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A470

Backup time entry

Description

In case when no automated time registration system is available, or when this system is out of order, manual input of start and finish times is required.

Manually entering start and finish times is a job which takes concentration . You get the start and finish times most often via telephone or portophone. Sometimes you get the times via paper notes. When you get the time values via phone, the speech quality is in many cases poor. You have to concentrate on the time values you receive, and to enter them instantaneous. This process is error prone.

The requirements for back time entry are 1) enter start number and time instantaneous when you hear it over the phone, and 2) being able to check and correct what you entered. 3) Manual time measurement measures in hours-minutes-seconds-milliseconds (c.f. stopwatch).

For the backup time entry, the T510-Run table is extended with start and finistimes, hh-mm-ss-ms:

  starttime-hh integer   >=0; <=23 data entry from backup timing system
  starttime-mm integer   >=0; <=59
  starttime-ss integer   >=0; <=59
  starttime-ms integer   >=0; <=999 (milli-seconds)
  finishtime-hh integer   >=0; <=23
  finishtime-mm integer   >=0; <=59
  finishtime-ss integer   >=0; <=59
  finishtime-ms integer   >=0; <=999

These requirements are met in F550-Rundata-entry.

Screen shot

Access path

F000-Menu  
F550-Rundata-entry  
 

Function structure

Form Control Action Query Table Attribute
F550-Rundata-entry     Q550-Rundata-entry T400-Race
T450-category-in-race
T500-Competing-unit
T510-Run
 
  button
buttonCU
open
F510-Competing-unit
     
  button
buttonClose
close form      

 


Change history

date version change
28 Sep 2003 1.0 made available for downriver races