The Upload report symbol varies depending on the selected connection type.

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.

Tap on a participant to change his/her status:

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

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

Search for participants by entering free text. Tap the search symbol in the main screen to customise the search options:

• Fields can be included in or excluded from the search.
• The matching criteria can be specified.

When the participant inserts the card into the SPORTident station, the card number is checked and the participant is automatically ticked off.

If the inserted card does not match any participant, a list of candidates is displayed. Candidates are:

• Participants who are within the start window and have not been ticked off (on time but with wrong card).
• Participants with status DNS (late with wrong card).

Select one of the candidates to change status to Started (or, Late start) with a new card number.

Other options:

Copy card saves the card number, which can then be pasted when editing a participant.

Manually create a New participant with this card number. This feature has to be enabled in the Settings.

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).

There are two types of start status reports:

• YAML – The YAML formatted report, suitable for computerised processing. This report is encoded in the YAML data language and has this format.
• Text – Plain text report, which is inlined in an email message. Intended for humans.

The start status reports can be customised as described in the Settings section below.

Note that OFeed does not use YAML/text reports. Data exchange between O Checklist and the server is based on a proprietary format.

The symbol shown in the top of the main window varies by the selected function:

Upload complete YAML report to server using HTTP POST or FTP.

Upload incremental YAML report to server using HTTP POST or FTP.

Email text and/or YAML reports.

The screenshots below show:

• The app.
• The message (Gmail) with the inlined report and an attached YAML file.
• The YAML file. Note that the latest version has this format.

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).

Symbols:

Give a sound signal (a short double beep) when the start window moves forward.

Participants who have not been ticked off as started will automatically get status DNS when leaving the start window.

SPORTident station

Give a sound signal (a few happy beeps) when a participant is automatically ticked off OK.

Give an audible error signal (a buzzing sound) when a participant has an unknown card or is outside the start window.

More features

Confirm manual status change (by tapping on a participant) when the new status becomes DNS (red), Lat start (orange), or, Reset (initial state, uncoloured).

Add new participants manually.

Name order, how first and last names are displayed, for example Olivia Johnson or Johnson, Olivia or Olivia JOHNSON or JOHNSON, Olivia.

Server connection

The YAML formatted start status report can be uploaded to a server using HTTP POST or FTP. The YAML and/or text reports can also be emailed. OFeed uses a proprietary format to download participants and to report start status.

Select how to connect to the server.

Connect to OFeed cloud data hub.

Upload YAML report to server using HTTP POST.

Upload YAML report to server using FTP.

Email start status reports (YAML and/or text).

All reporting is disabled.

Server connection — OFeed

Use the camera of your device to scan the QR code provided by OFeed, or tap the Scan button in the settings menu. This will connect O Checklist to the OFeed server and start the download of classes and participants.

Alternatively, enter the login details manually:

• Server address (URL).
• Event id. Identifies the competition.
• Password of the event.

Advanced settings:

• HTTP timeouts – Adjust the timeouts of the HTTP protocol. See POST section below for picture.
• Upload delay – Submit a changed participant (status, card, comment) to OFeed once this delay has expired. This gives the user some extra time to finalise the input before it is applied by OFeed.
• Download interval – Request participants from OFeed at this interval to get new and changed participants.

Server connection — POST

• Server address (URL) – The server to which the file is uploaded. Android requires a secure connection (https://…)
• Header key and Header value – This key-value pair is added as an HTTP header to the POST request. This can be used for authentication. Leave Header key empty to not add any header.

Manually upload to server by tapping the upload symbol in the main window.

Automatic upload, every n:th minute.

Customise the contents of the start status reports.

Incremental upload. Only participants that have changed since the previous upload are included in the YAML report.

Advanced settings:

Generate a checksum (a hash value) for the YAML start status report. The checksum is added as an HTTP header Content-Digest which can be used by the server to verify the integrity of the YAML file (the report). Tap Settings button to select algorithm and encoding.

Compress the HTTP request body. Requires that the server can handle gzip compression.

HTTP timeouts – Adjust the timeouts of the HTTP protocol.

Server connection — FTP

• Select 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 FTP protocol.
• Timeout – Optionally, the FTP timeout can be adjusted.
• Server address (URL) – The FTP hoar to which the file is uploaded.
• Username and Password – FTP server login details.
• Directory/file – Where on the FTP server the file is saved. The directory/subdirectories must exist on the server. Filename only, eg, start-status.yaml, places the file in the top directory.

Manually upload to host by tapping the upload symbol in the main window.

Automatic upload, every n:th minute.

Customise the contents of the start status reports.

Incremental upload. Only participants that have changed since the previous upload are included in the YAML report.

Email reports

The start status reports (YAML and/or text) can be emailed by tapping the mail symbol in the main window.

• Email – This address is passed to the email app as the default recipient.
• Customise – Customise the contents of the start status reports.

Customise start status reports

This section is applicable for POST/FTP/Email, only. OFeed uses a proprietary format to submit/retrieve data.

There are two types of start status reports:

• YAML – The YAML formatted report, suitable for computerised processing.
• Text – Plain text report, which is inlined in an email message. Intended for humans.

Select whether to include the following data in the start status reports:

• Bib number – Participant's bib number (competition number).
• IOF id – Participant's id, specified in the imported XML file in accordance with IOF Data Standard 3.0.
• Started OK – Include participants with status Started OK that have no changes. Uncheck to not report these participants; this can for example avoid that the plain text report becomes too extensive.

