Case study: LaunchPADS project, 2019

Adelaide 36ers – Live Data and Display Controls

Live game statistics from a sports statistics API brought into PADS4, with a tablet interface for updating the screens during games.

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At a glance

Project at a glance.

From the LaunchPADS project record.

  1. Client

    Adelaide 36ers, National Basketball League

  2. Location

    Hindmarsh, South Australia

  3. Delivered by

    LaunchPADS

  4. Our role

    Integration design between the sports statistics API and PADS4, and a tablet management interface

  5. Platform

    PADS4, with a custom control portal and custom data feeds

  6. Screens

    Five screens

  7. Completed

    August 2019, with services for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons

The challenge

New statistics, existing screens.

The National Basketball League changed how game statistics were recorded and transmitted during live games, and the club’s existing signage solution wasn’t compatible with the new approach.

The 36ers also needed the perimeter advertising screen to be programmed to work together with the main centre-court screens.

Centre-court screens showing sponsor content before an Adelaide 36ers game, with players warming up and a control laptop in the foreground
Sponsor content on the centre-court screens before an Adelaide 36ers game, with the control laptop in the foreground. Delivered by LaunchPADS, 2019.

Our contribution

Statistics in,
screens updated.

We designed the integration between the sports statistics API and PADS4, so live on-court statistics could appear on the centre-court screens.

We also built a management interface that let staff update the screens from a tablet, instead of working in the full PADS4 software.

The solution

A custom feed and
one control centre.

The project record describes a custom feed giving access to the live on-court statistics, developed with the statistics provider. In PADS4, screens were created for both the 36ers’ and the visiting team’s statistics.

The tablet control centre handled the production elements of each game, including the perimeter advertising screen, which could be adjusted in real time.

Outcome

Two seasons
of game days.

According to the project record, LaunchPADS provided these services for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 NBL seasons.

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