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ChronoFEED SIM Help

Main window

SIM has just one window: the status of the link with FINISH at the top, the simulator settings, then the FINISH races (Race mode) or the manual passings (Manual mode), and the log at the bottom. Nothing there describes a device or a race: everything comes from FINISH.

Overview

ChronoFEED-SIM 2.0.17 (4f2c9a1)
ChronoFEED SIM1 Simulates the timing equipment and the races of ChronoFEED-FINISH
Link2 3
FINISHLinked to FINISH-Starford (192.168.1.20:8210)
Simulated equipmentDecoder (transponders) — RACE RESULT, port 3601
FINISH connectionFINISH receives the passings of the simulated equipment
SIM runs the transponders FINISH gave to the athletes.
Equipment photo 4
ModeRaceManual StartsManualAutomaticPause between starts60s Realistic raceNo errorsFew errorsMany errors 5
FINISH racesDecoder (transponders)
ChronoFEED-SIM gives the starts by itself. Next start: 500 m Women — P04 — when the track is free, then a 60 s pause
500 m Women — P032 athlete(s) · 500 m · 400 m trackracinglap 1/2 · 4/8 passingsStop
500 m Women — P042 athlete(s) · 500 m · 400 m trackwaiting for the track to be free, then the pause
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LogEvery passingClear
14:03:31.207 ⚠ SIMULATED ERROR — Saskia BROUWERS: passing at STA of 14:03:30.892 sent twice 14:03:20.355 “500 m Women — P03” started at 14:03:20.118: 2 athlete(s), 8 passings planned including 1 intended error(s); FINISH prediction: … 14:03:20.118 Start given at 14:03:20.118 (“500 m Women — P03”). 14:02:58.010 FINISH race: “500 m Women — P04”, 2 athlete(s), 500 m. 14:01:12.551 Simulated equipment: RACE RESULT, listening on port 3601.
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⚠ SIMULATED ERROR — Saskia BROUWERS: passing at STA of 14:03:30.892 sent twice8
SIM during a Coupe Hollywood rehearsal: it emulates the FINISH RACE RESULT decoder and runs pair P03 (example data).
  1. The product name and what it does. The title bar gives the program's version and commit: you know exactly what you are testing.
  2. The Link menu: search for FINISH again, enter its address, exit.
  3. The ? menu: help, licence, about, report a problem, language.
  4. The link and simulated equipment: three lights, what remains to be set in FINISH, the device photo.
  5. The settings: the mode, then in Race mode the starts and the realistic race.
  6. The FINISH races (Race mode); in Manual mode, the manual passings take their place.
  7. The log.
  8. The status bar: the last message.

Other cards only appear when needed: at the top, choosing the FINISH when several are announcing themselves; below the settings, the radio transmitters of the simulated TBox when FINISH uses an FDS TBox.

The header

Several ChronoFEED-FINISH on the network: which one to simulate?

Where: top of the window, card with an orange border (only when several FINISH are announcing themselves and none is remembered)

Several ChronoFEED-FINISH on the network: which one to simulate?
FINISH-Starford (192.168.1.20:8210)
FINISH-Anneau-B (192.168.1.21:8210)
Two FINISH on the same network (two tracks).

One button per FINISH, under the name displayed by clients set in its Broadcast module. Click the one whose races you want to simulate: SIM remembers it (by its name) and will link to it on its own at the following launches. To change it: Search for FINISH again.

Log

Where: bottom of the window

What SIM does, most recent at the top (500 lines at most): FINISH found, simulated equipment started (and on which port), FINISH races arrived and removed, starts given, the plan of each race (“8 passings planned including 1 intended error(s)”), athletes not simulated and why, race ends. Each intended error is written there at the moment it happens, preceded by ⚠: you read in SIM what has been falsified, and in FINISH what was done about it.

Every passing

Where: Log; unchecked by default

Also writes each passing sent to FINISH: “Passing #37: 9853806 @ 14:03:30.892 (STA)”. Useful for comparing with the FINISH equipment log (Log), verbose during a race.

Clear

Where: Log

Clears the log in the window. Nothing else is touched.

The status bar

Where: bottom of the window

The last log message. On the right, in orange, the licence warning when it is close to expiring.