The Start window highlights the participants that are due for tick off.

It is a sliding time window, which moves forward as time passes on. Participants are entering the window, being ticked off (or DNS), and then, leaving the window.

Click on a participant to change his/her status:

• First click: Started (green).
• Second click: DNS (did not start, red).
• Third click: Late start (orange).
• Fourth click: Return to initial state (uncoloured).

Late start denotes a participant that was initially ticked off as DNS but has later shown up.

When the participant inserts his/her card into the SPORTident station, the card number is checked and the participant is automatically ticked off. Optionally, the card is also checked to be cleared.

If the inserted card does not match any participant:

• Participants who are within the start window are displayed as candidates for being ticked off with a new card number.
• If there are no such candidates, the card number is copied. It can then be pasted when editing a participant.

Change the card number:

• Manually enter the new card number.
• Paste the card number that did not match any participant (requires SPORTident station).

A comment can also be entered (free text).

Send report creates a message with all changes (DNS, late starts, new card numbers, comments). The message can be shared by email or FTP.

The email comprises of two separate reports:

• An inlined report, optimised for human readability.
• An attached file, suitable for automated processing. This report is encoded in the YAML data language and has this format.

The upload consists of a file in YAML format, only.

The reports have identical contents, with one exception: The YAML report also includes all participants with start status "Started OK" (ie, no changes), while the inlined report does not list those participants (it would have cluttered the report too much).

The screenshots below show:

• The app.
• The message (Gmail) with the inlined report and an attached YAML file.
• The YAML file.

Time adjustment — The entered value is added to the current time:

• Display call up time: If participants are called up 3 min ahead of their start time, enter +3 min.
• Postpone start: If competition is delayed 30 min, enter –30 min to keep the original start times.

Start window — The duration of the Start window.

Suggested settings:

• Interval start: At 1 min start interval and 3 start boxes, set Start window to 1 min and Time adjustment to 3 min. A Start window of 3 min would include all three start boxes and give additional time for tick off.
• Chasing start: Set Start window to 3 min and Time adjustment to 3 min (or, any other suitable values).

Automatic DNS — A participant that has NOT been ticked off as started will automatically get status DNS when leaving the start window.

SPORTident station — Note that unchecking Check that card is cleared gives immediate response from the SPORTident station, whereas a check takes one or two seconds to complete (because the contents of the card have to be read and transfered to the phone/tablet).

Upload to server — Upload start status YAML formatted file to server using the File Transfer Protocol. The upload can be done manually, or, automatically every n:th minute.

• Host – The server to which the file should be uploaded.
• Protocol – FTP, SFTP (SSH FTP), or, FTPS (FTP Secure, using TLS and explicit security mode; FTPS with TLS/SSL session reuse is not supported).
• Port – The port number to be used by the protocol.
• Username and Password – Server login information.
• Directory/file – Where on the server the file should be placed. The directory/subdirectories must exist on the server.

The checklist (the start list) is imported through an XML file in accordance with IOF Data Standard 3.0, or, through a CSV file (comma-separated values). Please see the corresponding chapter in Start Clock: Workflow overview, or, the app's built-in help function.

Note that, unlike Start Clock, O Checklist imports participants that do not have a start time. To facilitate the handling of these participants, they can be given their own start. This does not have to be a separate physical starting location.

Use a USB On-The-Go (OTG) adapter to attach a SPORTident station to the phone/tablet (an ordinary USB cable does not work). Note that the SPORTident station is normally powered by the host (the phone/tablet). To extend the battery life of the phone/tablet, an OTG adapter with separate power cable for the SPORTident station can be used.