Glen,
Haven't heard from them.
We use the Chronomix system as our main timing, with a RaceAmerica system as
backup. The
race america prints out directly but isn't very professional looking. The
Chronomix system
prints out the seconds , then we hand load it into a excel spread sheet for
conversion to
MPH. We want to get the timing system talking directly to the computor. We
purchased an
optional keypad to add the car number into the Chronomix system. All that's
left is find
someone who sells or is willing to write a computor program to convert the
data. Hell, I'm
thinking about that a computor course to do it myself. I don't think it would
be that
hard. But then, it may be!!!
joe
Glen Barrett wrote:
> The keyboard is standard. The program written for printing the time slips and
>the
> radio transmitters to the remote printers are from Comp-Comm that we get all
>of our
> radios from for the meets. Did the Rice bros. ever contact you about the
>timing
> equipment? All of the inputs are off the standard keyboard and we have a
>system for
> each course that is a lease plan each meet on the salt. They maintain and
>setup / tear
> down as well as standby during the meet to take care of any problems that may
>arise.
> The photo cells, wire, batterys etc belong to SCTA.
> Glen
>
> Joe Timney wrote:
>
> > 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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