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Version 17.08 Released

Release Date: 3-17-2024

• Bugfix.

Version 17.07 Released

Release Date: 12-18-2023

• Bugfix: Cumulative results did not handle 24 hour race large number values in one sort instance.

Version 17.06 Released

Release Date: 3-31-2023

• Bugfix: Issue with Warmup mode after the first segment has been completed
• Bugfix: Section reminder column in field summary was not being shown in cases where it should have
• Feature Add: option to Print Team competition detail report at end of team race
• HT system optimization

Version 17.03 Released

Release Date: 2-22-2023

• Bugfix: fix a couple of minor rally cross race report issues.

Version 17.02 Released

Release Date: 1-17-2023

• Rename Bracket configuration files from .cfg extension to .bktg extension.

Version 17.01 Released

Release Date: 12-03-2022

• Major NEW revision 17
• Add SainSmart 8 channel 12V USB Relay card. Provides eight 10 amp relays and plugs in to USB port
• Add new HirshTeck (HT) USB Counting & Timing / Pit trigger system. HT system can be used for counting/timing and/or can be used in harmony with all other timing systems in SlotTrak for pit triggering. Contact THirsbrunner@gmail.com for options and pricing.
• 4 lane system runs $65 (minus sensor cables - can use TrakMate sensor cables)
• Coding changes to enable faster counting/timing and pit trigger POLLING when using a polling device (HT system, parallel port)
• Fix potential issue if using more than one Elexol 8 relay card
• Bugfix: Fix 'Race Again' option in Dash - would not turn power back on
• Set maximum comm port number selectable to 16. VB6 cannot handle comm ports greater than 16. System Comm ports greater than 16 will have to be re-assigned on computer

Version 16.30 Released

Release Date: 4-03-2022

• Bugfix: Timed race 'Race To Line' segment termination for Last segment RTL options.

Version 16.24 Released

Release Date: 4-19-2022

• Re-implement support for TrakMate Timesell relay board. User MUST have latest firmware in TrakMate timesell board!!
• Allow settable comm port address for comm ports 1 & 2, now referred to as comm ports A & B.

Version 16.21 Released

Release Date: 12-09-2021

• Bugfix: Do not turn individual lane power on for lanes that have drivers that have finished the segment.
• Ignore lane trigger if driver in triggered lane has finished segment.
• Add Average and Median lap display fields to Practice form, remove actual and scale speed displays from same form.

Version 16.18 Released

Release Date: 10-20-2021

• Disable car class grid in editor when modifying selected class.

Version 16.17 Released

Release Date: 10-18-2021

• Improvements made to configuration Car Class editor.

Version 16.16 Released

Release Date: 8-01-2021

• Bugfix: Critical update for TrakMate users! Watchdog timer that verifies TrakMate lap times caused problems when riders caused a lap trigger, resulting in lap not being counted. Fixed.

Version 16.15 Released

Release Date: 4-26-2021

• Decrease bracketing from width requirement to 1280 display resolution width.
• Allow debounce setting of 1 when using infrared sensors with TrakMate

Version 16.11 Released

Release Date: 3-21-2021

• Expand Bracketing configuration from 10 to 22 maximum conditions - requires minimum 1366x768 display resolution.
• Remove support for TrakMate Timesell relay board.
• Add disclaimer for HOPRA website link

Version 16.03 Released

Release Date: 9-25-2020

• OK, not the final update.
• When using pit by Time, fill time immediately after pit stop has been verified as active instead of using user defined fill rate

Version 16.01 Released

Release Date: 3-30-2020

• FINAL UPDATE AND RELEASE OF SLOTTRAK DONE FOR FREE.
• Bugfix: Timesell controller did not add/move time properly when displaying time in hh:mm:ss format.
• Bugfix: Team points display not setting font sizes properly - remove auto-sizing of fonts in points display.
• Bugfix: Phidget Track call ignored during the start sequence form display and sequencing activity.
• Add message when TrakMate port number discovery is not the port number that was entered in configuration.
• Change the lockout method for track calls when the start sequence form is entered - ignore track calls for the first 1000 milliseconds to eliminate nuisance/carryover trips.

Version 15.17 Released

Release Date: 1-07-2020

• Bugfix: Input pin assignments on Phidget card inputs could overlap output relay values, so use separate markers for input and output pin/relay duplication check.

Version 15.16 Released

Release Date: 12-21-2019

• Bugfix: Dash session with pit stops and TrakMate pit sensors was not working properly.
• Bugfix: TrakMate card initialization sensor count and sensor lane assignments not working properly in all cases.
  

Version 15.15 Released

Release Date: 11-24-2019

• Compute segment position immediately upon a lane trigger in Race and Dash Modes.
• Turn key preview ON in qualify field summary form so keystrokes are processed by main qualify session form.
• Add error handling to RS232 (comm/USB) communications code.
• Add pause button to race field summary form.
• Bugfix: Hide yellow flag indicator after aborted start in Qualify.
• Search available comm port numbers 1-64 dor TrakMate card if TrakMate hardware is enabled.
• Add function to test all input and output settings.
• Bugfix: Using TrakMate for pit triggers was not worling properly.
• Added use of TrakMate watchdog lap time if less than OR greater than TrakMate system lap time +- one TrakMate timer increment.

Version 15.12 Released

Release Date: 9-27-2019

• Bugfix: Track call disabled after using warmup.

