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Use Lane4 Meet Manager on the deck

Lane4 Meet Manager is the desktop app a host team uses to run a meet on the pool deck. It runs on macOS 11 or later and on Windows 10 and 11. The whole meet runs offline: you only need an account and a connection to publish live results and to update the app.

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Sign in

You sign in through your web browser, so the app never sees your password. Your password manager, passkeys, and existing Lane4 HQ session work as usual.
  1. On the app’s home screen, click Sign in, then Sign in with your browser.
  2. Your browser opens Lane4 HQ. Sign in if you aren’t already.
  3. The page asks Sign in Lane4 Meet Manager? Click Approve.
  4. Your browser hands you back to the app, which finishes signing in. If the browser asks whether to open Lane4, allow it.
If the app doesn’t come forward on its own, switch back to it: it finishes within a few seconds either way. The browser shows a short code, which matches the code in the app’s sign-in window.
Only approve a sign-in that you started on a computer you’re using. If someone sends you a sign-in link, click Deny: approving it would let their computer act as you.
If the browser was closed by mistake, click Open browser again. If the code expires or you click Deny, start again with Try again.
Don’t have an account yet? Click Create an account in the sign-in window. Running a meet doesn’t need one.

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Publish live results

Verified heats can go to Lane4 live results as soon as an official verifies them.
  1. Open the meet and go to Export & publish.
  2. Under Hosting team, choose the team running the meet. Only teams where you’re an owner, head coach, or assistant coach are listed. Click the reload button if you were just added to a team.
  3. Turn on Send verified heats automatically.
When the computer is offline, verified heats wait in a queue on the computer and publish once it reconnects. Nothing is lost if the WiFi drops. To see which teams you can publish for, click your name on the home screen. Each team is marked Can publish or View only.

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Sign out

Click your name on the home screen, then Sign out. You can also end the computer’s session from Lane4 HQ: open Settings → Account and end it under Active sessions. Do this if a deck laptop is lost or shared.

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Updates

When a new version is available, the meets list shows Lane4 version is available.
  • Click Update and restart to install it. It takes about a minute, and your meets stay on the computer.
  • Click Later to keep working. The app asks again the next time you open it.
The app only offers updates on the meets list, and never installs one without you, so it won’t restart in the middle of a meet. Every update is signed by Lane4 and checked by the app before it installs. A computer without internet simply doesn’t see updates until it’s back online.

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Troubleshooting

Still stuck? See support.