When your event consists of multiple stages, like in triathlon (swimming, running, and cyclig) or rally (special tests) you need to configure these things in J2Chrono. The way different stages are configured is using stage identifier numbers. Few examples follows.
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Triathlon
In triathlon there is swimming, running, and cyclig. Each stage will have unique identifier:
- Swimming: 1, 2, where 1 is start and 2 is finish
- Running: 3, 4, where 3 is start and 4 is finish
- Cycling: 5, 6, where 5 is start and 6 is finish
In J2Chrono you will configure rounds as follows:
- Swimming Start, identifier: 1
- Swimming Finish, identifier: 2
- Running Start, identifier: 3
- Running Finish, identifier: 4
- Cycling Start, identifier: 5
- Cycling Finish, identifier: 6
In ChronoFly you will configure rounds as follows.
Own ChronoFly in every timing station
One round in every timing point.
- Swimming Start, identifier: 1
- Swimming Finish, identifier: 2
- Running Start, identifier: 3
- Running Finish, identifier: 4
- Cycling Start, identifier: 5
- Cycling Finish, identifier: 6
Own ChronoFly in every stage
In this configuration one timing station handles both start and finish.
- Swimming, identifier: 1
- Running, identifier: 3
- Cycling, identifier: 5
First passing in Swimming timing station will have id 1 and second will have 2. First passing in Running timing station will have id 3 and second will have 4. First passing in Cycling timing station will have id 5 and second will have 6.
Only one ChronoFly
In this configuration one timing station handles every stage starts and finishes.
- All, identifier: 1
First passing in this timing station will have id 1 and second will have 2 and so on, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Rally
In rally there is often a need for running multiple laps consisting of same special tests as previous laps. In normal cases identifiers can be configured the same way as in triathlon stages but stages are named "Special test 1" and "Special test 2" or just ST2 instead of Swimming or Running.
But there is the exception when multiple laps needs to be run.
Own ChronoFly in every stage but same between laps
Lets assume ST1 and ST2 is one lap and ST3 and ST4 is the other. ST1 and ST3 is actually a same special test but within different lap. Same applies for ST2 and ST4.
In J2Chrono you will configure rounds as follows:
- ST1 Start, identifier: 11
- ST1 Finish, identifier: 12
- ST2 Start, identifier: 21
- ST2 Finish, identifier: 22
- ST3 Start, identifier: 13
- ST3 Finish, identifier: 14
- ST4 Start, identifier: 23
- ST4 Finish, identifier: 24
In ChronoFly you will configure rounds as follows: