PortaTree Pro-Ultimate (Gold Box) Firmware Version 2.07 - Manual (Page 3)

rerun checks during time trials. This is a useful feature if you want to make sure each vehicle
is only getting one time trial per round. Perfect Tree (.000) or Tree Speed ( .400 / .500 ) can
be selected along with Auto Start if you purchased this option.
The Results Database must be created every Race Day. It is your record of runs made
down your race track. The results file must take the format Year, Month, & Day. An example
would be a race on May 29, 2004. The file should be typed in as 040529.db. If you get
partially rained out and want to finish racing on another day, you can always reopen this file
and add more results to it. It just makes sense to label your results this way so that if you want
to retrieve data at a later date about a specific race, you can easily find the data.
You must also make sure that you put this file into a separate folder. This is important
because you will be making a tremendous amount of result files and they would be best kept in
separate folder and a new folder setup each year. The format that we use is to create a new
folder called C:\RES2004 (open the Windows Explorer and create a new folder). A
C:\RES2001, C:\RES2002, and a C:\RES2003 have been created for each previous race year.
Next year we will create a C:\RES2005 directory. On the Right Side of the Race Setup
Screen, click on the C:\ under the Directory heading next to File Name under Results
Database and then click on the new directory, C:\RES2004, that you have just created. Then
enter the Race Day File for the new Race Day.
Under Racers Database and Category Database, you must double click on the C:\
under Directory and then double click on Portatree ( “C:\portatree” folder ) and then select the
Racers.db and / or the category.db files (racers1.db is the second racer database and
racers2.db is the third).
Setup the Round, Race Type, and Race Category that you would like to run. We have
made several sample categories for you, but in order to change these categories, you will have
to go into the Post Process Program and edit them. When all of your data is entered in the
above screen, Click on “OK” and the Main Race Screen will appear.
MAIN RACE SCREEN
The main screen is a typical Windows Program which uses all of the standard “HOT”
keys. The screen is very user friendly and very easy to use. Racer Entires and entered on the
Right Side of the screen by positioning the cursor with your Mouse or by Keystroke. The F5,
F6, F7, and F8 keys position the cursor into the four data entry slots on the right of the screen.