Relay enhancements continued

My last post on handling relays in October last year detailed the changes made to better handle relays with the new “Grade Results – Teams” window. However there still remained a lot of work to do to make the information provided by O-Lynx for relay...

SI Short Range Radio supported

A new model of the O-Lynx radio has been tested for use with the Sportident SRR ( Short Range Radio ) system. SRR provides a wireless link of up to 30m between the SI equipment and the receiver ( in this case an O-Lynx radio ). The photo shows a BSM8 SRR control...

Sawhorses for Orienteering

This information ispresented here to help those wanting to produce similar sawhorses as seen at the NZ World Cup races. With the Hawkes Bay Orienteering Club involved in the world cup, Oceania and Sprint the Bay events there was a desire to have sawhorse type controls...

On going development

With the World Cup rounds in January 2013 approaching, O-Lynx has now been tested with the extended protocol message and its ability to handle 1/10ths of seconds as required for sprints. This required the embedded radio software to be updated. The above screenshot...

Updates for viewing Relays

Handling relay events has been reworked in the latest release of O-Lynx to better able to cope with mass starts or other situations when the runners on 2 or more legs end up out on the course atg the same time. Teams can consist of up to 12 runners. When a runner...