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Table of ContentsTo Begin Fieldlynx and Open an Event ..............1To Set Up A Throwing Event...............................3To Setup A Horizontal Jump...............................4To Set Up A Vertical Jump..................................6

To Begin Fieldlynx and Open an Event

When you arelooking at the Palmscreen, find theFieldLynx icon.

Tap on theFieldLynx icon

The firstFieldLynx screenshows you the eventswhich are loaded. The

+ by the event meansthat there is more toshow.

When you useyour stylus to “Tap”on the FieldLynxmenu, you see this setof selections

On the upperright, you have a pulldown menu with avariety of choices.The first choice is“General” and youneed to set Languageand rule book.

After you dealwith “General” go toDatabase.Under “DatabaseGeneral” you need toset your reminder,then select Comm.

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Under “DatabaseComm” you selectconnection.Important to makesure your Host IPAddress is the IP ofthe computer runningNetExchange.

UnderScoreboard, we havethree taps, theinformation whichcomes from others.

2nd tab…

3rd tab…

UnderLaserLynx, more“stuff” wheresomeone else has theinformation.

…and more“stuff”

Continue to tapthe + until you reachthe bottom level, inthis case, Flight 1.

Tap on Flight 1and you see the list ofathletes.

There are twocolumns, the onewhich shows theathlete’s status, andthe one with theathlete’s name.

Tap on the X byRuss Bell.


Ooops, you get adialogue box whichreminds you that youhave NOT setup theevent.

You must setupthe event; tell thecomputer what rulesto follow for theevent.

Tap on OK.

To Set Up A Throwing EventThe dotted lineabove Russ Bellshows Bell is thename at the top ofthe page andBeckenhauer is thename at the bottomof the p[age.

In order to setupany event, tap on

.

You must decideif you are recordingyour results in metricor English marks.

Tap Next.

In the horizontaljumps and throws,you must firstdecide if everyonewill have the samenumber of attempts,or if you will havetrials and finals.

Tap on the boxto select your choice.

After you decideon how you aregoing to run thevent, fill in theblanks whichidentify how manyattempts and howmany advance to thefinal.

Use your stylusto move the cursor tothe appropriateblank.

When you tapon Next in the abovescreen, you will havean opportunity toset LaserLynx.

Tap on Finish.

To Check-In Athletes for Throwing Events

Now, when youtap on the X by RussBell’s name, you havethe three choiceslisted below.

You may check inthe athlete;

You may Suspendan athlete (morelater);

You may force anathlete to be Up(more later).

Check in Bell.


Check in fiveathletes.An “X” means theathlete has not beenchecked in.One arrow, means theathlete is UP.Two arrows mean theathlete is on deck.Three arrows meanthe athlete is on hold.

Tap on Bell’s nameand you see thescreen where you areto enter your mark.

The X is used for aFOUL.

The P is used for aPASS.

The third icon onthe right is aneraser. Highlight amark and tap onthe eraser to erase.

Tap on toreach the screenwhich will let youenter a mark.

Use your stylus to tapon the numbers youwant.

The arrowmoves the erases thenumber to the left ofthe cursor.

The enters themark and returns tothe previous screen.

Oooops, if you didnot enter two decimalplaces after thedecimal, you will seethis dialogue box.

When you reach thisscreen you shouldcheck to make surethe entered thecorrect mark.Tap on the secondicon from the righton the bottom,

, to converta metric mark toEnglish, and back.

See, it works!

Now tap , theicon in the lower leftcorner. You will goback one screen andbe able to call upyour next athlete.

To Setup A Horizontal JumpYou must decide

if you are recordingyour results inMetric or Englishmarks.

For the LongJump I am going todemonstrate English.

Tap Next


For the longjump, we are goingto give each athletethree attempts.

Tap on Next.

If you are doinga Triple Jump, yournext screen allowsyou to name thejump boards.

Tap on the linebehind the name,erase Board 1 andtype in any name youchoose.

Yes, you can useLaserLynx on thehorizontal jumps,BUT LaserLynx isusually reserved forthe long throws.

Tap Finish.

The screen showsyou that theAttempts have beenset to 3 and theathletes will be onthe 1st.

In the Shot, weset the Attempts tobe 3 and asked for afinal.

