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1. You can print a Heat alone or all together you will choose the way in the print dialog if you click on Print when the Heat or Final item is selected You can print labels too to glue in the cars Numbers to print depends on your preference about numbering drivers in the competition and it can be the driver dorsal or the number of car in the Heat or Final To print frequencies is optional according some associations regulations like AECAR does If there are conflicts these will be marked with an asterisk near the offended value ZAound Manager 1 1 Build Beta WA SDI nc COITA 08 04 2006 1 29 46 MA MiniZ Racer ZRound Tercera Heat A Num Driver Glub Sporeor Frequency Trareponder 1 esis Soinedromo 27 Das 131 Grande 2 Grijander 26 935 1 es Goie 27 0055 101 we Print heats configuration O Glub Sporer Fraquerey Trareponder Heat Final to print f Selected Print ba 2 27 Das 2 bal 23 a Labels bo aT ECO 103 o Garc a 27 195 100 dd Number settings Cancel f Dorzal f By Heat Final Print Frequencies When slot interface is selected in ZRound slot assignment will be done by driver s ranking You can get a random slot assignment using the popup menu in the drivers list when a Heat or Final is selected Example of Heat generation Total Drivers registered 25 Drivers by Heat 7 Heats generated Heat A 8 drivers Heat B 8 drivers Heat C 9 drivers Why 252. Heat Pos Fin a 1 1 Jes s 191 27095 O 27045 D 27 045 1 7 C Register 9 4 Grijander 1 26995 D 0 0 26 995 1 1 10 2 3 Juan Gonz lez 101 27095 0 0 0 27095 1 5 1 Properties Toe 4 Prueba 2 2 27095 D 0 0 27095 2 IZ E 5 Prueba 33 33 0 0 0 33 2 gu Bemove E E Quinto 109 275000 0 0 27500 2 4 3 14 3 7 Pedro Garcia 100 27195 27045 D 0 27195 2 joe Generate Heats a Validate Aeassign Freq Runner Ranking Zero Ranking Champ Rankinc ta ka You only have to click on Register button to press Ins Key or to use the popup menu in the registration list The drivers database will be open to let you to search and to register drivers If the driver doesn t exist you can create a record for him in the database in this window clicking on add 15 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Searching by name any name which contain the string searched is allowed and a history of the selected driver in all his competitions are reported to make easy registering process and driver identification Driver registration History Race Formats There are available the following race formats e Heats amp Finals Explained next e PN Racing This is used in the MiniZ PN Racing World Championship It s explanied in Appendix A e Heat amp Semifinals amp Final It is a variante of Heats amp Finals and it s explained in Appendix B You must choose a race format for each race and a championship allways
3. y ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Version 1 3 Jes s M Broce o Aug 2007 www zround com This page intentionally left blank ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Table of contents WEIMAR 1 TRAINING QUICK Stats 2 Single Race DUCK St ari 4 Championship Race QUICK Stare src osas 6 Championship SetUP cccccccccccccccccnnnnnnncnn cnn 6 O A e An e e E A 6 QUE TIS MACS nica 7 Z2ROUNO PA Ona abad 10 Interface with automatic detection SYSTeIMS 0cccccccccnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 10 How long can be ZRound timing working oooccccccccccccnnnncncnnnnnnnnn nn 10 PUDIC A Drivers MONITO arras 10 Alarm Sound SS te Modas 11 WOICE 5 o n 0 A Oo e e OSTA AD UA A ATA INT DUA ESA T ULE 11 LINO TY VOC aran aida 12 eje legis di ssiniin Anca Pu BREA ADA o O C DAA ADA A DIA AA ANA RA PARDA A dA DAMAS 13 UCI INO MOSS arameo ova 13 PVE OVI SO VIO O eses taa 14 Drivers IdentfiCaciON sssistcctsctsdivarianteccesccaaceniaspansoacs dictates DA RIA DURE A A ACA RERA RAG DIA DS 14 ZRO NA Manader E Addis 15 Champions hib Creo Narnia de 15 Race ClOCAUlON casnaccuaetsrdseecsccdearcdendnacecacadacciecdancedsadaucedasasasadeacsencdasececudscaseneds 15 DAVETO T raO AA A AA A A EEE A 15 e o PP en o 16 Generating Qualifying HeatS occcoccccccccncccccnnnncccnnnnnnnnn rr rr 16 GEN Cl Qed FIS ria iS 18 Chali PlonSi LO SCOPING sensata 18 Transponders and frequencies vValidatiOD occcccccccccnnnnnnnnnnannnn cnn rr 19 Diver s identica
