Illinois Scoreboards: The LX2350, LX2655 and LX1030 Across 437 Records

Each of these five spec sheets names the sports its scoreboard covers. In Electro-Mech's Illinois sales and shipping record, basketball leads every other sport, and the two most-shipped models, the LX2350 and the LX2655, are both indoor basketball scoreboards. Baseball comes next, and its outdoor pair is the LX1030 and the LX1060. The LX2550 rounds out the indoor side for gyms that host basketball alone.

The record tells you what shipped, to which city, and when. It does not tell you what a gym or field needs this season. High school rules have kept moving, for team fouls, shot clocks and pitch counts alike. A popular model is not automatically the right one.

I think the useful reading puts the record and the rulebook side by side, one model at a time. Start with what the record holds.

What does Electro-Mech's Illinois sales and shipping record contain?

Our Illinois sales and shipping record holds 437 records across 176 cities and towns, running from 1997 to 2025 and ranking Illinois seventeenth of 50 states by units shipped.

Three rules govern how those figures should be read:

• One row per organization, model and city. Electro-Mech counts this way on its own Illinois state page, which prints the same two totals.
• Sold and shipped, not standing. A record shows what the company sold and shipped, not what is installed or still in use.
• Variants fold into one model. The 2350, 2350-C and LX2350 spellings all count as the LX2350.

Our data lists 77 distinct models in the state, led by the LX2350 at 57 records, the LX2655 at 44, the LX1030 and LX2550 at 25 each, and the LX1060 at 24. The snapshot is dated 2026-09-14. I read it as a gym story first.

The common assumption is that a scoreboard purchase starts at the football stadium. Illinois reads differently. Basketball leads, and football sits third. Anyone scoping a gym project can start with the basketball scoreboard range, where both of the most-shipped Illinois models are listed.

Our review of the three title models narrows the picture. The LX2350, LX2655 and LX1030 account for 126 records at 110 organizations, shipped from 2000 to 2025, with basketball at 101 and baseball at 25. The record does not say why any of them was bought, what it cost or where it hangs today.

Baseball's second place carries its own context. Since NFHS revised Rule 6-2-6 in 2016, each state association sets a pitching restriction policy based on pitches thrown, with required rest between appearances. For Illinois high schools, that association is the Illinois High School Association. Put together, the record and the NFHS rule show basketball first, baseball second, and pitching limits written state by state. The gym holds most of this record. The diamond comes next.

What do the LX2350, LX2655 and LX2550 show in an Illinois gym?

The LX2350 is a 9 ft by 3 ft indoor basketball and multi-sport scoreboard; the LX2655 and LX2550 share a larger 9 ft by 5 ft cabinet with more digits.

The LX2350 spec sheet puts the cabinet at 89 lb and lists 12-inch Guest and Home Points, a 12-inch four-digit Period Clock, a 9-inch Period digit, and 3-inch Bonus and Possession indicators. The LX2350 cutsheet adds red, amber and green LEDs with fifty programmable brightness levels. The base model draws 1.2 amps at 120 VAC, and the LX2350-ETN, with Electronic Team Names, draws 1.9 amps. The model page notes that the uncluttered layout leaves room for sponsor ID panels.

The two larger models part ways on one set of digits. Our review of the LX2655 spec sheet shows 12-inch Points and Period Clock digits, every other digit at 9 inches, and removable caption plates that relabel the lower half for volleyball or wrestling. The LX2550 keeps that design but swaps the Player/Foul digits for Time Outs Left, and its spec sheet lists basketball only. Each draws 1.5 amps in base form and 2.2 amps with Electronic Team Names.

The choice follows the gym's schedule. A gym that also hosts volleyball and wrestling gets a relabeled lower half from the LX2655. A basketball-only gym gets a time-outs count from the LX2550. The LX2350 fits where wall height is limited. I would start any shared-gym conversation with the LX2655, because its captions do the most work across seasons.

Indoor rinks are a different case, with layouts covered on the hockey scoreboards page rather than in this basketball family.

What should an Illinois buyer check on an LX1060 order beyond the cabinet?

Check the console, the cabling and the outdoor protection. An LX1060 ships with a simplified 15-key console, a junction box and patch cable, and display circuits conformal coated for outdoor use.

Our review of the LX1060 spec sheet lists two upgrades worth pricing alongside that standard package: a full-sized 37-key control console with LCD display and the ScoreLink Wireless RF modem system. The console is the part a scorekeeper handles every game. The ScoreLink option decides whether that console reaches the scoreboard by radio or through the hardwired junction box. I would settle both choices before the quote is written, not after the scoreboard arrives.

The LX1060 model page calls the design "a crowd pleaser" and its console "user friendly." Rules belong in the same request. Pitching limits in Illinois come from the state association, and the basketball foul and shot clock rules have changed in recent seasons. Specify a gym order against the rules in force today, and a baseball order against the association's current pitching policy.

Which outdoor scoreboard fits an Illinois baseball field: the LX1030 or the LX1060?

The LX1030 is an 8 ft by 4 ft outdoor baseball and softball scoreboard; the LX1060 is 10 ft by 5 ft. Both use 18-inch digits.

