Run orienteering events end-to-end — timing, radio punches, leaderboards, and results — with simple install and modern UI.
If you know what you're trying to do, jump straight to it. For a much longer list, filed under the ways people actually ask ("a box died", "no start unit", "forgot to clear their dibber"), see Find a task.
| I want to… | Go to |
|---|---|
| Install Manager on a Windows, Mac or Linux computer for the first time | Installing meshO Manager |
| Set up my first event end-to-end | Walkthrough: your first event |
| Understand a term used in the docs | Concepts and glossary |
| Create a new event | Creating an event |
| Import competitors and courses | Importing event data |
| Reuse clubs and competitors across events | Club Registry / Competitor Registry |
| Allocate start times | Start times |
| Run a carnival scored over several days | Multi-stage events |
| Run a knock-out sprint (heats, semis, finals) | Knock-out competitions |
| Upload the map and plan where the radio controls go | The event map and radio placement |
| Draw a start list (intervals, club separation, ranking) | Drawing start times |
| Hide elite classes' results from public screens during a quarantine | Results quarantine |
| Run a club training with no entries or courses set up beforehand | Low-key events |
| Run a star relay or a butterfly (loops in any order) | Star relays |
| Number the bibs, by class or across a carnival | Bib numbers |
| Seed a start list from a ranking list | Drawing by ranking / Seeding from the IOF world ranking / Importing rankings from a CSV |
| Understand the dashboard during an event | The event dashboard |
| See which competitors are still out on the course | Seeing who is still on course |
| Confirm everyone is back / nobody is left on the course | Safety check: accounting for everyone |
| Set up the entry table for volunteers | The registration desk |
| Download a card at the finish | Downloading cards |
| Print splits for competitors (and choose where the printers go) | Printing splits |
| Download cards on a separate laptop (HTTPS / certificate) | HTTPS and certificates |
| Work out which link to give a laptop, phone or TV | Reaching the server: name or IP |
| Set up SportIdent units: code, mode, switch-off time, clock | Station configuration |
| Get a SportIdent USB station recognised on a Mac | SportIdent USB stations on macOS |
| Print on a USB printer plugged into a Windows laptop | USB printers on Windows |
| Re-read a control unit's punch memory | Station Memory |
| Follow the results live inside Manager | Leaderboard |
| Put results on liveresultat or the meshO cloud | Publishing live results online |
| See radio punches arriving live | Radio punches |
| Fix something that's gone wrong during the event | Resolving issues on the day |
| Keep a second computer ready to take over if the main one fails | Live standby |
| Run two events on one Manager on the same day | Running two events at once |
| Set up a bank of TV displays for spectators | TV screens |
| Let competitors and spectators follow the race on their phones, or put a kiosk in the finish | The spectator site and kiosk |
| Put a start clock, a starters list or a punch feed up around the arena | Event info screens |
| Publish final results | Results |
| Understand why a competitor has the status Manager is showing | Status and race time rules |
| Ask a quick question without leaving meshO Manager | Built-in assistant |
| Ask an AI assistant questions about a live event | AI assistants (MCP) |
| Find out what changed, when, and from which computer | Audit trail |
| Carry today's card and class changes into the next event | Changes report |
| Send a set-up event to the laptop or person running it on the day | Moving an event to another computer |
| Build something that reads Manager's event data | OJSON |
| Chase down an error or unexpected behaviour | Troubleshooting |
| Report a bug, ask a question, or suggest a feature | Reporting bugs and sending feedback |
At a real event the work splits across several people. Start with the pages most relevant to your role:
If you're the event organiser (setting up the event in the days before):
If you're the timing operator (at the download station during the event):
If you're the commentator:
Start here if Manager is new to you — the architecture, the moving parts, and how it differs from traditional desktop timing software.
Get Manager onto your Windows, Mac or Linux computer.
Read these next — walk through your first event end-to-end and pick up the vocabulary the rest of the docs use.
What to do in the days and weeks leading up to a competition — setup you do with time to spare, not under pressure on event day.
Your reference while the event is running. Geared toward the download station, registration desk, and anyone resolving problems in real time.
The user-facing displays: how to open them, share their URLs to TVs/tablets/laptops, and configure what each one shows. Covers the Leaderboard and Commentary views for the announcer, the arena screens — live results, the start list or analysis, whichever you set each one to — the spectator site and kiosk for the crowd, and the view-only info screens propped up at the start and the download tent.
Publishing final results, exporting to other systems, and wrapping up the event.
Power-user features that extend Manager beyond the built-in functionality.
Look here when you know what you're looking for — settings, terminology, the rules that determine a competitor's status and race time, and what to do when things go wrong.
Monospace marks file paths, configuration keys, and commands.If you spot something wrong or missing, have a question, or have an idea, email help@mesho.live or open an issue on GitHub. Reporting bugs and sending feedback says which to use and what to include.