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1. 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II 3 3 2 St art training The FalseStart Detection System can also be used to measure the reaction time of up to 10 athletes during training With this function you do not need a starter your coach or another volunteer to press the pushbutton to give the start The start will be given automatically and it will use a RANDOM time between the ready signal and the start The scheme below will give you an idea of how it works On your Press READY button marks on False Start 3 beeps a FSO HG 3 seconds Training delay user Random time programmable delay between between 1 5 and 10 and 32 seconds 2 5 seconds How to operate the Start Training function Please gt gt St Training select Status Disp Function Race Result Race name Select the menu St Training in the menu selection window by using the arrows and press ENTER Training PREFERENCES e You now enter the following display window Training OFF Training PREFERENCES e Press one of the arrows to switch to Training ON Training ON Note when shutting down the FalseStart System the Training function will automatically be switched to Training OFF This is done deliberately to avoid confusion for the official when using the FalseStart System for competition again Training PREFERENCES e After pressing the ENTER b2. 2 4 1 Front panel At the front panel of the FalseStart box there are in fact only two connections the headset connection in which the headset or the extension cable of the headset is plugged and the Starting Pistol connection in which the cable of the start detector is plugged The start detector is a small blue aluminum box containing the built in start sensor and a LED light to signal the starter the ready or not status of the FalseStart system The start detector itself should be mounted on the pistol s barrel as such that the distance to the pistol s cylinder amounts to maximum 10cm Further on the front panel you will find a printer a display unit and other operating buttons the function of which will be explained later on in this manual FalseStart Li 2 4 2 Rear panel BATTERY MACFINISH STARTING BLOCKS lv DC There are 5 connections on the rear panel i Battery 12V DC Connection In this connection a connector coming from the battery is permanently plugged On the front of the caddy you can see a connector to charge the battery Serial RS232 Connection This is a connection that you can use in case you want to connect a personal computer to the system to read the power curves of all athletes and display them in a graphical waveform Only used by specialists Speaker Connection Used to connect AN EXTRA OPTIONAL loudspeaker set For example at the start of a 1500 meters rac
3. ETT 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II 3 3 7 Print react ion times f Please gt gt Print React Select Print Delay When selecting Print React in your menu selection window and pressing EREA a the ENTER button N Sound Pref PRINT REPORT you now enter the following display window Reaction times of Athletes races 1 e Here you can also choose the race of which you would like to print the reaction times For that scroll with your arrows to make a selection e To print out all reaction times on paper via the built in printer press the ENTER button e To cancel press the READY button This will take you back to the Status Screen 3 3 8 Print delay PRINT REPORT Delay Time of Starter races 1 With this menu you can print out the delay waiting time of the starter The delay time is the period between the last vocal sound of the starter trough the microphone normally the Ready command and the starting shot Race Ht Offic FS Delay e First use the arrow buttons to choose the number of races to print and A GORM he press ENTER to start printing or READY to cancel the printing A possible example of what you may see on the paper print out In this example the starter waited for 1 56 seconds in between his last vocal sound and the starting shot Race Ht Offic FS Delay JOHN e A list covering all starts including the name of the sta
