Download the installation package for Page 2 <Rally-Pro>

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1 Download the installation package for Page 2 <Rally-Pro> Run the installation of the software Page 5 Key protection Page 6 First session with <Rally-Pro> Page 6 The <Free> mode and the <Extended> mode Page 7 Open an event Page 8 Manage drivers Page 9 Manage Itinerary Page 16 First Special Stage: create the Start List Page 18 First Special Stage: Manage timing Page 21 with only one computer (Race Direction) First Special Stage: Manage timing with Page 25 <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> First Special Stage: Edit the results Page 31 Next Special Stage(s): creation of a Page 33 Start List Edit the final ranking Page 35 These are the step-by-step instructions for the download, installation and use of VOLA software for timing races. If you follow the instructions and still have technical difficulties running the software, please contact your computer specialists first. If you believe that there is something wrong with this file, please let us know at the following address : vola@vola.fr. It is recommended you read these instructions completely and close all software applications before starting this installation process. The instructions are divided into several sections that you can find above. Page 1 / 36

2 Step 1 : Download the installation package for <Rally-Pro> Connect yourself to internet and go to Then, click on the picture to the right to access to VOLA Timing Select the software you want to download by clicking on its name. Page 2 / 36

3 1.3 - Click on the button DOWNLOAD Log yourself in by entering your and password and click on button LOGIN. If you don t have any login yet, register by clicking on the REGISTER button and follow the instructions. Page 3 / 36

4 1.5 - As soon as you are logged in, the download buttons TAGHeuer and ALGE appear; click on the button corresponding to the brand of your timer. Note : both software packages have the same functionalities in <Extended> mode Let the computer download the software. Page 4 / 36

5 Step 2 : Run the installation of the software : Double-click on the installation executable and pursue the installation process, taking care to the location where the software will be installed : The default installation creates a folder named \RallyPro\ on the drive where the installation executable is located. That is to say: if Rally-Pro-x.y.zz-Pak.exe is located in any subdirectory of the drive C:\, the installation will suggest the following path for the software directory: C:\RallyPro\. Once the software installed, the shortcut for <Rally-Pro> will look as below : Page 5 / 36

6 Step 3 : License key. <Extended> Version: if you have purchased a license key for <Rally-Pro> <Extended>, a USB software protection key should have been shipped to you : If this is the case, plug it now into a USB port of your computer. Step 4 : First session with <Rally-Pro>. Double-click on the shortcut for <Rally-Pro> to run the software. If you have not plugged any appropriate protection key, it will run in <Free> mode. This mode is designed for simple kind of races : access to timing devices is restricted according to current software agreement, race data management is limited (limited competitors information, exports only possible in PDF format). Otherwise, with a protection key, the <Extended> mode will run. The first time you run <Rally-Pro> you can modify the default data folders ; it is recommended to keep the default configuration and to set once for all these directories. Page 6 / 36

7 Step 5 : The <Free> mode and the <Extended> mode. To use the <Extended> mode, you have to check if your dongle is well plugged and recognized. In the menu Help, click on Hardware protection key. The window below will open. First check the square to the left of the label Hardware protection key. If the square is green, your dongle is recognized. If it is red, no dongle is connected and the software is locked. (Only the <Free> mode works.) For each software component, the <Extended> column shows the status of your software license: - a indicates that the <Dongle> license key is valid for the software in the version you are running. - a indicates that the <Dongle> license key is valid, but for an earlier software version. In this case you will need to purchase an update for this component. In this purpose, click on the button marked with: and then contact Vola (<soft@vola.fr> or +33 (0) ). - a indicates that the <Dongle> is not present or that you have a <Dongle> with no license for the software. In this case you will need to purchase a license of the software. In this purpose, click on the button marked with: and then contact Vola (<soft@vola.fr> or +33 (0) ). Page 7 / 36

