Database Software

Proprietary Products

File Formats

There are six kinds of FinishLynx DATA files:

• lynx.ppl There are competitors at the meet. Their names are stored in a file named lynx.ppl. This is simply a list of participants at the meet with their name, their ID number, and (optionally) their club/school/team affiliation.
• lynx.evt There are Events (races). The participants in the events have their information stored in a file named lynx.evt. This is a listing of all the races with the I.D. numbers and (optionally) the names of the people in each event. Field events are marked by a code which describes what type of event they are - horizontal jump, vertical jump, throw.
• lynx.sch There are several events arranged in a Schedule. The listing of the events can be stored in a file named lynx.sch. This is a list of the events in the order in which they are scheduled to take place.The operator only has to tell the software to go to the next event in the schedule to call up a start list for that race.
• *.lif There is a result to a Race. FinishLynx software will - when the operator has read the picture and told the software to save the results - generate a file for the event which will store the photo and the results. If the Write lif option is selected in the Database tab of the Options… dialog, FinishLynx will also generate a file that stores the results information in a form which is usable by database software: a file which has a name which looks something like this: Boys3000.lif. It is simply the event name with ".lif" appended.
• *.lff Results from Field Events are stored in these files. They also include the field series (marks) for all the athletes.
• *.rif Reaction times created by the ReacTime False Start Detection system are stored in these files which can be imported directly into FinishLynx 

Sample Files

• Lynx.evt
• Lynx.ppl
• Lynx.sch
• LIF
• LFF
• RIF