Main screen

Main screen

Start window

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.

Manual tick off

Tap on a participant to change his/her status:

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

Search for participants by entering free text. There are two search modes (tap the search symbol to toggle):

Search all participants

Search all participants.

Search DNS participants

Search participants with status DNS (handy when looking for late arrivals).

Search syntax:

Anything means that all data fields are searched (name, organisation, class, bib number, start time, old and new card number, comment, start name).

Automated tick off

When the participant inserts the 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 (which takes 1–2 sec of extra time).

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

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

Other options:

Copy card number

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

Manually add new participant

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

Card not found

 

Edit participant

Change the card number:

A comment can also be entered (free text).

Edit

 

Start status reports

There are two types of start status reports:

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

Symbols:

Mail report

Email text and/or YAML reports.

Upload report

Upload YAML report to server.

Upload incremental report

Upload incremental YAML report to server.

The screenshots below show:

Start status (app)

 

Start status (inline report)

 

Start status (YAML report)

 

Settings

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

Start window — The duration of the Start window. Suggested settings:

Symbols:

Beep when window changes

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

Automatic DNS

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

SPORTident station

Automatic tick off OK

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

Failed to automatically tick off

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

Check that card is cleared

Check that card is cleared. This takes 1–2 seconds of extra time.

Optional features

The following features can be enabled or disabled.

Confirm status change

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

Manually add new participant

Manually add new participant.

Settings

 

Start status report — There are two types of start status reports:

The reports can be customised as described below. For convenience, a default email can be entered.

Start status report

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

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

Status report customisation

 

Upload to server — Upload start status YAML formatted file to server using POST or FTP. The upload can be done manually, or, automatically every n:th minutes.

POST settings:

POST settings

 

POST settings

 

POST checksum

 

POST checksum

 

FTP settings:

FTP settings

 

FTP protocol

 

Import start list

Workflow overview

Start list workflow

Prepare start list

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

Transfer start list to phone/tablet

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.

Import start list

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

During the import:

How to find the import file

Troubleshooting import

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.

Supported file formats

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.

SPORTident setup

 

SPORTident setup