8 Step 6 : Open an event You have now checked your dongle protection if you have one. It s now time to open a race by clicking on the big icon Open a race. The window below will open and you will have the choice to open a race or to create a new one If you create a new event, the software offers you to fill the General Parameters. You can do it immediately or fill it later. The information entered here will be displayed in the main window of <Rally-Pro> and in the edits. Indicate the desired time precision. Click if needed on the check-box Regularity. If you process Special Stages timing with our software component <Timestamp-Rally-Pro>, click the check-box and validate with Ok (you will have to come back later into this window). Page 8 / 36

9 Step 7 : Manage competitors Click on the link Manage competitors under the label Competitors You can manually enter the competitors by using buttons New, Modify and Delete Without <Dongle>, <Rally-Pro> is in <Free> mode and the only available data for competitors will be: - Number, - Competitor: Last Name, First Name, Code, Club - Driver: Last Name, First Name, Code, Club, Gender But with a dongle code to unlock <Rally-Pro><Extended>, you can add other information (Absentee, Check, Nation, Co-driver, Car, Group, Class, Transponders, etc.) by clicking on the button Options, then choose Competitor Fields. In the example here, we have unchecked the fields Competitor: and added the Check fields. Page 9 / 36

10 7.3 - You can also import competitors from other races or from a file (TXT, XLS, FIA, etc.). Click on the button Options and make the choice which corresponds to your needs. Example : click on the button Options, and then Import Competitors from another event and select the other event and click Ok. The window below enables you to add competitors from this list (by double-clicking on the competitor s line or pressing F1 key). You can also add a customized selection by clicking on the check-box Filter. Example of a filter intended to import a selection of the competitors whose car is of the Group F2000 and the Classe is different from 14 and whose driver name begins with MA : - on the first line : choose in the first combo-box : Group then enter F2000 in the combo-box to the right or select F2000 with the mouse in the suggested list, - on the second line: choose Class, then click on the small symbol button enough times to display the mark <> and then enter 14 in the combo-box to the right or select 14 with the mouse in the suggested list, Page 10 / 36

11 - on the second line: choose Driver: Last Name, then click on the small symbol button enough times to display the mark ~ and then enter MA in the combo-box to the right (if auto-completion is suggested, press the Delete key on your keyboard to keep only the string MA ), - and last make sure that the radio-button All criteria must be respected is active. => Simultaneously to your completion of the filter, the field Selection will indicate how many competitors are retrieved for the current filter (or filters combination). => You can save this filter to.flt file in order to reuse it by clicking on the button Save, or load an already saved filter by clicking on button Load and choosing the wished.flt file. => After creating a filter you will have to click on the button Ok to view the filtered selection, and then making sure the check-box Filter is still checked, click on the button All to add the whole selection to your event competitors list In this section Manage Competitors when you click on the button Options you also have the choice to : - Update competitors from a file ; the following window then opens : Here it is possible to : - enter the path of the file - or click on the button Paste (after having processed a copy ( Ctrl + C ) from a file, a web page, etc.). Then operate the data set up : - by deleting header lines (6 lines in this example) - giving a title to each column of data. Then click on button Import, then Close. Page 11 / 36

12 - Format a field : for example, reducing upper case words to lower case with the first letter in capital, or introducing accentuated letters such as replacing the word JEREMIE with Jérémie, etc. Click on the button Ok to apply this layout : this can be useful for the edits presentation and for the grid-lists clarity in the software too. - print the list of competitors with a customized layout by clicking on Print labels : you can here add: => a background image : if you wish it to be a watermark choose a transparent image or modify it in an image editor => information on the competitors : Driver / Co-driver, Car, Club, etc. By clicking on button Preview or Print you can then select the sort order for this list of competitors that you want to print. Page 12 / 36