4. fWr 1 Batt 11 9V Ra 60m Pistol Conn Ht 1 MF sys WAIT OFFIC 1 FS SYS READY As you can see there are 8 parameters giving the starter more race dependent information 1 Nr Number of starts that have been given since total reset 2 Ra Name of the race 3 Ht Heat number 4 OFFIC Reflects the name of the starter Thus Offic 1 can be modified to e g JOHN 5 Batt Indicates the battery voltage Recharge your battery when voltage drops below 11 5 Volt 6 Pistol When the start detector is plugged in the Starting Pistol connection on the front panel Conn ected will appear on the display When not connected the word Loose appears 7 MF sys WAIT or READY Only important when the FalseStart system is connected to a MacFinish photo finish system In that case the starter is only entitled to give a starting shot when the MacFinish system is READY Then the red LED light on the start detector will be illuminated as well 8 FS sys READY status appears after having pressed the READY button on the FS box Nr 1 Batt 11 9V Ra 60m Pistol Conn Ht 1 MF sys WAIT OFFIC 1 FSesys READY This little black dot blinks whenever the system detects a vocal sound through the starter s microphone 3 2 1 Adjusting the sound volume When in the status screen you can adjust the speaker s sound volume by pressing one of the tiny arrows on the front panel When pressing the u
5. Displ ay light Display PREFERENCES Display PREFERENCES In this menu you can toggle between switching on Backlight oN Backlight OFF and off the backlighting in your display window When operating outdoors you should only switch the light on during night of evening races but for indoor events this may be helpful always Just toggle by means of the scroll arrows on the front panel 3 3 12 Meas uring Pref erences Measur PREFERENCES When selecting this menu you enter the following display window Min React Time 100 In here the standard IAAF settings relating to the fastest possible reaction time of a human being is entered Currently this reaction time is set to 100 thousandths of a second If the IAAF decides to change this number you can Ch easily increase or decrease this number by pressing the up or down arrows on Y the front panel of the FalseStart box Upper arrow to add lower arrow to subtract Measur PREFERENCES When pressing the ENTER button a Sensitivity setting is displayed on the Min React Time 100 display window Sensitivity 070 This Sensitivity is related to the sensitivity of the starting modules sensors In fact the sensitivity number is closely related to the explosivity of the athletes in question The higher the power explosivity of the athletes the higher you should set the sensitivity number gt this will decrease the sensitivity of the FalseStar
6. reset your entire system The message on the display for TOTAL RESET speaks for itself Press Enter key Tor cancel 3 4 The start Before each race always press the READY button You are now in the Status Screen in which you can verify vital information Have I selected the correct race Is my battery voltage still sufficient Is my starting pistol connected well Is the MacFinish operator ready Is the FalseStart system put into ready position If everything is OK the starter can start the race After the start of the race immediately the starter can see the fastest 3 reaction times plus indication of lane and signal on the display unit If the starter selected the printer to print the start results automatically after each starting shot first the print out will be printed and then the results will appear on the display unit e In case of a FalseStart an athlete reacted too soon after the starting shot Lane Signal Time or an athlete reacted even before the starting shot the starter will hear 7 2 FALSE 220 0 089 alarm beeps through his headphone 5 FALSE 244 0 096 OK 210 0 183 100H 7 t 3 3 5 The print out JOHN 1 84 sec Starter delay 0 100 sec time Both starter delay times and reaction times can be printed out on paper via the built in printer Reaction times A appears in 215 front of the In 3 3 8 we have seen how a print out of starter delay 244
7. star shot 9 100 sec TE 3 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II 2 BUILDING THE SETUP 2 1 Contents The FalseStart II configurations two versions 8 or 10 lanes are packed in a wooden case and contain 1 metal enforced wooden carrying case containing 8 or 10 starting modules with built in sensors electronics and loudspeaker 2 dummy starting module connectors 1 synthetic carrying case containing 1 start detector to be mounted on starting pistol with 3m cable 1 start button with 3m cable 1 short FScable for 100m 8 or 10 lanes 1 headset with built in microphone headset extension cable 1 user manual 3 Spare paper roll Battery charger 110VAC 220VAC gt 12VDC 1 T shirt TimeTronics 1 medium FScable for 200m on reel 8 or 10 lanes 1 long FScable for 400 m or 4x400m on reel 8 or 10 lanes 1 caddy case on wheels containing 2 built in batteries each 12 Vdc 7 Ah 1 built in electronic FalseStart box with built in printer and sound amplifier 2 built in cables on reel for connection a to starting blocks b to MacFinish photofinish 2 2 Attachment of the starting modules onto the starting blocks All starting modules as delivered in a carrying case are equipped with velcro straps on their bottom plates Simply tear off the loop part of those velcro straps and stick it onto the starting block The hook part of the velcro straps remains starting module attache
