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What is meshO Manager?
Audience: Everyone — read this before the rest of the documentation.
meshO Manager is a web-based, multi-user application by design. Unlike the desktop event-management tools you may have used before, there is no "single-PC mode". You run Manager on one computer — Windows or Mac — as the server, and everyone else on your event team — registration, the download desk, commentators, screen operators — connects with a web browser from their own laptop, tablet, or phone on the same network.
How Manager is different
Single computer
A single computer is all you need to run both the server and a browser to run an entire event.
One install, many workstations
You don't install Manager on each computer. Other computers and users join the event by opening a URL in their browser.
Your server machine could be any of the computers you use for any of the tasks (or completely separate) — it could be your rego PC or your download PC — it doesn't matter. The only thing to keep in mind is that if you're using a meshO Prime field unit for radio punches, it plugs into the server computer over USB. As many other computers, tvs, tablets and phones can be connected as you want.
Everyone sees the same live data
When someone punches the radio finish control the commentator, download computer, all connected phones and the kiosk see it immediately. No syncing, no "let me refresh".
Roles can be split across people
One person can focus on downloads, another on resolving missing punches, another on leaderboard and commentary — all at the same time from different devices, without stepping on each other.
Leaderboard TVs are just more browsers
TVs showing Leaderboard are either just SmartTVs, or a computer connected to one or more TVs. No extra software to install — either run directly in a smart TV's web browser, or drive the TVs from a computer that just has browser windows open for each display.
Keep this model in mind as you read — one installation, with just your browser and optionally many other devices connected to the server, without any other software installed.