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Tutorial - Page 7
Timer Control
Note: If you are using manual data entry mode, you may skip to
the next page.
Timer control is carried out from the Staging
Window and will depend on whether or not the Timer you have selected provides
both Start and Finish triggers. The AXWRATS Timer, AC4 (pre mid-2001), JACircuits
(in
Chrono Timer mode), and Tag Heuer timers all provide start indicators. As
such, the software can provide additional capabilities to
control the timers and timing data. Timers that provide only the Finish trigger
provide a significant less amount of control. If the
Timer provides both Start and Finish triggers, a series of Stop Watch buttons and a Reset Finish button
provide control over the Start and Finish triggers.
The Stop Watch buttons provide visual indications of running
timers, with simulated elapsed times displayed in each button respectively. The
buttons also a Start trigger Reset capability when pressed.
The number of stopwatch
buttons depends on the number of logical timers that are configured via the Port
and Timer Setup Options tab described in Page 2. Below is a snapshot of 4 Stop Watch Timers (the
default).
Timer Reset: Ignoring a false Start Trigger
To reset a Timer (to ignore a false Start Trigger) click on the
respective Stop Watch button. The
buttons are numbered form the left to the right, with Timer 1 being the
left most Timer, and Timer 4 being the rightmost timer.
The example on the right demonstrates the action taken
when the first Stop Watch button is pressed. As you can see, it will
ignore the 1st Timer (1st Start Trigger). |
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Ignoring a false Finish Trigger
| If a false finish trigger is generated , resulting in a
premature finishing time, the Reset Finish button should be used to ignore that
finish. The current version of the software can only reset a single finish
trigger but this feature is being re-evaluated.
To reset a false finish trigger, press the
Reset Finish Button. When the button is pressed a prompt
will be displayed as show below. This example demonstrates a premature
finish trigger had occurred for the first car in the Staging grid.
If you select Yes, the finish will be ignored
and the Stop Watches buttons adjusted accordingly. The software will then wait for the next Finish
trigger. |
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A special penalty , called OFF, is used to Forcing a Time (999secs) into a
Time slot to handle conditions where the car cannot trip the finish light.
Such conditions occur due to mechanical breakdowns, flat tires etc.
The time slot must be reserved in order to retain the proper sequence of
cars on the track and record the fact that the car in question, had a
problem on the run. |
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