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  • Page 1 User Guide Denford F1 Race System...

  • Page 2: 1: Contact Information

    Telephone: General Enquiries 01484 728000 Fax: 01484 728100 E-mail: For sales enquiries contact, sales@denford.co.uk For machine servicing enquiries contact, service@denford.co.uk For customer services, contact customerservices@denford.co.uk Technical Support: Visit Denford Technical Forum at www.denfordata.com/bb Telephone Denford Customer Services: 01484 728000 E-mail: customerservices@denford.co.uk Monday to Monday to Thursday 8.30am - 4.30pm GMT...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Connecting Start Gate over a network......18 Race Screen..............21 Administration Screens...........22 The Leaderboard Screen..........24 The Results File..............25 Connecting Using WiFi...........26 The Generic Results File..........28 10: Safe Operation of the Denford Race Track & Race System ......29 On-line Technical Forum Details ................30 Notes ........................Page 3...

  • Page 4: 3: Warning Notices

    Denford Limited cannot accept responsibility for any damage, injury and/or loss that may occur through incorrect electrical practices. Safe operation of the Denford F1 Race Track & Race System is outlined on page 24 of this booklet.
  • Page 5 4: Unpacking the Denford F1 Race Both the standard Denford F1 Race System and the Denford F1 Race System with a Sector Timing Gate are supplied packed in either a cardboard box as standard or a flight case which can be ordered as an option.
  • Page 6 5: Identifying the Denford F1 Race System equipment. The standard Denford F1 Race System consists of the following equipment: A....Start Gate (1-Off) F....Eithernet Cable 25M (1-Off) B....Finish Gate (1-Off) G....90 Deg Jack Plug Cable-Short (2-Off) C....Start Box (2-Off) H....Jack Plug Cable-Long (1-Off) D....Race Trigger (1-Off Red)
  • Page 7 5: Identifying the optional Sector Timing Gate equipment When the Denford F1 Race Track and Race System are ordered together from the factory with the optional Sector Timing Gate the following loose additional equipment will be supplied. W....Sector Timing Gate (1-Off) X....Eithernet Cable 25M (1-Off)
  • Page 8 5: Identifying the optional Sector Timing Gate equipment. When the Denford F1 Sector Timing Gate System is purchased separately the equipment identified on page 7 will be supplied along with these additional items shown below. These are the track sensors and must be fitted to the special Sector Timing Track Section.
  • Page 9 6: Positioning the Race System equipment The Start Gate: This should be placed onto the track close to the end of the start section track but beyond the start line. The Finish Gate: This should be placed at the beginning of the finish section over the finish line. Page 9...

  • Page 10: Sector Gate

    Position the Sector Timing Gate over the sensor positions (see below). If the Denford F1 Race Track and Race System were purchased with the optional Sector Timing System, the sensors are already built into the track. If the Sector Timing System has been purchased separately the blank disks will have to be replaced with the supplied sensors as outlined on page 8.

  • Page 11: 7: Connecting Up The Race System

    7: Connecting up the Race System System Start Gate: WARNING: DO NOT power up the Race System until all the cable connections have been made. When the Race System is powered up DO NOT make any additional connections or disconnections without first powering down the Race System. The cables to the start gate all pass through the cable management slots in the sides of the start gate.

  • Page 12: Finish Gate

    7: Connecting up the Race System cont: Finish Gate: WARNING: DO NOT power up the Race System until all the cable connections have been made. When the Race System is powered up DO NOT make any additional connections or discon- nections without first powering down the Race System.

  • Page 13: Sector Gate

    7: Connecting up the Race System cont: Sector Gate (optional fitment): WARNING: DO NOT power up the Race System until all the cable connections have been made. When the Race System is powered up DO NOT make any additional connections or discon- nections without first powering down the Race System.

  • Page 14: 8: Powering Up And Testing The Race System

    8: Powering up and testing the Race System Turn on the power using the Power Switch located at the rear of the Start Gate. The Screen will initialise and will then display a timing screen either Manual or Auto Mode depending on the state of the switch.

  • Page 15: 9: Race System Operation

    9: Race System Operation Automatic mode: Select the Auto mode with the AUTO / MANUAL switch on the rear of the Start Gate. Depress the switch upwards for Auto mode. The Display will only show and record the CAR RACE TIME. The trigger buttons are disabled in this mode.

