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Brand New Look!

By Nolan Radloff | December 18, 2020

The Holidays are a time for giving and brightening up the lives of the people around you, but sometimes you need to take the time to treat yourself. We decided to give our website a bit of a facelift to really make sure we went into 2021 with an updated and fresh start to go […]

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Join us at the Virtual Eastern States Swim Clinic!

By Eve Julian | September 11, 2020

This year Eastern States is going virtual! They will have the same great lineup of speakers and topics, all from the comfort of your home on October 3 and 4.  Also, IST will be giving away a pace clock as usual! Register for the clinic to get more information on how to enter.   REGISTER […]

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Swim Meets in the era of COVID-19

By Eve Julian | August 3, 2020

Normally this time of year I would be reminding you to get your timing equipment out, clean and test everything, update your computer and get an RMA from us for any items that need repaired. If you are going to be able to start your season, go ahead and do all of that! Call us […]

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Preparing your computer and software for the upcoming season

By Eve Julian | July 8, 2020

Hopefully our seasons will be getting underway soon (fingers crossed!). In preparation for your upcoming season, it’s a good idea to prepare your computer and software so it will run smoothly right from the beginning. Here are some tips for “cleaning up” your software. Update your Computer If you are like me, you haven’t been […]

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IST’s Stance on Recent Events

By Eve Julian | June 16, 2020

Hello everyone, we here at IST wanted to take the time to address what is happening in the world right now and where we stand on the matter. First, before anything else, we hope that no matter what you are doing and or how you feel about the issues at hand, you are taking the […]

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Celebrating the Class of 2020

By Eve Julian | May 5, 2020

Some of the high school seasons came to an abrupt end in March, and spring sports are non-existent. Some coaches have been thinking about ways to celebrate their Seniors who will be graduating this year. Here are a couple of ideas that we’ve stolen from other coaches! Social Media Shout Outs If you have social […]

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IST’s COVID-19 Response

By Eve Julian | March 17, 2020

We would like to address IST’s response to the current COVID-19 outbreak. IST is located in Michigan, where social distancing has been implemented. We typically have less than 10 people at a time in the physical office. We are taking extra precautions with hand washing and cleaning of commonly touched items like coffee pots and […]

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A Trip Back in Time!

By Nolan Radloff | February 13, 2020

We have recently stumbled upon the first commercial that IST produced! It is a parody of “A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney”, and was released in 1992. If you look closely, you may be able to recognize a few familiar faces from the office!

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When plugging in your touchpads, polarity matters!

By Eve Julian | February 5, 2020

Ground Tabs If you have ever looked closely at the banana plugs on your touchpads and backup buttons, you will see that there is a ground tab on each of them. This ground tab indicates that the ground wire (black wire) is attached to that terminal. On the deck cable, you will notice that there […]

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IST Cables – Info you need to know!

By Eve Julian | October 1, 2019

Many of our products come with cables that connect them to other items – the cable from the CTI to the computer, the CTI to the scoreboard, Deck cable to the CTI, etc. Often if there is hardware issue, the likely culprit is a cable or connector on a cable. Cables have a 2-year warranty, […]

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