FinishLynx 8.10 Release Notes

Introducing Line label overlays

You can now label the lines in the EtherLynx and IdentiLynx images. The labels will appear in the image panes of the cameras for which it is turned on as well as in full screen mode.

• To turn on line labels:

1. Click to select the image were line labels should appear
2. Click Image|Overlay|Lines Labels... The Text Overlay dialog appears



3. Choose the Font:, Size:, Lines: and Splits: colors.
4. Set the Text: by entering the relevant variables
   1. The Insert: pop-up menu that lists all of the field codes and the line break character. Selecting one of these will insert it into the text field at the current cursor position.
5. The Apply button saves the current settings and redraws all image areas for verification before closing the Text Overlay dialog.
6. Click Ok.

 

New General Features

Additional start signals saved with event

FinishLynx now stores additional starts with each event that can be applied at a later time, even if the event is no longer capturable.

• Five most recent starts when the event is first created or reloaded.
• All starts received while the event is loaded and capturable.
• All starts applied to an event while it is loaded and capturable.

 

• To select stored starts:

1. Click Event|Select Start...

 

Results Zone sorting options

The Resutls Zone can now be sorted using any of the simple string fields such as Id, Lane, First Name, Last Name, Affiliation, etc... The alternate sort method will appear on screen and on results printouts from FinishLynx, but not on scoreboards or LIF file.

• To set an alternate sort:

1. Click on any of the column headings in the Results Zone
2. Click 'Sort by...'
3. Click on the desired sort field

 

Add splits from pop-up menu

You can now CTRL-Click to add a split with the pop-up menu. Participants with an assigned code or zero laps remaining will not appear in the pop-up.

 

Delete .cfg and/or .cdf files

There are checkboxes on the Help|System Info... dialog that will cause the .cfg and/or .cdf files to be deleted when FinishLynx quits.

 

LIF File Name Suffix

There is a new LIF File Name suffix in the Database tab of the Options dialog. Check 'Filters' to append the name of every enabled Results Filter to the LIF file name.

 

Start time in LIF file

The LIF field now includes each participant's start time.

 

BEST wind gauge

Support is added for the BEST wind gauge.

 

Special lengths override

When a delta time field is set to decimal or fractional lengths, it is possible to override the special lengths for that field and display the numerical length.

The special lengths sub-menu displays the option for 'None' (show numerical value instead of special lengths) or 'Auto' (show calculated special lengths text).

• To access the special lengths sub-menu:

1. Click in a Lengths field
2. Select Special lengths

 

Length time override

There is a new 'Length Time' override field on the Results line in the Information Zone. This defaults to blank, which uses the global value set in the Results|Options... dialog.

There is a new function to set the length time that allows you to draw a selection box in the image and set the 'Length Time' to the time span represented by the box.

• To set the Length Time:

1. Click Image|Set|Length Time

 

IdentiLynx Improvements

Video export speed

The playback speed of exported videos can be set in Image|Options... The default value of 100 (%) exports the video at the same frame rate as it was recorded. Increase the value to make the video play faster, decrease it to make the video play slower or set a negative value to make the video play backwards.

• To set the video export speed:

1. Click Image|Options...
2. Change the value of Video Export: Speed

 

Displayed on-screen playback speed

The current on-screen playback speed is now displayed on the IdentiLynx image toolbar and is retained between stops and starts.

 

 

Scoreboard improvements

Auto Break if capturing

There is a new 'If capturing' checkbox on the 'Auto Break' line of the scoreboard settings. If checked, this option will only allow breaks that occur while manual capture is active to stop the scoreboard running time.

 

Refresh command sends all participants

When using 'one at a time' mode for a scoreboard (Results Auto, Paging On, Page Size 1, Time 0), the refresh command will send all participants.

Internal photo eye for non-timing cameras

With the Auto-Capture Plug-in (ACM) installed, a non-timing camera can be used for internal photo eye if it is time tracking with a timing camera.