Version 15.11 Released

Release Date: 7-18-2019

• Add Track call timed lockout.
• Minor GUI changes in several forms.
• Bugfix: Individual Lane relays ALL power ON routine did not work properly for Elexol boards when using multiple ports.
• Bugfix: When Start race was aborted, the warmup button was not made visible if timed countdown between segments was disabled.
• Bugfix: Practice power enable from Race Setup form was not working properly for IO hardware requiring initialization.
• Bugfix: Warmup Button on race form did not work properly depending on speed of computer.
• Bugfix: Dash did not save the warmup time limit properly

Version 15.03 Released

Release Date: 5-30-2019

• Add 'GREEN FLAG' indicator with time (green flag total seconds) count up to race screen when Race is in progress and NOT paused/under yellow.
• Add option in SlotTrak general settings to flash the 'GREEN FLAG' indicator or have continuous ON (default).
• Flash 'YELLOW FLAG' indicator when Race is paused.
• Use command button for YELLOW FLAG indicator so lettering is centered both horizontally and vertically.
• Seed the Random number generator with system timer value so new random number sequence is generated for all random number generation implementation.
• Pad coast time (500 msec) to make sure all tasks are completed before Paused state is entered.
• Add tasks completion check counter in frmRace to make sure the race tasks are completed before exiting the main timer/counter loop. Necessary for slower computers.
• Add informational label at top of Race display instead of using form title bar to display miscellaneous race info.
• Bugfix: when Race form was maximized or un-maximized, the font size maximizer was not invoked.
• Hide section reminder column in race field summary at end of race.
• Re-write the font maximizer utilities using an entirely different technique. Make font size maximization more reliable, consistent, and quicker.
• Create watchdog timer to verify lap times returning from the TrakMate card.
• Increase speed of SlotTrak sessions (Race, Qualify, Dash, Practice, Timesell, Raceoff) lap counting/timing servicing routine by an order of 10.
• Do not enable Abort Race and Start/Skip buttons until race and race field summary forms updates are complete.
• Make sure race keyboard shortcuts are only acted upon if that option is available.
• Minor GUI changes in several forms.

Version 14.42 Released

Release Date: 4-28-2019

• Sort drivers based on final finish order in Fast Lap/Laps per Lane display.
• Clean up Pit stop setup form display.
• Increase maximum comm port number to 64.

Version 14.41 Released

Release Date: 3-22-2019

• Bugfix: Font resizer error at end of race on race field form.
• Add Total Laps and Section # to Fast Lap/Laps per lane display and printout.

Version 14.40 Released

Release Date: 3-20-2019

• Add 'total number of laps run in each lane' statistics to Fast Lap display and printed report.
• Add 'Fast Lap' and 'total number of laps run in each lane' statistics report to Race session results.
• Fix some command button tool tips that were not correct in Review and Race.
• Add ability to create auto qualify database entry on one computer and distribute to one or more computers running SlotTrak.
  

Version 14.39 Released

Release Date: 3-4-2019

• Add 'Skip Driver' button function back to Qualify. Skipped driver is moved to last qualifier in qualify driver list.

Version 14.38 Released

Release Date: 2-19-2019

• Bugfix: RaceSetup database table in the results database errored if the database table is empty.
• Add 'Print test page' in SlotTrak configuration.

Version 14.36 Released

Release Date: 2-11-2019

• Display fix: Correct 'Time/Laps left' header when time is displayed after counted RTL race winner has been determined and waiting for other drivers to finish.
• GUI change in Race Setup/Drivers tab - different color for non-bracketed heat information panel.

Version 14.35 Released

Release Date: 2-10-2019

• Bugfix: Do not show lap count during race warmup.

Version 14.34 Released

Release Date: 2-6-2019

• Make Warmup Limit value selectable from dropdown list instead of freefield entry in Dash and Race.
• Move Warmup timer disable function to before power off is executed to make sure timer gets disabled and doesn't continue counting warmup time past the limit.
• Change layout of Dash Setup screen.
• Bugfix: When entering teams in race, the number of heats was getting incorrectly set to 2 instead of 1 because of changes made to bracketing setup

Version 14.33 Released

Release Date: 2-1-2019

• Handle TrakMate triggers for nonexistent lanes (timesell card) differently.
• Improve Race Field Summary display grid resize.
• Minor changes to the 4 Brkt bracketing options - use the order of bracket round races specified.

Version 14.31 Released

Release Date: 1-31-2019

• Filter TrakMate serial comm stream on the front end instead of post-entry character handling to filter all the garbage out of the stream.

Version 14.30 Released

Release Date: 1-30-2019

• TrakMate timing card (Timesell USB ONLY) is adding characters between timing information and lane trigger ID which caused the lap times calculation to be in error.
• Add 4 Brkt bracketing options for HOPRA.
• Change scaling on review form. Depending on system settings, some displays were clipped.
• Remove Maximize form option on Session review form. Caused grid columns to be resized incorrectly. Manual form resize is still enabled.
• When race is aborted, (1) do not increment Bracket round number (2) erase any saved bracket data.
• Initialize the bracket series saved data when the final bracket race in the series has been completed.
• Re-write qualify Add & Delete driver routines to allow driver add/delete after Qualify has been completed.
• Improve Dash heat configuration.
• Bugfix: Config Power control settings not initializing properly when switching from Elexol to TrakMate Timesell relay options.
• Bugfix: Multi-heat Dash not returning to incremented heat number when Dash is complete.
• Bugfix: Screen resize not working properly for laptimes display forms.
• Bugfix: Dash results and dash laptimes not saved properly.
• Bugfix: Qualify warmup laps display should not be displayed unless Indy style qualifying is selected.
• Bugfix: Qualify append session not loading saved qualify sessions properly.
• Bugfix: When deleting the last qualify driver in the field list, the qualify session was terminated.
• Bugfix: fix Dash setup # Heats typo in dropdown list.
• Bugfix: Start Next Segment button was hidden by Warmup controls panel in the race field summary form.
• Bugfix: Database maintenance was not deleting entries in the RaceSetup table in the results database when removing sessions.