4. A dat file is saved under Class Championship Competition folder with the name of Manga_X Serie N or Final_X name with lap times and the results laps and times of the race Also information about qualifying is registered in the Manager database It is common to all type of races training to save a log file with the detais written to the log window and a HTML output with results and drivers detailing lap times and position chart Drivers identification There are three way to registering a driver Using ZRound you are not using a championship Manager i e FLacO or ZRound Manager drivers are assigned the firs low number available beginning with 1 Using FLaCo the driver number is generated by FLaCo Using ZRound Manager Two numbering system are available o Dorsal Number assigned to each driver for all races in the competition o Number in Heat Final Relative number for each Heat Final from 1 to total drivers in the group This is usefull to count laps using the keyboard pressing F1 Fn each time a car must be counted You can choose the numbering model using the checkbox Show race car number instead of Dorsal in the Options Display window Display Show hour in total time Language Engl Show all race events Lock real time Show tine lags Show hour in Time to remove car registration from training jo min 14 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide ZRound Manager F A Q Championship c
5. Register Properties x Remove Generate Heats Validate Reassign Freq Driver Ranking Zero Ranking Champ Ranking ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide The registration process consists in two steps like in ZRound single race First you have to create a record for new drivers Then you can register it in the race e You only need to create one and only one record for each driver This is used system wide in all race of all championships The system needs unique drivers definition to control championships scoring and reports Please pay attention in registering process to avoid drivers record duplication When a driver is selected an historic report is listed to make easy identify him and to distinguish from other drivers Filling in the nickname can help too 5 Once you have all drivers registered Heats must be generated clicking in Generate Heats button If there are conflicts due to repeated transponders id or frequencies in Heats you will be warned and assisted in their resolution 6 Go to Races page to control round timing and qualifying Settings Driver Registration 7 Races You will se all generated Heats and all Rounds Qualifying heats belonged to each Heat This page is divided into a e a two blocks The left panel is a tree view with Round 1 Jes s hierarchical information about Qualifying Heats Heat B 4 Eo Cienia and Finals When an item is sel
6. ON sn ATA ATADA SAA a ITA SRA a a 19 APPENDIX A PN Racing race format cccccceceeeeeecceeensennneeneeeeeesssseeeeauaes 21 APPENDIX B Heats Semifinals amp Final cccccccesseeeeeeeeceueeeeueueeneueueeneugenens 22 Jes s M Broce o 2006 2007 All rights reserved http www zround com info zround com LEGAL NOTICE All company and products names are property of their respective owners ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide This page intentionally left blank ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Welcome Welcome to ZRound Suite I hope you ll find it of your convenience and it will make your racing experience more exciting covering most of your timing and management needs and giving you extra functionality to make things funny and easy This is FREE software please read carefully the license agreement before installing and using it You can find more tips and information in www zround com site There are no more documents like this about using it but I think its concepts are easy to understand Please don t doubt in posting your comments suggestions and questions in the site forums Unfortunately I haven t free time enough to write a complete guide nor online help system All contributions are welcome ZRound has been built by racers thinking in racers Many thanks to all the people who have make ZRound possible thanks to Susana for her patience by the robbed time and thank you for using Z
7. has a default race format Generating Qualifying Heats When a driver is registered in the database a Ranking is provided This value is used as default when he is registered in the first race of the championship the last race driver ranking will be used if it is available and you can modify this value in order to configure heats properly Ranking is used to group drivers when Heats are generated letting drivers with similar ranking drive together Drivers with highest ranking will be in Heat A and the next Heats will be filled by ranking order Each Heat will have the number of drivers defined in the race configuration window So we have as many heats as the number of drivers drivers by Heat division This is not an integer value usually so the module of this division will be assigned to each Heat one per Heat beginning with the last one This way the difference between the amount of drivers in each Heat is always less or equal to one To begin generation you must click in Generate Heats button 16 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide After Heat generation you can adjust them manually editing the drivers properties Heat 1 A Heat 2 B etc Sethings Driver Registration 7 Faces Sa 8 Qualifvino heats SE Round 2 1 Pedro Garcia He Heat B 4 2 Prueba He Round 3 Prueba 2 He Round E 4 Quinto He Finals 5 Juan Gonz lez Ha E Grjander He T Jes s eS Heat generation structure
