Meet Manager:Timing System ALGE SwimTime

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Please read the general information first. This applies to all timing systems. Swim 2000 is a product from ALGE Timing, Austria.

General

Meet Manager and ALGE Swim 2000 software communicate using messages, which are sent through text files. The two files (named splash_send.txt and splash_receive.txt) are placed in the directory of the Swim 2000 application file (SwimTime.exe). In order to have proper communication between the two applications, both application need read/write access to this directory. To avoid problems under Windows 7 it may be usefull to install the ALGE Swim 2000 software not under the "C:\Program Files" directory.

Adjustments in SwimTime
To setup the Communication you have to open SwimTime and do the following adjustment.Go to Options – Network Settings.Enable Splash ExchangeIf required change the Exchange Path as you wish or use the standard.Now click on Creat Share to allow the access to this folder from other computers. This function is not working on all Computers as it is probably blocked by some firewall software and/or other security settings of the operating system.After doing these steps you have to do the following steps on your computer where SPLASH is running.