[sailwave] Elapsed Time Scoring

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Thanks for the cautionary note Mark,

We used to do the same but I have written a Visual Basic programme to control a relay board (with manual override controls at 12volts if the 240 mains is lost) to do the start sequence lights and klaxon in timed sequence and thence to count up - push one button to do the whole start sequence. When fully operational the RO can click on a boat number on screen to advance it by one lap or finish and it automatically stores the intermediate/finish time. One laugh is that it works OK at home but when I tried it at the club everything worked fine in terms of timing and sequence - but the klaxon did not turn off !!! - Calls from visual basic to the light relay and klaxon relay at T=0 (start) blocked turning it off (old slow PC at the club needs replacing!).

At present we use a desktop countdown/up timer from 5 minutes and thus time for each lap and finish is elapsed time. The PC based system will replace it when the programme is debugged and silence is heard after the start.

Steve Willis

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----- Original Message -----

From:
Mark Townsend

To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 5:22 PM

Subject: RE: [sailwave] Elapsed Time Scoring

FYI - We avoid using elapsed time scoring and instead record the start and finish times and allow sailwave to calculate the elapsed time. If the RC synchronizes their watches with a GPS you never need to worry about accidentally stopping the watch recording the elapsed time.

Mark Townsend

From:
sailwave@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:sailwave@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Mal Hartland
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 5:15 AM
To:
sailwave@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [sailwave] Elapsed Time Scoring

On version 1.84 (onwards) you set the default under the series options (race scoring tab), but can then override this by editing the race by either right clicking on the race column or within the sail number wizard - select the start to be edited and then click edit, and amend the Finishes to be recorded as drop down box.

This is also where you find the information for the course, wind strength etc that used to be seen on the front sheet when editing a race.

I hope that this helps.

Regards

Mal

From: * “Steve Willis” swillis@me139ty.fsnet.co.uk*
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Subject: * Re: [sailwave] Elapsed Time Scoring*
Date: * Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:02:55 -0000*

Mike,

Many thanks for this very quick response and helpful advice. I will try that out tonight.

Regards

Steve Willis

----- Original Message -----

From: Mike Croker

To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com

Sent:
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:37 AM

Subject: Re: [sailwave] Elapsed Time Scoring

for v1.57:

* Edit Scoring System
* Race Scoring
* change Finishes to Finish Time

You can also right click individual race column headers to do this, and
set up the race start times, on a race-by-race basis.

Mike Croker
LancingSC

seasaltersailing wrote:

>Most of our races are to be entered giving elapsed time for each
>competitor (only pursuit races are to be entered as a place). I find
>that for each competitor I have to click on the elapsed time button
>before entering the time in the box - a pain if you forget because
>when you try scoring the system comes back and says there is a
>mismatch but not where!
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>Is there any way to set the radio buttons to elapsed time as a default?
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