8. TimeTronics y f f MERE FalseStart i 3 T F nN gt Nn U a E Y 0 il 1 Version 2012vi1 TimeTronics NV Lammerdries Oost 23B B 2250 Olen Belgium www timetronics be info timetronics be TIme ronics Table of Contents PRO N e iii died 2 o P d ape el T ao p PP E A E A E E E E E 3 1 1 Optimization of the audibility of the starting shot 3 2 BUILDING TRE SETUP Re ee LT Oe 6S 0 cee ee ee ee ee 4 2 2 Attachment of the starting modules onto the starting blocks 4 2 3 Connection OF the CADIC S nn sa essse ne anna tie slaaumes cap dessesehuanic sense 4 2 4 Connections of the front and rear panel of the FalseStart box 5 Ze Tal OU Gel WG E E EE E T amen EEEEEEZZEZEZZ 5 242 REAL DA a A A A A de ion 5 o 0 SE TEI SR EEE EE 6 FLB CONCI a E AE on 6 Ie LAS O a eae a ea a en a 6 3 2 LACS EN the SOIN OMR des dan nn aa De D ds da Jaime 6 D OS ne nn ee Le 7 DS PUIS SU 0 6 CP O E EO EE 7 De LOC IOO ier sanenressocuesaneacwnann peor eeaueansuaanaarenemeenonsseaenuesas 8 SG eG CN DO a ee ee ee Tree 9 3 3 4 Race PO SIES 2 nan amas ass dame base caen n tnt nn soute et tance douene date see RNE 9 DRAC Male tetanene ee ee ee 9 OS OA ae 9 2 7 Print react ion LIMMCS nan een aan nn ed nd ad amant dan de it an oser din 10 OS OO a D a cs 10 OO OO tn cc us 10 3 3 10 Sound preferences nn nes nn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnmmmmmmm mm eneneeenneeeeneenennse 11 id OS CN RE E 11 B32 Meas uring Pref e
9. also contact us if you have any remarks or advise regarding this user manual info timetronics be Good luck with FalseStart II and thank you for your confidence in the TimeTronics products and services The editors Copyright 2012 TimetTronics All rights reserved TimeTronics Lammerdries 23b B 2250 Olen Belgium Tel 32 0 14 23 19 11 Disclaimer Under no circumstances shall TimeTronics be liable for any loss damage or expense suffered or incurred with respect to any defective product In no event shall TimeTronics be liable for any incidental or consequential damages that you may suffer directly or indirectly from use of any product Windows Windows XP and Windows VISTA are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation III 2 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II 1 Introduction In T amp F races the athletes have become faster and faster and the result of one athlete meticulously approximates to the result of another This progress goes hand in hand with the evolution in science and technique As a consequence time measurement in track and field races should be very accurately performed up to one thousandth of a second A very significant part of a race particularly at sprint races is the start Sometimes a detection of such a start is still visually perceived by the human eye The development of our system False Start enables us to electronically detect a false start An athlete causes a FalseStart whenever he or she st
10. arger at races such as the 400 meters at which the starting blocks are positioned at least 7 5 meters from each other The athlete in lane 8 would hear the starting shot 14 4 hundredths later than the athlete in lane 1 on condition of course that the starter would take place close to the athlete in lane 1 which would rather be unfair The starter could in fact position himself at an equal distance to each athlete in other words in the centre of an imaginary circle which is drawn over the starting blocks Consequently he will be about 31 meters apart from each athlete so that all athletes will simultaneously hear the starting shot 9 hundredths of a second too late That is why this virtual distance between starter and athlete will have to be reduced We bring the sound to each athlete by using a microphone and an amplifier at the central starter position and a loudspeaker into EACH starting modules mounted at the back of N each starting block All connections are made by means of one single cable which connects all starting modules to the FalseStart system What we certainly want to emphasize is that the FalseStart detection system remains an gt ail auxiliary TOOL for the starter to ASSIST him It still remains the starter s responsibility 2 ae starting a to make the final decision when it comes to defining a false start In subsequent parts you will encounter a more elaborate description of our FalseStart detection system
