LapTrackerTK / Blog: Recent posts

Big changes, several new feautres.

1. No more txt files, switch from array to Database backend.
   • Race summary, and racer history are accessed under File>Racer Stats, and Race History.
2. LapTrackerTK.db is a database file (sqlite) which holds all current and historic race data, including a new feature: Championship Series
3. Chamiponship series points are added to the end of each race after being selected from the user interface. Point system is 10-1 in desending order, and can't be modified for this release. *will make that variable in future releases... read more

Crap... Didn't test 1_9's exe. Guess starkit doesn't have all the libraries that activetcl does... oh well.

LapTrackerTK_1_8 released
Keyboard input support added
Racers times highlight red or green compared to the race leaders time if they are on the same lap.

Left the 1_9 code posted, which output's files as HTML. Wrapping into an .exe broke the html package, so backburner that one...

Enjoy!

Added keyboard input
output files are now HTML
Colored text for racers on the same lap, signifying if the previous lap was slower or faster than the leaders. Figure it gives the racers an idea if they are catching up or falling behind.

Enjoy!

New LapTrackerTK_1_7. Added new features to make LapTrackerTK more flexable

New Features:
Added support for Serial input: COM ports!
Added fields for both TCP port change (was priviously locked into TCP port 65000), and COM port (Defaults to COM port 1)
Baud, Bits, FlowControl, and Parity default to "9600,8,N,1" and can be changed using the toolbar "Edit>COM Settings"

Also, I want to Thank Dennis R. LaBelle for FreeWrap! Great tool, but sadly adding COM support broke the wraping tool. So, LapTrackerTK will now be using Tclkit to build a StandAlone Runtime executable (see what I did there :)). LapTrackerTK has now entered the world of StarKits. Live long and prosper.... read more

Fixed a few bugs and re-factored the code to use more proc calls. Flows much nicer and is easier to understand. removed the 2 second delay for racers calling in, which I suspect will be an issue later and will require fixing.

ESP8266 DIY Transponder now powered by free channel on Radio Receiver, and now is triggered by Infrared. Check out the wiki pages!
https://sourceforge.net/p/laptrackertk/wiki/ESP8266%20Part4%20-%20Infra-red/

Proof of concept video here:
https://youtu.be/VN9oBPbAs5Q

I've added the TclTk code. If anyone wants to contribut or develop the code, be my guest.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/laptrackertk/files/TclTk_code/

I have a working DIY transponder using an ESP8266 and a reedswitch. Each transponder is sub $10!

Hope you enjoy LapTrackerTK! Full list of features on the home page. I don't expect to add many features but we'll see...