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Starting a test

The Drop Jump test should still be selected after you return
from the Test Parameter Editor so just select the Start Test ac-
tion and tap the Do Action button to start the test. This enters
the Test Subject Selector view as shown in Figure 21. If the
subject birth date, height or weight is not valid at this stage,
Powertimer will view an error and enter the Edit Subject dia-
log. Subject editing is explained in chapter 6.2.
Figure 21 Test subject Selector
From the Test Subject Selector view, select the Edit Test action
and tap the Do Action button. This enters the Test Parameter
Editor that has similar layout as the previous editor. However,
in this case the changes will affect only the currently running
test. To demonstrate this, change the Jump Count parameter to
6 and tap Exit to save changes and return to the Test Subject
Selector. Tapping on Save & Exit ends the current test and re-
turns you to the Test Manager. When you restart the test by se-
lecting Start Test and tapping Do Action the Jump Count pa-
rameter is back to 5, since that is the value of the Global Drop
Jump Count parameter.
After the parameters have been correctly set, select a subject
for testing from the Subject selector, select the Start Test action
and tap the Do Action button. Before you do that, make sure
that the Powertimer Measurement Unit is turned on and the se-
rial cable between Powertimer SW-300 and the Measurement
Unit is properly attached. The Palm emits a beep when the ca-
ble is attached.

3.3 Testing

When the test is started, a connection to the Measurement
Unit is attempted. While the connection attempt is in progress,
a splash screen shown in Figure 22 will be visible on the
screen. If the connection is established successfully, the Meas-
urement Unit will emit a beep and the splash screen will dis-
appear from the Palm screen. If the connection cannot be es-
tablished within a specified timeout, an error message will be
shown and the Powertimer SW-300 returns to the Test Subject
Selector view.
Figure 22 Connection splash screen

Creating results

When the Drop Jump test is started, the Drop height parame-
ter for the first jump needs to be selected before connection
to Measurement Unit has been established. The Drop Height
parameter that was set as Test Parameter is shown and tap-
ping on the OK button accepts the shown value and establish-
es a connection to Measurement Unit If you want to change
the height at later time, select the Change Drop Height action
from the action selector and tap the Do Action button. Figure
23 shows the Drop Height selector.