11. arts before 100 thousandths of a second after the starting shot current IAAF regulation The IAAF considers this limit of 100 thousandths as being the fastest human reaction time possible This means that a starter in the current system has to judge whether an athlete starts sooner or later than the 100 thousandths of a second thus causing a FalseStart or not An athlete can be privileged e g letting him run at a start after 65 thousandths or handicapped e g shooting back at a start after 105 thousandths By applying an electronic detection these inaccuracies can be avoided 1 1 Optimization of the audibility of the starting shot It is possible that a The sound of the starting shot does not reach all athletes simultaneously b The sound of the starting shot reaches the athletes too late At a start of 8 athletes where all starting blocks are positioned next to each other the distance between the athlete in lane 1 Starter and the one in lane 8 amounts to approximately 8 5 meters When looking at the time difference with respect to the moment at which both athletes hear the starting shot and taking into account the sonic speed 343 m s we can conclude that the athlete in lane 8 hears the starting shot 2 5 hundredths of a second later than the athlete in lane 1 provided that the starter starting shot Starting shot is positioned at the far left side from the track see drawing 0 2 5 100 sec This difference may even become l
12. d underneath the starting module Now you can easily stick the starting module onto the loop velcro on the starting block After the races you can again pull the starting modules off the blocks and store them in the carrying case until next HS SS event velcro starting block 2 3 Connection of the cable s Depending on the type of race you should connect aunty aminat the starting modules to each other by means of either the cable for 100m 200m or 4x 400m The three cables are of a different length and also dM the distance in between their branch points varies The number which is mentioned on the branch points of the cable should correspond to the lane number and thus the number on the starting module Note All starting modules MUST be connected If not the circuit of all loudspeakers connected in series ae will be open and no sound signal will be heard 2 In case you do not want to use all starting modules delivered for example you have a track with 6 lanes instead of 8 you should plug dummy connectors into the open connectors on the cable That way the circuit remains closed which is necessary Insert all connectors into the modules until you hear a click Into extension cable Extension cable goed to FalseStart box Starting blocks connection TimeTronics 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II 2 4 Connections of the front and rear panel of the FalseStart box
13. e the starter is not going to make use of the starting modules with built in loudspeakers In order to bring the sound of his voice and the starting pistol directly to the athletes he can use a separate loudspeaker that can be plugged in this connection MacFinish Connection This connection is used when connecting the system to the MacFinish photo finish and timing system You will find the same connection on the front of the caddy Starting Blocks Connection The extension cable to the starting blocks is plugged in here which leads to the various cables connecting the starting modules see page 5 You will find the same connection on the front of the caddy starting blocks ra extension cable o Q s RE O to starting modules De TimeTronics 5 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II 3 OPERATION 3 1 Basic principle Push the POWER button to start up the FalseStart box Before the start of each race do not forget to push the READY button Then fire the starting pistol After operation again push the POWER button to switch off the system OPTIONALLY there are 14 menus in the FalseStart program helping you to create and alter program settings printer settings select race and starter names etc for detailed explanation see 3 3 3 2 Status screen When you start up the FalseStart box for the first time you will enter the status screen on your display This is how the status screen looks like
14. lay all lanes This means that the athlete causing the FalseStart will E definitely be on display If you want to view all start results you will have to merana aa fara make a print out on paper see later A possible example T on the blocks alse start 5 ae ce Magnitude of acceleration Indication of Reaction times of the athletes 3 3 5 Race name Please gt gt 100m Select 200m e Scroll to the race name that you want to 7 select via the directional arrows and press the Z y Race 400m ENTER button a Suppose we selected the 100m race After having pressed the ENTER sprees Batt 11 9V button the Status Screen will automatically appear and you will notice that R Pistol Conn the name of the race will have changed to 100m and the heat number will Heil MP sys WAIT OFFIC 1 FS sys READY be reset to 1 3 3 6 Start Offic ial Please gt gt OFFIC 1 e In this menu you choose the starter s or name s of the starter s that is Select oOFFIC 2 are going to operate the system You can choose from a from a list of 10 Starter ee names e Just indicate the name of the starter through the up and down arrows Nr l Batt 11 9V gt and press the ENTER button In the Status Screen the selected name Ra 100m Pistol Conn will be listed How to enter names will be described under the Program ie MF sys WAIT Names menu chapter 3 3 13 FS syS READY
