[NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring

Sun Apr 19 11:00:56 AKDT 2009

Jim, you must be really old. Were they still flying class 1,2, etc? 
exhaust baffles? silk and dope? ground-based transmitters?

J N Hiller wrote:
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> I remember when the judges held up cards with numbers on them.
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> Jim
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> How about a big display behind each judge so everyone can see the 
> scores in realtime?
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> J N Hiller wrote:
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> Maybe all that is needed is a handheld button to click in the 
> downgrades connected by wire to the scoring station for compilation.
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> Jim Hiller
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> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]*On Behalf Of *John 
> Ferrell
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> Can you really read a back lighted LCD display in the sun light?  I am 
> beginning to think all cell phones are designed for inside use!
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> John Ferrell  W8CCW
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> *Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 PM*
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> *Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring*
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> *IPhone is one interesting approach. You could also use on of the 
> <$300 7" "laptops" which have built in WiFi. Add Skype to it and 
> another laptop on the scorekeeper's stand to send/receive voice and 
> you could have an interesting, low cost, system. Could even put the 
> correct maneuvers on the judges system.*
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> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Keith Hoard
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 6:38 PM
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> **We could also use an iTouch.  The apps run on either, but the iTouch 
> doesn't have 3G.  Yes, the app could also announce the maneuvers thru 
> a headset to the judge; but whose voice to use??  Hmmmmmm. . . .
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> Someone would have to figure out how to use the WiFi to download the 
> scores since the iTouch doesn't have 3G. . . peer-to-peer WiFi setup 
> with the scorekeepers laptop?
>
> . . .or another, probably more manageable solution would be to use the 
> USB cable on the iTouch or iPhone to download the scores.  That may be 
> an easier solution than trying to figure out how to get the app to 
> talk over the internet or WiFi to the scorekeepers 'puter.
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>    If we don't have guys that can write the app, I know there is a 
> cottage industry of companies that write apps. Maybe it would be 
> easier to hire some long-haired hippie types to write the app.
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>    I'm interested to hear from the guys on the list that do IT stuff 
> professionally to let me know how feasable this idea is.
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> . . . back on my desktop 'puter. . .**
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> **On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Woodward, Jim (US SSA) 
> <jim.woodward at baesystems.com <mailto:jim.woodward at baesystems.com>> 
> wrote:**
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> **http://ka08phonereview.com/
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> How about this phone?  I wonder if Iphone apps will work on it.
> **Jim**
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> <mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org>] On Behalf Of Brian
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 3:40 PM
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> You could have it call maneuvers, wait for a score voice captured, then
> call next maneuver.
>
> Sent from my t-mobile dash....lol
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> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring
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> Has anyone thought about developing an app for use while judging?  I
> was thinking something similar to the calculator app, but with
> additional buttons to scroll thru the maneuvers. The iPhone is small
> enough to hold in your line of sight as you punch in each maneuver
> score, and the scores could be forwarded with either the 3G, WiFi, or
> bluetooth.
>
>    Obviously some issues would be having enough iPhone's show up at a
> contest, keeping them charged thru the day, and managing the data flow
> to the scorekeeper.
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>    Could the scores be sent back to the NSRCA web site from each
> iPhone and then the scorekeeper just access a web page for the
> results?  Can the web site host the scoring software in this manner?
>
> Of course. . .
> Sent from my iPhone
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