How to conduct ISSF competitions on a Meyton system?

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1 Meyton Elektronik GmbH Melle-Bruchmühlen, How to conduct ISSF competitions on a Meyton system? Version: 130 Author: Phone: Fax: Roman Geile +49 (0) (0) info@meytonde

2 Table of contents 1 Allocate Firing Points3 11 Standard Allocation3 12 Special Allocation4 121 Rapid Fire Allocation m Pistol Women Final Allocation4 2 Match Conduction5 21 Qualification m Air Rifle Men and Women (79) 10m Air Pistol Men and Women (811) m Rapid Fire Pistol (8763) m Pistol and 25m Center Fire Pistol (8764) m Standard Pistol (8765) m Rifle 3 Positions (77, 79) m Rifle Prone (77, 79) 50m Pistol Men (875, 811)10 22 Finals m Air Rifle Men and Women 10m Air Pistol Men and Women 50m Pistol Men 50m Rifle Prone Men (6172) m Rifle 3 Positions (6173) m Rapid Fire Pistol Men (6174) m Pistol Women (6175)16 3 Irregularities18 31 Malfunctions Allowable Malfunction (AM) Non-Allowable Malfunction (NAM)19 32 Ready Position Violations (874)19 33 Crossfire20 34 Point deduction (penalty)20 35 Delete shots21 36 Insert missed hit (zero)22 37 Insert not registered shot (fly through)23 38 Change shooting time24 39 Interrupt a match Move a shooter to a spare lane Failed lane still visible in competition control Failed lane is not visible in competition control Print shot log27 1

3 312 Print target with one-to-one size28 4 Maintenance29 41 Check EST's hardware before competition29 2

4 1 Allocate Firing Points In this section the firing point allocation from an existing start list is described For all matches except the 25m Rapid Fire events and the 25m Pistol Women Final see chapter 11 For 25m Rapid Fire matches see chapter 121 For the 25m Pistol Women Final see chapter Standard Allocation 1 Start the Competition control program from the Meyton Control Center 2 Mark all the lanes you want to allocate shooters to in the lane table Make sure that all lanes are free and not in match mode 3 Click on the icon from the toolbar or use the menu function Occupancy->Start lists occupancy from the menu bar to open the lane assignment window 4 Select the start list of the match in the Start list field 5 Mark all the starters you want to assign in the left table Then click on the right arrow button to assign the shooters to the free lanes If lane numbers are set in the start list, allocation is done automatically by lane number Otherwise the order of the allocation depends on the order you marked the starters in the left table 6 To confirm the allocation click on the Allocate firing points button 7 Back in the main window mark all the lanes which participate in the competiton and click on the symbol in the toolbar or use the menu function Firing point actions->switch match mode to activate the match mode for these lanes Verify that all lanes show the Status column of the lane table 3 symbol in the

5 Special Allocation Rapid Fire Allocation In this section the specialty of firing point allocation for rapid fire matches is described Rapid fire matches are conducted on a group of five targets The middle target of each group - the master target is used to display the hits of all five lanes and must have a lane number ending with 3 or 8 Rapid Fire Qualification 1 Follow the same steps as describes in chapter 11 but only select the master lanes in step 2 Rapid Fire Final In the rapid fire final two shooters share one rapid fire group of five targets For this event a special range allocation is used 1 Follow the steps 1-4 from the Standard Allocation in chapter 11 but select only the master lanes in step 2 2 Then only mark two starter who share a lane in the left table and only mark the corresponding master lane in the right table Then click on the right arrow button the master lane to assign the shooters to 3 Repeat step 2 for all starters in the final 4 Follow steps 6 ff from the Standard Allocation in chapter m Pistol Women Final Allocation The 25m Pistol Women Final is conducted on two groups of five targets In the Semifinal phase four starter are assigned to each group of five targets with the center target of each group left free These free targets are later used in the Medal Match phase of this final The firing point allocation is done as follows: 1 Do the same steps as describes in chapter 11 but don't select the center targets of each five target group in step 2 4