Version 14.16 Released

Release Date: 1-24-2019

• Bugfix: Error occurred when choosing English or Metric (SI) units in configuration

Version 14.15 Released

Release Date: 1-23-2019

• Add resizer to section entry form.
• Make 'Start Race' buttons visible only after all display setups are completed.
• Minor adjustments to Dash setup form.

Version 14.14 Released

Release Date: 1-21-2019

• Clean up appearance in a few forms.

Version 14.04 Released

Release Date: 1-07-2019

• Improve fontsize determination utility so captions will fit in the display area properly.
• Remove Minimize button from many forms within the project.

Version 14.03 Released

Release Date: 1-05-2019

• Adjust font size for race leader display during segment.

Version 14.02 Released

Release Date: 1-02-2019

• New bracketing option to pull race winners from multiple races and add additional drivers based on cumulative placings across those races.
• Add Bracket Fill function to show what/why drivers were selected for each race in a bracketed series of races.
• Add function to review bracket fill history html files which are automatically created when the bracket series is complete.
• TrakMate timesell card command structure changes - was given incorrect command protocol definitions per TrakMate.
• Bugfix: TrakMate pit triggers not enabled for Dash mode.
• Bugfix: Volume slider bar in configuration index error.
• Bugfix: Don't allow 'Race Again' option in Dash if pit stops are enabled.
• Re-define Trakmate command terminator to be vbLf for ALL TrakMate commands.
• Try to account for Trakmate Timesell card quirks and inconsistencies.
• Allow up to 3 Elexol relay cards to be used.
• Bugfix: Fix relay indexing for TrakMate timesell individual lane control.
• Bugfix: Don't allow driver deletion in Qualify if the session has been completed.
• Bugfix: Precision error in race placing sort - use higher degree of precision and limit parameters if not needed.

Version 13.28 Released

Release Date: 11-29-2018

• Re-write Race place sorting algorithms
• Bugfix: Dash segment termination not working properly
• Bugfix: turn power stutter off in Dash when pit stop is executed
• Add capability to do warmup session before EVERY race segment IF countdown timer between segments is DISABLED
  
• Add warmup time limit to Race and Dash
  
• Clean up Dash setup screen and fix some color issues on some labels in that screen
  
• Bugfix: defining active databases threw an error
  
• Bugfix: When manually ending a counted race to line segment, the total running time was not adjusted properly for any lanes that did not finish
  
• Add 'Segment Laps remaining' display in counted segment races
  
• Add new option to automatically terminate a 'Race to Line' segment after user defined time period if all lanes do not finish within that time period
  
• Reverse change made in version 13.15 that leaves the database open.
  
• Add shortcut command buttons to main form
  
• Update TrakMate timesell commands to new protocol

Version 13.16 Released

Release Date: 8-10-2018

• Bugfix: problem when combining Qualify session with previous Qualify session fixed.
• Bugfix: Team results panel in Review/Print Session Results was not on top, therefore hidden.
• Qualify Feature Add: double-click driver field grid to change order, Skip or Repeat, use added command buttons to Add or Delete drivers.
• Qualify Feature Add: keep session active after all drivers have qualified in case drivers need to be added to complete session.
• System timer check now only gives warning and lets program continue. If the timer rolls back during a session, the session will have to be resumed or restarted.
• More error trapping on System Info command. Command fails when system doesn't have WMI running.
• Add HOPRA logo and enable double-click on the logo to go to HOPRA website.

Version 13.15 Released

Release Date: 7-16-2018

• Move Print Heat button so it is accessible when using brackets (for you, Rick).
• Leave the database connection open in session. Recent Windows update(s) have slowed down database access significantly (hint: don't let your database get too big!).

Version 13.14 Released

Release Date: 6-26-2018

• Fix problem with Team Race points display not popping up.

Version 13.13 Released

Release Date: 4-25-2018

• Lucky 13 version.
• Re-work logic that determines overall race placings.
• Extend computer continuous power on check from one to three weeks.

Version 13.09 Released

Release Date: 4-16-2018

• Bugfix: Lap correction was accidentally disabled at all times except when race was finished.

Version 13.08 Released

Release Date: 4-10-2018

• Count lap if out of fuel/tires/time IF INDIVIDUAL LANE POWER CONTROL IS ENABLED.
• Allow minimum lap time to be changed during a race.
• Do not allow Lap count corrections if Counted Lap To Line is implemented.
• Add functions to make Race Reports or pring race results for ALL races on the selected date.
• Change the way the bracket files are handled and named to make more flexible and allow moving bracket files to/from different systems.
• Add ability to name the bracket file with any legal file name.
• Add ability to copy an existing bracket file to a new bracket file.
• Add ability to exit race setup form during a bracket race series and return to race setup with the correct bracket round number.

Version 13.05 Released

Release Date: 1-08-2018

• Add Elexol Relay Card for power control options.
• Add structure to easily add and use any existing brand of relay card(s) that are controlled via serial communications.
• Bugfix: Clear TrakMate buffer so track call does not repeat.

Version 13.03 Released

Release Date: 12-16-2017

• Option to create a sample bracket in the bracket builder.

Version 13.02 Released

Release Date: 10-31-2017

• Minor bug squashed.

Version 13.01 Released

Release Date: 10-19-2017

• Final version of Slottrak! Made free to public. No registration License required. Donations accepted.
• Removed Scalextric Digital (SSD).
• Added 'Time' race management option - manages running time instead of fuel consumption.
• Pit Stop now officially starts after the pit detection time is elapsed. Think of it as driving down the pit road to get your pit.

Versions 12.50 And 1250C Released

Release Date: 8-2-2017

• Bugfix: Counted laps, race to the line, no individual lane power control wasnshutting off power bedore it was supposed to.

Versions 12.49 And 12.49C Released

Release Date: 3-18-2017

• Bugfix: Team Competition Race Setup was incinsistent and was sometimes erroring.

