New version 10.1
Those present at our Barcelona conference already had a flavor of it, now it's time to release our 10.1 version which comes as usual with a number of significant improvements.
Let's discover them in pictures and organized by theme:
Ergonomic, Functionalities
Saving grid layout
There's a new menu to store some grid configurations (sorting, grouping, columns) and reapply them later in a quick way. This will fit with some of your work scenarios, for example when you want to recall a layout for printing without relying on a printout template.
Race types
We continue to add flexibility when it comes to bundle different kinds of races in the same event file.
The user interface starts to better reflect that, as you can now tell whether a race follows the overall settings or its own. As of now, not all combinations are technically ready but some useful ones are on the plate:
- You can specify one of the races is handled as a time trial, while other ones remain managed with a mass start
- You can specify one of the races is an individual race, while the main event is a team competition (think about for example a relay lap race with some individuals having their own ranking. This setting is moved as it was previously available from the list of races.
Example of settings: a Vertical Kilometer among some regular mass start races
Participant data
Enhancement of data input for bib numbers representing a team - like after using the merging option on import which concatenates teammate names in a single value. Now the participant entry form displays a multi-line editor with a name on a line.
Time trials
A significant change concerning the way individual start times are handled for a time trial race: now the scheduled start time becomes another independent data field. Consequences and things worth noting:
- The regular 'Start time' information is now fully synonymous with a measured start. So it's easier to check out who's been detected or not on the start line.
- The scheduled start times are no longer overwritten by a start acquisition.
- On the participant list there's now 2 columns, with a combined view in case you make only the main start time column visible (it draws the scheduled start in case there's no value for the measured one).
- Scheduled starts are of course optional, and on the other hand you can still manage a race relying exclusively on the scheduled starts - i.e. with no start time acquisition.
- As soon as measured start times are integrated, a live display of athletes currently in the race will focus only on those having a measured start. In other words it won't assume somebody has actually started simply on the basis of his scheduled time.
Acquisitions - Devices
ITS devices
Decoders from ITS Chrono are now available in the list of equipment you can connect to Wiclax.
URTime Hub
The cloud acquisition for passing data is now compliant with the new hub service from Urtime.
It brings the most efficient access to integrate data, getting it in real time.
NB: it will still be possible temporarily to connect an acquisition to the old Urlive API, by entering the label "nohub" in the name of the acquisition.
Rufus
Wiclax is now compatible with the Cloudbox device from Rufus.
Access to Rufus cloud with the Passing cloud acquisition has been updated for the new API version.
Race Result Ubidium
Ubidium devices can now be set up to sync their data with the Wiclax cloud service.
Further tuning has been made for the local connection to Ubidium devices, as well as for the download of passing data from the Race Result cloud service.
File acquisitions
For file or cloud acquisition, the period selection interface is clarified to distinguish the case of rewind and the case of live import.
Now there's 2 distinct places where the period can be set:
Acquisition purpose
An acquisition can now be typed to behave as a photocell, a start signal or a video finish. In each of these cases the times or passages imported will be processed specifically.
- The photocell or starting gate scenario works like it already does when such a signal is identified by a device. It means that any transponder detection occurring right after the cell signal takes the cell time as a most accurate value. This scenario is with the cell detection placed ahead of the transponder detection. A life duration expectancy can be specified, to fit with the distance between the 2. Things are now more flexible since you can designate any acquisition as a cell regardless of how it transmits its data.
- The start signal option identifies any incoming detection for the acquisition as a gun start, triggering the dialog to confirm its integration and eventually select which starts have to be affected. An option allows for integration without this confirmation, for a case when it's safe and you'd want a very immediate reaction.
- The video finish option tells that any incoming passing data will always overwrite a previously integrated finish time.
- The Kiosk Live screen option can be used to redirect the detection to display athlete's data on a custom Live screen used as a kiosk, i.e. containing some widgets set as 'Kiosk display'.
Performances
The system for visual stickers displayed after a competitor passing has been completely refactored. Now ensuring the lowest impact on overall performances whatever their volume. It also drastically limits the risks of grid flickering in the background.
Backup lines
The visual tags for passings originating from the backup line (finish) are now saved between 2 openings of the file. The tooltip on the grid displays the total number of such times processed from the backup.
G-Live and Live screens
Smoother passing display
To deal with groups of athletes crossing the line in a very short time, we've decided to introduce delays before they're sent on screen. So instead of rows too rapidly replaced by next ones and hardly readable, they now get released with an approximate 1s threshold.
There's a limit in delaying of course in case of a very big group.
Focused race
Now you can setup a screen or a screen widget to be bound to the focused race. Displayed data get automatically switched when a new race becomes the focused one.
General classifications
A ranking widget on a custom screen can now display some general classification data (stage races) related to a race in particular, or only men/women.
Sticky leader rows
Applicable to a live screen widget showing recent passings, a new option allows to make it keep race leader rows on top of the list. Option is labeled sticky leaders, value from 1 to 3 rows.
NB: this will work for a finish line, and when a single race is ongoing (focused race, or the event holds only one).
TV Mode
TV Mode is a display mode for G-Live App well suited for a TV display on the race site. It shows a clean result grid with an automated scrolling and a rotation between the different races of the event.
New in this version is the ability to specify which selection of races is to be shown, as maybe the one from the morning is not anymore required. This setting is accessible here in the G-Live menu, clicking on the TV button:
Lap races
We've worked on the standard live screen to make it display more interesting information in the case of a lap race - current lap number, best lap times overall and individual,...
Work still in progress, we're then planning to give priority to the race ranking display over the line crossing information to bring a better monitoring.
Lap number
New option to specify that a race/stage runs with an unlimited number of laps - or said differently, undetermined. This will fit races such as a backyard (last man standing) or a free trial heat.
Lottery
New simple tool to draw some participants from a list of starters/finishers, and print the list.
Maps
In extension of the estimated passing times for split points yet to come, a virtual position sticker is now dynamically displayed on the track and on the race profile. Estimated times are also made available into the splits table.
Note that you need to upgrade your G-Live app files online to benefit from this feature.
Championships
Some default tie splitting rules were applied in case of an equal total of points or time, but it was lacking transparency and flexibility.
Now you will retrieve a list of possible rules for which you can decide about the priority.
And the final ranking grid gives an outlook to how a specific tie case has been decided.
Miscellaneous
Export
New option to export data straight into CSV format.
Maps
Helper feature to quickly assign the same GPS coordinates to several split points.
Intermediate splits
We introduced a new option to specify a format for splits and segments cells in the result grid: time with or without rank and progression information. So that you can make them more or less verbose as you wish.
Licenses
You can now add a stronger protection for license activation on PCs, using a security key associated to the main client account on wiclax.com.
If such a key is entered, it will be required for any activation. Expecting that you are in control of it, either with a physical or remote access to the workstations.
Team rankings
New option to specify which ranks are taken into account when an additional filter is applied to select some competitors - ranks before of after filter is applied.