Dolphin Backup Mode Operation

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In the Backup Mode, MM treats the Dolphin system of wireless watches as the backup watches to the pads and buttons for a primary timing system. This Interface mode requires the purchase of the Dolphin Backup Mode Option.

HY-TEK Software Set-up for Backup Mode Operation
Click on Set-Up from the Main Menu Bar and then Timing Console INTERFACE. Now click on the check box at the bottom for CTS Dolphin Backup Mode. You must also select a timing system from the list of radio buttons. If you want to use the Dolphin as the primary for races of 25 yards or meters, then click the Use Dolphin as Primary if event is 25 check box. After selecting a primary timing system and after checking the CTS Dolphin Backup Mode check box, click OK.

Operation
First, plug in the wireless base unit's USB cable. Start the Dolphin software exe. On each wireless watch and the wireless starter unit, press and hold the Reset button to turn them on. If the system is operating correctly, the Dolphin software should have a green light on for each lane that has a wireless watch assigned to it. Minimize the Dolphin software. Start HY-TEK's MEET MANAGER. If MEET MANAGER was already running, you can start the Dolphin exe from within MM by going to Run / Interfaces / Dolphin Backup Mode / Start Dolphin.exe.

There are two ways to start the Dolphin Wireless Watches:

·	One is to press the Start/Stop button on the wireless starter unit when the race begins and this starts all of the wireless watches. The timers only need to stop their watch when the swimmer hits the finish.

·	The second method is for each timer to start their own wireless watch.

When all watches have been stopped, the wireless starter unit should be stopped. As soon as the wireless start unit's reset button is pushed, the Dolphin software writes a result file to the C:\CTSDolphin folder on the computer and the next race can be started.

From the Run Menu in MEET MANAGER, press Ctrl-F3 and a list of Dolphin result files for the current Data Set (see below for information about data sets) will be displayed with the most recent file at the top. Select the result file and MM will extract the times and place them in a window so that you can see up to 3 wireless watch times per lane plus the computed average for each lane if there are more than one wireless watches per lane. If there are 3 watch times for a given lane, the middle time will be average time. If there are two watches for a given lane, the average will be computed based on the rule choice selected in Run / Preferences / Backup Times. If you are ok with the times in the window, click Accept and these times will be stored in the database along with the pad and button times already stored. To see the pad times, the backup button times, and the backup watch times, press Ctrl-K or click the Calc: Ctrl-K button. When the time adjustment window is displayed, you can compare the backup wireless watch times to the pad time and the backup button average to help you decide what to do if there is a discrepancy between the pad time and then backup button time. Click Here to see a sample time adjustment window with Dolphin Backup times.

If you are keeping track of races by Race Number (see discussion below), you can use the Race # to help you select the correct wireless watch file. If things go smoothly, this race number should be the same for the wireless watch file and the timing console data file.

How to Select a Data Set for your Meet
A Data Set is a set of results for a given meet or session of a meet. Each time a race is completed, the Dolphin system creates a result file in C:\CTSDolphin and this file has the extension .do3. The first 3 characters of the file name are numbers from 001 to 999. These three character numbers define the Data Set number. So when you select a data set, you are selecting a data set of backup times based on the first three characters of the result files. The last 4 characters of each result file has a number from 0001 to 9999 and this is the Race Number. Each file within a data set has a unique race number. Every time the Dolphin software is started, it starts a new data set by scanning the files in C:\CTSDolphin to figure out what the highest data set number is and resets the race number back to 0001.

To select a Data Set, click on Run / Interfaces / Dolphin Backup Mode / Select Data Set. The INTERFACE will display a window with the date and time and the number of races that have been stored for the current data set that MM is pointing to. Remember, you could be running a three day meet and The INTERFACE must know what "data set of meet data" you want to access.

Click on the Next Meet or Previous Meet buttons to select the appropriate data set. Because there is a date and time shown for when the first file in the data set was created, you can usually figure out which data set to select.

If new Data Sets with a new data set number have been added since starting MM, you can click Update Data Set and all data sets will be refreshed for selection.