Versions 12.48 And 12.48C Released

Release Date: 3-14-2017

• Rewrite of TrakMate timesell delay control routines implementing a patch to make work properly.

Versions 12.45 And 12.45C Released

Release Date: 1-10-2017

• Remember Practice and Timesell Big Number Display form coordinates.

Versions 12.44 And 12.44C Released

Release Date: 10-17-2016

• Bugfix: Fined Race Management issues when using Trakmate card to trigger Pit Enter and Pit Leave events..

Versions 12.40 And 12.40C Released

Release Date: 9-14-2016

• Bugfix: When cycling power on individual lanes when out of fuel or tires, lane power was not restored after a pit stop in some cases.
• Bugfix: Car Status form that displays fuel and tire status for all drivers had a display bug. Also enabled resizing for the information in that form.
• Try to fix problem when setting driver configuration in Race Management form.

Versions 12.38 And 12.38C Released

Release Date: 7-30-2016

• Repair References to Phidget driver libraries.
• Add Car Class selection and Min Lap time display to team entry tab in race setup

Versions 12.37 And 12.37C Released

Release Date: 5-10-2016

• Bugfix: Enable hot start for Rally modes.

Versions 12.36 And 12.36C Released

Release Date: 4-25-2016

• Bugfix: Re-enable track call after aborted start sequence.
• Make screen dimensions Long data type to accomodate very large monitors that dimensionally exceed integer data type limit of 32767.
• Wait until track call clears before continuing start sequencing.
• Do not release TrakMate relay if using TrakMate timesell card.
• Use correct Trakmate relay sense (Normally open or Closed) when releasing relay during IO initialization.
• Account for all TrakMate lane triggers beyond specified number of lanes to make lap time calculations correct when getting lane triggers beyond number of lanes.

Versions 12.32 And 12.32C Released

Release Date: 1-2-2016

• Bugfix: Lap times did not announce correctly in Practice and Timesell.
• Bugfix: Track Call when using Phidget card inputs was not triggering properly.
• Force focus on race segment display form after Continue from Pause

Versions 12.31 And 12.31C Released

Release Date: 12-4-2016

• Bugfix: Race Place determination used wrong secondary sort (tie breaker) parameter for Points races.

Versions 12.30 And 12.30C Released

Release Date: 11-25-2015

• Improve race place determinations.

Versions 12.29 And 12.29C Released

Release Date: 11-2-2015

• Bugfix: Race Place determination used wrong secondary sort (tie breaker) parameter for Points races.

Versions 12.28 And 12.28C Released

Release Date: 9-19-2015

• Try multiple times to open database and database tables in case computer is operating in a noisy environment.

Versions 12.27 And 12.27C Released

Release Date: 6-5-2015

• Bugfix: Last track config file used was read from a file and that file was not closed properly.
• Bugfix: Timesell allowed negative time when adjusting track time on individual lanes (only when displaying time in seconds)

Versions 12.26 And 12.26C Released

Release Date: 5-21-2015

• Bugfix: Some MAC addresses were causing registration issues and program lockup.

Versions 12.25 And 12.25C Released

Release Date: 5-2-2015

• Sourcecode to gather MAC addresses was ignoring wireless adapters (Vista, Win 7 & 8) - fixed.
• Check registration code against all possible scenarios in case computer presents hardware info in different order.
• Fix bug in 'Whats New' form

Versions 12.24 And 12.24C Released

Release Date: 4-29-2015

• Enable Track Call during start countdown sequence (only if sequence form is displayed).
• Remove tool tip in Maintenance form.
• Add checks for illegal characters in string fields where checks weren't already being made.
• Bugfix: Close corrupt config file before deleting.
• Bugfix: Fixed Race result sorting issue

Versions 12.23 And 12.23C Released

Release Date: 4-24-2015

• Bugfix: Clear name of current race leader if not using multi-race lag option.
• Bracket print displays additional information.
• Implement additional error trapping when setting form coordinates.
• Change default install location to 'c:\SlotTrak' folder instead of Program Files folder(s) to solve a Windows 7/8 compatibility mode issue
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Versions 12.22 And 12.22C Released

Release Date: 4-3-2015

• Bugfix: Check for use of custom rotation and empty lanes used an un-initialized parameter.
• Bugfix: Lap time announcement in Practice used a period after the lane color, causing speech to truncate the actual lap time. Change period to comma and all is wellk.

Versions 12.21 And 12.21C Released

Release Date: 3-31-2015

• Removed the use of eSpeak for speech generation. eSpeak would not use SAPI5 voices. eSpeak voices weren't very good, and the install was problematic on some systems.
• Added multiple tools that may be used for speech generation: Internal SAPI5, Balabolka, and Deskbot.
• Added capability to display Fast lap times for every driver in every lane when race is over, along with report print capability of the Fast lap info.
• Increased com port number selection settings to maximum value of 16.
• Remove 'Clean' results database verification if not required.
• More enhancements to Bracket creator/editor user interface.
• Removed bug that prevented the speech from working properly when set to Internal SAPI5.

Versions 12.08 And 12.08C Released

Release Date: 3-13-2015

• Added "What's New" function.
• Bugfix; Custom Rotation was not working properly in all cases.
• When changing rotation style or custom rotation definition, retain selected drivers and their selected order.
• Enhanced Bracket creator/editor User Interface.
• Bugfix; If Pit Configuration file is not compatible, close file and delete.
• Fixed some erroneous tooltips in the {it Configuration screen and the Main Settings screen.
• Added option in Settings -> Score/Report to list saved sessions in Ascending (most recent session on bottom) or Descending (most recent session on top) Order Of Date.

Versions 12.04 And 12.04C Released

Release Date: 2-19-2015

• Improvements made to program Startup Routine.
• Enabled Custon Rotation for 3 Lane Tracks.