Select which start status reports that are to be sent by email:

• Text – Email text report.
• YAML – Email YAML report.

O Checklist can import a start list either in XML or CSV format. Note: For OFeed, see next section.

Workflow overview

Create the start list, either in XML format, or, in CSV format (Comma-Separated Values).

1. XML — Use event admin software that supports IOF Data Standard 3.0 (International Orienteering Federation).
2. CSV — Use one of the following options:
   • Let an AI chatbot (ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and others) generate the CSV file. For example, prepare the start list in Microsoft Excel, then issue a prompt such as With the uploaded Excel file as input, make a CSV file with the following fields: Name, Organisation, Class, BibNumber, StartTime, ControlCardNumber, StartName. It may take a few iterations to get a correct CSV file that can be imported.
   • CSV Tool, which is a web based utility.
   • Download and use export_csv.xlsm, which is a Microsoft Excel based utility.
   • Edit the CSV template manually using a text editor (for example, Windows Notepad, macOS TextEdit, or, Notepad++).

Transfer the file to be imported (the start list) to the device (phone/tablet). This can be done in several ways, for example, by emailing or downloading the file.

The start list can be imported from within O Checklist, from your email, or, through a file manager.

• Select Delete all in the main menu to delete any previously imported start list.
• O Checklist — Tap on the Import button in the main window.
• Email — Tap on the attached file.
• File manager — Locate and open the file to be imported. Optionally, use Open with to send the file directly to O Checklist.

During the import:

• If asked, choose to open the start list with O Checklist.
• Select which classes to import. Participants in these classes will be imported, only.
• Participants who lack start time will be imported. Note: This is different compared to Start Clock.

If the file has been downloaded, it is usually stored in Android's Downloads folder. Use a file manager (for example, Files by Google, Total Commander) to locate it.

If the file is stored in a cloud service (for example, Google Drive, Dropbox, Onedrive), it may need to be exported to Android's file system.

When tapping on an XML/CSV file, Android uses the file extension to determine that the file is handled by O Checklist, and then sends the file to O Checklist. If there are several apps that can handle this filetype, Android will ask which app to use.

If another app (not O Checklist) starts when you tap on the XML/CSV file, then that app has been set as the standard app for this filetype. It could for example be the MS Excel app, an office app, or any similar app. Go to Android's settings, select Apps, and tap into the app that starts instead of O Checklist. Now clear this standard setting.

Note – This is a description of Android's handling of filetypes (MIME types), which is used when opening a start list from an email app or a file manager. It is not applicable when importing from within O Checklist (or, from a file manager if Open with is used), because the picked file is then directly sent to O Checklist.

XML, in accordance with IOF Data Standard 3.0. Does not support multiple contests in one XML file (multiday events). Filename must end with extension .xml (lower case).

CSV, with the following comma-separated fields: Name*, Organisation*, Class*, BibNumber, StartTime, ControlCardNumber, StartName. Fields containing commas must be enclosed with quotation marks, for example, "Last name, first name". Blank lines are ignored, comment lines start with // (double slash). CSV file should be in UTF-8 format (good for åäöæøüáóñéèùšů…). Filename must end with extension .csv (lower case).

OFeed is an is an open source cloud data hub for orienteering events. It handles events and their classes and participants. O Checklist can connect to OFeed and download the start list of an event, and then receive new participants (on-the-day entries) as well as updated participants (typically with changed card numbers) from OFeed. O Checklist in return reports status changes of the participants (started/DNS), changed card numbers and new entries to OFeed.

Select Delete all in the main menu to delete any previously imported start list.

Automatic setup

• Scan QR code provided by OFeed.

This will connect O Checklist to the OFeed server and start the download of classes and participants.

Manual setup

• Enable OFeed in Settings.
• Enter login details of the event.
• Tap on the Connect button in the main window.

• Select classes. Only participants in these classes will be handled.
• Tap Download to get the participants from OFeed.

Updates between OFeed and O Checklist are all automatic. The OFeed symbol in the main window turns green when an update takes place, red if there was an error. Tap on the symbol to view the log.

Symbol in main window.

A changed participant (for example, new start status, changed card, new comment, new participant) is submitted to OFeed (almost) directly. A short delay (configurable, seconds) gives the user some extra time to finalise the input before it is sent to OFeed.

Updates from OFeed are requested by O Checklist regularly (configurable, minutes)

Some classes have free start time, which means that runners of these classes do not have a fixed start time but can choose when to start. A runner’s start time is then recorded when he/she punches the SPORTident station at the starting line.

This section is being revised.

SPORTident station

Configuration

The SPORTident station can be configured in Readout, Check or Clear mode. Readout mode gives the basic functionality whereas Check mode provides a quick and easy way to admit participants to the first start box; One punch and he/she may enter.

• Mode Readout – The participant will be ticked off. No Check or Clear is performed.
• Mode Check – The SPORTident station will check that the card is cleared, and if so, O Checklist will tick off the participant. If the card is NOT cleared, there will be no response at all, neither from the SPORTident station nor from O Checklist.
• Mode Clear – The SPORTident will clear the card and O Checklist will tick off the participant. Clearing a card may take several seconds (depending on type of card).

Use SPORTident software Config+ (Windows) to configure the SPORTident station. Auto send must be enabled for Check and Clear modes, and disabled for Readout mode. Setting Legacy protocol must be disabled for all modes.

SRR USB Dongle

Suggested placement

OTG setup

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.