Technical Details - RaceAmerica 3850B Timer AC4 Owner's Manual

Four timer autocross timing system

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Display currently counting with the highest time

elapsed is stopped and output is sent to the Serial

port and Large Display port.

This message indicates the alignment of the

Track Sensor and Beam Emitter at the finish line

has failed to maintain alignment while the Timer

AC4 was performing realtime testing after a car

passed through the finish line beam. This message

will disappear when another message is displayed

in the Status Display. It will appear each time the

finish line alignment is detected as bad.

FiniSh SEnSor tESt FAiLEd

This message appears during the power-up

sequence and indicates the software code level

running in the RaceAmerica timer.

iGnorE

Pressing the [2] Ignore key will ignore he last

sensor trip; either Start or Finish.

This message will keep appearing if the

sensors have been disabled by the operator. This

message is a reminder to enable the sensors prior

to the start of the race event in order to detect cars

at the start and finish lines. This message will also

appear if the T-Link Wireless is disconnected or

powered off.

This message will appear when the operator

determines a car has strayed off course and the

respective timer in the Timer Display is no longer

valid. The timer in the Timer Display currently

counting with the highest time elapsed is stopped,

set to the maximum time value, and output is sent

to the printer.

This message appears during the power-up

sequence and indicates the product number of the

RaceAmerica timer.

FbAd

OFF

Out

Prod

StArt SEnSor tESt FAiLEd

This message indicates the alignment of the

Track Sensor and Beam Emitter at the start line

has failed to maintain alignment while the Timer

AC4 was performing realtime testing after a car

passed through the start line beam. This message

will disappear when another message is displayed

in the Status Display. It will appear each time the

start line alignment is detected as bad.

This message confirms all timers have been

stopped and are ready for the next run to begin

with the next run number.

This message indicates the starting of a new

timer. It will appear every time the starting line

beam is interrupted by a car or the manual start

key is pressed on the keypad. The four timers in

the Timer Display are rotated downward. The

topmost timer of the Timer Display is reset to zero

and starts counting.

FiniSH

This message indicates the Finish of the

longest running timer. It will appear every time

the finish line beam is interrupted by a car or the

manual finish key is pressed on the keypad.

The Split message will appear briefly every

time the Continue key [5] is pressed on the keypad

in dual sensor modes. This allows for a 'split time

finish' to be restarted.