Quick Use
Entering the Event
Double-click to open the software, click on Event
in the left menu bar, select Event
, and click Open
to successfully enter the event. Scroll down to see the event configuration.
Modifying Athlete Information
Select Athlete
from the left menu bar, click Modify
, select Card Number (default is 12345678)
, and change the default card number to the card you have.
Route Generation
Select Route
from the left menu bar, click Add Route (dropdown)
, and select Add by Category
to generate routes based on existing categories.
Checkpoint Setup
Click Add Checkpoint (dropdown)
in the menu bar, select Batch Add
, generate checkpoints according to default values, and arrange the route in order.
Note
After placing checkpoints into the route, you must click the Save
button, otherwise the route will be empty with no checkpoints included.
Channel Matching
Click Category and Channel
in the menu bar, click Quick Match Route
, then click Quick Match Channel
to complete the matching of routes and channels.
Entering Results and Printing Paper Results
Required Hardware Preparation:
Prepare the
main station, main station cable, printer, and the card to be entered, along with the checkpoints set in the route
.Connect the main station cable to the main station, turn on the printer and connect it to the main station cable.
Connect the main station cable to the
computer
.
Main Station Mode Explanation:
Check-in Mode
: Only reads the card number, mainly used before the competition to enter athlete card numbers and distribute positioning devices.
Results Entry
: Athletes swipe the main station, and the computer reads the results.
Online Mode
: This mode is only used when this computer is a secondary computer for printing results. The secondary computer uses online mode, not results entry mode.
Management Mode
: This function is used for managing checkpoints, such as synchronizing time with the main station and writing offline names to the card.
Click Competition Day
in the left menu bar, click Real-time Results
, click Main Station
, select Port
(there will be two ports by default, one for the main station and one for the printer), choose either, switch Status
to Open
. If the main station is successfully connected, there will be a beep
sound, and if the printer (turned on
) is successfully connected, a Printer Connected Successfully
slip will appear.
Card Punching
The card needs to be punched in the order of clear, start, route checkpoints, finish, main station. After successful punching, the system will display Results Entered
, and the printer will print out the results slip, which can be torn off to view the punch details.
👏👏👏 At this point, you have experienced the most basic individual race process of the system. Next, we will start creating events for different types of competitions and perform event configuration and results adjudication based on different types of competitions.