Station Memory

Audience: Timing operators recovering punches from an SI control unit's internal memory.

How to read out a SportIdent control unit's punch backup using a master station and the coupling rod — the safety net when radio punches didn't get through or you need to verify what a control actually saw.

Status: Stub — not yet written.

What this page will cover

• [ ] When to use Station Memory: missing radio punches, suspected control malfunction, post-event verification
• [ ] What you need: a SportIdent master station, the coupling rod, the field control unit
• [ ] Connecting the master station to Manager (requires Chrome or Edge — Web Serial)
• [ ] Coupling a target station and reading station info (record count, extended/legacy protocol)
• [ ] Reading the backup — what the progress bar shows
• [ ] Reviewing the recovered punches before importing them
• [ ] How applying records changes competitor status — Start/Check promote a not-yet-started competitor to On Course; Finish marks an On-Course competitor DNF (and so clears them from the On Course count). See Safety check
• [ ] What happens to recovered punches that duplicate radio punches already in Manager
• [ ] Clearing the station's memory (when you'd do this, when you wouldn't)
• [ ] Recovering from "master station left in an unknown mode" — disconnect/reconnect

Related

• Radio punches
• Safety check: accounting for everyone
• Resolving issues on the day
• SportIdent cards