15. ne times can look like a N 7 200 the athlete i i 236 reacted before i i i appears in front of Now how would a print out of the reaction times look like the lane covering He the starting Let us comment on an example athlete with fastest Si shot reaction time TimeTronics div of FalseStart II System Start number 18 Number since total reset Lee 2 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II 3 6 The printer 3 6 1 Replacing paper Sometimes you will have to replace the roll of paper inside the printer The red led underneath Paper will illuminate warning the operator of the lack of paper To replace the paper roll you must first open the printer To do so press both knobs on each side of the printer s panel and pull the panel out of the FalseStart box view from the side of the printer Now you are looking at the internal structure of the printer This structure needs to be pulled to the front until you see the empty roll of paper underneath Now replace the empty roll by a new roll of paper but make sure that the roll is positioned like this e Now insert the paper in the crack like this Full roll of paper Beginning of the paper roll hanging out like this Paper needs to be inserted like this e At the same time press the FEED button on the printer s front PAPER FEED panel until the paper roll comes sticking out sufficiently Next c again attach the front panel of the
16. pper arrow the speaker s sound volume will be increased When pressing the lower arrow the sound volume will be decreased Microphone On your display the following window may thus appear indicating the Volume percentage of the sound volume Control 020 After a number of seconds this window closes down automatically _ MIT 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II 3 3 The menus ee TimeTronics e v e To enter the menu selection window press the ENTER button when being in PRN the Status Screen E Please gt gt Test Blocks You are now in the menu selection window Select st Training Function Status Disp Race Result e There are 14 menus to choose from You can indicate the menu that you want to select by scrolling up or down the list pressing the directional arrows on the front panel To enter the indicated menu indicated by the gt gt arrows press the ENTER button on the front panel of the FalseStart box SURVEY of MENUS Test Blocks Start Training Status Display Race Result Race Name Start Official Print Reaction Times Print Delay Printer on off Sound Preferences Display Light i2 Measuring Preferences Program Names Total Reset Let us now have a closer look at each of the menus Pon om o a biy a pat H O Ha pi ja W PF 3 3 1 Test blocks Obviously before the start of an event we want to test and check our starting modules and cables Make
17. printer again keep the knobs pressed and make sure that the paper enters the open crack on the printer s panel 3 7 Automatic shutdown If the starter does not use the system for more than ten minutes the system will shut itself down automatically to save battery power The system will start an audible countdown which can be interrupted by pushing whatever button on the front panel On the display you will see the following A AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN in seconds Press any key to Cancel Good Luck with your operation and use of this FalseStart system If you have whatever question or advise to us concerning this user manual Please contact us by email on info timetronics be MIT 13 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II Copyright 2012 Timelronics All rights reserved TimeTronics Lammerdries 23b B 2250 Olen Belgium Tel 32 0 14 23 19 11 Fax 32 0 14 23 20 24 TimeTronics
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19. rters can thus be sal printed on the right side you can find an example 1 JOHN PETER PETER PETER 3 3 9 Printer on off Printer PREFERENCES e These are the printer preferences When selecting this menu you enter Printer ON the following display window e This means that standard the printer will start printing the start results immediately after each start In case you do not want the printer to do that in other words to shut the printer down press the lower scroll arrow to switch to Printer OFF Then press ENTER to save your settings MIT 0 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II 3 3 10 Sound preferences Please gt Traditional Select Pistol Start Here we choose our start methods When selecting this menu you enter subsequent Start Modern Start display window Method When selecting Traditional the starter will give the start in a traditional way meaning with one pistol for the starting shot and another pistol to stop the race of course only in case of a false start When selecting Pistol Start the starter uses one starting pistol and in case of a false start a number of alarm beeps will be heard through the starting modules When selecting Modern Start the starting shot is given by means of a push button transmitting a beep signal through all loudspeakers In case of a false start the race is stopped by a number of beeps through all loudspeakers 3 3 11
