RaceChrono is a GPS based lap timing software for Nokia
RaceChrono is a GPS based lap timing software for Nokia Series 60 smart phones. It can be used to measure lap times on almost any vehicle and track. It can be used to measure laptimes for example for motorbikes, bicycles, cars, water jets and quadbikes.
The main feature is of course the Live Timer, which shows your lap- and sector-times in real-time. Also included are a scalable graphical display of traveled path, satellite reception display, speedometer and a compass. When you're back at the pits, you can also browse through your lap and sector times, or view your trap speeds. Or maybe analyze your laps by graphs of time, speed and altitude compared to any another lap.
All lap timing sessions are logged, and the results can be viewed afterwards. The raw NMEA-output from the GPS is also saved, so you can use that in other compatible software if you wish.
And yes, there's always the question of accuracy when it comes to timing anything. After extensive testing, we feel really confident on RaceChrono's accuracy. Our tests together with commercial lap timers have showed an accuracy of between +- 0.03-0.10 seconds with a cheap 5 Hz receiver. Switching to an ordinary 1 Hz SirfStar3 receiver RaceChrono was still very accurate - on the level of +- 0.10-0.15 seconds. Keep in mind however that accuracy is fully dependent on the quality of your GPS receiver and signal reception.
Note that if the signal from the satellites is too weak, your lap times can be inaccurate and in worst case you can even miss some laps. So take care to position your receiver properly on your dash close to the windshield, or maybe even outside the car! Use the satellite reception display to help you find the best location in your car.
You can download tracks from the RaceChrono software itself; by selecting Track profiles > Options > Download new. Just copy the downloaded file to /RaceChrono/Tracks/ on your memory card.
What's New in This Release: 1.30:
· Expiration date moved to 31th May 2010
· GPS and OBD time and update rate displays in Live Timer view. GPS time display is perfect for syncing with video, just show the phone screen to the camera after starting the session.
· All OBD-II channels now exported with the CSV format
· Disk sizes now reported in kB/MB/GB. Low storage notice on session view now shows storage space left
· Removed the background map from Live Timer in Big Gauge mode
· Now also Symbian version comes with a example session and track
· All error messages now need press of OK button
· User interface tweaks and help texts
· Removed ‘map only’ mode from graphs to simplify the user interface.
· Support for Windows Mobile internal GPS
· Fixed All: Export files are now saved to selected storage. They were wrongfully saved to same memory with the session.
· Fixed All: Performance testing: Navi text did not update in Runs view and could not change the run with shift-left/right keys
· Fixed All: Could not select multiple sessions with shift in Previous Sessions view
· Fixed All: Visible line feed characters from editor items
· Fixed All: Broken Danas I2M export
· Fixed All: Now displays MAC address if Bluetooth Name was not resolved
· Fixed All: Possible loss of whole session, if loss of power while recording
· Fixed All: Various minor user interface fixes.
· Fixed Symbian: Middle softkey removed from E90’s big screen
· Fixed Symbian: Text entry problem with E71
· Fixed Symbian: Wrong text entry mode sometimes displayed
· Fixed Windows: CSV export with Semicolumn+comma separators had dot instead of a comma as decimal separator
· Fixed Windows: Line feeds omited from most text input
· Fixed Windows Mobile: Better error message, if device is not using Microsoft Bluetooth Stack
· Fixed Windows Mobile Standard: Too big font made smaller now
· Fixed Windows Desktop: COM-ports can be now selected up to COM99
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