I am trying to figure out how to set up a system with the Finishlynx camera, router and several computers. I want the computers to be able to share files for registration and results production purposes. Only on computer needs to be able to see and operate the camera. I can’t find information on how to set this up in the instruction manual or on their website. Can anyone help?

FinishLynx has info on web site and in manual about setting up the camera with a network. If you understand setting up networks it should be fairly easy. I generally run my network with only two computers. One is for FinishLynx and the other I use for the event database. It is easy to get the camera and Lynx computer communicating. You will also need to get FinishLynx computer and your database computer communicating over the network. If you are using multiple computers to register and for results you should have one that is the primary database computer that communicates with the Lynx computer. I know that this really does not answer your question but networking between camera and computer is explained in the FinishLynx manual. You will probably have to check your database manual for communication settings between it and Lynx. What program are you using for registration and results?

Are you asking how to setup the camera for network use? Or are you asking how to setup the network? Or Both? Either way, we have used the camera's on our network several times and had issues in the beginning. We have discovered that setting up static ip addresses for each device on the network reduces the connection errors. As for being able to "see" the cameras, each device on the network is able to "see" it if you want it to, unless you use an IP based firewall and then you are getting into more difficult areas. This is just the nature of the network. Our networks at the events generally consist of a "master" router connected to a "master" access point and a gigabit switch. We have two servers, one database and one web, several registration clients and results clients as well as our chip decoders and results computers, printers... We spread a wifi network via WDS over an area around the finish line and can be extended.

Mike, keep it simple. all computers need to have a fixed ip address. Lynx recommends the standard 192.168.0.x range. start with your main Lynx computer at 192.168.0.5 and then go in increments of 5 (i.e 192.168.0.10, 192.168.0.15, etc.) that way you will not have conflicts when your camera or cameras boot since they sequentially will automatically get assigned .6, .7, etc. once the Lynx software is started.
Then share whatever directories you will be accessing over the network --also enabling full read/write privileges. Once that is done i like to map those network drives (with a drive letter) so that they are easier to find. Finally, you will want to initially disable all firewalls or set them up to allow your network ip address range...Remember, on the Lynx computer you must disable all firewalls as well as disable your built in wifi.