Downloading SI cards

Audience: Timing operators at the finish / download station.

How to download SI cards at the finish, what Manager does with them, and how to handle the usual problems (unknown card, wrong class, missing punch).

Status: Stub — not yet written. The binary details of SI card formats live in SportIdent cards.

What this page will cover

[ ] Hardware setup — which SI reader to use, how Manager detects it
[ ] The Download Card view and what the download banner shows
[ ] Normal download flow — card in, result on screen, card removed
[ ] The Card download detail dialog — punch-by-punch breakdown
[ ] Handling unknown cards (card number not registered to any competitor)
[ ] Handling a competitor running the wrong class / wrong course
[ ] Missing-punch (MP) detection and how to override it
[ ] Re-scanning existing downloads (the Rescan downloads action)
[ ] Re-assigning a download to a different competitor
[ ] What to do when a card physically fails to read
[ ] Card recognised but no course match (SI card belongs to a competitor whose class has no course assigned)