Import Competitors from Scan'O'Vision File Format

Competitors from Scan'O'Vision can be imported in StageRace so they can be used as an arrival.

Note that you can also export files for Scan'O'Vision.

Introduction

Omega^® Electronics is part of the world famous watch manufacturer and is among other things specialized in the development of top-end equipment for sports timing.

One of Omega^® Electronics' products is the Scan'O'Vision finish camera.

The StageRace program has been made capable to import files from Scan'O'Vision.

Data Handling

Importing

Under the name Data Handling, the Scan'O'Vision software works with a number of text files, which consist of competitors information and classifications. Data Handling files can typically be found in the \osvcolor\dh folder.

To configure the Data Handling in Scan'O'Vision, please refer to the appropriate documentation.

To import start numbers and timing results, the file LstRslt.txt is of interest. The file is composed as follows.

The file's first line has a description of the fields. All following lines correspond to the results of one single competitor at one particular measurement point.

Ergo, the file can consist of classifications of multiple measurement points ("events"). Thus one event will have to be chosen before importing.

Next, every line consists of:

• Event number
• Round, heat and lap
• Competitor's number
• Lane and status
• Time in units
• Formatted time in hh:mm.ss.tttt of which accuracy and rounding depend on Scan'O'Vision settings

The only fields of interest for StageRace are event number, round, heat, competitor's number and time in units. The event number, round and heat are used in the Control import classification dialog to determine which competitors to include during import.

Time in units means that the time is expressed in a multiple of 1/1000ths of a second. This time format is difficult to read, but is used often as an inter-system communication format.

Within StageRace, the Arrival tab provides file import. In the Import classification file dialog the text file that contains the classification data can be picked. Additionally, the file type in this dialog should be set to Omega Scan'O'Vision data handling so that StageRace can retrieve the appropriate settings for the advanced Control import classification dialog.

To configure the Data Handling in Scan'O'Vision, please refer to the appropriate documentation.

Example

A typical file looks like this:

"Event";"Round";"Heat";"Lap";"Bib";"Lane";"idStatus";"Time";"Result"
1; 1; 1;9999;" 15"; 0; 1; 60451;" 7.046 "
1; 1; 1;9999;" 45"; 0; 1; 50453;" 5.046 "
1; 1; 1;9999;" 12"; 0; 1; 80458;" 7.046 "
1; 1; 1;9999;" 21"; 0; 1; 70461;" 8.046 "
2; 1; 1;9999;" 45"; 0; 1; 339882;" 33.989 "
2; 1; 1;9999;" 21"; 0; 1; 340231;" 34.024 "
2; 1; 1;9999;" 15"; 0; 1; 340242;" 34.025 "

.cl Files

Importing

Besides the Data Handling functionality, also classification files (.cl) from Scan'O'Vision can be used for the transfer of results to StageRace. The important disadvantage of these files is the layout being dependent on view settings inside Scan'O'Vision. Therefore, the layout of these files is very varying and so they have to be imported through the Control import classification dialog.

Within StageRace, the Arrival tab provides file import. In the Import classification file dialog the text file that contains the classification data can be picked. Additionally, the file type in this dialog should be set to Omega Scan'O'Vision formatted results so that StageRace can retrieve the appropriate settings for the advanced Control import classification dialog.

For Scan'O'Vision operation, please refer to the appropriate documentation.

Example

A file could look like this:

Z:\N0011.CL       29. 9.2001  17:44:05

OMEGA Scan'O'Vision Color Results


Rank Bib Nu First name        Family name       Time      Delta_time 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  1.    101                                     3:15.3889
  2.    105                                     3:15.4555       0.0666
  3.    103                                     3:15.6121       0.2232
  4.      1                                     3:31.1053      15.7164
  5.     18                                     3:35.6689      20.2800
  6.     27                                     3:38.2669      22.8780
  7.    102                                     3:42.4549      27.0660 
  8.      3                                     3:43.2319      27.8430
  9.    117                                     3:54.4459      39.0570
 10.     10                                     4:02.1391      46.7502