For some events you would like to change the passwords for the OC Member, Judges e.t.c.


To do that you need to start the OVS with startup keys:


To do that you need to use Terminal for OS X or CMD on Windows. 

Here are the list of the available keys:

  • -ocPassword – password for CJP/OC
  • -judgePassword – password for the judges
  • -scoreboardPassword – password for the scoreboard director
  • -observerPassword – password for the observer
  • -passwordLength – select the length of random password if the password is auto generated. 
    • Default length is 4
    • Random password can be found in the startup logs in Terminal/CMD
    • To enable autogeneration of the password you need to set password to "" with the flags above.  
    • Please note that the password is OVS startup specific, so if you use random generation the passwords will be different after OVS resetart


Starting using script files


Another option to start ovs with startup keys is to create a .bat file for windows or shell script for OS X. Batch files and shell scripts are simply the text files that operating system can execute as a script. You will need to add the ovs_server.exe or ./ovs_server__mac command to the script file with required keys and start is as a regular file.

Attached are .bat file example for windows and .sh file for os x, the need to be placed in ovs folder, for OS X you will need to execute chmod +x command from terminal