FinishLynx 9.10

New general features

New warning of offline wind gauge

The user can now be warned when the wind gauge does not respond as expected. This feature is specifically added to support real time results when using Regatta Master.

For the Lynx wind gauge, a warning can be received any time there is a problem. For other wind gauges, a warning will only appear after a failed attempt to retrieve a reading.

After a warning is received, there is a two minute hold before another warning will appear.

Figure: FinishLynx 9.10 Release Notes

note: Warnings are never received while capture or alignment is enabled.

New scoreboard features

New scoreboard scripts

The following scoreboard scripts are now included:

New scoreboard script fields

The scoreboard script section ;;Results has two new fields available:

The scoreboard script section ;;TimeRunning has two new methods available:

Scoreboard options dialog layout changes

Running time: and Results: have additional options grouped into a single menu control.

Figure: FinishLynx 9.10 Release Notes

  1. Click Scoreboard|Options...
  2. Click the Options: down arrow to expand the menu.
  3. Click the desired Options: to select it.

Figure: FinishLynx 9.10 Release Notes

note: Selected options will appear with a check mark. Click a selected option to deselect it.

New scoreboard running time controls

There are new options to give the user additional flexibility and control over the running time sent to scoreboards.

Figure: FinishLynx 9.10 Release Notes

Four options allow the scoreboard to ignore any or all of the following user commands: Run, Pause, Finish and Stop.

The last two options allow mapping the Pause time to Finish function and vice versa.

note: These new options can be set independently for each scoreboard. For example, one scoreboard could stop at the finish of a race, while another continues to show the running time by selecting Ignore Finish.

New LapTime features

Improved RRS LapTime device support

Protocol version 1.5 is now used by default and is now received every 3 seconds (instead of every 30 seconds).

New Edit split keys… feature

This new dialog lists all the key values received from a LapTime device during the current event. The user can now fix a mapping between a tag ID and a key value or map any unassociated key.

All keys not being used by a result line appear at the top of the list and are highlighted in RED.

Clicking on a key will show the splits for that key and allow the user to edit the key value. Clicking Ok will update the results zone and the map file.

  1. Click LapTime|Edit split keys...
  2. Select the key value to edit.
  3. Type in the new Key Value:
  4. Click Ok.

Figure: FinishLynx 9.10 Release Notes

note: Using a map file is not required. If a path and name are specified in the LapTime|Options... dialog, the map file will be updated with new key values.

New Time Trial mode improvements

New support for split features

The following features are now supported in Time Trial mode:

Improved Find time… function

The Find time… function is now more flexible in Time Trial mode. If the time entered is before the first start time, it is treated as being elapsed from this start.

Improved scoreboard support of start times

Results are now sent to scoreboards that include the start time field if “One at a time” mode is used and starts are created, deleted or edited.

note: “One at a time” mode causes results to be sent to scoreboards, always one at a time, only when they change. Set Results: Auto, Paging ON, Size = 1 and Time = 0.

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