The 3 seconds thing is similar to my RUREADY. system. Its to allow a longer/slower vehicle pass through the beam in the first beam without re-triggering.
One way would be to intentionally break the first beam on an earler beep, knowing it wont re-trigger for 3 seconds. The after 2 seconds depart on a cadence start. Then your second beam will trigger. Then take away the 2 seconds?
Or wire two gates to a stopwatch.
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Anyone using these for training?
I sent an email to AIM Tech support..............
" Hi, I am considering purchasing the above unit for Slalom (Skateboarding) racing. The courses we run are straight. If I use a lap beacon at each end of the course and possibly a split beacon, would this setup work?"
Answer back.............
"Yes, and no. The lap beacons shoot out a signal that is abot a 17° vector, or ~3:1 pattern. That is to say that the beacon signal is about 1m in size when the beacon is 3m away. This makes it hard to define a clear start and finish line. In considering using a split beacon, the minimum lap or split time is ~3 seconds."
Now i'm not too bothered about the comment on beam divergence (yes i'm a geek!) as I plan to have the lap beacon < 1M from first cone.
What does worry me, is that I wanted to use the split beacon to improve my times over the first 5 cones. Even at my leisurely pace, 3 seconds minimum is too high.
Any comments greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Mark
I sent an email to AIM Tech support..............
" Hi, I am considering purchasing the above unit for Slalom (Skateboarding) racing. The courses we run are straight. If I use a lap beacon at each end of the course and possibly a split beacon, would this setup work?"
Answer back.............
"Yes, and no. The lap beacons shoot out a signal that is abot a 17° vector, or ~3:1 pattern. That is to say that the beacon signal is about 1m in size when the beacon is 3m away. This makes it hard to define a clear start and finish line. In considering using a split beacon, the minimum lap or split time is ~3 seconds."
Now i'm not too bothered about the comment on beam divergence (yes i'm a geek!) as I plan to have the lap beacon < 1M from first cone.
What does worry me, is that I wanted to use the split beacon to improve my times over the first 5 cones. Even at my leisurely pace, 3 seconds minimum is too high.
Any comments greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Mark