Timing and scoring Round 1

[MellowYellow]

at buttonwillow I heard they were trying new software and had a few hick-ups- did this get resolved for the next race weekend?

 

[Holeshot]

Yes, and it wasn't the software that was the problem. There was a host if issues that blended the "perfect storm" of problem…problems that began with a weak/ spotty internet connection.

 

[MellowYellow]

Yes, and it wasn't the software that was the problem. There was a host if issues that blended the "perfect storm" of problem…problems that began with a weak/ spotty internet connection.

cool nice to hear. Well except about the perfect storm thing. I feel sorry for those who had to deal with it.

 

[Holeshot]

Me too. They handled it well with the tools they had available. Without a good crew, it would have been magnitudes worse. Looks like everything is good for Sonoma.

 

[pappy]

Still need to fix an additional problem. Some groups have a incorrect first lap time. Clubman light has a fast lap time of 1:49 (Catching's lap record was beat by three novice:laughing).

This will be bad in Saturday practice at Sonoma if not fixed ahead of time.:afm199

patrick

 

[eeeeek]

Still need to fix an additional problem. Some groups have a incorrect first lap time. Clubman light has a fast lap time of 1:49 (Catching's lap record was beat by three novice:laughing).

This will be bad in Saturday practice at Sonoma if not fixed ahead of time.:afm199

patrick

When someone has a transponder issue, timeing and scoring will have to insert them into the race in progress. Now's where the "I don't entirely understand how the system works, but who cares because it adapts to this" comes in. The system puts in a bogus time for a missed lap to try to make things work out. It's not an official time, it just allows the person to be placed in the right position for the results.

 

[pappy]

When someone has a transponder issue, timeing and scoring will have to insert them into the race in progress. Now's where the "I don't entirely understand how the system works, but who cares because it adapts to this" comes in. The system puts in a bogus time for a missed lap to try to make things work out. It's not an official time, it just allows the person to be placed in the right position for the results.

The problems seems to be that these are official times posted as the fast lap of the AFM race results and Myafm. if as you say these time were manually entered, whoever entered the data subtracted 9 seconds for the first lap instead of adding 9 seconds for the entire class.

-fp

 

[MZarra]

Happened a bit on Sunday as well. I have a lap time for my first lap of 450SB at 1:53.

If only a 450 could run 1:53s at B/W...

 

[eeeeek]

The problems seems to be that these are official times posted as the fast lap of the AFM race results and Myafm. if as you say these time were manually entered, whoever entered the data subtracted 9 seconds for the first lap instead of adding 9 seconds for the entire class.

-fp

I didn't say the time was manually entered. I said the system tries to figure out how to make up for someone suddenly showing up.

I think trying to figure out whether or not someone ended up with a fairytale lap time is pretty far down the list of things that need to be crammed into a finite schedule. I suppose someone could ask for a feature enhancement to the software.

 

[Holeshot]

DB Com!

 

[christofu]

No, the system specifically does NOT make up laptimes, ever!

However, we are sending an engineer to the next AFM event to do some training on how to run the timing system. It's super simple, but a few things need to happen to avoid this kind of error.

 

[Holeshot]

Zoomius support is really good FWIW. We asked Chris to send someone to the Sonoma round to make sure we're in good shape (considering it's a PRO round) and he was on it ASAP!

 

[MellowYellow]

Thanks for being on top of it.

I was not trying to start a storm up. I was just curious.

though know thinking of it since I want to do sears maybe I should have kept my trap shut so I could do my personal best :teeth

 

[Holeshot]

No worries Charles...many don't intend for a melee, but it IS BARF, after all...

 

[eeeeek]

No, the system specifically does NOT make up laptimes, ever!

However, we are sending an engineer to the next AFM event to do some training on how to run the timing system. It's super simple, but a few things need to happen to avoid this kind of error.

Well, there you go.

 

[Holeshot]

Had a nice 30 minute call with Chris today…excellent support!