With another day of scored racing today, timing and RA have been finding issues with control of a real time race file.
Tradionally the RA gives timing a race file in the morning. This is the xml file that will carry all the race data. After first run a csv file is given back to the RA for importing into the race file that RA works. This allows the RA to continue to work on the xml file during the run without having timing overwrite the information that the RA has been adding, ie. forerunners, gate counts etc. Both RA and Timing add dsq information and sorts for second run independently as RA generates lists with RA race file. After second run the same happens with export of a csv and RA imports.
What is happening is that when one takes control of the real time race (ie RA posting reports from first run) timing cant touch it even though the race apears to remain registered and data continues to apear to be transmitted. If timing unregisters and then re-registers timing regains control but all RA reports are erased. Has anyone figured this one out yet?
Another issue came up when emailing the xml file. If you are using a web based email you may need to zip it, we did.
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