Timing Desk overview

What it's for

Timing Desk is step 6 of the rail, under RUN IT. It is where the race is timed: the desk reads the timing devices, pairs each impulse with a bib, works out the run times and feeds the live surfaces and the results. The rail under the step has three groups:

• Timing — Timing Desk (the desk itself), Import a run, Data Management, Manage Start Lists.
• Timing devices — the connected devices with their status, the ⚙ Settings, Sync all and Connect device.
• Data — Delete all timing data… and Delete selected….

Above the rail sits the ACTIVE RACE picker. Everything in this step works on that race and no other.

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How it fits together

• The desk is per race and per run. The ‹ Run 1 / 2 › switch in the header picks the run.
• An impulse is stored only while the desk's light is green for that race and run; see The traffic light.
• The desk never rewrites a time, a bib or an order on its own; see What is never changed automatically.
• A hand time comes only from the calculator in Modify data; see Modify data and hand time.
• The live surfaces are run from the card at the top of the desk; see Live surfaces.

Before you start

• The field drawn on Bibs & start lists (only green-ticked racers are on the run 1 list).
• A timing device connected; see Timing devices.
• The event activated on Race day if the live surfaces are to show it.

If something goes wrong

• The step opens on Data Management rather than the desk: it reopens the screen you used last. Press Timing Desk in the rail.
• The desk says No race picked: set the ACTIVE RACE in the header.

Related

• Previous: Clear chat
• Next: Timing devices
• How it fits: The event, from create to archive · Timing devices, from the box to the desk
• The traffic light
• Status buttons
• Run 2
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