8. in all setup parameters 2 In the Race page of championship window click on New button 3 A Race setup window will be show with the default values provided for the championship You can now customize the race modifying some of these parameters if you need it When setup is saved clicking Save button two new pages are shown in the race window to let you to register drivers and to control Heats and Finals Championship s race Chapionship Minz Racer ZRound Description Carrera 2 Circuit SPIN Date 13 06 2006 v Settings Driver Registration 1 Races Rounds Promotions Paun ote E j 3 Number of runners promoted to next final 1 A nos E Number of race assistants 0 0 0 0 cece 5 Final Milan lc rra fo A A eens eens 5 Max time to complete last lap sec 30 METE concretan ea 5 Qualifying heats MEMO se cece rete toe tere on Le Mans T Start mode esssssseeeeseeseeeeeeessee Staggered Y Qualifying Modes ean cannae Laps Qualifying mode aia Laps M All finals qualify ooo E Duration ns essnsessestnsesensensenene 5 min DA 5 min 4 Register drivers in the race using Driver Registration page Championship s race SEE Chapionship MiniZ Race ZRound III Description Canea 2 Circuit SPN Date 13706 2006 y Settings Driver Registration 1 Races Find a Show only seraching matchs 1 Ca Import id Driver Dorsal Name Trans Fl F2 F3 fF Grijander C
9. 1 23 14 25 17 10 13 10 10 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Posici n 21 Posici n 20 Posici n 22 Posici n 22 Posici n 24 Posici n 24 16 Posici n 27 16 A 16 B Posicion 27 Posicion 29 Posicion 29 Posicion 31 Posicion 31 Posicion 33 Posicion 35 Posicion 33 Posici n 37 Posicion 35 Posicion 37 All semifinals will have 4 drivers except the Final amp 16 We have 2 promotions so these groups will have really of 6 drivers parameter A When semifinals are gone 4 drivers will be promoted from each one to the FINAL We will have 1 driver qualified directly C 44 4 promoted from semifinal A y B E This sums 9 drivers and we need B 10 drivers in the Final We need to promote the driver with better laps time in the semifinal A or B without considering the 8 directly promoted 24
10. 7 10 603 Posici n 22 Manga C 1 26 07 11 232 Posici n 23 Manga C 2 26 07 11 383 Posici n 24 Manga C 2 26 07 11 831 Posici n 25 MangaB 1 26 07 11 917 Posici n 26 Manga B 1 26 07 14 788 Posici n 27 Manga D 1 26 07 16 264 Posici n 28 Manga C 1 25 07 03 753 Posici n 29 Manga D 1 25 07 08 876 Posici n 30 Manga A 2 25 07 11 024 Posici n 31 Manga D 2 25 07 13 723 Posici n 32 Manga D 2 25 07 20 556 Posici n 33 Manga C 1 24 07 17 726 Posici n 34 Manga D 2 23 07 08 818 Posici n 35 Manga B 1 23 07 13 878 Posici n 36 Manga D 2 22 07 03 127 Posici n 37 Manga D 1 15 05 52 133 Driver will be grouped as follows FINAL SEMIFINALS Posici n 2 Semi A Semi B Posici n 2 Posici n 4 Posici n 4 Posici n 6 Posici n 6 Posici n 8 Posici n 8 QUARTERS Posici n 11 Quarters A Quarters B Posici n 11 Posici n 13 Posici n 13 Posici n 15 Posici n 15 Posici n 17 Posici n 17 gth Posici n 18 gth A gth B Posici n 20 Posici n 18 Posici n 19 23 15 227 15 237 15 259 15 332 15 341 15 631 15 759 16 155 16 363 16 449 16 562 16 586 16 592 16 609 16 612 16 723 16 779 16 950 17 155 17 241 17 349 17 622 18 239 18 644 18 864 19 233 23 476 13 426 13 616 13 427 14 233 14 215 14 692 13 763 14 943 14 322 14 404 14 578 14 954 14 736 14 798 15 070 14 377 14 698 15 443 15 756 14 497 14 373 15 275 16 042 16 261 15 813 16 068 17 275 10 24 19 16 26 16 19 24 17 2
11. Round ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Training Quick Start Follow these steps to start a training session 1 Start ZRound using shortcut in your desktop or the ZRound programs group in windows start menu e Flaco Gestor de campeon gw Round Manager y EN Round Race manager 2 Setup your detection system configuration GiroZ LapZ Slot po ZRound 1 1 Build 14 BETA Race timing Show hour in total time Language English United States a Show all race events Lock real time graphic update Show time lage Show hour in total time Show race car number instead of dorsal 3 Register yourself in the ZRound database using driver s database registration form If you are using LapZ you can read write the id to the transponder from the Car properties a ZRound 1 1 Build 14 BETA Race timing jo Car properties a Registration C Nick ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide 4 Now you are ready for training so click in the training button All cars detected are automatically added to the training session NOTES To use voice system you must first have MS SAPI and your favourite TTS engine installed on your PC You can setup voice settings in the ZRound Speaker configuration page where Speaker reading speed events to read text by events etc can be customized Every time you can show hide monitoring window to allow public and d
