A timing system designed by GORKE for outdoor use by the water: sealed mushroom buttons at the stations, radio transmission and time recording accurate to a hundredth of a second.
01 / Investment context
The gold panning competition in Złotoryja takes place outdoors, by the water. Competitors work at their own stations, and the time had to be measured to a hundredth of a second.
The competitors’ stations had to be linked with the judges’ station, a control point and a results board. Cables laid across the competition ground, by the water and where spectators walk, get in the way, are easily damaged and have to be laid out afresh every time.
By the water every element a competitor touches must withstand moisture, wet hands and heavy use outdoors, and the signal from the station must reach the timing system without losing hundredths of a second.
The investor’s goal: Each competitor’s time measured to 0.01 s and available to the officials and on the results board — with no cabling to the stations.
The competitors’ stations have sealed mushroom buttons designed for use by the water. A large mushroom key is easy to press with the whole hand, even a wet one, without having to look for it.
The signals from the stations reach the timing system by radio, and the system records the time to 0.01 seconds. It makes the data available to the officials — at the judges’ station and the control point — and the times also go to the results board.
The buttons, the radio link and the time recording form one custom system, outside the GORKE catalogue, linked with the judges’ station, the control point and the results board. It is an example of combining radio communication with precise timing.
02 / Operating principle
Buttons at the stations send their signal by radio, and the system records the time to 0.01 s.
01 / Signal source
Mushroom button Sealed, at the stationThe large key is easy to press with the whole hand, even a wet one.
02 / Reception
Timing system Radio link, no cablesRecords the time to 0.01 s.
03 / Notification
Results Judges, control point and boardThe data goes to the officials, and the times also to the results board.
The ranking is decided by measurement, not a stopwatch. The buttons, the radio link and the time recording form one custom system, with no cables to the stations.
A simplified functional diagram.
03 / Installation components
Custom system, not in the catalogue: sealed mushroom buttons at the stations, a radio link and time recording to 0.01 s, linked with the judges’ station, the control point and the results board.
We will choose the devices for a similar site once we have talked about its conditions.
Ask about a similar system04 / Value for the investor
The timing system records the time to 0.01 s, so the competitors’ ranking is decided by measurement, not by the reflexes of someone with a hand-held stopwatch.
Radio links the stations, so they can be set up by the water without laying cables between competitors, judges and the results board.
The sealed mushroom buttons are designed for use by the water, and the large key is easy to hit with a wet hand during the competition.
05 / Before installation
Before devices are chosen, what matters is the site’s conditions and how the system ties into the final installation.
Source: the description of the installation under Custom projects.
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