Configuration Settings

ZRound is deeply configurable allowing different settings for views, data columns, sounds, text to speech, etc.

This chapter defines all setting options in detail.

Configuration options form offers a tree-view menu at left to select the configuration section to work with.

  • Selected item is marked with a red arrow
  • Active lapcounter is highlighted with yellow on red colors.

Options

Display

Main display settings

SettingDescription
LanguageUser interface language
Show all race eventsIf unchecked, some events are not dumped to the log (racer start/end/classification)
Force showing time interval in Le Mans racesTime intervals are always displayed on secondary monitor for Le Mans start mode runs
Lock real-time graphic updatePosition chart is not updated while race is running. It needs a powerful computer on endurance races with large number of laps. Disabling it can help with performance issues
Time to group racers(colors)Time difference between racers (in seconds) to show them in the same color on console
Car numberDefines which numer is used as racer's number on displays: Number (on run), Dorsal (number on race), License (user's defined)
Time to remove car registration from trainingElapsed minutes to wait before removing a car from the practice session (0 = infinite). It helps to keep clear the console for racers who abandoned the track
Countdown timeClock is countdown mode

Lap Control

TRANSPONDER/ LAP REGISTERING

SettingDescription
Start counter in last detection for min. lap timeIt won't count a new lap if car doesn't abandon the detection are for min. lap time setting
Noisy lap control (laps under 1sec. will be ignored)Some lapcounters (ie GiroZ/Kyosho) fires lots of messages when car is passing. This settings prevents extra processing/log dumps on this situation
Ignore freq colissionsNowadays it should be always ignored as no more analog transmitter are used. This setting was used to prevent to racers running with the same frecuency on their transmitters
Ignore unregistered transponders in racesWhen checked, any unregistered transponder will be ignored if detected. Otherwise, it is shown as “unregistered” transponder on console and it can be assigned to registered racers. Feature introduced due issues with GiroZ lapcounter which fired laps when nobody was passing (due interferences, electrical issues, …)

UNATTENDED RACE

SettingDescription
Start next race automatically (only Staggered runs)When a race finishies and it was started from Championship manager, next race will start automatically. It only works for staggered start (commonly during classification heats runs) because Le Mans start requires cars to be placed on the right position in the starting grid.

PRACTICE MODE

SettingDescription
Free practice restarts automatically in Le Mans Modeit is useful when you want to manage limited practice session times to stabish turns. For example: if practice time is 5min., after 5min the end of practice time is announced and automatically a new practice time is fired (to allow next group of racers tu practice).
Save free practice laps to databaseFree practice times are not saved to database unless this option is checked.

Web output <deprecated>

SettingDescription
Generate real time web outputGenerate a .html file with lapcounter results on every pass
HTML classification filePath to the file to be created
Refresh every … secInclude a meta “refresh” to reload the page on the specified interval

This feature is deprecated and the functionality will be removed on future releases.

There is available a new and better feature to publish realtime data using ZRound Live service.

Printing

SettingDescription
Ask for printing after racesWhen the race finishes application will ask for printing the run results
LogoFile path with the logo to be used on reports (recommended size 180×50)
Field listField checked will be used on the report output
Font sizeFont size used on classification table
Font Size (laps)Font size used on lap time table

Monitor

Secondary monitor settings

Optiondescription
Font sizeFont size used to display data (0 for automatic selection)
Field listYou must check the data column required to be displayed. It can be configured on monitor2 context menu
Decimal places in timesYou can select how many precission digits you want to use in times (i.e 0.235; 0.23; 0.2)
Show start lightsSimulate a traffic light during the count down on race start
Full screen on secondaryt monitorYou can choose which monitor (0,1,2..) will be used to display data on full screen mode. You can also place the window where required manually
Show top qualify on heatsOn championship races, the Top Qualify results for all heats will be shown at right
Show top best lapsOn practice time, racer's best lap will be displayed at right
LogoYou can define your own logo to be shown at right-bottom corner

Sound

There are two pages of sound settings

Sounds 1

SoundEventDefault value
Unregistered carAn unregistered car was detected during a race practice/runresources\alarma.wav
Suspected readingA ghost lap was detected. Fired on these conditions:
* A racer exceeds time on limited time practice session
* On practice session, lap time < 1sec when lap noise control is enabled
* lap time < min. lap time setting
(disabled)
Finish line passtransponder detected on detector lineresources\count.wav
Lightsstarting light onresources\count.wav
Staggered startWarn racer to start race on staggered start moderesources\prestartbeep.wav
LapZ Bridge AlarmLapZ Bridge max time running alarmresources\ding.wav
Race finished driverRacer finishes its run(disabled)
Race startsRace start hornresources\init.wav
End of raceRace ends hornresources\init.wav
Time finishedRun time finished. Last lap time counter starts(disabled)

Sounds 2

SoundEventDefault value
Better own timeBest own time on current sessionresources\veloz.wav
Best lapBest lap on the current sessionresources\best.wav
First rankFirst position in raceresources\bocina.wav
Track best lap timeBest lap time on this track layoutresources\sirena.wav
Best own timeBest own time on this track layoutresources\personal.wav
Best lap targetLap time under racer's target lap timeresources\target.wav
  • The button “Default” will restore factory setting.
  • You can set the volume of sounds with the volume bar. It only affects to sounds, not text to speech.