12. ace ZRound 1 Tipo Race configuration file 1cf y Cancelar RACE EVE 2 ITOGI1LL 993 LAFZ ava Copy Eo clipboard Race description OF f Cancel O E LAPZ 15 not activated LAFZ r 4 Now you must choose each race driver in the list and click Select a Registration id Name Nick Club Transponder Frequency A ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide 5 Change starting order using popup menu if you want Menu items Up and Down will move drivers to achieve the order you want Driver L f Jesus Start position order Check Register driver Unregister Properties ec Ub ec 06 Copy to clipboard Lon 6 Setup race parameters a Qualifying criteria Best lap or lap count b Duration of the race You must provide hours minutes and secods o Laps to go c Start mode Staggered or Le Mans d Time to finish e Minimum lap time Seconds to complete a lap If a lap time is less than this time ZRound give an alert to the console Lap won t be counted because it is considered an error of lap counter or an incorrect reading due to a car incident or other race situation Staggered kr You may customize other parameters related to the way ZRound start counting and working like countdown time time between cars in staggered start enabling and customizing sounds and alerts etc Please read the F A Q section for more i
13. all selected sounds will continue working Here you have configuration windows from ZRound voice subsystem Cars ready to start Start FIRST POSSITION BEST LAF BEST PERSONAL LAP TIME STOP AND GO Finish of race All cars must stop in boxes area End of race for Training done The track is closed Runners must v Car lv lv Ei Ei Ei Ed Ei Ei Ei Seconds to finish Training mode There are two training modes Competition race training It s activated when a race configuration file is loaded or ZRound is launched from Championship Manager In this mode a voice warning with information about drivers who must be ready for training will be spoken The system calls them by their nicks name saying the total time for training session too It s not allowed to drive to other drivers than called and an alarm will be shown in log window if other drivers are detected Free training You only have to start training without drivers registered When a new car is detected the driver name and details are searched in the database by transponder number All session data is stored under Entrenamientos folder If you give a time limit to the training each driver will have that total time to compete his training session When the time has gone speaker will warn to finished driver A new session will be started when driver will be detected again The system can talk the best drivers times if this event is ch
14. drivers 7 drivers heat 3 heat module 4 filling 1 gt A 1 gt B 2 gt C 17 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Generating Finals When all Heats are completed you can do it before with provisional qualifying if you want it is time to generate the Finals First you must select the Qualifying Heats item to display qualifying results and print them if you want The generate finals button will be enabled to make possible the generation process when clicked This button is only available in the Qualifying Heats view The number of drivers by Final is defined in the competition parameters and it will be generated as many Finals as total drivers drivers by final division In contrast with qualifying heats the lasts drivers the division module will give the total count fill the last Final group If this value in less than min drivers by final parameter then all of them will be drive the previous one Final You can move drivers between finals after generation process using the popup menu in the drivers list when the desired Final item is selected The Finals are launched in inversed order first you will run the last one When a final is done the firsts drivers number of driver promoted parameter are registered automatically in the previous Final If you don t want work with promotions you must set that parameter to O When all Finals are completed you can select the Finals item t
