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     DOC STABLE LINK
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Your online stable (play.johnreevesiii.com), riding at the
seats of your local Derby Owners Club Host Pack rig.

Stable Link is the card reader; the online stable is the card.
Nothing horse-related is stored on this PC.


HOW TO USE
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1. Install the Derby Owners Club HOST PACK first and run its
   "START HERE - Setup" once. Stable Link finds it on its own.

2. Double-click "Stable Link.cmd". A dashboard opens in your
   browser with one panel per seat.

3. FIRST TIME ONLY: the dashboard shows a pairing code. You
   (the host) sign in at the shown link and approve it. That
   links the rig to your account. Players never do this step.

4. PER PLAYER, PER SEAT: click "Get login code" on a seat.
   The player goes to play.johnreevesiii.com/seat-link on
   their phone, signs in (free account), and enters the code.
   Their horses appear on the seat panel; pick one and it is
   inserted like a card. Play. "Save & log out" sends the
   horse back to their online stable.

That is the whole loop: log in, ride, log out.


GOOD TO KNOW
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- Stable Link only talks OUT to the internet over HTTPS. No
  ports to open, no firewall prompts, no tunnels.
- If the PC crashes mid-session, start Stable Link again: it
  finds the unsaved horse and sends it home (or holds it
  safe until the player logs in again).
- A local horse card created without Stable Link is never
  touched: it is set aside while a cloud horse uses the seat
  and put back afterward.
- Updates come from us. When the dashboard shows "Update
  available", one click installs it.
- Every save is checked server-side exactly like every other
  cabinet - same rules for everyone.
