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Ending a set

When the score wins a set (25, or 15 in the fifth set, two points clear), the set has to end before the next one starts. By default Courtside ends it for you. You can ask it to wait for you instead, and give the set's length.

When Courtside ends the set​

With the season's default settings, the point that wins the set also writes the set end, **1set. The command bar says so: "Set 1 to Harbour City VC 25:21. Undo if wrong." If the score was wrong, undo, fix the codes and carry on.

The set's length in the .dvw comes from the clock: from the set's first serve to its last point.

Then the lineup screen opens for the next set.

When a team wins the match, the command bar adds the result: "Match over, Harbour City VC 3–1 Riverside Volley."

Confirm each set end yourself​

Turn on Confirm each set end before the console writes it in Settings → Rules. From then on, when the score wins a set, Courtside holds the set end and the command bar asks:

Set 1 won 25:21 by Harbour City VC. End set?

The line has:

  • Set length in minutes, filled in from the clock (first serve to last point). Change it if the clock was off, for example because you started coding late. The number you give is written to the .dvw as the set's length.
  • End set, or Enter on an empty command line: ends the set.
  • Not yet, or Esc on an empty command line: hides the question until the score changes.

To change the length from the keyboard, press Tab on the empty command line. The cursor goes to the Set length box; type the minutes and press Enter to end the set.

While a set end is waiting, new codes are refused. If the set isn't really over, the score is wrong: fix the earlier codes (see The code log). When the score no longer wins the set, the question goes away.

The question also appears for an imported match whose file has a won set without a set end.

Play a golden set​

Some competitions settle a tie over two matches with a golden set to 15. Once the match is over, the team panel shows Play golden set.

  1. Click Play golden set.
  2. Enter both teams' sixes on the lineup screen and click Start the golden set.
  3. Code it like any set. It's won at 15, two points clear.

The top bar shows "Golden set · first to 15", and its tab in the code log is GS. Undo takes the golden set back.

warning

How DataVolley stores a golden set in a .dvw isn't known yet. Courtside exports it as one more set, so a file you import again doesn't know the set was golden.

After the match​

Once the match is over, the team panel says "Match over. Codes can still be modified; export the .dvw from the top bar." See Exporting a .dvw.