15. ecked in the Voice system settings Registration and Unregistration from training Registration in free training mode is automatic by car detection The transponder number detected will be searched in the database to show the driver who has it assigned If a driver is not found then the car lt new tx nn gt will be shown to allow you edit the driver properties If there are more than one driver with these transponder then you must select the driver from the database only drivers who owns that transponder number will be shown To unregister a driver you can choose Unregister from the popup menu in drivers 12 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide list His timer will be disabled until a new detection were done After the elapsed minutes configured in the Settings Options Display window check Time to remove car registration from training without detecting the car it will be removed from training Race Start modes Classification ADS Staggered caion E Each car has its own times The drivers times starts the Staggered first time their car is detected Le Mans All the cars have the same race time There are two ways of starting timing it s controlled by a check near the start mode combo 1 Time starts when you click on Start race button 2 Time starts when the first car is detected Qualifying modes Laps Y Laps Lap Count The first qualified driver will be who drives mo
16. ected the right EA eae panel shows information related to it Printing Finals works in this way too Qualifying Heats Information about general Qualifying of all Heats after each round is viewed The button Generate Finals is available only in this view You can generate the Finals when were needed and even if there were pending rounds you can anticipate them Heat X Driver registration information for Heat X Transponder amp Frequency conflicts are shown in paired colors You can edit the driver registration properties Also you can print it You are asked about printing the present Heat or all of them and you can print labels for cars too Round N Information about round results after it is complete You can edit these results for corrections due to errors penalties etc You can lap times position chart by laps and lap time chart by driver from the driven race clicking in details button Finals Information about Final Qualifying after each final is complete When all Finals are driven you will see the definitive competition results Final X Driver registration information for Final X Transponder amp Frequency conflicts are shown in paired colors You can edit the drivers registration properties Also you can print it You are asked about printing the present Final or all of them and you can print labels for cars too 7 Now it is time to drive Select the Round you want to start and click
17. gered mode Time elapsed between drivers start in staggered mode Number of drivers promoted to next final It is a way of giving an opportunity for better qualifying to the bests drivers of each final Drivers by Final Number of drivers who drives each Final group Min drivers by Final When Finals are generated it is possible to have a little number of drivers in the last Final If there is not enough drivers to complete the group all of them will drive in the previous Final group See F A Q Race setup Race setup is based on championship default definitions When you create a new race you can override that values and only the race setup is modified There is another parameter defined for races Min Lap Time sec It is the amount of seconds needed to complete a lap It is supoused than a driver never can drive a lap under this time and timing ignore any laps with a time under this value considering it an error a post will be wrote in the ZRound log window Now you know these concepts and you can setup a championship race ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Your first race amp Note It is out of the scope of this guide to provide a complete user manual but important notes are detailed in the F A Q sections below Please read them carefully For creating a championship race follow these steps 1 Create a championship or open it if it already exists If you need to create the championship ensure to fill
18. in Go button You will be asked for opening ZRound for timing If you click Yes ZRound will be opened with the round configuration You only have to start the race from ZRound and when round were done and ZRound were closed all results will be available for editing printing and qualifying Click on Refresh button if results are not updated successfully after closing ZRound ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide 8 Repeat previous step until all Rounds were completed and select Qualifying Heats item in the left panel You will see ordered the drivers by qualifying and marked in blue the drivers expected to be in Final A You can print it and click on Generate Finals All Finals groups will be generated following race setup If the distribution is not of your convenience you can edit it or may be you want to change race setup and click on Generate Finals again for a new calculation You can repeat this step as many times as you need 9 When Finals are ready you can click on Final A item in the left panel to print Finals driver distribution and labels if you want Next you have to timing all Finals beginning in the last one until Final A is completed like were done for Heats rounds 10 All Finals are completed Select Finals item to view competition race final qualifying and scoring and to print them 11 Close the race This prevents future race changes edition and starting any closed round by error Cha
