Joe, what kind of eyes are you folks using? We are using Banner eyes the
same type as B.N.I. I think, they are about bullet proof. I can count on at
least one entrant hitting an eye per event, generally we dust off the eye
put another battery under it, and we are back up.
Gary Wilkinson, assistant helper trainee worker bee
Utah Salt Flats Racing Association
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net>
To: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
Cc: <BICWIG@aol.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: Timing Question
> Glen,
>
> Did James and Alan write a program to get the timing slips to print
out or do
> you input the info? I now have to cable to go the computor and the special
keypad
> to get the car number in the system, but I lack the program or where to
get one.
> All I can find is systems for runners or swimmers.
>
> joe
>
> Glen Barrett wrote:
>
> > Hi Jim
> >
> > As far as the photocells which are infared units from Banner, the
senders or
> > emiters are powered by a small gel cell battery.
> > The recievers are also battery powered and connected to a common ground
wire
> > some 5 miles long and a wire to a junction box in the timing stand and
then
> > into a timer circuit in the computer. On the salt we try to be 1000 feet
from
> > each course. At the lakes we are from 600 to 800 depending where the
course
> > edge is from the edge of the lake bed. Some times a 1000 feet is close
as one
> > year Kenny Lyon was smoked out in his two wheel liner and missed the
tower by
> > 18 feet. The timing system we use was designed and built by James & Alan
Rice(
> > chronologic). They also built the system for the lakes. As they also run
a car
> > and know the needs of the racer we have a great system.I know this a
little
> > more info then you asked for but what the heck I was on a roll.
> > Glen
> >
> > BICWIG@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Glen,
> > > I'm very curious as to how you link the lights to the computer.
Surely you
> > > can't use cable. We have the luxury of being no more than 300 ft from
the
> > > traps, so cable is no problem. When I went to Bonneville the first
time, I
> > > wondered how you guys did that.
> > >
> > > Jim Bodenheimer
>
>
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