13 - Delete Competitors : that is to say to delete a selection of competitors made through a filter. A warning window will then ask you to confirm your deletion request or not : You can now edit the competitors list by clicking on the link List of Competitors. If you have a protection key coded for <Rally-Pro><Extended>, you will be able in this window to export this list to Excel, Text or HTML format or through a FTP transfer. Set up the output layout: title, header, number of lines, columns. - click here to preview or export a PDF file. - click here for other exports. Select the fields you wish to publish and set up their layout. - you can divide the edited list according to filters : see below for explanation. - You can write here a note that will appear at the end of the list edition. - Add titles for signatures at the edition bottom. - Choose the order in which competitors will be sorted in this edition. Page 13 / 36

14 => Applying filters : example of a presentation divided according to Car: Make : - in the window List of Competitors, click on the filter-icon button in the Apply Filters group-box. - the Filter List window opens; in the grid of this window a line will correspond to a division in your edition. - example of a Car: Make division: click on button Options then on Create a list based on a particular Competitor Field : Select Car: Make in the combo-box and validate ; you obtain the list of filters according to the car make of your race, validate this list: Page 14 / 36

15 Then if you click on Preview you should see your competitors list divided according to the filter list as shown here : Once you have imported your competitors, click on Options and then Assign race numbers. The following window will open. Click on Assign. The software will ask you Indicate the 1st No. Except if you have specific needs, write 1 as your race numbers should normally start at N 1 and validate. Page 15 / 36

16 Step 8 : Manage Itinerary : Click on the link Manage Itinerary under the label Itinerary You can manually enter the different items composing your itinerary (Stage, Time control, Section) by using the buttons New, Modify and Delete You can set up the selection of information columns by clicking on Options and then Fields : Page 16 / 36

17 8.3 - You can also import the itinerary from another event. Click on Options and then Load from an event You can now edit the itinerary by clicking on the link Itinerary. If you have a protection key coded for <Rally-Pro><Extended>, you will be able in this window to export this list to Excel, Text or HTML format or through a FTP transfer. Set up the output layout: title, header, number of lines, columns : <--- click here to preview or export a PDF file. <--- click here for other exports. Select the fields you wish to publish and set up their layout. <--- You can write here a note that will appear at the end of the edition. <--- Add titles for signatures at the edition bottom. Then if you click on Preview, you should see your itinerary as shown here : Page 17 / 36

18 Step 9 : First Special Stage: create the Start List You have first to create the start list of the first Special Stage. In this purpose, stay in the section Manage itinerary, then double-click on the first line corresponding to a Special Stage (they are the white lines) or click on this line and then on the button Modify. In the window below, click on the button Start List : In the window that opens, click on Options and because it is the first Special Stage of a rally, it is agreed to make the competitors start in the order of their race number, so we will click on Prepare with competitors (but it is also possible to make a draw, or prepare with a stage classification, or a ranking or from another Start List or a file). Keep the default Sort Order: according to race number N : and validate. The next window enables you here to filter the competitors. ( A bibo of N competitors means that the N competitors who were first starters on the first SS will still start first in the next SS but in the reverse order. For rally races, the bibo is usually set to zero. ) Click on Add and then Close. Page 18 / 36

19 Your Start List then appears (but you can still add other groups of competitors by clicking on Options ) : To validate this list, click on Ok Just after having created the Start List, it is usually printed to placard it publicly. Click on Stage Start List. You will have to choose the stage. Then you can configure the start list columns as you want. You can see the result by clicking on Preview and then you can also print the list. Have a look on the Start List, print it or export for Excel, in PDF or HTML files. Add filters like the Make of the Car. Define the columns with the Car, the Group and Class,... Page 19 / 36

20 By clicking on button Preview, you can visualize the Start List as you have set it up: Print or export your Start List according to your needs for presenting your race. You can then close this window. Page 20 / 36

21 Step 10 : First Special Stage: Manage timing with only one computer (Race Direction) : Click on the link Manage Stages under the label Timing If you haven t paid fees for <Timestamp-Rally-Pro>, you must then click on the link General Parameters to make the window below pop in which you uncheck the option Time with <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> : The Manage Stages section then looks as below : Page 21 / 36