Versions 12.03 And 12.03C Released

Release Date: 2-14-2015

• *Please Note* Version 12.03C and Version 12.03 are Paid Upgrades, each costing $15.00 US per license. Please see our Downloads page for details.
• Added Rally and Rally Cross segment types.
• New registration key generation method.
• Created separate tab in race setup to define race segment type.
• Eliminated use of Deskbot for speech and enabled use of eSpeak open source software for speech generation.
• New startup screen for choosing which track configuration file to use.
• Modified the colors on the bracket definition user interface.
• Added new time left format for Race and Timesell.
• Fixed a couple of bugs in timesell.
• Added min lap time to timesell.
• Added Maximum laptime for "bracket style racing".
• Re-arranged menu layout on main form.
  
• Please Note: Executable upgrade does not include eSpeak, so the "speech" option will not work.
• All other sounds and voices will work fine.
• Also Please Note: If you are or are planning to use the NEW Trackmate card you must download the drivers to have the card be seen by slottrak. Older Trackmate cards will still function withough the driver update. The Driver update can be found here.

Versions 11.68 And 11.68C Released

Release Date: 4-08-2013

• *New* Updated .dll and Visual Basic files added. Due to this, Versions 11.68 and 11.68C MUST be fresh installs. Do NOT over-write a previous install with this version, install to a new directory and move any Sound/configuration files over.

Versions 11.66 And 11.66C Released

Release Date: 2-28-2013

• *New* Slottrak 11 is now Windows 8 compatible.

Versions 11.63 And 11.63C Released

Release Date: 7-09-2012

• *New* drivers select.
• *New* drivers select verbiage.
• Fixed occasional select heat issue.
• Qualifying can now be run in dual monitor mode.
• Minor bug fixes.
• Changed email address for support.
• Better win7 support.
• Windows VM support on Macs.
  

Versions 11.61 And 11.61C Released

Release Date: 4-14-2012

• Bugfix: In certain scenarios, the next 'staged' driver was not being shown properly in the race display.

Versions 11.60 And 11.60C Released

Release Date: 4-04-2012

• Updated win7 installer
• Race summary screen now updates laps in real time (useful for dual monitor display systems).
  

Versions 11.59 And 11.59C Released

Release Date: 3-04-2012

• Small bugfix.

Versions 11.58 And 11.58C Released

Release Date: 2-17-2012

• Database connections via ADO instead of DAO to make more Windows 7 compatible.
• Fixed leaderboard display issue where occasionally one lane would be ‘behind’ another lane so you could not see it.
• Fixed a bug with race bracketing when many bracket files were available.
• Fixed qualify results grid display when many drivers qualify to display the next driver when driver starts and ends.
• Fixed print qualify order bug.
• Phidget drivers update. New Phidget drivers install required!
• Added a race final print option.

Versions 11.41 And 11.41C Released

Release Date: 6-28-2011

• Small bugfix.

Versions 11.40 And 11.40C Released

Release Date: 6-28-2011

• Don't update the 'on deck' driver in either the race form or the field summary form until the start of the next segment.
• Added Optional segment length setting for each bracket round. If not entered defaults to the currently set race setup segment length or segment count depending on the type of segments being run.
• Added a Print option in the Bracket setup form.
• Eliminated Debounce setting of zero. Automatically defaults to 2 if Infrared and 1 if Reed or Dead strip.
• Correct bug when setting up TrakMate card for dead strip.
• Remember Staging option setting when re-entering the race setup form
• Increase maximum number of bracket files to 150
• Leave Phidget communications open after receiving a close event
• Consolidated DirectX within the program

Versions 11.06 And 11.06C Released

Release Date: 3-20-2010

• Minor bug fixes and semantic changes.

Versions 11.05 And 11.05C Released

Release Date: 2-25-2010

• Modified filed summary display of lane colors.
• The counted race logistics were changed with this version, and the Qualify display was enhanced to show more drivers.
• Increased the number of selectable serial ports from 8 to 16.
  
• Generic bug fixes.

Versions 11.03 And 11.03C Released

Release Date: 2-12-2010

• Small bugfix update.

Versions 11.01 And 11.01C Released

Release Date: 2-1-2010

• Max of 100 drivers in one race (except if using race management - still limited to 20 drivers then).
• In Race session, separate displays for the race display and field summary allow more options there, especially if running dual monitors.
• Enable use of TrackMate timesell hardware to use in both timesell and individual lane control.
• New Race-to-line options allow race to line in timed races with sitouts.
• Race bracketing was also added for Race.  You can define a series of races where each subsequent race's field is determined by preceding race(s) results or qualify result.  For example, race #3 of the series may take the top 4 drivers in the first 2 races.  You can design brackets for single elimination, double elimination, etc.
• Utilizes the new Phidget 2.1 drivers which allow the use of additional Phidget cards (for example, the new 0/0/8 card)
• Race management bug fixes in Dash mode.
• Other bug fixes in various program functions.

Versions 10.16 And 10.16C Released

Release Date: 6-28-2009

• Bug fix, resolves known issues.

Versions 10.15 And 10.15C Released

Release Date: 6-8-2009

• Minor bug fix in race summary display.
• Re-announce drivers in Qualify when skipping a driver.
• Bug fix when Adding and then deleting a driver in Qualify.
• Re-programmed Race to Line functions for Timed Race.
• Added '@' to signify car generated a lap count after power is off (coast down) and driver has completed the race.

Versions 10.09 And 10.09C Released

Release Date: 3-21-2009

• New Race display options for Lag-Race and Lag-Heats.
• New Race display total laps for leader.
• Disable ability to change race display option during segment.
• Sort Stored session presentations in chronological order.
• New Driver entry method allows complete control over driver selection and order and is common throughout the program.
• Database overflow bug fix.
• Review track configuration parameter bug fix.

