Certain third party timing hardware can be used with RACE RESULT 12 by connecting through the Transponder Module, this will not be supported moving forward unless we receive high demand for a particular feature.

FinishLynx

The Transponder Module can be used to read a .LIF file from a FinishLynx event.

To do so create a new connection and select FinishLynx File from the Connection Type, locate the lif file on your computer and select a timing point. It is a good idea to create a dedicated timing point for PhotoFinish Times.

The lynx file will be played into the event file, any new additions to the file will be added live, however, if an existing record is modified this will NOT be sent to RACE RESULT 12 and you should replay the Lynx file.

Time Machine

The Time Machine, distributed by Flying Feet Computers, can be used in conjunction with RACE RESULT 12 to record times either as a primary timing system or as a manual backup device.

Times can be pulled in live from a Time Machine by connecting to the device via serial connection through the Manual Timing module in RACE RESULT 12.

Note: It is essential to ensure that the appropriate software drivers are installed for either the USB->Serial Interface or the Bluetooth Adapter. Additionally, you must locate the appropriate COM port (which can be found under Device Manager).

Within the Manual Timing module first select the timing point which times should be saved to, it's good practice to have a dedicated timing point for the Time Machine.

To connect to the system click Connect to Device,select the correct COM port and set Baud Rate to 9600, then click Connect.

If using the Wireless Computer Interface, the light on the unit should turn from RED to GREEN.

Times will be automatically sent to the manual timing module, which will show the Time, Bib and participant information.

To send data to the file click Send Data in the top right to push data once, or click the connection icon on the right to automatically push all data in to the event file as it's received, when green the connection is live.

FDS mLED Displays

Raw Data Exporters can be used to send text data to FDS mLED Displays and control the variables.

Basic Exporter Setup

Trigger exporter from Split or Timing Point.
Select correct COM Port
9600, n, 8, 1
Export data in Custom Export Data
LF line ending

Export Data Setup

As standard each line of data will start with the following:

chr(2) & "13" & ...

chr(2) defines ASCII code 2, used to identify the start of data by the display

The 2 digit number defines the line number (1-8, depending on mLED configuration) and brightness (1-3 where 3 is max).

Following this you can send any standard data field from RR12, this should be written as a text string.
For example to send bib, followed by space, then the first name:

chr(2) & "13" & [Bib] & " " & [FirstName]

Multiple Line Setup

The most common line numbers to use with the mLED are as follows:

1 - Full height text as a single line

2 - A full-width line on the top half of the display

3 - A full-width line on the bottom half of the display

If sending more than one line using a USB-Serial adapter, you can set this up in a single exporter. To make this easier it is recommended to store the data for each line in a User-Defined field, you can then join the lines using "& [LF] &" which creates a line-feed in the data.

For example:

[Line1] & [LF] & [Line2]

To imitate a scrolling type effect where names scroll down the display on different lines you can use the Rank .Prev function, where Line 1 would be the current participant to cross the line, and Line 2 would take the values for the previous participant according to the relevant rank. This is best done with a separate rank setup in Rankings to order participants by the finish time of day with no grouping.

Multi-Colour

Colour codes can be used in the export data string to change the colour of each separate field if desired. To do this enter the colour code between two ^.

Available colours:

Colour	Code	Colour	Code
Black	cs 0	Cyan	cs 6
Red	cs 1	White	cs 7
Green	cs 2	Orange	cs 8
Blue	cs 3	Deep Pink	cs 9
Yellow	cs 4	Light Blue	cs 10
Magenta	cs 5

For Example, the following would send Bib in Red and FirstName in Blue

chr(2) & "13" & "^cs 1^" & [Bib] & " " & "^cs 3^" & [FirstName]

It is also possible to use some dynamic colouring using If statements, e.g. all Magenta for Female or all Blue for Male

chr(2) & "13" & if([Gender]="m";"^cs 3^";"^cs 5^") & [Bib] & " " & [FirstName]

Other Tricks

If you expect participants finishing close together and want to ensure their data is displayed the exporters can apply a minimum delay between each data record in the advanced settings. You may also wish to set a max queue length to ensure this does not lag too far behind current finishers.

To ensure text is always aligned as you wish, for example aligning a field to the end of a row you can use the string() function to add additional spaces.

For example on the second line you could return the Nation.IOC field which is always three characters and the time at the end of the line, but time could be minutes/seconds or hours/minutes/seconds.

A time with hours will be 7 characters (h:mm:ss) whereas only minutes and seconds would be 5 (mm:ss)

The following would ensure that the field always takes 7 characters so the end digit will be aligned to the same place:

String(7-len([Time]);" ") & [Time]