3: Registration (for Entry on the day competitors or change of details for pre-entry competitors)

Left hand computer 9am to 11am Trail Race Registration

11am to 3pm SI Download

Middle computer 9am to 10am Colour Coded Entries

10am to 11am Trail Race Registration

11am to 3pm SI Download

Right hand computer 9am to 11am Colour Coded Registration

11am to 3pm SI problems /

print course results

From 10.45am just collect the paper entry form from 10km trail competitors and from 11am from 6km trail competitors – check SI number, name and bib number – enter data later without competitor there.

Run OE2002/ Entries/ Entries

Make sure SI master station is attached to serial socket on back

of computer (also called COM port 1), Click on green circle to

active the SI unit

Big red circle over on left of entry window will

turn from red to green. When competitor dibs

their SI card this circle turns purple while reading

the card and then green when finished.

If there is a problem with this when using Andrew Trimble’s Toshiba 4600 laptop please see separate notes on configuring his laptop and also for network settings.

Capturing competitor data

Click on create new competitor. Or search for competitor if change of

details.

Collect paper form from entry on the day competitors.

Competitor dibs SI card into master unit.

SI number appears in SI card column. Check form to see if hired card.

You must enter: SI card number (can type in manually if needed)

Rented type X for rented card – blank for own card

Class (Course) Click in cell and use drop down menu to

select chosen course

T10 – 10km trail

T6 – 6km trail

Colour coded

Start Time 11:00 for 10km trail race (timed start)

11:15 for 6km trail race (timed start)

0:00 for colour coded (punching start)

Bib Number (copy from entry form)

Name (first name and surname)

Club (may need to click on add club and put club

abbreviation in city field if club unknown)

Age Class (see table in section 13 if age class unknown)

Ignore the rest of the data fields. Go onto next competitor. About every 10 minutes close the entry window and click on Event / backup.

You can also use the archive table to find information about competitors who are BOF members. Typing in data is often just as fast as a large number of BOF members don’t have their current SI card number shown on the BOF database and some competitors won’t be BOF members.

To use archive window for auto-input

Click on Archive / show archive table at top of Entry window to open the archive window.

Make sure archive window is sorted by SI

Card. If it is not click on drop down menu

button (down triangle) and choose SI card).

Copy competitor SI card number into

Quick search box

If SI card matches name will be highlighted in blue, check name is correct and double click on name (or on O kite). If search doesn’t find competitor go back to manual data entry via the entry screen. You will still need to enter course choice, start time and age class manually anyway.