Perhaps, but the TAG unit gives at least .001 accuracy (once again I
don't have the literature infront of me )
Regards,
Alan
Matt Murray wrote:
>
> Doesn't ski racing time to the hundredth not thousandth like we do?
>
> Matt Murray
>
> mailto:mattm@optonline.net
> mailto:mdmurray@gwns.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Pozner <AlanP@identicard.com>
> To: 'Mark J. Andy' <marka@telerama.com>; autox mailing list
> <autox@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 4:26 PM
> Subject: RE: Autocross Timing/Scoring Software (and hardware?)
>
> >There is a "box" that already does this. Its the TAG CP-505. Its just
> a very
> >accurate, triggerable clock. When a timing light is broken its sends
> the
> >time of day and the trigger number down the wire to the serial port.
> I use
> >this unit in my system and let the computer decide which car its
> assigned to
> >etc etc. Seems to work pretty well. It's battery operated ( 4AA last
> a
> >minimum of 18 hours; although for divisionals I was replacing them
> between
> >heats ) and is rated very accurate at any normal temp and humidity
> I don't
> >have the numbers in front of me here ) It also has a built-in heater
> for
> >those winter Ice auto crosses ( TAG Heuer designed the thing for ski
> racing
> >)
> >
> >Regards,
> >Alan Pozner
> >
> >
> >
> >On Friday, October 01, 1999 1:18 PM, Mark J. Andy
> [SMTP:marka@telerama.com]
> >wrote:
> >> Howdy,
> >>
> >> On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 GSMnow@aol.com wrote:
> >> > (1) do you want "the box" to give a complete time for each car,
> OR give
> >an
> >> > absolute time of every start and finish?
> >>
> >> With the large caveat that I'm not planning on writing any scoring
> >> software and won't be any time soon, I'd prefer to see the absolute
> time
> >> of every start and finish. Otherwise the box needs to know how
> many cars
> >> are on course, be kept in synch, etc. etc. etc. The host pc is
> good at
> >> that stuff. Making the box good at it will be redundent and
> annoying.
> >>
> >> The only caveat with that is that you can't run in stand alone mode
> (in
> >> the event of host computer failure). To do that, you'd need a bank
> of 8
> >> segment LEDS and a reset switch. If that were cheap, I'd say to
> add it
> >> (one car at a time, etc. etc. Super simple fallback "only to be
> used if
> >> absolutely required" etc.). If it weren't cheap, then I could
> probably
> >> accept that my computer has to work for the system to work.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >
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