This screen is used to define more detailed
options of a race setup.
Announce winner.
If you check this
option, the winner/second/third and fourth of the race is announced over the
loudspeaker at end of the race.
If you use the “Use driver names” together with “Announce winners” from the
advanced options, then the winner will be picked from all contestants.
Otherwise it will be from the drivers on the track only.
Use drivers names.
If you check this
option, the program uses the Microsoft speech interface, also known as
“Microsoft Sam”, to say the names of the drivers.
However the quality of this synthetic voice is not perfect, it is in English
only and has a heavy American accent. If you want to use this is up to you.
If you use the “Use driver names” together with “Announce winners” from the
advanced options, then the winner will be picked from all contestants.
Otherwise it will be from the drivers on the track only.
Display median time.
If you check this
option, the system will display median time in place of the best lap.
“Median” is a statistical analysis method. In short it looks at the last 9
valid lap times. The 3 best and 3 worst are discarded, and the median time is
the average of the 3 middle times.
It gives a more stable reading than just the best time. It can be very useful
while doing car setups, to judge if a change really improves the car in the
long term running.
Estimate result.
If you check this
option, an estimation of the final race result (total laps) will be performed,
and used on the scoreboard as the ranking
parameter, rather than the point’s score which is the default.
(Estimate result) Show on main
screen.
Checking this
option will show the “Estimated result” on the main screen in place of the
“Track records”.
Track records will still be observed, and if a new record is set, the
“Estimated result” will temporary be overlaid by the display of the new record.
Auto publish.
With this option, LapMaster loads every result and
the associated statistics directly to your webpage at end of heat or race
automatically. The index page is updated, and the result and stats are
available from your “Live Timing” page.
However it does require that you have setup the appropriate FTP access
information in the manual “Load to web” functions for results and statistics,
so that the auto-feature knows what to do for you.
In Race (Auto publish)
This option
modifies the “Auto publish” function, and does two things.
1) It publishes additional statistics on each individual heat.
2) It publishes data after each stint. Especially if you are running long
distance racing, this might be an advantage as you get information to the
website more offend.
Big rotation.
Normally you will
race Heat=1 before you continue to Heat=2. This has the effect though that it
can take a long time before drivers in Heat=2 gets to drive, especially if your
stint time is of appreciative length. By clicking the “Big rotation” option,
you will race all Stint=1 (from all heats) before going on to race Stint=2.
This means that your teams (heats) of drivers get to alternate driving and
marshalling. This is perceived by some clubs to be less boring.
Starters signal.
Before track-power
is turned “On”, a starters countdown is usual displayed. With this option you
select what audio should accompany this countdown.
You can select between:
Start with voice |
The
countdown will be announce in the speaker system as “3, 2, 1, Go”. |
Start with buzzer |
Same
principle as “Start with voice”, however a buzzer will sound rather than the
voice. |
Start with silence |
Same
principle as “Start with voice”, however no sound effects will be used. |
Fast start |
At start
of each stint, this is the same as “Start with voice”. |
Direct start |
In this
mode there is no display, delay or announcement at all. |
False start detect |
This
option adds a “Reaction game” to the first start of the race,
or to each stint if you use “Challenge mode”. If you
start too soon, your first lap isn’t counted. |
Auto rider track call.
If you check this
option, an automatically track call is issued if a ‘rider’ is detected over the
lap counter. (See also race setup Min Lap Time.)
Announce Track records.
If you check this option, any newly recognized
track records will be automatically announced over the loudspeaker system.
Track records are by default only acknowledged during real racing. That is,
during qualification or some kind of heat racing, but never during practice.
(See “Records during practise” below)
(However track records are newer announced in heat=1, stint=1, as this usually
leads to “information overload”)
Track identification can be by numbers or colours depending on the preference
in the Track Setup.
Records during practise.
Default is to only accept
new track records during official racing (Qualification, Time trial, and the
different variations of “Heat racing”.)
However by checking this option, you can accept new track records at any time
on the track, including free, timed and named practise.
Separate Qual records.
If you check this
option, records during qualification will be handled as a separate entity that
records set during racing.
Especially useful if you run on special high voltage “Qualifier voltage”.
10 sec warning, Race.
If you check this option, a verbal warning will be given 1 minute, 30 sec and
10 sec before end of stint.
10 sec warning, Intermission.
If you check this option, a verbal warning will be given 3 minutes, 2 minutes,
1 minute 30 seconds, 1 minute, 30 sec and 10 sec before end of intermission.
Auto print.
This option will automatically print a race report on the printer for each heat
raced. Default printer and printer settings will be used.
Auto save.
This option will automatically save a small text file with the result after
each stint in the directory “C:\LapMaster\Autosave”. E.g. it can be used for an automated audit
trail, like the “Auto print” option, but without using paper.
If you use this option, the directory could eventual become very large, you might
want to empty out the statistics from time to time. E.g. once a year.
“Pling”
If you want an
audio feedback each time the counter registers a new count, you can set this
option to “On every lap”. This will play the sound “Pling.wav”
(Default: a beep) in your sound library for every parsing of the counter.
If you set this option to “On fast lap”,
a sound will be played for each fastest lap on each lane, within each stint.
If you set this option to “Never”,
there will be no audio feedback for parsing the counter.
Announce lap times.
If you check one or
more of these options, all lap times for the selected tracks will be announced
over the loudspeakers.
This is a great feature if you practice alone on the track, but it is usually
not a good idea to use this option on multiple active tracks at the same time,
as it usual will lead to information overflow.
You cannot distinguish times from one driver from the others.
There is a separate checkmark to enable the announcing of times during
qualification.
OK or CANCEL.
When the OK button is pressed you return to the
race setup panel. Note that you changes are not committed until you press ok on the race setup panel.
Pressing cancel on either the
advanced settings or the Race setup panel, erases the changes you made on the
panel.
HELP
Clicking on help
will open up the documentation on the relevant page for where you clicked the
“Help” button.
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