Display race times

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gmgordon
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Display race times

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Hello:

We're going to use RaceManager this weekend with our home built parallel sensor system and I would like to know if there is a way to display the race times individually as the cars finish. I've experimented with the system and saw that all the times are displayed after the last car has crossed the line.

We are going to run our race this weekend and it should be quite an experience for the kids as this is the first time that they will race for time or points. Every other year was eliminations. Not fun for the first cub to be eliminated.

Thanks......
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gmgordon wrote:I would like to know if there is a way to display the race times individually as the cars finish. I've experimented with the system and saw that all the times are displayed after the last car has crossed the line.
The timing loop is very tight so as to be accurate to 0.0001 seconds. Any additional work by the software during that loop would only serve to reduce the timing accuracy. That is why you only see the results after all cars have finished.
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Re: Display race times

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Thanks Randy, I understand. Will let you know how everthing went with our race. It will be the first time using a timer.

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