Potential Uses
- use separate computers to capture and analyze a FinishLynx image
- interface with a meet management program using files shared over the network
Special Note
Windows XP - connecting to a Camera.
1.) Find the icon called My Network Places on the desktop & Right click on it, select Properties.
2.) Right click on Local Area Connection and select Properties (This is your network card which you have installed)
3.) Assign an IP number to your network card. To do this select Internet Protocol TCP/IP connection by making it blue & then clicking Properties
4.) Specify/use the following IP address to be recognized by the camera or by the network.
Once you’ve entered the numbers above click OK. Followed by OK again.
You should now be back on your desktop. At this point if you’ve already set FinishLynx up properly to your computer you can boot the software and find the camera.
Windows XP - connecting to an Evaluate/Read computer
1.) On your secondary computer find the icon called My Network Places on the desktop & Right click on it, select Properties
2.) Right click on Local Area Connection and select Properties (This is your network card which you have installed)
3.) Assign an IP number to your network card. To do this select Internet Protocol TCP/IP connection by making it blue & then clicking Properties
4.) Specify/use the following IP address to be recognized by the camera or by the network.
Once you’ve entered the numbers above click OK. Followed by Ok again.
You should now be back on your desktop.
Reboot each of the computers.
Now if you would like to verify that there is a connection between the two computers you can use a DOS command which is called PING.
Verifying Connections Between Networked Computers
1. To verify you are connected to the other computer click Start and then Run
2. Type CMD you should get the screen listed below
3. Type the command = ping 192.168.0.10 (This is provided you are on the computer that you assigned the IP number of 192.168.0.5 [the one using the camera] and attempting to connect to 192.168.0.10)
If you get a reply from 192.168.0.10 you have established connection between the two computers.
To setup the evaluate computer to read the images from the Primary Camera computer.
Establish a directory on the Evaluate computer. To do this, do the following on the evaluate computer.
1. Find the icon on the desktop called MY COMPUTER and double click on it. Next, click on LOCAL DISK C: you are now viewing the contents of your hard drive. We are going to create a directory which FinishLynx will use. So right click on your mouse anywhere inside this box and choose new and folder. Once you click on folder you will have a new folder appear call it Event Files.
2. Once you have created the folder called Event Files you now have a place where your FinishLynx camera operator can store his files for you to evaluate.
3. Now that you have the Directory called Event Files I would like for you to Right Click on it and choose Sharing and Security. Select Share this folder and make sure user limit is set to Maximum allowed and Hit Ok.
4. So on the FinishLynx Camera computer (192.168.0.5) Open FinishLynx up and go to File:Options and under the General tab go down to where it says Backup directory and look to the right and click Browse.
You are now going to browse to the Event File directory we just created.
Depending on your computer you may have to expand the My Network Places icon.
5. Navigate through the My Network Places area till you find your other computer and it’s shared out directory called Event Files once you’ve found it click OK.
Capture your event and save it to where you would like. Remember that the Backup Directory we just set will place a copy of the files in the Event Files directory so your evaluate computer can have it. You can save it somewhere else on the Primary/Camera computer under event directory.
Go back to your evaluate computer and boot up FinishLynx. Click on File:Open and look for the Event Files
