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FinishLynx Photo Finish System 3

Section 2: FinishLynx Photo Finish System

The FinishLynx™ Timing System consists of a personal computer, FinishLynx software, and a photo

finish camera. The FinishLynx system records fully automatic timing (FAT) times. Lynx Systems

Developers Incorporated offers software and equipment to time races on the track, as well as

different equipment to score events in the field.

2.1 Connection Methods

There are seven methods for connecting a FinishLynx photo finish system to different types

of Daktronics equipment:

 FinishLynx to an All Sport

controller with a football scoreboard

 FinishLynx to a signal converter to a lane/place/time scoreboard

 FinishLynx to a DMP-7000 (Venus

7000) or V-Play

controller via serial COM

port(s)

 FinishLynx to a DMP-7000 (Venus 7000) or V-Play controller via network UDP/IP

socket(s)

 FinishLynx to a six-digit clock or TR-3101

 FinishLynx to a Galaxy with M2 or

newer controller via a serial com port and signal converter

 FinishLynx to a Galaxy with M2 or newer controller via a network UDP/IP socket

To access the connection settings on the

FinishLynx computer, go to Scoreboard >

Options (Figure 2).

Click on the Options tab (Figure 3). If the

Scoreboard Status is empty, then the scoreboard

script is not enabled.

To enable a scoreboard script:

1. Click New and then OK.

2. Restart the FinishLynx software to

load the scoreboard script.

Figure 2: FinishLynx Options

Figure 3: Scoreboard Tab

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Daktronics Track & Field Interfaces User Manual Page 9