19. lic and drivers to follow laps and time in real time ZRound will move the information window to that position next time it is shown Show Hide monitor It s possible to choose which information will be shown and font size in ZRound configuration window iv iv Ed Mm m 10 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Alarm Sound System ZRound will alert you when main events are fired like best times car detection and so on Next you will find the event list oe A oio IeSOUNICESACOUNt Way porra porra resources veloz way a resources ding way He resources nik wary resources bocina way resources ding way ll resources ding way BEREHREEREEHEEEE resources ding way A Voice System ZRound supports Microsoft SAPI 5 1 interface If you have a Text to Speech synthesis engine then ZRound will use it to speak If you haven t SAPI installed you can download it for free from Microsoft site If you want voices in your language or with a better quality and performance may be you want to test some of these products Loquendo www loquendo com GREAT ATT Natural Voices www naturalvoices att com Nuance www nuance com 11 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide The Speaker button let you to enable disable voice system and it doesn t affect to alarm sound system so you can nterrupt voice system but lap detection sound and
20. mpionship scoring will be update you must refresh championship view if it were opened during race control and timing ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide ZRound F A Q Interface with automatic detection systems GiroZ Interface LPT1 ONLY LPT1 LapZ Interface RS 232C Comm port can be selected Slot Parallel port interface SPP amp ECP modes Ports 378h 278h or 3BCh How long can be ZRound timing working 1193 hours LapZ requires user to reset the bridge safely during the race There is a minimum probability of loosing a lap if automatic reset were done while a car is running under the bridge You can choose to do this operation manually and you can setup an alarm in ZRound with the elapsed time between each bridge reset Restart Lap stopwatch For race time less than 4 hours 39 minutes Also you have the automatic LapZ bridge reset in the configuration using the bridge alarm clock LapZ bridge needs 2 secods to complete the reset operation safely If you cannot provide this safe margin you can follow next procedure Pause the race click on pause button and order drivers to go to boxes Reset the bridge Contine the race click on continue button GiroZ amp Slot systems do not need to be resetted Public amp Drivers Monitor You can show or hide it at any time clicking on monitor button You can move it to a suitable place on a multi monitor installation to allow pub
21. nal A and B E All drivers needed to complete amount of drivers in Final B will be promoted too by better laps time in Semifinal A and B promoted driver won t be considered Next we have an example Will be used next parameters A Drivers in finals 6 B Drivers in the FINAL 10 C Drivers qualified to the Final 1 D Drivers promoted 2 E Drivers promoted to the FINAL 4 We have the next qualify after qualifying heats Driver Posicion 1 Posicion 2 Posici n 3 Posicion 4 Posici n 5 Posicion 6 Posicion 7 Posicion 8 Posici n 9 Posicion 1 Heat Round Laps T Total T Mean T Best L Better Manga A 2 30 07 01 782 14 059 13 178 24 Manga A 1 30 07 07 003 14 233 13 535 14 Manga A 2 30 07 07 085 14 236 13 230 8 Manga C 2 30 07 08 143 14 271 13 018 30 Manga A 1 30 07 09 848 14 328 13 431 23 Manga A 1 29 07 00 081 14 486 13 200 13 Manga D 1 29 07 01 056 14 519 12 659 23 Manga B 1 29 07 07 670 14 747 14 114 12 Manga B 1 28 07 00 418 15 015 13 822 13 O MangaA 1 28 07 05 286 15 189 14 007 3 22 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Posici n 11 Manga B 2 28 07 06 361 Posici n 12 Manga B 2 28 07 06 636 Posici n 13 Manga D 1 28 07 07 251 Posici n 14 Manga A 2 28 07 09 298 Posici n 15 Manga B 2 28 07 09 554 Posici n 16 Manga B 1 27 07 02 027 Posici n 17 Manga A 2 27 07 05 492 Posici n 18 Manga C 1 26 07 00 029 Posici n 19 Manga C 2 26 07 05 433 Posici n 20 Manga D 2 26 07 07 672 Posici n 21 Manga C 2 26 0
