Starter Pistol app - Save Time

29/10/10 10:10 Filed in: track | track runner | starter | starter pistol | stop watch

Starter Pistol Save Time

Once you stop the UpTimer the Capture Time button will appear in the nav bar.

Press the "Capture Time" button and the "Capture Time" button disappears and the "- time captured -" text appears above the stopped time to indicate the time has been captured.

WARNING!!!
If you press the "Back" button at this point you will loose the captured time data for this race.

Go to the Saved Races Tab and press the "+" button on the right of the nav bar.

The New Race Screen will come up from the bottom of the screen and you can edit the "Distance" and the "Location"

New Race edited, entered "Distance" and "Location" Now press the "Save" button.

Your Race (Time, Location, Date/Time Stamp) has been added to the Saved Races Table.

Warning

If you proceed to the "Saved Races" tab without pressing the "Capture Time" button and then press the "+" button you will get the next screen warning you that you haven't captured the race time data.

This warning will appear anytime you press the "+" button and the "Race Time Data" is missing or not captured.

Tags: runner, timer, track

The Starter Pistol App Version 1.0

28/10/10 07:52 Filed in: Apple | timer | track | track runner | track, track runner, timer, starter, start pistol,

Starter Pistol Version 1.0

So here it is, the final real release. It now includes the ability to save your time with your own choice of race length and location. This makes for a more complete app.
enjoy!!

Start with setting your countdown
CountDown - It starts with "On Your Mark" then "Set" and the "Pistol Shot" happens at various times. (3.5 to 1 second)
Uptimer - kicks in automatically (notice the huge button) we also disabled the sleep mode so you can complete a 4 X 4 without having to take your phone out of sleep mode.
Save - Save your time, location and race length with (date-time stamp). (see Starter Pistol Save Time)

Media Kit for the app is available here...
(media kit contains all screen shot images and the text from the site)

Tags: timer, track, runner

Changes to Starter Pistol iPhone App

02/10/10 11:46

Ok we got rejected on the first go around with Apple. The reason was that we used the wrong SDK for the binary upload. We used the 3.2 and apparently that is for an “iPad app”. It doesn’t say that on the documentation but that is what it is. So Apple thought that we submitted an iPad app and as you know from our design it was meant for the iPhone.

The track athlete is supposed to strap an iPhone to their arm or whatever and use this app to practice their starts. That would be pretty hard to do with an iPad.

Anyhow it gave us a chance to fine tune it a little. Here are the new screen shots

Starter Pistol App

Starter Pistol

Here is a description of the Starter Pistol App:
This app is for the track runner to practice their starts. It features a countdown timer delay to start the "On Your Mark" sequence, the starter pistol sound fires at the end of the countdown sequence. Then a new uptimer kicks in to time the actual run. The " Stop" button on the uptimer is large enough that you really don't have to look at the phone to hit the button. We also disabled the sleep mode so you can run and not have to worry about wakening your phone.
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Tags: track, runner, timer