Versions 10.07 And 10.07C Released

Release Date: 2-23-2009

• Changed the On Deck status display in Race mode before the field summary is displayed.
• Cleaned up some of the speech options.
• Added text description drop down lists which will preset the various session options used for that session description.
• Fixed a minor display message mis-information issue in race resume.
• Added a dropdown box in the trace setup for the race description. If you choose a pre-existing race description from the list, the settings that were used for that race will be set.  These pre-existing race descriptions are updated every time you start a race.  This way, you can pull up the same race description and automatically set all of the settings that go with that race description.  These can always be changed and if so they will be re-saved when the race is started.
• Changed the 'up next' driver in race session to indicate up next for the next segment at the end of the segment instead of showing the current segment up next driver in the field summary.
• Changed some of the wording to improve the speech performance and make less confusing.

Versions 10.06 And 10.06C Released

Release Date: 2-19-2009

• Found an issue with race management when using Stop on Sensor option for pit triggering. Pit Stops can now be initiated after running out of fuel or tires when using the stop on sensor pit stop trigger option.
• Added the speech settings to the main settings area and removed them from the Practice/Timesell menu.
• The next up and on deck drivers are optionally announced in Qualify and Race.
• Added a keyboard shortcut to the timesell control form to add time to any lane. To add time to a lane, press the '+' key on the keypad on the right of the keyboard followed by the lane number you want to add time to.
• Bug fix - Tie-breaker comes up at end of race only when there are ties now.
• Double-clicking the qualify session in Dash and SSD did not add the drivers and make the lap times available for race management settings. This has been fixed.
• Found an issue when setting Trakmate’s debounce setting. This has been fixed.

Versions 10.05 And 10.05C Released

Release Date: 2-3-2009

• Altered the database to include the track setup/lane information to solve the multiple database issues in Review.
• The Tie-breaker form was not coming up at the end of a race when it should have been.
• RaceOff display was formatted incorrectly when other sessions had been run before the session.
• Settings screen problems with the deskbot settings snapshots fixed.
• Reports will now read the lane info from the database.
• The 'Next in' label when a driver is rotating in will be the color of the lane that he/she comes in on.
• Some formatting/font issues on some of the forms fixed.
• Put a 5 second lockout on the Pause and Abort functions to make sure they do not repeat by happy fingers.
• Fixed display issue in race setup concerning section reminder option.
• Added total laps tool tips to the total points display for a points race only.

Versions 10.02 And 10.02C Released

Release Date: 1-16-2009

• Changed the team definition procedure to only allow drivers to be selected from the master driver list.
• Added ability to delete a driver from the team by double-clicking the driver label box.

Versions 10.01 And 10.01C Released

Release Date: 1-14-2009

• Results Saved in Database.
• New Database functions to display historical race data for each driver with additional query filters available.
• Ability to query multiple SlotTrak databases at one time.
• Lane Records recorded for each defined class.
• Car ID's define which car is in use for each driver.
• Speech option announces lap times and track records.
• New Registration code calculation requires all registered versions of SlotTrak to be re-registered.
• Many bug fixes including total running time fix and multiple race scoring fix.
• Sorting bugs fixed (workaround for a Microsoft issue).
• Display sizing and font auto-sizing bug fix.
• NOTE; All users even V10 Beta Testers - will have to RE-REGISTER. There was a potential security issue with the way we were handling the registration. We apologize for any inconvenience the re-registration may cause.
• NOTE; Both Version of SlotTrak will not Function in any version of Windows under Windows 2000.

Versions 9.27 And 9.27C Released

Release Date: 9-10-2008

• Added the point option for fast lap each segment.
• Fixed a bug that prevented saving the lap times in Qualify mode.
• Fixed a bug that prevented displaying the saved lap times for any session.
• NOTE; 9.27 changes the way points are saved. The cumulative race file format changed so any previous (before 9.27) file is deleted.

Versions 9.26 And 9.26C Released

Release Date: 7-29-2008

• New sorting option for multiple races - total lap cumulative time - allows 'race to line' races or dash to be combined and sorted based on the total time it took each driver to run the designated number of laps.
• Many SSD bug fixes including practice mode and race mode issues resolved.
• New race management fuel and tire status displays.
• Other assorted bug fixes.
• NOTE: Once 9.26 has been run, it is NOT possible to go back and run previous versions of SlotTrak. The file formats of some of the configuration and results files have been modified.

Versions 9.23 And 9.23C Released

Release Date: 5-29-2008

• This revision fixes a problem when using the Phidget 0/16/16 card for pit trigger sensing.

Versions 9.22 And 9.22C Released

Release Date: 5-22-2008

• Fixed Time extension problem when using TrakMate card.
• Correct multiple race scoring issues when using section numbers.
• Framework in place for TrakMate relay cards.
• Various bug fixes.

Versions 9.15 And 9.15C Released

Release Date: 4-2-2008

• As of V9.15, SlotTrak now has the ability to "Heat Qualify". Complete information and Set-Up instructions can be found in our forums here.

Versions 9.14 And 9.14C Released

Release Date: 3-28-2008

• Added and enhanced various Team Competition reports.
• Added Team competition points reports to Review Race function so reports can be generated at a later time.
• Fixed a bug that caused the program to not shutdown properly if a certain combination of options is selected.

Versions 9.12 And 9.12C Released

Release Date: 3-21-2008

• Copies configuration and sound files from previous SlotTrak rev 9 installs. Will not copy rev 8.xx and below
• Attempts to re-register DirectX drivers if Windows screws up and loses the Registry Information
• Major Upgrades to the keyboard shortcuts and the problems they were causing.
• Keys F8-F12, Space Bar and Enter Key now Pause the "between segment cooldown" instead of immediately starting the next segment.
• Added an option to determine if track call trigger will pause the "between segment cooldown", or immediately start the next segment.
• Serial comm driver switching for Vista systems versus all other Windows systems.
• Serial comm routines re-written so they are more robust.