  • Page 16: Manual Mode

    9: Race System Operation cont: Manual Mode: Select the Manual mode with the AUTO / MANUAL switch on the rear of the Start Gate. Depress the switch downwards for Manual mode. In Manual Mode the screen will display the REACTION TIME, CAR RACE TIME and TOTAL RACE TIME.

  • Page 17: Reaction Time Mode

    9: Race System Operation cont: Reaction Time Mode: This mode is purely for testing the reaction time using the Trigger buttons. • To select Reaction Time put the Race system into Manual Mode. • Press and hold the Reset Button down for 6 seconds then release the Button. •...

  • Page 18: Connecting Start Gate Over A Network

    9: Race System Operation cont: Connecting the Start Gate over a network: The Start Gate can display the race results as a live feed to a web page. In order to do this, a connection must be made between the Start Gate and wherever the web page is dis- played.

  • Page 19: Race Screen

    9: Race System Operation cont: If this fails then the IP address of the Start Gate is displayed in the top left of the main race screen. The IP address is automatically assigned either by the server on the network, or by negotiation between the two computers. It will be made of four numbers, either 10.0.0.1, or else probably beginning 192.168.1...
  • Page 20 9: Race System Operation cont: Alternatively open a command prompt in Windows, and enter the command of : Ping f1inschools Once the IP address is found, it will rarely change whenever the Start Gate is switched on again. The frequency of its changing is due to settings on the network. The simpler URL address of http://f1inschools/ will never change.
  • Page 21 9: Race System Operation cont: The Race Screen: The Race Screen gives a live update of current race. Any number of clients can show the results at the same time. The Race Screen is just a web page, and can be viewed by a web browser on a device on the same network as the Start Gate.

  • Page 22: Administration Screens

    9: Race System Operation cont: The Administration Screens: The team names can be set using the administration screen. This is available by appending /admin onto the URL. For example : http://f1inschools/admin http://10.0.0.1/admin This will present the admin password screen. The default password is ‘admin’, all in lower case. It is advised that the admin password is changed on the next screen.
  • Page 23 9: Race System Operation cont: The team names can be entered into the first two boxes. Pressing the ‘Send team names to start gate’ button will update the team names on the Race Screen. Pressing the ‘Swap teams’ button will change the team names between the different lanes without them having to be edited.
  • Page 24 9: Race System Operation cont: Pressing the ‘Upload File’ button will load the team names into the drop down boxes at the end of the team names, where they can be selected and the team name boxes will automatically be filled in. The ‘Download results’...

  • Page 25: The Leaderboard Screen

    9: Race System Operation cont: The Leaderboard Screen: There is a leaderboard screen which lists up to the first 20 quickest reaction times that are currently held in the results file. The reaction mode is described on page 17. This leader- board is available by appending /leaderboard.php onto the URL.

  • Page 26: The Results File

    9: Race System Operation cont: The Results File: The results file is a CSV file. All completed races are stored in this file. All spreadsheet ap- plications will be able to understand the contents. The contents of the file stored on the Start Gate cannot be edited.

  • Page 27: Connecting Using Wifi

    9: Race System Operation cont: Connecting using Wifi: The Start Gate can generate its own Wifi hotspot. This connection method can be used in place of connecting using an Ethernet cable. It is switched on by default. Once it is switched on, using the admin screen, it will remain on until switched off again.
  • Page 28 9: Race System Operation cont: Once connection is established, the Race Track screen can be reached from the slightly different address of : http://f1inschools.com/ or by using the fixed IP address of : http://10.0.0.1 The IP address of the Wifi connection will never change. The admin screen is still available by appending /admin onto the URL.

  • Page 29: The Generic Results File

    9: Race System Operation cont: Generic Results File: The results from the last race are available as a computer generated file. These are in JSON format, a commonly understood file format. The file can be retrieved by appending / times.json onto the URL. For example, http://f1inschools/times.json http://10.0.0.1/times.json The layout and sample contents of the file is :...

  • Page 30: 10: Safe Operation Of The Denford Race Track & Race System

    Denford Race Track & Race System. Denford Ltd is not responsible for bodily injury or property damage resulting from misuse of its products or failure to observe or implement proper safety guidelines.
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