8-2
Getting Started/Troubleshooting
AMB Timing Software Interface
ChronX Settings
Use the
Options/Communication Settings/Scoreboard
menu to select the
communications port used to connect to the All Sport 5100. The RS-232 port
settings are as follows: 9600 Baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit.
Use the
Options/Communication Settings/Scoreboard/Daktronics Feed
tab to
select Daktronics racing protocol. Select both
Qualifying Results
and
Race Results
.
The
Number of
Lines
should be the number of competitors in the race.
K
Note: These settings must be reapplied each time the software is restarted.
To refresh the console and scoreboards, select
Scoreboard/Refresh
. The
Refresh
command can be used when the console mode is changed (
Qualify
or
Race
) or
when the All Sport 5100 is initially connected to the computer.
For ChronX Release 2.0.5 or earlier, in order to display driver information on a
matrix, the competitor registration number
must
be the same as the car number (or
not specified.) This is an issue that will be corrected in later ChronX versions.
8.3 Troubleshooting
Symptom/Condition
Possible Cause/Corrective
Action
Fixed-digit display is not updating
Make sure the transponder
software is currently running a
race.
Use the
Refresh
command
specified above for the
transponder software, and verify
position data is being received by
watching the console LCD cycle
through positions automatically.
If no position data is
received, check connections
between the All Sport 5100
and transponder computer.
Also check the transponder
software settings (see
Section 6.2:
Transponder
Software
Information
immediately preceding this
table).
If position data is received,
check connections between
the All Sport 5100 and
display.
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