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Appendix B: Networking your Computers
The ideal setup when running your meet is to have two or three computers networked together:
the capture computer, the review computer and the scoring computer. The operator of each
computer is responsible for the following tasks:
Capture Computer – Reads list of scheduled events from the scoring computer. Captures
video of the finish line for the events and saves the video files on the capture’s computer
hard drive.
Review Computer –Retrieves video from the capture computer and a list of race participants
from the scoring computer. Reviews the video, determines the athlete’s times and saves
the results on the scoring computer.
Scoring Computer – Maintains the list of events and heat sheets from your meet
management software and shares those lists to FlashTiming software. Retrieves the
time results and scores the event.
If only using two computers, it’s recommended that you dedicate one computer for capturing
and the second computer is used to review videos and score the meet.
The computers must be networked together and folders must be set for sharing to enable the
above tasks. We recommend that you turn off your wireless when using FlashTiming and
connect your computers with a switch or router.
Many of the following instructions direct you to open the control panel. To do so, type in the
control panel into the Windows Search Box.
Windows 7 or Windows 10
: Click the Start button . The Search box is located at the bottom of
the start menu.
Windows 8
: If the desktop is visible, click the window key to bring up the Windows 8 Start Window.
Start typing and the search box appears in the upper right.
The appearance of the windows on your computer may be slightly different than the images below.
Look for the corresponding text on your computer if the image does not exactly match.
The control panel may be viewed by Categories, Small icons or Large icons. You can change the
control panel appearance by clicking
View by:
in the upper right hand of the control panel. The
instructions below assume that View by is set to large or small icons.
Follow these steps to network your computers and share files.
1.
Assign computers to the same workgroup
2.
Turn off the wireless network.
3.
Set the computers to a private network.
4.
Set the computers’ sharing options
5.
Turn off firewalls.
6.
Set folders for sharing.
You may need special permissions if you are using a school computer and may need help from
your tech staff to do these steps.
Click on the Menu Bar and then
View Computer and Setup Information
to view your computer’s
name, IP address, workgroup, firewall status and network profile. The firewalls may be turned on
and off and the computer may be set to a private network within the dialog.