The LX1030 spec sheet puts the cabinet at 113 lb with 6-inch captions, 4-inch indicators and a 1.1-amp draw. Its model page lists 18-inch Runs and Inning digits with bullet-style Ball, Strike and Out indicators, and places the LX1030 between the LX1050 and LX1060 in size. Our review of the LX1060 spec sheet shows a 160 lb cabinet with 7-inch captions and the same 1.1 amps, rising to 2.4 amps on the LX1060-ETN. The LX1060 model page traces its layout to the electro-mechanical scoreboards built in the 1960s.

Both spec sheets share the outdoor basics: an all-aluminum single cabinet, circuit boards conformal coated for outdoor use, and mounting hardware for two posts without on-site fabrication. A hardwired run takes up to 1,000 feet of shielded 2-conductor cable with a drain line, laid directly in a trench and kept separate from power. Most customers choose ScoreLink RF wireless instead.

Outdoor scoring has a rougher low end. In a 2016 r/ultimate thread on Reddit, one commenter said wind can change a flip scoreboard, and a league organizer said a cheaper earlier model "was always broken." Weather tests construction first. I weigh the cabinet before the feature list on any field.

The decision usually comes down to size and team names. Pick the LX1060 for the bigger cabinet or Electronic Team Names. Pick the LX1030 for a lighter cabinet with the same digit height. Neither model page lists a pitch count, so a program that tracks pitches should say so in its quote request. Both spec sheets sit on the scoreboard manuals page for side-by-side reading.

A quote request can be this short. Every field below matches a line on the LX1060 spec sheet. Send it as plain text.

Illinois scoreboard quote request
Model:        LX1060 or LX1060-ETN (Electronic Team Names)
Sport:        Baseball / Softball
Console:      Simplified 15-key or full-sized 37-key with LCD
Console link: Hardwired cable or ScoreLink Wireless RF
Finish:       Standard or custom paint color; amber or red LEDs

What can one entry in the Illinois record tell a buyer about changing basketball rules?

One entry gives a model, a sport and a ship date, nothing more. Since 2023-24, high school basketball has awarded two free throws on the fifth team foul in each quarter.

Morton Elementary in Chicago, IL shows the format. Our review of the record lists two entries there: a 2350 basketball scoreboard shipped 2009-12-14 and a 2350 basketball scoreboard shipped 2010-01-07. The record writes the model as 2350; its LX equivalent is the LX2350. The record does not say why either scoreboard was ordered, where it went, or whether it is still in use. Compare the indicators on an older cabinet with the current LX2350 spec sheet.

Ship dates stay fixed. The rulebook does not. According to the NFHS, two changes came after those Morton Elementary shipments:

• Shot clock: a 35-second clock was approved by state adoption for the 2022-23 season. Before the official approval in 2021, 10 states allowed one on an experimental basis or outside the national rules framework.
• Team fouls: under Rule 4-8-1, team fouls reset at the end of each quarter and the one-and-one is gone. The earlier rule gave the one-and-one on the seventh foul in a half and two free throws on the tenth.

Shot clock adoption is a state decision, not a national mandate. An Illinois program should confirm the IHSA's current position before a shot clock enters any specification.

The scoreboard side has its own facts. The LX2350 spec sheet lists 3-inch Bonus and Possession indicators, with Double Bonus Indicators available as an option. The spec sheet does not say how those indicators should be run under a per-quarter foul count. For that question, the Electro-Mech service team is the right call before an order is written.

Popularity in the record settles none of this. The LX2350 leads the Illinois count, yet a lead in shipments says nothing about which foul rule a gym plays under today. I would treat the rulebook, not the record, as the first filter for any gym scoreboard decision.

What should an Illinois school or rec department list when pricing an LX2350 or LX1030?

List the model, console and every option by name, then request a written quote. The LX2350 includes a full-sized 37-key console; the LX1030 includes a simplified 15-key one.

A budget for either model starts with a quote request built from the equipment list. The LX2350 cutsheet and the LX1030 spec sheet describe what comes in the package and what can be added. Neither carries a price. Send the finished list to the Electro-Mech team for a quote built on those named lines.

Our review of the LX2350 cutsheet adds that its console carries an LCD display, so the gym model needs no console line on the request. The outdoor model works differently. The LX1030 spec sheet makes the 37-key console with LCD an option, and the model page calls the standard unit the "MM" console.

The LX1030 spec sheet separates standard from optional equipment:

Three lines belong on every Illinois quote request for these models:

1. The model and sport, written as the LX2350 for a basketball gym or the LX1030 for a baseball or softball field.
2. The console, standard or upgraded, and whether it connects by cable or by ScoreLink Wireless RF.
3. The finish and add-ons: paint color, team name in place of HOME, ID panels and any added display or sound package.

Each line changes what the quote covers. Leave none of them for after the order. I would settle the console and its link first, because that is the equipment the operator works with at every game.

What should an Illinois buyer take from the record before ordering?

Order for the rules your gym or field plays under, then pick the model. The record shows what Illinois bought most; it cannot tell you what your program needs.

Our 437 Illinois records point to one next step: ask for the spec sheet of each model you are quoted. A long record is a strong starting point. The rulebook, not the count, should set the specification.

Our review of the LX2550 spec sheet adds one planning point: a data output port supports daisy chaining additional displays. I would build the first order around this season's rules and leave room for that next display. Then ask for a written quote.