Race Director 2011 Enhancements
February 2, 2011 - The 2011 version of Race Director is currently now available! Please renew your annual support agreements now or purchase the full version in order to receive the immediate benefits of this new version.
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Race Director 2011 Changes
| Click here to Download the 2011 Enhancements List in an easy to read Adobe pdf version | |
| 05/01/10 | Major changes to the Chip Results Entry screen. Added columns for system time and net time. Changed the import times to also insert times previously missing from earlier in the finish list. Gun times is now remembered for each division when you have separate finish lines by division. Added a running clock. |
| 05/01/10 | Added a label creation process at the end of the Age Group Award Winners report |
| 05/01/10 | Created a new rule in MP cleanup to delete participants based on last year of participation |
| 05/01/10 | Added a way to insert a logo into the heading of all HTML |
| 05/01/10 | Enhanced the Top Finishers process to allow for double dipping for up to 4 age bands deep |
| 05/01/10 | Added editing to the participant entry and import process for valid email addresses. Changed the email send to not attempt sending to an invalid email address |
| 05/01/10 | Added start time in time-of-day format as one of the fields you can select when exporting data |
| 05/01/10 | Changed the chip import to import wave times instead of start times when the wave offset method is set to participant level waves |
| 05/01/10 | Changed so Chip Import will check for "ignore times over" when importing start times |
| 05/01/10 | Changed Chip Import to remember different ignore times under/over by type of imported results |
| 05/01/10 | Made displaying the time optional on the Announcer screen |
| 05/01/10 | Changed age graded results to import percentage factors in the new format coming from USTAF |
| 05/01/10 | Changed the participant data extract initially designed for Readlite to work with the ChronoTrack SimpleClient program. |
| 05/01/10 | Added a "Print Through" setting on the Age Graded Results report. |
| 05/01/10 | Added a "negative time" report to the chip import for situations where the finish time is less than a participant's wave time. |
| 05/01/10 | Added a "List" button at the Event level on the ChronoStore setup screen. |
| 05/01/10 | Added total division, gender and age group finishers to the standard GRU file. |
| 05/01/10 | New backup / restore routines for zipping and un-zipping data. Improved performance and better integration with Vista and Win-7. |
| 05/01/10 | Added opt data fields 2 - 10 as selectable when you use Labels / Export to export master participant data. |
| 05/01/10 | Added capability to have non US / Canada Postal Code references. |
| 05/07/10 | Added email address as a field that can be added to the minimums for the data entry process. |
| 05/10/10 | Added logic to re-calibrate the start times (without a re-import) whenever a wave offset factor changes. |
| 05/14/10 | Added a button to the Tailor -> Division screen for manually setting the wave offset time based on a wave group code. Designed for either division or age group level wave offset times. |
| 05/22/10 | When running an Age Group or Overall results report for a single segment in a multiple segment race that includes team relay divisions, added an option to reference a specify team relay members name on the report - instead of always only showing the captain's name. |
| 05/22/10 | Implemented an improved method for release validation at Race Director start-up. The new method eliminates the need for the RACESER.FXP file. |
| 06/05/10 | Added new Excel / csv export capabilities for lap races. The Export button is found on the Lap Results screen. |
| 06/09/10 | Added a new means of sending email for those without Outlook. The new method requires only that you set up the SMTP server and port as is defined by your ISP. |
| 06/16/10 | Added an Excel output option to the lap results report. This output will allow you to pick participant level information to display along with the lap details. The individual lap results will appear in separate columns. |
| 06/16/10 | Updated the GRU results export process to use the optional heading instead of the division names when you run a combined division report. |
| 07/04/10 | Importing participant change data. Major enhancement to the import process found in Update -> Participants. This enhancement allows you to collect participant data changes in a spreadsheet and apply these changes directly to the Race Director participant data via an import. |
| 07/08/10 | IPICO Elite Data Transfer - added new capability allowing a direct FTP connection from Race Director out to the IPICO Elite reader to pull result data. This enhancement saves you from needing to transfer the data outside of Race Director and then import from a file. |
| 07/08/10 | Enhanced the HTML output for 3 and 4 segment age group and overall results report to show both gun and chip times when you have collected start times. |
| 07/13/10 | MYLAPS Chip Assignments - added an "Auto Fill" button to the bib / chip assignment screen. This is useful when the chip codes are entirely numeric and resemble the bib number. All that is needed to generate the assignments is the beginning bib and chip numbers along with the number of assignments to create. |
| 07/18/10 | Added a "Label" button to the Update -> Participants screen. This function is designed to work with a label printer and prints a Participant ID label (with or without bar code) for the participant showing on the screen. The function will be useful for race day registrations where you want an "official" participant ID label on all bib numbers - including those who register on race day. The new function was tested with a Brother QL-570 label printer, but should work with most any label printer. |
| 07/23/10 | Added a new summary at the bottom of the Race Statistics report that shows a breakout for the race of online registrations vs manual registrations. |
| 07/26/10 | Enhanced the chip results import process for finish times to recognize and insert times imported that are earlier that the last result previously imported. |
| 08/01/10 | Added new functions to the Transfer function in Update -> Participants. You can now run this process un-prompted which enables you to do bib transfers with minimal keystrokes - even with bar code scanning if needed. Also, an Import button button was added to this function enabling the importing of bib transfers from a simple, two column csv file. |
