Chapter 4

Run your pace clocks

Connect your Neon Pace Clocks, send a workout onto them, and run them from your phone. No clock yet? A virtual one works just like the hardware.

Lesson 1

Connect and control clocks

With Bluetooth on, Neon finds nearby Neon Pace Clocks and lists them. From there you run them all together, or step into one clock to control it on its own.

The Pace Clocks list with four connected clocks and the bottom transport toolbar, the play button highlighted

One roster, every clock

Every connected clock shows its live time in one list. The bottom controls, backward, pause, play, and forward, run all of them together.

A single clock's Control screen with a large red display and play and pause buttons

Control one clock

Tap a clock to open its own screen. Play, pause, and reset here affect only that clock, not the rest of the deck.

A clock's Options screen with the Sync With Current Time action highlighted

Set each clock's options

A clock's Options sync it to the current time, switch it between counting up and down, and, on hardware, set its brightness.

Tap Options on any clock.

Two more controls up top. The Sync All button in the top-right corner sets every clock to the current time at once. And a clock's EE:HH button turns it into an event-and-heat board for meets.

Lesson 2

Program a workout to your clocks

Send a workout's sets straight to your clocks. Each clock can even run a different interval group, so different lanes get different send-offs from the same workout.

A workout open with the pace-clock button highlighted in the bottom toolbar

Start from a workout

Open a workout and tap the pace-clock button in its toolbar to start programming.

Tap the pace-clock button.

The Program Pace Clocks screen listing the workout's sets, all selected

Pick the sets

Choose which sets to send. Every set starts selected; tap one to leave it off the clocks.

Tap Select Pace Clocks.

The clock picker with two clocks selected, one set to interval group A and one to B

Pick clocks and groups

Select your clocks. Give each an interval group, A through F, so different lanes get different send-offs from the same sets.

Then Send Sets To Pace Clock.

The upload screen after sending, with the View Pace Clocks button revealed

Send, then watch

When the batch finishes, View Pace Clocks appears. It means at least one clock is done, not that every clock succeeded.

Tap View Pace Clocks.

The Pace Clocks list with two clocks running the programmed workout, one on group A and one on group B

Each clock runs its group

Now each clock counts down its own line. The one on group A and the one on group B run their own send-offs, side by side.

Set your starting point. Under Settings, Pace Clock, two Programming Defaults save you steps: Auto Start Workouts begins the workout the moment you send it, and Default Count Mode preselects counting down or up.

Lesson 3

Virtual Neon Pace Clock

No hardware yet? The Virtual Neon Pace Clock is a software clock that programs, runs, and sounds just like the real thing. It even shows on your Apple Watch and casts to a TV.

Pick a plan

Subscribe from the promo card in Settings: Solo for one clock, or Team for four. Both come with a 30-day free trial.

The promo card with the Annual billing option highlighted and the trial price shown

Monthly or annual

Choose monthly or annual billing, then start the trial. Restore brings back a plan you already bought on another device.

A virtual clock's Options with the Name field being edited to Lane 3

Name it for a lane

A virtual clock behaves like hardware, and adds one thing: a Name you can edit. Call it after a lane or a group.

Edit the Name field.

The Pace Clocks list showing the renamed clock reading Lane 3

It shows up renamed

The new name follows the clock everywhere it appears, so Lane 3 is easy to find in a room full of clocks.

Lesson 4

Send-off sounds and rep counts

Neon can play an audible send-off from your phone so swimmers hear each interval start. It ships off, so the first step is turning it on.

The Send Off Sound Defaults with the Tone control on Off, highlighted

Turn on the sound

Send-off sound ships off. In Settings, Pace Clock, pick a Tone from 1 to 7. Nothing plays until you do.

Pick a tone.

The Volume, Duration, and Interval controls highlighted

Shape the sound

Set Volume, Duration, Interval (the seconds between cues), and Max Number (how many play). Mix or Duck decides how it sits over other audio.

Keep it awake

Sounds play only while Neon is open and in front. Keep Awake keeps it running so the cues keep coming, even after the screen blacks out to save battery.

A clock's Options with the Show Rep Count switch highlighted

Show the rep number

Rep counts flash the current rep at the start of each interval, then return to the time. Turn them on in a clock's Options.

That's Chapter 4. Your clocks connect, program, and run from your phone, with send-off sounds and rep counts to match. Next up: big screens and your wrist. Questions? Our support team can help.