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Finish Time taking |
Initially, the time taking functions had been developed as OEFinish together with
the SPORTident sprinter
set for
the special requirements of the Park
World Tour.
But there are more
possible applications for the time taking. These are all events
where the time taking using the finish punch is not useful
or not possible at all: park O races, ski O events, mountain bike O
events, and world cup races and world championships in all O disciplines
including foot orienteering.
In addition to the SPORTIdent sprinter set external time taking systems from ALGE and MicroGate are
supported as well as time taking by the
PC clock.
The time taking functions are included in OE2010
Pro and available in OSFinish,
which is an add-on for OS2003.
Time taking at the start
The start time will be taken by the time taking system.
The time trigger device can be any device which is supported by the time
taking system, f.ex. a light bar, a start bar (which is used f.e. in
downhill skiing), or a
simple
button
by which
you can
trigger
the time manually. The runner punches the SI station, which is connected
to the PC, shortly before the start. Then he runs through the start bar
which delivers his
exact
real
start time.
All information is sent automatically to the PC where the start time
is assigned to the runner identified by the SI punch.
If the time taking system supports that, you can assign the start number
within that system first. Afterwards the full information (time and start
number) will be sent to the SportSoftware.
Time taking at the finish
The finish time will be taken by the time taking system.
When the runner crosses the finish line, the
time taking system sends the finish time to the PC. Then
the runner punches at the SI station which is connected to the PC, and
he will get the last finish time assigned.
If the time taking system supports that, you can assign the start
number within that system first. Afterwards the full information
(time and start
number) will be sent to the SportSoftware.
To speed
up this assignment (for the speaker!), it is possible to preassign
the next finish time to the currently incoming runner manually.
Of course, there is no guarantee for an error-free processing all
the time. Think about "double strokes", missing times,
etc. The SportSoftware provides an easy-to-use user interface to
allow manual corrections
without interrupting the automatic processing.
Speaker support
You will have the most benefit of the time taking functions
if you will use them together with the speaker
functions.
This allows to perform live reports using different possibilities
of online displays, f.ex. at big result
boards in the finish area or for TV broadcasting.
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