22. nformation 7 Start the race clicking in the flag button Start Finish race ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Championship Race Quick Start First I will introduce some concepts about race setup for better understanding about qualifying and drivers distribution For detailed information about how distribution is done please read ZRound Manager F A Q section below Championship setup Number of races Number of race competitions to complete Number of worst races to discard You can ignore the worst races of each driver in order to calculate the championship scoring This number is the amount of races to ignore Rounds by Heat Number of rounds to complete a single Qualifying Heat Drivers by Round Minimum amount of drivers to drive each round Number of race assistants Number of assistants needed to help during the race this is not used now Max time to complete last lap This is used in ZRound to manage timing It is an extra time given to drivers to complete their last lap after the race total time has gone Start mode Staggered or Le Mans see F A Q Qualifying mode Laps lap count or Best lap see F A Q Duration Duration of the race It can be time or a lap count Training Duration Duration time of the training before the race If a value is given not zero it will be mandatory it won t be changed in ZRound Training Start Mode Staggered or Le Mans see F A Q Time between drivers in stag
23. o show the competition results to print them if you want Then you can Close the competition to avoid editing Heats results etc and to restart any race You can choose if your final results are grouped by final result or simply by results to allow be the first one qualified the driver with best results although this is not in the Final A Example of Finals generation Total drivers 25 Drivers by Final 7 Case 1 Min drivers by final 4 Final A 7 drivers Final B 7 drivers Final C 7 drivers Final D 4 drivers Case 2 Min drivers by final 7 Final A 7 drivers Final B 7 drivers Final C 11 drivers Championship scoring Championship scoring is under AECAR Spanish association of radiocontrol cars regulation giving to each driver points depending on their final position in each competition You can edit this position points table PUNTOS AECAR with MS Access or by using the File Scoring menu in ZRound Manager 18 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Transponders and frequencies validation When Heat or Finals are generated an automatic validation is done in order to guarantee there are not two drivers with the same transponder frequency System gets up to three different frequencies to minimize conflicts issues When conflicts are detected a detailed report will be listed with information about offended values and the driver who must change it A detailed list of drivers with available n
24. o used frequencies will also displayed Finally you can see in the Heat Final race view offended values in colors by pairs to make easiest if possible the conflict resolution Example of validation output HEAT A FREQUENCY CONFLICTS Juan Gonzalez 27 095 Jes s AVAILABLE FREQUENCIES PILOTO Pedro Garc a THERE IS NOT CONFLICTS Drivers identification When qualifying heats are generated a dorsal number is assigned to each driver Also a number will be generated relative to each Heat or Final to make easy to timing races without an automatic detection system ZRound lets you to count laps by pressing F1 to F12 keys System let you to use any of the two numbering types You can print Heat Final distribution and labels for cars using both of them methods Example Numbering modes in a 8 drivers and 2 Heats 4 drivers by heat Race 6 2 Condemor 8 l4 Javier B 5 1 Pepe B B B After qualifying you could have the following Finals distribution 19 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide A Jesus A le 4 Javier B le 1 Condemor B 2 2 Pedro B 5 3 Pepe B 3 4 Sergio You can see how Dorsal are the same in Heats and Finals but the driver Num is different 20 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide APPENDIX A PN Racing race format Racing race format have the following rules Two qualifies PreClasificatorias the second one will run in re
25. re laps in the race duration Each car has the duration time or number of laps to go for completing the race When race is over duration the drivers has en extra time to complete the last lap configured in the Time to finish sec setting MP UU us 4 58 19 5 11 19 car finishing after 10s this lap is ignored so the total lap value is the last one 19 5 08 20 car finishing in time lap counted N e Ne Usually you give a time high enough to complete last lap after detection three times the minimum lap time is a safe value Best Lap The first qualified driver will be who drives quickest in the total lap count given to complete the race In training mode always best lap will be use for showing better drivers 13 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Information saving After complete a timing session all information registered by ZRound is saved in differents ways Free Training sessions A file is created with lap times for each driver in the folder Entrenamientos YYYY MM DD under ZRound installation path Y year M month D day saving training session files by driver an day ZRound race When registering drivers ZRound ask for a filename to save race configuration file rcf A file with the same name but extension dat is saved with lap times FLaCo race A dat file is saved for each round Final generated following FLaCo specifications see www flaco org ZRound Manager race