22 You can manually enter the competitors lap duration one by one : - either by clicking on the button Time (F5) - either by pressing the F5 key on your keyboard - either by clicking on the button Options, and then on Fast enter time. A small window pops up ; you have to enter the race number of the crew : After validation with Ok, a second small popup window enable to enter the lap duration accomplished by this crew: You can also enter the start and finish hour times or alter the lap duration : - either by clicking on the button Informations (Ctrl+F5) - either by pressing simultaneously the keys Ctrl and F5 on your keyboard - either by clicking on the button Options, and then on Fast enter time information. A small popup window enables you to enter the race number of the crew: Page 22 / 36

23 After validating the crew race number, the following information window appears: Modify the relevant information ; and then click Ok to record them By clicking on the button Options you can also import the times : - from a file - of another stage - from a timing device - start times entered during the Start List creation. Example: after clicking the button Options and then Import from a timing device, the following window opens: Page 23 / 36

24 First click on the button Timing Device at the bottom : Choose the model of your timing device, the type of connection and and fill up the port number or the IP address IP on which your timing device is set and validate with Ok. Then select the type of information to be downloaded : Then click on the button Download : When you click on Close, the downloaded times are taken into account. => Keep operating this way throughout the first Special Event, and then go to Step 12 to edit the results. Page 24 / 36

25 Step 11 : First Special Stage: Manage timing with <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> : Set up of <Rally-Pro> for the connection to the Vola server : You can also find this explanation in the form of a tutorial at the following adress : If you have subscribed to a one year rent for <Timestamp-Rally-Pro>, click on the link General parameters to display the window below in which you can make sure that the option Time with <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> is duly checked and click thereafter on the button Server connection : Then in the window Timestamp-Rally-Pro, enter your login and password to get connected to the Vola server. Then click on the button Generate passwords to create the passwords you will have to send to the timekeepers. They will have to launch <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> on their computer and to enter in the software : - the same server login as the one entered here in <Rally-Pro> - and the password corresponding to their Special Stage and their position ( Start or Finish ). To make it easier for you to communicate these passwords to all your timekeepers : - you can print them by clicking on the button Print - you can also check a password with the button Decoder. Page 25 / 36

26 In the screenshot below, we have chronologically : - filled the edit-boxes Login and Password - clicked on the button Generate passwords - and then on the button Print. In the edit setup window below to the left, you have the possibilty: - either to print or preview this list of passwords with a layout rate of one password by page in order to send to your timekeeper only the page corresponding to his password - either to export them to a file of format text, Excel, HTML or PDF or FTP send Click now on the link Manage Stages. In this Timing section the button TimestampPro has taken the place of the button for manual time insertion (though this action is still possible in Options / Fast enter time ) : Page 26 / 36

27 Click now on this button TimestampPro to open the interface for the connection to the Vola data and for timing management shown below : you can see the event ranking. you can see in this column the received impulses or inserted times for the Start. received impulses or inserted times for the Finish. here are the Tchat messages exchanged with your timekeepers. you can see the connection status of the computers running <Timestamp- Rally-Pro>. You can simultaneously receive information from the different timekeepers who have <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> running on their computer and who are at different positions (Start or Finish) of different Special Stages. Those buttons enable to switch current displayed Stage : You must first check your connection to the Vola server. The management interface for this connection is at the upper right : Page 27 / 36

28 If you are disconnected: first check you server login and password by clicking on the icon : Once you have possibly corrected them, click on the icon: to run connection retrials. When your timekeepers will have started <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> on their computer and will have entered the general server login and their own password specific to their position which you have sent to them, you will see their connection status in the labels Link - Start and Link - Finish : In this example, the timekeeper at the Start of this SS has successfully started and logged <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> in, but the Finish is not connected. Then, as soon as one of your timekeepers validate the sending of a passage time towards Race Direction (that is to say your own computer which is running <Rally-Pro>), you will see this impulse being displayed in the corresponding grid ( Start or Finish ) : The label here above marked with N.C. will inform you immediately of the arrival of an impulse (or a Tchat message) in <Rally-Pro> : means a message has arrived in the SS 4 timing interface, means a time impulse for competitor N 1 has arrived in the SS 4 timing interface. Page 28 / 36

