Wondering if there is any simple & inexpensive software for downloading times from the S4 into a spreadsheet?

We have just purchased the connector cord from Phoenix. Just want to be able to pull times into a spreadsheet, as dead simple as possible.

We run our Corporate Racing Leagues (with individual and team scoring) on Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets. For starters it would be fine if we could just download the memory contents as a text file and then work from there. Or, pull them into a blank spreadsheet and then continue.

Our running order is 'random'--you run when you get there, and people can run their 2nd run before others have run their first. We occasionally have extra times to deal with, such as forerunners and fun-runners.

We really don't have major problems, but occasionally times are entered wrong: digits switched, etc. So, automating part of the task would help, and also enable us to used less-skilled keyboardists.

Thanks, Ed Brazil, Gunstock Race Department, Gunstock, Gilford, NH

Originally posted 10 Mar 2000 by Ed Brazil
edbrazil@compuserve.com

Now know as "Fred's Fiddleware" Same great product, different location. Just look on this site under "software". Happy timing!

Originally posted 17 Aug 2001 by Jim Karnes
timingguys@aol.com

I would suggest using Skunkware for NASTAR to time your races, which will enable you to also drive scoreboards in real-time. Then, after the race is over, you can export data from the NASTAR software into a comma-delimited file containing all of your racers with their team, name, bib, times, etc. Then suck that .CSV file into your spreadsheet.

Skunkware for NASTAR is unique among racing software in that you can manage up to seven runs per racer, and the runs don't have to be organized in any way. For example, you can have a racer skiing his 3rd run on Course A next to another racer skiing his 1st run on Course B. Jim Karnes, the "Master of Chaos" loves NASTAR for his beer leagues because they are the most disorganized racing imaginable, yet if you can operate a spreadsheet for post-processing, the software handles all eventualities.

NASTAR is free, just download it from www.nastar.com. It's a 32-bit Windows app, tested under Win9x, NT, and W2000.

Originally posted 10 Mar 2000 by James Broder
james@skunkware.tv