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Overview
Northern California NASA is pleased to announce that Timing & Scoring information for the upcoming 25
Hours Of Thunderhill Raceway Park will be available for all to access directly from pit and paddock.
We have experimented with broadcasting the information via Wi-Fi for the last several months and concluded that the logistics, limited range, reliability and expense associated with managing a portable Wi-Fi environment exceeded the benefits.
Note- there is currently a third party WiFi service that is available in
some areas of the paddock.
We have adopted an alternate distribution technology that addresses all the issues we found during the Wi-Fi experiment and has been used by other sanctioning bodies very successfully. We will be distributing T&S output from our AMB timing and scoring system via 900MHz radio signal from a
radio modem with a 6Dbi Omni-directional antenna.
To receive and display T&S data you will need a computer, the RMonitor program and a
either one of two models, serial interface (X09-019PKC-R) or USB interface
(X09-019-PKC-U). [Note- These are 900Mhz units preconfigured with an internal
data transfer rate of 19200 bps. The serial unit requires an external power
source (9v battery or wall plug).]
The MaxStream modem, may be ordered from MaxStream directly at 866-765-9885. The price is regularly $250.00, mention your NASA membership and you will receive a discount price of $190 plus shipping. NASA thanks MaxStream (www.MaxStream.net) for their support in offering this opportunity for our members.
RMonitor Download and Configuration
The RMonitor program will let you view real-time data from our timing and scoring computer.
You can download RMonitor here
After downloading and installing RMonitor you will need to configure it.
Select RMonitor from Start/Programs
Select Settings
Select Communications
Select RS232 radio button
Select communications port for the serial cable connection
Select Baudrate 19200 (Remember to set your computers comm port baudrate to 19200 also)
Select OK
Begin monitoring by selecting File and New Result window to configure the display that you wish to monitor. Using the Follow function (under Settings) you can select specific cars to highlight during the event. Fonts and font sizes may be changed by selecting Layout. Display columns may be rearranged by selecting the column title and dragging it to the new location you desire. You can save your unique viewing configuration for repeated use. There are many features of this program some experimentation will familiarize you with it. Note that an Acrobat viewer is required to use the help function. |
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