News history

Previous messages will be preserved here for some time. So you won't miss anything, if you would be "offline" for a longer period.

Dec 22, 2009
I wish all customers and friends a Merry Christmas
and a good start into the New Year 2010!

SportSoftware V11
Initially I had planned to release the new version 11 this year. Unfortunately, there were many reasons why this did not work. During the last months I was very productive and so I am quite optimistic that OE2010 will be released in spring 2010. I am sure, all of you will be rewarded for your patience!

QuickMap
As usual, here is a report about QuickMap, the O map laser print service.
The numbers of printed maps are still at a constant level. This year it were about 5000 A3 and 19000 A4 maps. Among them were many small orders but also some orders of larger events like national championships. Nearly all had been printed on the waterproof Pretex paper.
In addition to German O clubs, my high level, quick and reliable service is preferred by many international customers. The top foreign country this year is again Belgium.
Test QuickMap and experience the advantage of this service! For more information, visit the QuickMap web site.

Dec 22, 2008
SportSoftware V11
The development of the new version 11 is still my main task. I am sure, all of you will be rewarded for your patience when this will be released.

SportSoftware and SPORTident
SPORTident are continuously improving their hardware. Right now, some special new features are not supported by the current SportSoftware V10.3. However, SPORTident consider it as very important and put great efforts in keeping their hardware compatible to every existing event software. Especially, they appreciate cooperating with me as the developer and vendor of the world wide leading O event software. They are even glad to utilise my experience as the co-developer of the SPORTident system.
This year, I had been repeatedly confronted with the opinion that the SportSoftware V10.3 would not support the current SI hardware. Actually, the SportSoftware works perfectly together with all SI stations and all SI chips which are available for orienteering.
For more details, please ask me!

SportSoftware and Emit
Also my cooperation with the Emit company couldn't be better, lead by their CEO Sven Marti. For example, this year I received quick and competent support when implementing a special kind of radio control which had been sold in UK (among others). Many thanks go to Ian Marsden (GBR) for his precise tests and comments. Finally he and his club Grampian Orienteers had not only been the initiators of this development but also the first ones who profited from it. In spring, they held the British O championships, which was the very first national championship using the SportSoftware together with Emit!
However, this was not the largest event which had been held using the SportSoftware and Emit. This was FinnSpring (FIN) in May 2008, with an attendance of nearly 4000 competitors on two days (individual and relay). The full scope of Emit hardware had been used there, including radio controls, samlingsboxes and finish line time taking. Jouni Laaksonen (FIN) had been the edp responsible person there. Thanks to Jouni, who had contributed very much to implementing Emit into the SportSoftware.

Mar 3, 2008
New versions of the event software V.10.3 released
Some more additions to the handling of the punching system Emit had been implemented. This concerns all main applications: OE2003, MT2003, OEScore and OS2003 as well as the Swedish editions of OE2003 and OS2003. For the SPORTident users, there are some small bug fixes and improvements.
In the relay software OS2003 and its Swedish edition, there is a new function: Assign chips. This wish came from Emit users but this function may also be useful for SPORTident customers.
In the speaker software OE/OSSpeaker, the support for a new Emit Online control had been added.
You can download the new setups from the download page or your known links, and update your installations. Swedish users can download their special editions from the Swedish support page.

Dec 20, 2007
Sport Software and Emit
Version 10.3 of the Sport Software had introduced the support for the Norwegian punching system Emit. Many thanks go to the new SportSoftware customers in Finland for their comprehensive tests and valuable feedback. This helped much to optimize the software. Special thanks go to Jouni Laaksonen, who is selling the SportSoftware in Finland with the goal to make it the no1 O event software there.