6 2 Match Conduction In this section you find information on how to conduct the different kinds of ISSF qualification and final matches on a Meyton system These explanations start at the point after you have allocated the firing points and switched the targets to match mode as described in chapter Qualification 10m Air Rifle Men and Women (79) 10m Air Pistol Men and Women (811) The 10m Air Rifle Men and 10m Air Pistol Men qualification event consists of 60 shots in 65 minutes The 10m Air Rifle Women and 10m Air Pistol Women qualification event consists of 40 shots in 50 minutes Before the competition time starts, there is a 15 minute preparation and sighting time Preparation and sighting time 1 The combined preparation and sighting time is started by pressing the Sighting button Competition time 1 The competition time is started by pressing the Competition button 5

7 212 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (8763) The 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men qualification event is divided into two stages of 30 shots At the beginning of each stage one sighting series of 5 shots in 8s is allowed Then two competition series of 5 shots in 8s, 6s and 4s follow in each stage Sighting Series 8s 1 The 8s sighting series is started by pressing the Sighting button Competition Series 8s 1 Press the menu button to switch the firing points to Competition 8s mode 2 Start both 8s series after another by pressing the Competition button each time Competition Series 6s 1 Press the menu button to switch the firing points to Competition 6s mode 2 Start both 6s series after another by pressing the Competition button each time Competition Series 4s 1 Press the menu button to switch the firing points to Competition 4s mode 2 Start both 4s series after another by pressing the Competition button each time 3 After all competition series of the first stage (30 shots) are finished, the lanes have to be switched back to Sighting Series 8s to start the second phase of 30 shots Do this by pressing the menu button twice 4 Conduct the second stage just like the first 6

8 213 25m Pistol and 25m Center Fire Pistol (8764) The 25m Pistol and 25m Center Fire Pistol qualification events are divided into two stages of 30 shots each The event starts with the Precision Stage, where six series of 5 shots are fired in 5 minutes each Then the event continues with the Rapid Fire stage, where six series of 5 shots are fired In every rapid fire series the target is shown five times for 3s with a pause of 7s between it Precision Sighting Series 1 The precision sighting series is started by pressing the Sighting button Precision Competition Series 1 Press the menu button to switch the firing points to Comp Precision mode 2 Start each of the six precision competition series after another by pressing the Competition button Rapid Fire Sighting Series 1 Press the menu button to switch the firing points to Sighting Rapid Fire mode 2 Start the rapid fire sighting series by pressing the Sighting button Rapid Fire Competition Series 1 Press the menu button to switch the firing points to Comp Rapid Fire mode 2 Start each of the six rapid fire competition series after another by pressing the Competition button 7

9 214 25m Standard Pistol (8765) The 25m Standard Pistol event is divided into three stages of 20 shots each Each stage consists of four series of 5 shots The time limit for each series is 150s in stage one, 20s in stage two and 10s in stage three Sighting Series 150s 1 The 150s sighting series is started by pressing the Sighting button Competition Series 150s 1 Press the menu button to switch the firing points to Competition 150s mode 2 Start each of the four 150s competition series after another by pressing the Competition button Competition Series 20s 1 Press the menu button to switch the firing points to Competiton 20s mode 2 Start each of the four 20s competition series after another by pressing the Competition button Competition Series 10s 1 Press the menu button to switch the firing points to Competiton 10s mode 2 Start each of the four 10s competition series after another by pressing the Competition button 8

10 215 50m Rifle 3 Positions (77, 79) The 50m Rifle 3 Positions qualification event is divided into 3 stages Each stage consists of 40 shots (men) or 20 shots (women) The order of the three positions is: kneeling, prone, standing There is a 15 minute preparation and sighting time before the competition time starts The competition time is 2:45h (men) or 1:45h (women) The competition time includes the changeover and sighting time when switching positions The shooter can switch with a control panel to the next position when a position is finished and from sighting to competition when a new position is started Preparation and sighting time 1 The combined preparation is started by pressing the Sighting button Competition 3 Positions 1 Press the menu button (women) mode to switch the firing points to Kneeling 40 (men) or Kneeling 20 2 Start the competition time by pressing the Competition button 3 When a shooter has finished the competition shots in kneeling or prone position, he has to switch to the sighting phase of the next position by pressing the Sighting button control panel by himself on the 4 When a shooter has finished the sighting shots after switching to another position and wants to start with the competition shots, he has to switch to the competition phase of the current position by pressing the Competition button on the control panel by himself 9

