Reference by screen
Each area of SIM reproduced and explained, setting by setting. Each section has a stable key: F1 in SIM leads straight to it (see Context help).
- Main window
Overview, Link and ? menus, choosing the FINISH, log, status bar.
- Link and simulated equipment
The three lights, the connection guide, the serial port, the transponders.
- Race mode
Mode, manual or automatic starts, realistic race, FINISH races.
- Manual mode
Manual passings: one by one, by selection, automatic laps with errors.
- The emulated equipment
The seven devices, their protocol, their port and their start signal.
- TBox radio transmitters
The fake FDS TBox: transmitters, inputs, channels.
- Virtual serial ports (com0com)
The port pair that links SIM and FINISH for a serial device.
The window, from top to bottom
| Area | What you see there | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Header | The product name; Link and ? menus | Main window |
| Choosing the FINISH | Only when several FINISH are announcing themselves | Main window |
| Link | FINISH, Simulated equipment, FINISH connection lights; what to set in FINISH; serial port; transponders; photo | Link and simulated equipment |
| Settings | Mode; in Race mode, Starts and Realistic race | Race mode |
| Radio transmitters of the simulated TBox | Only with an FDS TBox | TBox radio transmitters |
| FINISH races / Manual passings | Depending on the mode | Race mode, Manual mode |
| Log | What SIM does, intended errors included | Main window |
| Status bar | The last message; the licence | Main window |
What SIM remembers
SIM only has its own settings: nothing about the device, the track, the transponders or the races (everything comes from FINISH). It remembers, in the Windows user profile: the FINISH address entered (empty: automatic search) and the FINISH chosen among several; the mode; who gives the starts, the pause and the delay between two heats; the realistic race level; the serial port; “do not show again” for the com0com help; the memory of the fake TBox; the Manual mode list with its boxes, its times, the variation, the errors and the spacing.