| 08/03/10 | Added some data base management function to the Update -> Participants screen to guard against data loss in the event of an abnormal system shutdown. Now, after each data base activity (record add, change or delete), the file buffers are flushed so that the data gets written to disk immediately. |
| 08/14/10 | Added and "Adjust All" button to the Enter Results -> Times Screen. This function allows to you to adjust - up or down - all times for any race segment by the same factor. This function would be useful in a Triathlon where one of your timing sources is not in sync with the other segment timing sources. |
| 08/14/10 | SMTP Texting - Added the capability of capturing up to 3 cell phone / carrier combinations per participant. Added functionality to the Announcer screen to send SMTP text messages to every participant that you have set up with one or more cell phone numbers. |
| 08/18/10 | When importing chip results, added a prompt when you encounter and set up the first "unknown" participant asking if you want all future "unknowns" added automatically without a prompt. |
| 09/06/10 | Added a new method of connecting directly to IPICO readers where you can pull up to 6 result occurrences per participant from a single reader. |
| 09/06/10 | Added a "List" button to the chip overrides screen so that you can get a listing of all of the overrides. |
| 09/12/10 | When you have separate finish lines by division (popular for cross country) the gun time you enter for each division is remembered and you no longer need to re-enter it as you switch between divisions on the chip results import screen. |
| 09/27/10 | Major Change for Team Relay - for multiple segment races, where each relay participant has their own bib number, Race Director now keeps track of which relay participant the result is posted for in each segment. The Team Relay results reports will now show the proper person for each segment. |
| 10/18/10 | Added a running clock to the standard and lap chip result entry screens. |
| 10/24/10 | Added checking in the Lap results import to recognize times prior to the gun time. You are given a choice to ignore or use these times. If you use the times, it will be assumed that these times result from the race clock crossing midnight and the times will be adjusted accordingly. |
| 10/25/10 | Added an option to the Cross Country Finish List report to automatically generate a Athletic.com export file. |
| 10/25/10 | Added a "Triathlon With Transitions" option to the Team Relay Age Group report. This properly aligns the 3 relay participants to the actual segment that each ran. |
| 10/25/10 | Added a cross country "cheater" report. This is designed to catch a participant who wears a teammates chip as well as their own. The report looks for all teammates who finish within 2 seconds of each other. |
| 10/29/10 | Added an option on the Age Group report to produce an extract file of finisher data when you produce an "Award Winners Only" report. |
| 10/29/10 | Added an choice to the "Data Select" button found on many reports to allow you to specify to select only non-finishers based on result segment. |
| 10/29/10 | Added the choice of finish or segment times when you print the report showing "Start / No Finish" or "Finish / No Start". |
| 10/31/10 | Added a way to lookup a bib number when you only know the chip code on the Bib / Chip Assignment screen. |
| 10/31/10 | Added the ability to select multiple assignments for deletion from the list on the Bib / Chip Assignment screen. |
| 11/05/10 | Added the ability to specify a delay factor (in seconds) between the sending of each email. |
| 11/09/10 | Added an option for when pulling times from the Time Machine where you can start the transmission of times directly from the Time Machine. This is an alternative to Race Director sending the command to the Time Machine. |
| 11/12/10 | Added an option printing the Alpha Pre-race report in a 3 column format to optimize the number of names on a sheet of paper. |
| 11/13/10 | Added a standard GRU output that matches USA Track and Field upload requirements. |
| 11/17/10 | Added the ability to import MyLaps csv format results into the Lap Results process. |
| 11/20/10 | Added a spot on the System tab in Tailoring for specifying a Company Name, Company URL and Company Logo file to include in the header of all Race Director HTML output as well as on the footer of printed reports. |
| 11/20/10 | Added the ability to assign the participant's division based on the start line they cross. This is only possible with chip scoring where the start file imported has participants that are in only one division. |
| 12/01/10 | Added a Disqualification process for lap races. When, you DQ a participant, their results show on the report at the bottom of the list. |
| 12/15/10 | Created a new setting for pace - "none". This is useful for triathlons where you want a rate (like mph) for the bike and a pace for the run, but want to show nothing for the swim. |
| 12/15/10 | Changes to All Overall and Age Group HTML results reports - added a separate column for Penalty Time - this column will only show if you have assigned a penalty to at least one participant. Created a new setting to bypass printing both gun and chip times - instead only one column will be show based on which time is used for the results sequencing. Created a standard (non-enhanced) version of every report, regardless of the number of finish segments. Made sure bib number shows up as a column on every version of these results report. Removed the "hole" left in the report when a race segment is tailored for no pace. New option for printing with a smaller sized font on any HTML report. |
| 12/22/10 | Added a new function to the History Maintenance screen that allows you to combine multiple races used for an annual event into the history file of a single race. This allows you to get rid of the unused races and gives you all of the advantages of having the prior year results data contained in a single race. |
| 12/22/10 | New Announcer Screen - designed specifically for lap races. The output displays the lap number, last lap time and average lap time. |
| 12/28/10 | Added a Leader Board capability to the standard and lap Announcer screens. This option requires a wide screen and adds a male / female list of top five finishers on the right section of the screen. The Leader Board can be organized by division and category (open, masters, specific age group). |