11 216 50m Rifle Prone (77, 79) 50m Pistol Men (875, 811) The 50m Rifle Prone qualification event consists of 60 shots in 50 minutes The 50m Pistol Men qualification event consists of 60 shots in 90 minutes Before the competition time starts, there is a 15 minute preparation and sighting time Preparation and sighting time 1 The combined preparation and sighting time is started by pressing the Sighting button Competition time 1 The competition time is started by pressing the Competition button 10

12 22 Finals m Air Rifle Men and Women 10m Air Pistol Men and Women 50m Pistol Men 50m Rifle Prone Men (6172) This final is conducted with 8 shooters, which all start with a score of zero It consists of two stages In the first stage two series of 3 shots are fired in 150s (100s prone) In the second stage up to 14 single shots are fired in 50s (30s prone) each After every two shots in the second phase the shooter with the lowest total score is eliminated Decimal scoring is used Preparation and sighting time 1 The combined preparation and sighting time is started by pressing the Sighting button 3 shot series 1 After the preparation and sighting time has ended, the firing points are switched into 3 Shot Series mode by pressing the Menu button 2 Now start the first 3 shot series by pressing the Competition button, and after it the second series in the same way If all competitors have ended their series before the allowed shooting time has expired, the competition time can be stopped early by pressing the Competition button again This also applies for all subsequent phases of the final Single shots 1 Once the competitors have completed both of the 3 shot series, the firing points must be switched to Single Shot Series mode by pressing the Menu button 2 Now start the single shots one after the other by pressing the Competition button each time 3 After every second shot, the competitor with the lowest cumulative score is eliminated from the final If two or more competitors are tied with the same low score, a tie break must be conducted between these competitors Instructions for conducting a tie-break are given below Tie Breaking 1 To conduct a tie break, the firing points involved must be switched to tie break mode Mark the relevant firing points in the range table and switch these into Tie Breaking mode by pressing the Menu button 2 The individual tie-shots are started by pressing the Competition button must fire as many tie shots as necessary to break the tie The competitors 3 Once the tie has been broken, the firing points involved must be switched back to Single Shot Series mode by pressing the Menu button The final now continues until all placings have been determined as described in the section Single shots 11

13 222 50m Rifle 3 Positions (6173) This final is conducted with 8 shooters, which all start with a score of zero It consists of 15 match shots in each position The order of the positions is kneeling, prone, standing The final starts with 3x5 shots in kneeling position with 200s per series It continues with a changeover and sighting time of 7 minutes After that 3x5 shots in prone position with 150s per series are fired, followed by a changeover and sight ing time of 9 minutes Then 2x5 shots in standing position with 250s per series are conducted After that the two lowest ranked finalists are eliminated and the final continues with five single shots in standing position in 50s each After each of these single shots the athlete with the lowest total result is eliminated Decimal scoring is used Kneeling Position 1 The combined preparation and sighting time is started by pressing the Sighting button 2 After the preparation and sighting time has ended, the firing points are switched into Kneeling 3x5 mode by pressing the Menu button 3 Now three 5-shot series in the kneeling position are to be fired In order to start each individual series, the Competition button must be pressed If all competitors have ended their series before the allowed shooting time has expired, the competition time can be stopped early by pressing the Competition button again This also applies for all subsequent phases of the final Prone Position 1 After all three series in the kneeling position have been completed, the firing points are switched to the Prone Sighting mode by pressing the Menu button 2 Then the combined changeover and sighting time is started by pressing the Sighting button 3 After the changeover and sighting time has ended, the firing points are switched into Prone 3x5 mode by pressing the Menu button 4 Now three 5-shot series will be fired one after another in the prone position To start each indi vidual series, the Competition button must be pressed each time Standing Position (5-shot Series) 1 After all three series in the prone position have been completed, the firing points are switched to the Standing Sighting mode by pressing the Menu button 2 Then the combined changeover and sighting time is started by pressing the Sighting button 3 After the changeover and sighting time has ended, the firing points are switched into Standing 2x5 mode by pressing the Menu button 4 Now two 5-shot series will be fired one after another in the standing position To start each indi vidual series, the Competition button must be pressed each time 5 After all competitors have fired the two 5-shot series, the two competitors with the lowest scores are eliminated from the final If scores are tied on the highest place to be eliminated, a shoot-off must be conducted between these competitors Instructions for conducting a tie break are given in the section Tie Breaking 12