Colors

There are two color settings for both main console and secondary monitor.

Main Monitor

  • Night vision mode uses low luminance colors
  • With Apply button you will check colors combination before confirm them.

General

SettingDescription
BackgroundApplication background color
TextApplication text color

Qualifying

SettingDescription
First positionColor used to hightlight the first position car
Best lapColor used to highlight the best lap time
RankingColor for the racer's panel

Stopwatch

SettingDescription
ActiveColor when running
PauseColor when paused
StoppedColor when stopped

Secondary Monitor

Speaker

Activate SAPI 5.1 option must be checked to enable the text to speech function.

You must have installed a Microsoft SAPI compliant voice (Windows include default voices you can use). You should use a voice compatible with the user interface language configured. Otherwise you will get an annoying result (i.e. italian voice speaking text written in english).

If your native language is not supported on the user interface you should use the Language settings to setup the resources needed to grant a reasonable automatic reading. You should edit Events text as well.

Speaker

  • Voice: Select the voice to be used on reading
  • Test text: You can enter a text to test out the reading clicking on Listen button
  • Speed and Vol. controls the text reading speed and volume

Events(1)

Events define the text to be read out when they occurs. Only checked events are read.

SettingDescription
Track openOnly on practice time on championship/event races. It announces track is open and the list of allowed racers
Practice timePractice time is read after the configured text
Cars readyIt announces the practice/run time is going to start
Staggeder startAnnounce start time to every racer. Symbol %s will be replaced by the racer's name
Stop and GoGive a stop and go to the selected racer. Symbol %s will be replaced by the racer's name
End of raceIt announces the race is finished
Car finishedIt announces the car has finished the run. Symbol %s will be replaced by the racer's name
End of practiceIt announces practice time has finished
End race alarmIt announces the time to finish the race before the configured text
Finish line passIt announces a racer passes the finish line. Symbol %s will be replaced by the racer's name and %p the racer's position
Lap time < Min. timeIt announces a missed lap due lap time is under min. lap time. Symbol %s will be replaced by the racer's name and %t will be the lap time

You can use the Default button to restore default settings

Events(2)

SettingDescription
First positionA new racer gets the first position. Racer's name is read after the configured text
Best lap in raceA racer do the best lap in the race
Best own lapA racer do his best lap time on the current session. Racer's name and lap time will be read out after configured text
Best own timeA racer do his ever best lap time. Racer's name and lap time will be read out after configured text
Track best lap timeA racer do the track best lap time. First %s symbol will be replaced by the racer's name, second %s symbol will be replaced by the lap time
Lap estimationEstimation result for the racer. It uses three parameters with this order %s %d %s → racer's name; %d → number of laps; %s → total time. Example: %s estimate finish %d laps in %s
Interval gap readingIt defines how to read interval and gaps. First %s symbol will be replaced by the racer's name, second %s symbol will be replaced by the lap time
Call racers usingIf defines how to call racers. Name → Racer's name; Number → Racer's number on the run; Dorsal → racer's number on the race.

You can use the Default button to restore default settings

Options

SettingDescription
Speak time to finishTime to go in seconds to start announcing
repeat onseconds interval to repeat announce en of race at a time basis
Positions to read on head changesNumber of positions (position/racer) to announce if race head changes
Results reading after finishing raceRun results are read out when it goes when checked
Read training result timesPractice session results are read out when checked
Read estimation when value changesForce estimations read out if the value changes when checked
Read estimation every X lapsEstimation is read out every X laps
Read best lap record in all heats/mains (up to 3rd)If a racer gets up to the 3rd best lap on a race it will be announced (default text: Position X on best laps)
All laps reading on free trainingAll lap times are read out on free practice sessions. If name is checked then the racer's name will be announced as well
Read classification eachClassification will be announced periodically every X minutes when checked
Start reading on lap number XAnnounces won't be read out before the lap X. Reading from the first lap could be annoying because too many events occurs on the firsts laps
Decimal places in lap timeNumber of decimal places to read out times (1=tenths of seconds, 2=cents, 3=milliseconds)
Skip lap times greather thanAvoid to announce wrong lap times, usually due to a lapcount failure or a race incident
Classification reading during the raceValue used to announce the classification Raking/Interval/Gap/Laps result as shown bellow
Classification OptionDescription
RankingRace position
IntervalDifference with the first position
GapDifference with the previows racer
LapsNumber of laps

Language

ZRound Suite are available in several languages. However, you could need to use voice announces on your mother language despite the user interface uses another one.

You can do it using these language settigs. Select the language you want to use and edit the key-words needed. Other text are configured as documented on Events(1) & Events(2) sections

Network

Live

Remote

Layout

ScoreBoard/Lights

Relay races

Lapcounters

zround/application_settings.txt · Last modified: 2024/01/13 11:01 by zround
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