Versions 9.01 And 9.01C Released

Release Date: 2-29-2008

• Minor code clean-up and bug fixes.

Versions 9.00 And 9.00C Released

Release Date: 2-14-2008

• Vista Compatible.
• Completely New Version. Must be Updated from Version 8 with an Install into a new folder.
• Better screen displays, better automatic font control.
• Enhanced 3rd party hardware handling.
• Multiple Printer support, Simultaneous printing support.
• Less memory intensive, faster.
• Better reporting and file maintenance.
• Multiple track setup support, handles unlimited number of different track setups on one computer. Although you can only run one track at a time.
• More user friendly setup system.
• Improved Font resizer/fontsize maximizer.
• Better Phidget setup.
• Added Phidget cards for use as input triggers.
• Better individual lane control setup.
• Comprehensive team competition setup system.
• Better race director controls for team competition and general overall setup and security.Drop down menu support in some setup screen, eliminates some confusion.
• Improved display setup controls.
• User definable column control - hide/unhide.
• More user definable controls.
• Better points display system - Team Competition.
• Multiple Screen support.
• Volume equalized sounds.
• More sounds.
• Improved race management controls and more race management hardware options [scale racing].
• Will run on systems with limited resources.
• Enhanced settings user interface.
• More Race management (pit stops) enter/leaving pit box sensing options.
• Enhanced team competition setup and team results display.
• Enhanced Section number reporting.
• New Indy Qualifying option.
• Active resizing always active on each display instead of on power off
  only.
• And much, much more.

Versions 8.31 And 8.31C Released

Release Date: 9-4-2007

• Fixes bug when you disable lanes while using Trakmate card.

Versions 8.30 And 8.30C Released

Release Date: 8-23-2007

• Fixed the lane referencing bug for RMS, DS, Webcam, and TrakMate lane sensing when disabling one or more lanes.
• Fixed the duplicate 'Checkered Flag' sound at the end of a counted lap race (which would include team races).
  
• Added the Team points print when the Print Overall button is clicked, and also when the Print Seg, and also when the Print Segment button is clicked (in team mode only of course).
• Fixed the sounds in Practice.
• Fixed parallel port issue when using 2 parallel ports.
• added power on time and power off timer to practice mode.
  

Versions 8.19 And 8.19C Released

Release Date: 7-14-2007

• Interim minor bug fix.

Versions 8.18 And 8.18C Released

Release Date: 4-4-2007

• Interim minor bug fix.
• A new version with additional features (V8.50) is scheduled for a summer release.

Versions 8.17 And 8.17C Released

Release Date: 2-1-2007

• Added Race Again option in Dash.
• Automatically make font size correct for lane indication when display section number.
• Fixed some bugs when omitting lanes.
• Ability to toggle Phidget relay from setup screen to verify.

Versions 8.15 And 8.15C Released

Release Date: 1-8-2007

• Added capability to interface to DS 200/300 systems.
• Added dual Parallel Port input/output functions.
• Added "Race Again" feature for Dash Racing.

Versions 8.12 And 8.12C Released

Release Date: 12-27-2006

• Fixed bug in stop over sensor option for pit stop detection.
• Added option to always use the default filename for saving session results.
• Added Filename Header option.
• Fixed 'Coast over line' Race management fuel and tire calculation.
• Fixed Race management fuel and tire calculation problem when starting at lap zero.
• Modified Fuel and Tire display to include 'X' when fuel empty or tire flat.

Versions 8.11 And 8.11C Released

Release Date: 12-9-2006

• Fixed Track call enable/disable bug.
• Fixed Number of lanes set.
• Cleaned up some minor reporting issues.
• Fixed a minor bug in race setup when selecting drivers.
• Fixed a sort issue when running a points race - ties were not broken properly.
• With SSD, when using dual powerbases and one is a slave, fixed pit sensing.

Versions 8.10 And 8.10C Released

Release Date: 11-17-2006

• SSD Race setup and Race now works properly when car ID's are skipped.  For example, if only drivers with car ID #2 and ID #4 are entered in an SSD race (no driver with ID 1 or 3 entered), everything will now work properly in SlotTrak.
• Reduced the maximum number of race detection powerbases to 2 (plus two additional powerbases may still be used for pit detection) for a total maximum of 4 powerbases.
• Limited the number of lanes for SSD to 2 or 4.
• If 4 lane SSD, added option to indicate that the two powerbases are shared.  In other words, the option is whether 6 car ID's will share all 4 lanes, or 6 car ID's will be limited to lanes 1-2 and 6 additional car ID's are limited to lanes 3-4 if no crossover exists between lanes 2 and 3.  The default is shared (6 cars max sharing all 4 lanes with a lane-change available between lanes 2 and 3).
• Enhanced the Practice display for SSD.

Versions 8.04 And 8.04C Released

Release Date: 11-1-2006

• Added Race management with pit stops.  Various models and options available to control fuel and tire usage on each car in the race.  Pit stop detection can be done with SSD controller brake and lane change combinations, webcam (requires Webcam Zone Trigger software), or Stop on Lane sensor.
• Added section entry and reminder for cars rotating off-track and coming back on track at a later time.
• Control location of start tree lights display and offer F1 style horizontal tree.
• Added webcam control to allow for use in both lap counting/timing and pit stop detection.  Requires Webcam Zone Trigger software.
• Added throttle display option for SSD.
• SlotTrak Install now creates Sounds folder and installs basic sound files and defines the default settings to be equal to the installed sound files.
• Added option to automatically start Race, Dash, Qualify, and SSD race setup with the last defined configuration.