14 Standing position (single shots) 1 Once the competitors have completed both of the standing series (and tie breaks if necessary), the firing points must be switched to Standing 5x1 mode by pressing the Menu button 2 Now start the 5 single shots in the standing position one after the other, by pressing the Competition button each time After every single shot, the competitor with the lowest cumulative score is eliminated from the final If two or more competitors are tied with the same low score, a tie break must be conducted between these competitors Instructions for conducting a shoot-off are to be found under the heading Tie Breaking Tie Breaking 1 To conduct a tie break, the firing points involved must be switched to tie break mode Mark the relevant firing points in the range table and switch these into Tie Breaking mode by pressing the Menu button 2 The individual tie-shots are started by pressing the Competition button ors must fire as many tie shots until the tie is broken The competit- 3 Once the tie has been broken, the firing points involved must be switched back to Stand- ing 2x5 or if applicable Standing 5x1 mode by pressing the Menu button The Final now continues until all placings have been determined as described in the section on Standing position (single shots) 13

15 223 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men (6174) This final is conducted with 6 shooters, which all start with a score of zero Three rapid fire groups of five targets are used In this event two shooters are sharing a group of five targets The final consists of 8 series of five shots in 4s with hit and miss scoring After the fourth series the shooter with the lowest total hits is eliminated Then after each next series another shooter is eliminated until the final ranking is decided Hit and miss scoring is used Sighting series 1 Start the sighting series for the currently active shooter of a group by pressing the Sighting button 2 To switch to the next shooter for this target group, press the Menu button Competition series 1 In order to switch from sighting to the competition series, make a right hand click on the range table 2 In the window which pops up, choose the option RFP Final in the left hand area under Firing point actions and in the right hand area under RFP final range actions choose the option Switch firing points to competition Then click on the Execute action button 3 In order to begin a competition series for the currently active competitor, press the Competition button In order to switch to the next competitor of the target group, press the Menu button 4 After all shooters have completed the fourth competition series, the shooter with the lowest cumulative score is eliminated from the Final at the end of each completed series If two or more competitors have the same lowest score in these stages, there must be a tie break between these competitors Instructions for conducting a tie break are given below 14

16 Tie breaking 1 To conduct a tie-break, the firing points involved must be switched to tie break mode Mark the relevant firing points in the range table and activate the relevant competitor by pressing the Menu button 2 Make a right click on the range table and in the window which pops up, choose the option RFP Final in the left hand area under Firing point actions and in the right hand area under RFP final range actions choose the option Switch firing points to shoot off Then click on the Execute action button 3 In order to begin a tie break series for the currently active competitor, press the Competition button In order to switch to the next competitor for this target group, press the Menu button 4 Now conduct as many tie-break series until the tie is broken 5 After the tie break has ended, the relevant firing points must be switched back into competition mode Make a right click on the range table and in the window which pops up, choose the option RFP Final in the left hand area under Firing point actions and in the right hand area under RFP final range actions choose the option Switch firing points to competition Then click on the Execute action button The competition is then ready to be continued as described in the section Competition Series, until all placings in the final have been decided 15