29 Setup of <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> and examples of sending impulses and messages from the timing computer of the Start Line of SS 1 : Your timekeeper present at this position of the itinerary must first and foremost install on his computer our software component <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> taking care to the location where the software will be installed : The default installation creates a folder named \TimestampRallyPro\ on the drive where the installation executable is located. That is to say : If Timestamp-Rally-Pro-x.y.zz-Pak.exe is located in any subdirectory of the drive C:\, the installation will suggest the following path for the software directory : C:\TimestampRallyPro\. Once the software installed, the shortcut for <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> will look as below : Page 29 / 36

30 Double-click on the shortcut for <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> to run the software : The principle of <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> is to record all impulses received from a timing device, to manually bind them to a race number and to send these passage times to <Rally-Pro> via Internet (in ADSL or in 3G). The password entered in <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> is incorporated in these messages sent to <Rally-Pro> in order to identify the timing computer which sends this time passage. You can find a tutorial detailing the use of <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> at the following adress : Receiving and processing impulses and messages in <Rally-Pro> : You can find a tutorial explaining how to receive and process the impulses and messages sent by <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> at the following adress : => All your First Special Stage will progress according to the process explained here above. Once finished go to Step 12 to edit the results of this SS. Page 30 / 36

31 Step 12 : First Special Stage : Edit the results : Simultaneously to your entering time passages, the ranking of the corresponding Special Stage(s) is updated in the main interface. And once the current SS finished, you can preview or edit the results list by clicking on the button circled here below : The following window opens and it enables you to set up the ranking layout. You can thus define the information that you wish to display such as the ranking, make and model of the car, group, class, time, speed,... Then click on Preview to see the results list, and then on Print or Export. Page 31 / 36

32 Then click on Preview. Here is an example of a Special Stage ranking thus previewed : Note : If your rally race is composed of only one Special Stage, your timing is finished and you can directly go to page 39 for the final ranking edition. Page 32 / 36

33 Step 13 : Next Special Stage(s): creation of a Start List: It s now time to manage the next Special Stage(s) In this purpose, go back to the section Manage Itinerary, then double-click on the line corresponding to the next Special Stage. In the window below, click on the button Start List : The following window opens. Click on Options and according to the Standard Rally Championship Regulations, choose Prepare with a stage classification and choose the previous Stage. Here below click on Add and then Close : Page 33 / 36

34 Validate this Start List by clicking on Ok : As done for the first SS, you can print this Start List to placard it publicly. For that click on the link Stage Start List in the left column and choose the corresponding Stage. Print and /or export your Start List according to your needs for the race presentation and then close this window and open the Timing section by clicking on Manage Stages Operate the timing of this SS as seen previously : - either in manual mode (see Step 10), - either by downloading the time records from one (or several) timing devices (see Example 10.4), - either by subscribing to an annual rent of our software component <Timestamp-Rally-Pro> (see Step 11) Then edit the results of this SS (see Step 12). And then switch to the next SS. Once you have finished the timing of all the Special Stages, you can edit the final ranking (see Step 14). Page 34 / 36

35 Step 14 : Edit the final ranking : Now that your race is completed, you can create each Special Stage Ranking List or the entire race Final Ranking List. In this purpose, click on the link circled of red here below : The following window opens and it enables you to set up the ranking layout. You can thus define the information that you wish to display such as the ranking, make and model of the car, group, class, time, speed,... Then click on Preview to see the results list, and then on Print or Export. Page 35 / 36

36 Then click on Preview. Here is an example of a final ranking thus previewed : By clicking on Other printing, you can also create the following edits : - combination of one Stage ranking and the Overall ranking, - time records history for each competitor, - list of penalties, - list of withdrawals, - Stage prize-giving, - Final prize-giving, - closing report. Your timing session is now finished. You can export and/or print the results and close the software. Page 36 / 36