Posting the Results On-Line

Creating a full-featured event results web page—what we call a Results Web App—is a single click away. Finish-Time generates all of the data, scripts, and HTML in a folder. You then post that folder to your web site. Options include:

• Saving the results as a Web App to your hard disk for upload with a third-party FTP application
• Publishing live event results during the event with Finish-Time LIVE

Finish-Time builds the Web App with Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, and AJAX so results appear on your web site. Visitors need a JavaScript-enabled browser to view them.

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Customizing the Results Web Application

The current install includes ten color schemes to choose from:

• Autumn
• British Racing Green
• Finish-Time (Default)
• Dark
• Modern
• Muted Tones
• Neon High Contrast
• Red White and Blue
• Royal Blue
• Warm Tones

To Customize your Results Web App

1. Choose View > Web App Layout, or click the Web App Layout tab if it is already open.
2. Select the style sheet that best matches your web site; the preview refreshes automatically.
3. Choose whether to show only first names or full names. The default is first name only.
4. To add an optional link (for example, back to your home page or a list of the season’s results), enter the full URL in the Link field and a caption. The link then appears at the top left of the Web App.
5. Click the Course Map toolbar button to select a JPG or PNG image of the current course map. Images must be smaller than 2 MB.

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Export the Results as a Web App

1. Choose File > Export Results > Results Web App.
2. Enter a name for the Web App and click Export.
3. Choose the location on your computer where the Web App should be saved.

Your webmaster can upload the contents of this folder to your web site. Keep all files in the exported folder together. You may rename the folder, but the contents must remain intact when uploaded.

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Exporting Season Points

Season Points can be exported in two ways:

• Export to CSV
• Export to Web

Select View > Season Points if the panel is not already visible. Click the Export toolbar button to see both options.

Points as CSV file

Enter a file name and choose where to save the CSV points table.

Points as Web Page

1. In the Points Web Page dialog, enter a Title and any Notes you want to appear at the top of the page.
2. Click OK to accept the Title and Notes.
3. Enter a file name and choose where to save the HTML file.

The Points Web Page is saved as a single HTML file that can be uploaded to your web site.

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Starting Finish-Time LIVE

1. Confirm that you have configured Finish-Time LIVE.
2. Select Tools > Finish-Time LIVE.

3. Choose the upload interval in minutes.
4. Enter the Event Site Zip Code and the Weather Widget Units for your region. This adds current weather conditions for the event site.
5. Click the Start button.

Remote Access

Remote Access is a subscription-based option that extends selected Finish-Time Desktop functions to one or more designated users. They can assist with driver registration, event management, and technical inspection from any internet-enabled device such as a smartphone or tablet.

What’s Needed

• The host computer (the PC running Finish-Time) needs internet access. Designated users log in to https://finish-time.com with the proper credentials.
• In most cases internet access is provided by a cellular data plan. Remote Access was designed for low data use and security. During an event, usage is typically 20–60 MB with one user connected. On limited data plans you can reduce traffic further—see the configuration options below.

Remote Access Configuration

Multiple event officials can use Remote Access from any internet-enabled device, but only one installation of Finish-Time can be active. This is done by pairing the timing computer with your club’s account at https://finish-time.com (the account created when you purchased Finish-Time).

Use the same PC that will be used at the event. You are about to pair this computer to your account, so only this PC and this installation of Finish-Time will connect to our server.

1. Log into your club’s account at https://finish-time.com.
2. Click your email menu at the top right of the page and choose My Account.
3. Click Remote Access. Your subscription renewal date and Paired To status appear. Remote Access requires an active subscription; renew if it has lapsed before continuing.
4. Start Finish-Time on the computer that will be used at the event site.
5. In Finish-Time choose Tools > Finish-Time Remote to open the Remote Access dialog.
6. The Subscription field may be blank or may not match the date on the web site; that is normal and will update after pairing.
7. Click the Pair button.
8. Enter your account User Name and Password.
9. Click OK.

Your timing computer is now paired to your club’s account. When Remote Access is enabled, event officials can connect from their smartphones. Pairing needs to be done only once unless you change or upgrade the timing PC.

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Using Remote Access

Access should be limited to official event personnel. They will need the login credentials for your club’s account on our web site.

Click Tools > Finish-Time Remote.

Full Duplex enables push notifications so any connected browser stays in sync with Finish-Time. It increases data usage and overhead on the timing PC only slightly. On a limited data plan you can turn it off; online users will then not receive live updates.

In a web browser go to http://www.finish-time.com and log into your account. Click Remote in the top menu. If Finish-Time is connected you will see the Remote Home page.

Remote Access maintains a WebSocket connection with our server. Response time depends on the internet path between the timing laptop, our server, and the smartphone; latency on any of those links affects responsiveness.

Driver Registration

Remote Access Driver Registration is the functional equivalent of Finish-Time Driver Registration. Apart from a few user-interface differences, the procedures are the same.

Six toolbar buttons appear near the top of the Remote Access Drivers page:

1. Drivers List
2. New Driver
3. Edit Driver Registration
4. Edit Driver Results
5. Delete Driver
6. Show All / Registered Drivers

Drivers lists every driver currently in the database, similar to the Run List in Finish-Time. To register a listed driver, click the CarID, update the class and other details, then click Update.

If the driver is not listed, click the New Driver button (#2 in the image). Enter the CarID, choose the class from the Enlisted menu, enter the name and other details, then click Save at the bottom of the form to add the driver to the database.

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Exporting the Results in text format

Event results can be exported as tab-delimited text or as comma-separated values (CSV) for use with a third-party database or spreadsheet.

To export the Results

1. Choose File > Export Results.
2. In the file-save dialog enter a file name, choose the format, and export the results.