There is anotherbox which now saysPrelim. When youtap on Prelim, youwill create the finaland that button saysFinal.

To check in an athlete for a horizontal jump

During check-infor horizontal jumpsyou have a choice toselect which boardwill be used. Usuallythis will only apply tothe triple jump.

Tap on yourboard of choice andsay OK.

After check-in,when you tap onJenny Adams’ name,you see this screen.

Remember “X”means Foul and “P”means Pass.

Tap on tobegin entering amark.

After you type innumbers for feet youMUST tap Feet.

After you type innumbers for inches,you MUST tap onInches.

Use NM if thejump is not a foul, butnot long enough tomeasure.

Tap to goback a screen.

Now you areready to enter thewind reading for yourhorizontal jump.

Tap on the -0.0under wind and then

tap on to


enter the windreading.

You MUST tap

on the or

to indicate thedirection of the wind.

Remember, twodigits after thedecimal point.

To Set Up A Vertical Jump

When you reachlevel of a flight for thehigh jump, you seethe screen on theright.

Tap on tobegin your setup.

Yep, your firstchore is to choose toenter results in metricformat or English.

FieldLynx runs 5-Alive in the manner taught byUSATF. If you do not want to use this method, doNOT use 5-Alive. You can call up someoneFieldLynx doesn’t think should be jumping, BUTit is a pain.

Your next choiceis to “5 Alive” or not.

The rules say youMAY use 5-Alive, butdon’t have to. If youdo, leave the STOPbutton checked whenyou have less than 9athletes.

Your next screenlets you set theStarting height, theending height and theinterval.

Tap on thenumbers for startingheight and you get thedialogue box whichuses the up and downarrows to select yourheight.

You must choose an ending height, BUT you needto be careful. FieldLynx will handle more than 20heights, but Hy-Tek’s Meet Manager will not.Combined event vertical jumps tend to have a fargreater spread than invitational events. Don’tworry, you can always add a height if you need.

After you enteryour Start, End andInterval heights, youMUST tap on Apply.If you do not you willget a dialogue boxwhich reminds you.

After you Apply,you may View yourhandy work.

You may need to add a height if your end height istoo low.

You may need to add a height or change a height ifthe last jumper wants to try a non standard height.

You may need to change heights if, as in achampionship meet, where the opening incrementsare one height, but then changes to somethingless.


It is here in Viewbar heights whereyou can change yourbar heights.

When you tap on

the on theside you get thisscreen.

You will ADD abar height after thehighlighted number.

If you want todelete a heighthighlight a heightand tap on the x.

You may adjust aheight by selecting aheight to change andtaping on the handholding a pencil.

To Check In An Athlete For A Vertical Jump

When you tap onthe “X” to the left ofNiki Reed you get thisscreen.

If you tap onCheck-In the athletewill begin at the firstheight.

To set a differentopening height, tapon Set OpeningHeight.

Tap on yourselected openingheight and tap onOK.

This screen showsUP, On Deck, OnHold, and the othertwo in the 5-Aliveseries.

If you tap on All,you will only see thefive in/remaining in5-Alive.

In Niki’s case, if Ichecked her in toopen at 1.88. Noticeshe already has passdown for 1.83.

Of course, if I didnot check Niki in toopen at 1.88, shewould open at 1.83.Tap on O if she

makes the height.Tap on X if she

misses the height.Tap on P if she

passes.


Please note thatwhen you tap on theAward Stand,

, lower right,you see the placingAND why.

Note the tiebreakersThe first number is

the jump on whichthey made their lastheight.

The second numberis the number oftheir misses in thecompetition.

You can explore the Lynx site by going to www.finishlynx.com. Every time yourpointer is on a choice, you see more drop down menus.

The following is the World Wide Web address for downloading new versions ofthe FieldLynx demo version 3.0.

http://www.finishlynx.com/products/fieldlynx/overview/body.htm

http://www.finishlynx.com/products/handhelds/software/download/index.htm

You can download a DEMO version. When you download the DEMO version,you have an opportunity to practice EVEN if you do not have a Palm Pilot.

www.finishlynx.comDownloads

FieldLynxDownload

Demo Version (the 2nd choice)

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