[NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Update - Help Needed

Fri Sep 10 09:14:07 AKDT 2010

Arch,

More than 12? Currently, with the NATS feature turned on it will allow up to 12 judges.

Gene Maurice

gene.maurice at sgmservice.com

Dallas, GA

AMA 3408

NSRCA 877

PACSS.sgmservice.com

From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Archie Stafford
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 1:02 PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Update - Help Needed

Gene,

How about the ability to support more judges.  Had we run a finals at the NATS in Intermediate and Advanced, that would've helped a lot as I know Dave wanted to run less rounds with more judges.

Arch

On Fri 09/10/10 12:45 PM , "Gene Maurice" gene.maurice at sgmservice.com sent:

Tony,

That would be Option 3, thanks for the input

Gene Maurice

gene.maurice at sgmservice.com

Dallas, GA

AMA 3408

NSRCA 877

PACSS.sgmservice.com

From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Tony
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:07 PM
To: 'General pattern discussion'
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Update - Help Needed

Gene:
I fly the FAI P sequence on Saturday and the FAI F on Sunday.  It could be 3 or 4 flights on Saturday and 1 or 2 on Sunday, but usually 2.  I don’t weigh one more than the other, they count equally.  Hope that helps some.

Tony Stillman, President

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From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Gene Maurice
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 11:15 AM
To: 'General pattern discussion'
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Update - Help Needed

I am in the process of a major update to the PACSS system and need some help. 

Part of this update drastically changes the way Schedules are defined and used. The change will result in the system being able to support schedules for multiple organizations, ie. AMA, MAAC, SPA, etc., in the same release. This includes the default class name and description being imbedded in the Schedule, Schedule Import from an external sequential file, etc.

To help me work thru this process I need a couple of things:

1.       A copy of the “SCHEDULE.MST” file from anyone who has created a custom schedule record and used that schedule in a contest. Without this information I can’t automatically convert the data during the release upgrade process and would have to default any unknown schedule, that is, any schedule that is not equal to the schedules originally delivered with the system, to “UNKNOWN”

2.       The schedule information for any organization that would like to have schedules included in this upgrade in Text, Word Doc, or Excel format, anything that I can convert to a sequential file. I don’t want to have to type all that data in!!!

3.       This includes the 2011 AMA schedules, does anyone have them in the above formats.

In addition, I’m finally going to try and fix the automatic processing for a contest flying both FAI Prelims and Finals.  In the past I’ve asked for input on this with little response, so I’ll try again. Are there any scoring scenarios that should be considered? How have you run a contest with Finals? What is currently included in the automation is:

1.       System Performs NO automated process

2.       Fly two separate classes. Contestants will automatically be entered in both classes

                i.e. 3 of 4 Prelims rounds has separate standings from 1 of 2 rounds of Finals

3.       Change the FAI schedule to the FINALS after PRELIM round: XX

                 Contestants assigned Schedule is automatically changed to the Finals Schedule after the XX Prelim round, 

i.e. 4 of 6 rounds used in standings calculations regardless of schedule flown

4.       Create a Normalized Round 1 in the FINALS after PRELIM round: XX

                 i.e. If 2 rounds of Finals are flown, standing would be calculated as best 2 of 3 

                      with the standings from the Prelims weighted equal to the Finals

And finally, ANY other suggestions. All will be considered. Without input I have to assume the system is perfect and having worked in systems for over 35 years I know that’s not true. Besides, a single resource designing, coding  and testing a system is prone to error!!!! 

The help is greatly appreciated………………………..

Gene Maurice

gene.maurice at sgmservice.com

Dallas, GA

AMA 3408

NSRCA 877

PACSS.sgmservice.com

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