FinishLynx™ Features

FinishLynx®

Features

FinishLynx® hardware is compatible with Windows platforms as detailed here.

Windows Platforms
DOS
Macintosh

The real benefits of Lynx digital technology begin when you use the data handling aspects of the software. With a FinishLynx® system, information only needs to be entered accurately ONCE. There is no more retyping, no more struggling to read handwritten notes from the finish line judges.

When used with a database, FinishLynx® will automatically display start lists. When connected to a printer, it will print results showing competitors’ names, numbers, affiliations, times etc. The same printer can produce high quality digital images. When connected to a suitable scoreboard display you can automatically show many different kinds of information: start lists, running times, results, etc..

You can even incorporate high-tech elements like read outs from wind gauges into your results. And these capabilities are built in to even our most basic systems. You don’t need to buy any additional software.

Version 3.0 and above of the Windows-based FinishLynx® software will communicate with Lynx's ReacTime™false-start detection systems, and automatically display/store the reaction times with the results.

For full details of FinishLynx Plugins available for this product see the Product Family page.

EtherLynx®

All EtherLynx® 2000 F.A.T. systems contain at least three components:

Computer The computer displays the digitized image of the finish on a monitor.
Software EtherLynx® 2000 software.
Camera At least one EtherLynx® 2000 Camera.

EtherLynx® technology is a totally modular technology. Any system can be upgraded to an available higher level of sophistication at any time simply by adding on an upgrade: black and white cameras can become color, non-timing cameras can add timing, etc..

Cameras

When non-timing cameras are networked to a timing camera, all images will be time indexed. There are nine models of camera currently available:

	Non-Timing	Timing	Non-Timing	Timing	Enhanced High Resolution
Monochrome Cameras (256 grays)	Standard Resolution 1000 lines/sec @ 500 pixels	Standard Resolution 1000 lines/sec @ 500 pixels	High Resolution (2000 lines/sec @ 1000 pixels)	High Resolution (2000 lines/sec @ 1000 pixels)
Color Cameras (32K colors)	Standard Resolution 1000 lines/sec @ 500 pixels	Standard Resolution 1000 lines/sec @ 500 pixels	High Resolution (2000 lines/sec @ 1000 pixels)	High Resolution (2000 lines/sec @ 1000 pixels)	Enhanced High Resolution (2000 lines/sec @ 1728 pixels)

The Enhanced High Resolution camera is primarily designed for applications where special conditions combine: a wide finish line, a high camera angle, and the need for ultra high resolution images. This latest camera model has a data handling capacity that is unmatched in the industry, and it can make digital photofinish a reality in situations where it had previously been impossible.

Advanced Features:

Depending on the system in use and the events being timed, systems may also contain other items:

Gun sensor
Photoeye(s)
Wind Gauge
Internet Connection
Running time scoreboard display(s)
Results scoreboard display(s)
Video image converter for TV broadcast
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

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