26. reation A championship is a set of races Drivers running in each race get a score depending on their position in the competition You only have to choose New Championship in the application File main menu The championship configuration window will be shown to let you to define the parameters to apply by default to every race you can modify this parameters in the race parameters later Championships manager controls scoring and let you print them or export them to the clipboard you can paste in a spreadsheet or text editor Also it generates HTML output for championship status and a javascript HTML document with a menu for navigating around all races heats rounds and finals HTML output generated by ZRound The HTML files are saved in the Class Championship folder under data folder of the ZRound installation path Race creation First you must have a championship created Then you can create a race inside the championship When you create a new race a window will be shown with the default values defined in the championship settings When Save button is clicked two new pages will be available to let drivers to be registered and to control race times Drivers registration You can register drivers in the Driver Registration page Settings Driver Registration Races Find Show only seraching matches 7 gt Import Id Driver Dorsal Name Trams FT 2 F3 anki Frequ
27. rivers to view laps and times if you own a two monitor video adapter Showy Hide monitor ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide Single Race Quick Start Single race is a competition which doesn t belong to any championship This is an isolated race managed by ZRound you don t need a championship manager nor the results will be available on them All information related to this race is jointly saved in the same folder that you must choose to save race configuration file Later you can review this race by loading this race configuration file in ZRound To start a single race you must follow these steps 1 Start ZRound as described in previous section 2 Register drivers in ZRound database as explained in previous section if they are not registered yet 3 Register drivers in the race System warning you about choosing a filename to save race configuration When you click OK a file dialog box let you define the folder and requested filename The folder holding this file will hold all race information files log lap times html etc too A description for the race must be entered It is used in main window html output and reports Warning ES l Fe taps Rink A You must define a file to save the configuration and race results scart position order Guardar como Eje Guardar en E Daos v e e Ed 2 Miniz Racer Check _ Round Register driver Iniciali Nombre My r
28. verse grid Third qualify Clasificatoria A re sort will be done based on the best laps times in the first two qualifies Finals The best laps time of any qualify will be used to fill them 21 ZRound amp ZRound Manager Quick Start Guide APPENDIX B Heats Semifinals amp Final The qualify heats are generated following the Heat amp Finals rules This new format is usua lly applied in race control scales bigger than miniZ and it makes more competitive in order to reach the Final The Final setup is done by the parameters A Drivers in each final Amount of drivers who run each semifinal cuarter etc B Drivers in the FINAL Amount of drivers who run the Final C Drivers qualified to the Final Amount of drivers who directly run the final based on the best qualifying D Drivers promoted Amount of drivers who promote to the next final level just until the semifinal E Drivers promoted to the Final Amount of drivers who promote to the Final from each semifinal For generating the semifinals semi quarters etc is used the qualify following these r ules The C drivers pass to the final Next drivers are divided in two lists A and B by putting a driver in list A and the next one in list B in order to mix them Drivers are grouped by A D We must reserve D places for promoting These drivers will run the Final Directly qualified C Promoted from Semifi
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