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NOTES FROM THE EDITORNora Courtney - Customer Service CoordinatorTen years have passed since an idea became a company and a system of technology that is now familiar to so many. The company formally started in a rented room in a house on a quiet residential street in Woburn. A move to a building near by had Lynx in its first real office space. Lynx moved again a few years later, two miles from that rented room, to a larger space to accommodate the growing company. On this anniversary, we want to take the opportunity to thank you for your ideas, your stories and your support over these last ten years. We only hope that the next ten will be as exciting as the first. Nora |
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AIRLYNXMore a state of mind than a product.Over the last couple of years Lynx has been adding more and more wireless solutions and options to our product lines. A name that has kept cropping up in this arena is AirLynx, and a lot of people are wondering – as they often do when we come out with a new product – “Where can I buy an AirLynx?” The answer is, “You can’t.” The technical press is full of discussions of WiFi technology, and terms like 802.11b, 802.11a, Blackberry, etc. are flying around. It can get very confusing; but what the engineers at Lynx have done is ensured that your results network can be enhanced by one or more wireless products or wireless options with the confidence that products under the AirLynx umbrella do what our products do best – link together seamlessly. In the case of AirLynx, it is the wireless connectivity that links the systems. Continue reading to find out more about three recent events that have demonstrated the power and applicability of a whole range of Lynx products that are components of the AirLynx mindset.
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AIRLYNXMore a state of mind than a product.Over the last couple of years Lynx has been adding more and more wireless solutions and options to our product lines. A name that has kept cropping up in this arena is AirLynx, and a lot of people are wondering – as they often do when we come out with a new product – “Where can I buy an AirLynx?” The answer is, “You can’t.” The technical press is full of discussions of WiFi technology, and terms like 802.11b, 802.11a, Blackberry, etc. are flying around. It can get very confusing; but what the engineers at Lynx have done is ensured that your results network can be enhanced by one or more wireless products or wireless options with the confidence that products under the AirLynx umbrella do what our products do best – link together seamlessly. In the case of AirLynx, it is the wireless connectivity that links the systems. Continue reading to find out more about three recent events that have demonstrated the power and applicability of a whole range of Lynx products that are components of the AirLynx mindset. |
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USA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSAnnouncer Heaven.
With some of the fastest athletes in the world competing in Palo Alto, all concerned appreciated the simplicity of the wireless ReacTime setup. With less than fifty seconds to clear the blocks from lanes 1, 2, and 3, the block crew appreciated the fact that they did not have to deal with trailing cables. ReacTime also provided the starters with audio communication to the blocks and reliable data to help them evaluate the fairness of the starts. While the races were going on down on the track, Scott Davis, the meet announcer, maximized the information he was getting wirelessly from the Hammer site outside the stadium. Thanks to the information that the wireless FieldLynx/SeriaLynx combination was displaying on the infield display boards, Scott was able to provide the packed stadium with constant updates on the progress of the competition – even though it was taking place almost ¼ mile away. |
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Announcer Heaven.
With some of the fastest athletes in the world competing in Palo Alto, all concerned appreciated the simplicity of the wireless ReacTime setup. With less than fifty seconds to clear the blocks from lanes 1, 2, and 3, the block crew appreciated the fact that they did not have to deal with trailing cables. ReacTime also provided the starters with audio communication to the blocks and reliable data to help them evaluate the fairness of the starts. While the races were going on down on the track, Scott Davis, the meet announcer, maximized the information he was getting wirelessly from the Hammer site outside the stadium. Thanks to the information that the wireless FieldLynx/SeriaLynx combination was displaying on the infield display boards, Scott was able to provide the packed stadium with constant updates on the progress of the competition – even though it was taking place almost ¼ mile away. |
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NCAA DIV 1 CHAMPIONSHIPSRadioLynx to the rescue.This blue ribbon event of the collegiate Track and Field calendar was held in Baton Rouge on the campus of LSU in June. The Bernie Moore stadium has one of the finest results infrastructures in the nation: there is in-ground cabling at all finish lines for power, start signals and Ethernet networks for cameras. However, on day two of the meet even this high quality installation was brought to its knees when the torrential rains took down one of the start signal circuits. For the rest of the meet, the backup system received start signals from RadioLynx. At the end of the meet, RadioLynx had proved its reliability and accuracy beyond question: every start was received and every athlete’s time corresponded to 1/1000th of a second. At the same time, AirCyber was providing instantaneous wireless results, qualification information and rankings on a compatible wireless PDA unit to any of the Division 1 coaches who had contacted Kevin McGill. It was ‘thanks’ to AirCyber that the Stanford SID learned that Olympian Gabe Jennings had missed the finals of the 1500 meters for the first time in four years. |
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