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FinishLynx 7.21 Release Notes

This chapter describes new features available in FinishLynx 7.21, since the release of FinishLynx 7.20.

General New Features

Ability to change results pop-up menu

There is a hidden setting available that controls the maximum number of entries that are listed in the results pop-up menu, which appears when you click on a FinishLynx image while simultaneously holding down the Shift key.

By default, ten entries appear in the results pop-up menu.

To change the hidden setting:

Access: Event\Image\Hash\ResultPopupMax.

For assistance and further instruction on changing FinishLynx hidden setting, contact Lynx technical support (see "").

Pop-up menus time out

Pop-up menus now disappear after five seconds of inactivity.

This is helpful because FinishLynx cannot accept image from a camera while a pop-up is on the screen.

Event does not change when LapTime events get auto-deleted

LapTime events are auto-deleted either because they come from the wrong receiver, or because the associated participant has already completed the race.

Now, when LapTime events are auto-deleted, the event does not get marked as having been changed.

Frame Height referred to as "Height"

The word Height replaces the word, Height, in reference to Frame Height.

Frame Height appears in the Hardware Control window, the Event Zone, and the Camera Settings dialog.

Ability to change when event is auto-saved

There is a hidden setting which, when set to a value greater than 0, causes the event to automatically save the LIF file every so many seconds.

The default value is 0.

To change the hidden setting:

Access: Database\LIF\AutoSave.

For assistance and further instruction on changing a FinishLynx hidden setting, contact Lynx technical support (see "").

Participant start times are auto-loaded

In Time Trial Mode, the Database now loads participants' start times from the .EVT file, if present. The start times appear after the license field, which is noted in the sample lynx.evt file in the installer.

IdentiLynx image manipulation improvements

You can now zoom in or out on an IdentiLynx image, or you can change the current frame, without FinishLynx requiring you to save the event.

Improved Support for Wireless EtherLynx Cameras

Ability to update firmware

An Update Firmware button is now available on the WLAN tab of the Camera Settings dialog for wireless EtherLynx 5L300 and 5L400 cameras that require a firmware upgrade to support wireless security.

Click the button to update the firmware. You are notified that the firmware will load the next time the camera is turned on.

NOTE: Once the camera is turned on again, the Update Firmware button no longer appears on the WLAN tab.

Privacy key activation shows on WLAN tab

The WLAN tab now displays asterisks for the privacy key, if one has been entered.