20. sure that you have connected ALL starting modules to each other in a closed circuit see schematic drawing on page 5 To start checking this closed circuit we need this Test Blocks menu TESTING BLOCK NR When having pressed the ENTER button subsequent window appears on your display TESTING BLOCK NR 1 Now we can start testing our starting modules as follows Go to starting module 1 and give it a gentle kick You will hear one single beep At the same time number 1 appears on your display Proceed with starting module 2 Again give it a kick Now you will hear 2 beeps plus indication of number 2 on display meaning that the amount of beeps MUST correspond with the number as indicated on the starting module lane number In other words e starting module 1 gt 1 beep e starting module 2 gt 2 beeps starting module 3 gt 3 beeps e starting module 4 gt 4 beeps starting module 5 gt 5 beeps etc IMPORTANT CONTROL If there are no beeps at all please check all connections Should you have forgotten to connect one single starting module there won t be beeps meaning that you are not allowed to start working with the system Please insert your connectors correctly you must hear a click when plugging in the connectors into the starting modules To leave the menu press the ENTER button to return to the menu selection window or READY to return to the Status Screen Ey
21. t system Example Top athletes gt sensitivity number set to 100 Juvenile athletes gt sensitivity number set to 40 ADVICE For top athletes we recommend to decrease the sensitivity of the starting modules since these top athletes can already rock the modules they simply exert more power on the blocks when getting ready to start During this period their muscles can vibrate because of the high force applied This should NOT give problems if you do not increase the sensitivity of the system too much e Again add or subtract this number by means of the scroll arrows Press the ENTER button to save the settings MIT o 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II 3 3 13 Prog ram names PROGRAM STARTER NAME In this menu you can change or enter the name s of the starter s up amp down to modify enter for next char Starter nr 1 JFFIC 1 blinking block with which to change characters in alphabetical order e By means of the up amp down arrows you can scroll through the alphabet PROGRAM STARTER NAME in climbing or descending order To fix the chosen character press the up amp down to modify ENTER button Automatically the blinking block will move to the right enter for next char to the following character Decimal points blanks marks numbers etc Starter nr 1 JOHNE 1 can be found before character A 3 3 14 Total reset Press Ready key In this menu you can
22. utton a Training delay setting is showed on Training OFF the display window Training delay 010 Nr 2 Batt 12 4V e The Training delay can be set between 10 and 32 seconds The Training AUTOMATIC START delay is the time between the on your marks signal represented by 3 MODE FOR TRAINING beeps and the ready signal represented by 2 beeps FS Svs WAIT Nr 2 Batt 12 4V e You can change the Training delay by means of the up and down arrows AUTOMATIC START Press the ENTER button to save the settings MODE FOR TRAINING Press the READY button to start the training function FS sys READ 2012v1 Manual FalseStart II Lane Signal Time 2 FALSE 244 0 089 4 OK 244 0 218 8 OK 244 0 250 A possible result Indication of Indication of lane numbers relative force False start 2 the blocks SE ot Magnitude of acceleration Reaction times of the athletes e To start a new training press the READY button Press the ENTER button to go back to the menu selection window 3 3 3 Status disp lay When selecting this menu you return to the Status Screen as already explained on paragraph 3 2 3 3 4 Race result Lane Signal Time 2 FALSE 244 0 089 4 OK 244 0 218 The Race Result menu displays the start results of the previous race Only 8 OK 244 0 250 the three fastest reaction times will appear on the display no room enough to disp
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