I am testing out Giro Z to use with my local club. I have a few questions.
First, setup.
How do you guys connect the transponders to MR01's and AWD's. I thought maybe I could use the motor connection but it doesn't actually work. Even the connection to the MR02 isn't really that good. If you have any clever ways to do this it would be great to see them.
Second, the program.
I am using the Giro-Z boot disk and saving results to a thumb drive.
1) Can I pull up previous results or a previous series after I close the program?
2) Any idea how to get the sound working on Giro-Z? It works when I boot Linux but Giro Z has no sound.
3) I would also like to be able to bring up previous setups (racers, race configuration, etc) It's annoying having to enter that information every time I start the race.
I thought maybe I could use the motor connection but it doesn't actually work. Even the connection to the MR02 isn't really that good. If you have any clever ways to do this it would be great to see them.
Well you just can solder connectors to the battery - we at the CRC made the decision switching to BEC ...
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I am using the Giro-Z boot disk and saving results to a thumb drive.
The boot disk is a little outdated, so I'd recommend the usage of the more recent gzround programs.
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1) Can I pull up previous results or a previous series after I close the program?
Are you using FLaCo or gzround?
With gzround you just need to copy the results file to a different location/or a different filename.
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2) Any idea how to get the sound working on Giro-Z? It works when I boot Linux but Giro Z has no sound.
Sound works perfectly fine with Fedora Core Linux (successor of Red Hat Linux - download it from here fedora.redhat.com/Download). Maybe you just need a newer version of gzround
Download it from the developer site: http://www.flaco.org/wiki/Download
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3) I would also like to be able to bring up previous setups (racers, race configuration, etc) It's annoying having to enter that information every time I start the race.
As stated above - just copy your configuration + results file to another location/file name ...
You just need to prepare several race template files and you're done
For e.g. for training qualifying, finals, etc.
I've put several different starters of GiroZ (with some scripts behind it) on my GNOME desktop of Fedora Core Linux , so handling for non-GiroZ users is pretty, pretty easy.
Even renaming of the configuration/results file is done now automatically.
If you need the scripts after installing Fedora Core to your harddrive let me know, I can send you the scripts.
I'll ask the track owner about the program and get back to you next time I get the chance, although avant did a great job at answering your question. as far as the transponder mounting, I drilled a hole in the top cover of the chassis and routed the wire underneath then soldered it directly to the board. the plug sticks out with tons of slack underneath for easy removal. with the plug sticking out, you can easily plug it in/out as needed, although I don't recommend repeatedly unplugging it, rather disconnecting a battery. screwing it to the battery terminals got old fast and this is a clean solution. if you want to keep the wires above the chassis, most ppl at my track just coil the wire around a screwdriver and tuck that coil down near the batteries. not as clean, but it keeps the wires neat.
I forgot to mention one thing - as the battery box connectors of the AWD are also "screwed to the chassis" you can mount the transponder also there ...
The mount point is just under the main top cover under the esc
I forgot to mention one thing - as the battery box connectors of the AWD are also "screwed to the chassis" you can mount the transponder also there ...
The mount point is just under the main top cover under the esc
Cheers,
Jo
I mounted to transponder to the screw points on the AWD. Not as bad as I thought it would be. I can route it through the hole you used for the ICS port.
I will look into fedora. Is it possible to do the same thing with Cygwin? I already have that installed on my laptop and can call that from Windows. I don't know much at all about Linux so it may take me some time to come up to speed.
@Spoon - it's not really like Cygwin as it's a complete Linux distro. What you can test is whether:
- Fedora core works within a vmware player environment (vmware player is free of charge). This is a virtual environment and you can boot a Linux system within Windows.
- If you have a machine with VT-extension you can use XEN (included in Fedora Core6) to get y virtual enviroment running.
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