **24# (this will set the timer to 4 sec-onds)
Example: **20# (this deactivates the timeout feature)
Sign Translation Mode (Text Display)
This allows you to display custom defined signs such as “Fastball Middle”.
Refer to the “How To” videos on our YouTube Channel for help in setting up your custom sign list: www.youtube.com/@GameDaySignalsSimpleFastSecure
Enable Coach Keypad ID
This will show the coach keypad ID that sent the signal. It will typically be useful when multiple coaching units are paired.
Example: **411# (Turns keypad ID on)
Example: **410# (Turns keypad ID off)
Show Unit Number
This will display the Unit Number of the device on the display screen.
Example: **50#
Coach Keypad Sync
This will allow you to synchronize the settings of the master coach unit to any secondary coaching units (this should be done after mak-ing any changes to the settings if you are using multiple coach units)
On the secondary coaching unit, enter **420#
Then, on the master coaching unit, enter **421# to send the settings