FinishLynx GOLD PACKAGE Quick Start Guide –for Vision cameras Page 8
16. Go to File|Open and select the Boys3000 from the Lynx
directory
17. The top 3 (Max) results should page through the display
and change the information displayed every 5 seconds
(Time)
Step 16: Automatic Capture Module (ACM)
Setup and Operation
A: Using ACM to Stop Running Time
The following information will help to setup the ACM feature
for stopping or pausing the running time with each race.
1. In the Hardware Control window, click on the Camera
Settings (blue circle with white “I” in upper left).
2. In the Camera Settings, click on the Inputs tab and set
Photo Eye to Internal.
3. Next, click on the Capture tab and set Capture Method to
Automatic.
4. Click OK and close the Camera Settings.
5. Click on File | Options and the select the Scoreboard tab.
6. Confirm that the scoreboard is setup properly as show
above.
B: Manually Control ACM:
1. Click on File|New to create a new blank event or click on
the Create New Blank Event button in the upper left.
2. In the Event Window make sure there is an Afor Armed
and Sfor Scoreboard and it says Armed to the right of the
race clock (when using ACM the C for capture will not
show until capture is enabled).
3. Create a start for the event and confirm that the running
time is showing on the uTabLED display.
4. Click the Capture icon to enable capture and then hit the
Ctrl+F keys and it will say Finishing to the right of the race
clock (click on Scoreboard Menu for shortcut keys).
5. Have someone run through the finish line and the camera
should capture image and the running time should stop
and display the time to the hundredths.
NOTE:In multi-lap races you can use Alt+P to pause the
running time as competitors pass in front of the camera.
C: Automatic ACM Setting:
NOTE: Autobreak settings will occur automatically for every
race so play with your settings to make sure it fits the way you
want to handle each race, even multi-lap races.
1. Go to File|Options and select the Scoreboard tab.
2. Under Running Time on the third line is Autobreak, these
settings allow it to occur automatically.
3. Selecting Finish and If Capturing will cause the running
time to stop when ACM is on and the competitors cross
the finish line.
4. Selecting Pause but NOT If Capturing will cause the
running time to Pause each time competitors cross the
finish line in multi-lap races when capture is not enabled.
Step 17: Use FinishLynx with LynxPad Data
1. In FinishLynx, click to load the schedule of events
from LynxPad. The Go To Event dialog appears.
2. Click the Load Schedule button once. Click the drop-down
list under the Load Schedule button. A list of events
appears. Click to select the “110 Meter Hurdles Men (9,
3, 1)” event in the list, and then click Ok. The first heat of
the third round of the men’s 110m hurdles opens on the
FinishLynx screen.
3. Either use a starting gun, or knock the sensor sharlpy
against a hard object - this simulates the firing of the
starting gun and starts the yellow FinishLynx timer.
4. Have your assistant run through the finish line while you
press down and hold the red capture button to capture
the image. Release the button as soon as he/she has run
completely through the finish line.
5. Practice evaluating the image by following the same steps
you followed earlier in Step 3:
6. Click File | Save to save the race to the Practice
competition directory.
7. Crop space between competitors in your FinishLynx image
by right-clicking and drawing a box around the unwanted
space. Release the mouse button and select Crop from
the dialog that appears.
8. (Optional) Print the results and a portion of the FinishLynx
image by right-clicking on the image and drawing a box
around the portion you want to appear in your printout.
For example, the first place finisher or a close finish
between two competitors. Click Ok and then select the
printer from the Print dialog to send the image with
results to the printer.
9. Click File | Close window and then click Yes to save
changes you made to the FinishLynx image when you
cropped it.
10. In LynxPad, click to highlight Men 110 Meter Hurdles in
the Events window. The start list appears in the Heats
window.
11. Still in LynxPad, click Competition | Refresh All Results.
The results from the race you just evaluated appear in
LynxPad.
This completes the FinishLynx Gold System Quick Start Guide.
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