Versions 7.51 And 7.51C Released

Release Date: 9-22-2006

• Fixes a bug when initializing DirectX sounds in Scalextric Digital race mode

Versions 7.50 And 7.50C Released

Release Date: 9-07-2006

• Fixed 7.36 custom rotation bug.
• Fixed font display issue, would happen only with names of certain lengths.
• Streamilined some code.
• Added webcam option to lap counting devices (requires 3rd party software, Webcam Zone Trigger www.zonetrigger.com) to operate. Slottrak has software that will detect Zone Trigger and use it if configured for it.
• Fixed minor internal code issues.
• Note: Although the webcam option works fine, we recommend that it be used only with higher speed computers as their software requires a substantial amount of computer resources to operate properly. We suggest a minimum computer speed of 2ghz, if you want to use the webcam as a lap counter.
  

Versions 7.36 And 7.36C Released

Release Date: 7-19-2006

• Changed wording in the settings screen for "points enable/disable". 
• Added points enable/disable from the race setup screen.

Versions 7.35 And 7.35C Released

Release Date: 7-12-2006

• Corrected settings issue when 7 or 8 lanes were chosen and individual lane control enabled.
• Added total time extension display option.
• You can also now display total time extension by double clicking the time extention option on the race summary screen.

Versions 7.33 And 7.33C Released

Release Date: 7-7-2006

• Fixed a Reporting Error
• Repaired an issue with with Team Competitions.

Versions 7.21 And 7.21C Released

Release Date: 6-19-2006

• There was a bug when the track call button was enabled in settings. This bug was also dependent upon the speed of your computer and the operating system.
• Small Error in Installation program has been fixed.
• If you do not plan on using anything other than the spacebar for track calls, do not enable the track call button option.
• Some verbage was modified in the menus to clarify certain choices.
• Misc code cleaning.

Versions 7.20 And 7.20C Released

Release Date: 6-16-2006

• Most of the changes in this revision have to do with the use (or non-use)
  of DirectX:

  1.  Went back to using DirectX7 library.  Still requires Minimum of DirectX 8.

  2.  Use DirectX sound and multi-media sound players in concert with each
  other.  Known problem of DirectX sounds disappearing and reappearing which
  is a Windows/DirectX issue not a software issue.  Therefore, use the
  multi-media player to play 'priority' sounds and DirectX to play sounds
  that may occur in multiple (example:  lane trigger sounds).

• Enable use of space bar and F8-F12 to toggle power in Practice session.
  Eliminate capability of entering text for lane identification in Practice.

• Corrected a report printing problem.

• Automatically load the last setup parameter definitions for Race and
  Dash and added a 'Load Defaults' button option to load the default setup
  values instead.

• Limit the width and height of the display forms to the current size of
  the computer CRT.  These bounds could be exceeded if the screen resolution
  has been changed or copying and using a configuration file from a different
  computer.  Portions of the session display (for example:  time remaining in
  race) could be hidden if the display form height is allowed to exceed the
  screen height.

• Many other changes were made concerning sound, but will be transparent to
  the typical user.

Versions 7.12 And 7.12C Released

Release Date: 5-1-2006

• Fixed a bug in the SSD race routine.
• Fixed a problem that occurred on some (not all) systems with the newly implemented high precision timer.

Versions 7.11 And 7.11C Released

Release Date: 5-1-2006

• Added Points race format to Race Configuration Settings.
• Fixed Race Screen display of point totals for points race.

Versions 7.10 And 7.10C Released

Release Date: 4-30-2006

• Fixes the "Microsoft Performance Counter" bug specified in our forums on http://www.fsmra.com/forumfsmra/viewtopic.php?t=679. Our repair replaces the performace counter with a multilmedia counter - there will be no operational differences in the counters except this one has no Microsoft bug.
  

Versions 7.07 And 7.07C Released

Release Date: 4-28-2006

• Fixed TMW power control bug.
• Added full timing and counting functionality to pre-race segment warm-up period.
• Trap zero laps run for entire segment when not using power control from SlotTrak.

Versions 7.05 And 7.05C Released

Release Date: 4-13-2006

• Fixed two reporting bugs.
• Points/Results Save File was not working properly in the Scoring and Placings For Multiple Races section.
• Saved Lap times were not being displayed properly in the Review Results section.
• Fixed bomb out bug when toggling power from the race screens when start sound is enabled.

Versions 7.04 And 7.04C Released

Release Date: 4-9-2006

• Various Bug Fixes.

Versions 7.03 And 7.03C Released

Release Date: 3-22-2006

• Fixed timer display when using the pre-race power toggle option.
• Fixed option used to manually adjust number of laps between segments.

Versions 7.02 And 7.02C Released

Release Date: 3-18-2006

• Fixed a bug when using relay control in SSD.
• Fixed a bug when loading a qualify or auto-qualify file.

Versions 7.01 And 7.01C Released

Release Date: 3-11-2006

• Relay output control option is re-enabled for SSD.
• Pause/Continue in SSD is re-enabled.
• Fixed Lap time right-click display issue.
• Fixed a few bugs in reporting saved results.
• Fixed a bug when using more than one power base in the setup.
• Made start at lap 0 the default for SSD.
• Fixed some color issues when using SSD.
• Added a new display option in the race display to display TRAIL.  Like existing Lag function, but displays how far the car is behind the car one place ahead of it instead of distance to the leader.

Versions 7.00 And 7.00C Released

Release Date: 3-6-2006

• New Version, containing many requested additions. Also, due to some changes to the Underlying Code, this version requires you to completely remove your old version and then install this new one. Complete instructions can be found on the Downloads page.

Versions 6.25 And 6.25C Released

Release Date: 2-1-2006

• Program Error would occur with Fresh Installs in Reporting Lap Sections. This bug would only effect New Users and Fresh Installs of Slottrak.

 

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