17 224 25m Pistol Women (6175) This final is conducted with 8 shooters, which all start with a score of zero Two groups of five targets are used with the middle target of each group left free The final consists of two stages: a semifinal and two medal matches The semifinal consists of 5 rapid fire series of five shots with the normal 3s/7s timing mod After the semifinal the four lowest ranked shooters are eliminated Then the first the second ranked athlete from the semifinal compete for gold and silver medals While the third and fourth ranked athlete from the semifinal compete for bronze medal Hit and miss scoring is used Sighting series 1 The sighting series is started by pressing the Sighting button Semi-Final 1 Once the sighting series is finished, switch the firing points to Semifinal mode by pressing the Menu button 2 The individual series are started by pressing the Competition button After all 8 competitors have finished the five competition series, it is necessary to determine whether a tie-break is required This is the case when scores are equal either for second place (qualification for gold medal match) or for fourth place (qualification for bronze medal match) Instructions for conducting a tie break are given in the section Tie Breaking Tie Breaking 1 In a tie break, only those firing points occupied by the shooters who are to take part in the immediate tie break (either for 2 nd place or for 4th place) may be switched to tie-break mode If it is necessary to conduct a tie break for both 2nd place and 4th place, these two tie-breaks must be conducted separately one after another 2 Mark the competitors who take part in the tie-break and switch their firing points to Tie Breaking mode by pressing the Menu button 3 Start the individual tie break series by pressing the Competition button tie-break series as necessary to break the tie Conduct as many 4 Once the tie is broken, the relevant firing points must be switched back to Semifinal mode by pressing the Menu button twice -> see next page for Medal Matches 16

18 Medal Matches 1 First mark the third-placed competitor in the range table and move him to the middle firing point of the first group of targets To do this, use the function Firing point actions->shift range from the menu bar Now move the fourth placed competitor to the middle firing point of the second group of targets in the same way Then mark only both medal match lanes and switch them to Medal Match mode by pressing Menu button twice 2 Now shoot as many medal match series as are necessary until one competitor has reached a minimum of 7 points with at least one point advantage Start each series by pressing the Competition button 3 Now move the competitors who have just duelled for the bronze medal back to their original firing points Then the first-placed competitor from the semi-final must be moved to the middle firing point of the first group of targets and the second-placed competitor from the semi-final to the middle firing point of the second group 4 Then mark only both medal match lanes and switch them to Medal Match mode by pressing Menu button twice The targets of the starters who have duelled for the bronze medal must also remain in Medal Match mode! 5 Now shoot as many series as are necessary until one competitor has reached a minimum of 7 points with at least one point advantage Start each Final series by pressing the Competition button 17

19 3 Irregularities 31 Malfunctions If a shooter claims a malfunction in a 25m pistol event, the jury has to decide if it is an Allowable Malfunction (AM) or a Non-Allowable Malfunction (NAM) 311 Allowable Malfunction (AM) Allowable Malfunctions are treated differently in the 25m pistol events: 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Series is repeated and the lowest shot value of each of the five targets is counted 25m Rapid Fire Final: Series is repeated and only the shots of the repeat series are counted 25m Standard Pistol: Series is repeated and the five lowest shot values from all hits of both series are counted 25m Pistol, 25m Center Fire Pistol, 25m Pistol Final: Series is completed with missing hits of the series where the malfunction occured To activate the series repetition or completion in case of an Allowable Malfunction, you have to do the following steps: 1 Only mark the lane(s) where the malfunction occured in the range table of the competition con trol program 2 Do a right mouse click on the range table to open the configuration window There select the option Gun malfunction in the action table 3 Then select Allowable Malfunction (AM) in the right area and press the Switch on/off series repetition or completion button If the activation of the series repetition or completion was successful, you see the rewind symbol in the status column of the lane table According to the discipline software automatically chooses if series repetition or completion is needed 18

20 312 Non-Allowable Malfunction (NAM) In case of an Non-Allowable Malfunction you don't have to do anything, because the Meyton system automatically fills up missing shots in 25m pistol event series with invalid shots of zero (0,0) value Start the next series like normal 32 Ready Position Violations (874) If a shooter commits a ready position violation according to ISSF rule 873 do the following steps: 1 Only mark the lane(s) where the ready position violation occurred in the lane table of the com petition control program 2 Do a right mouse click on the lane table to open the configuration window There select the option Cards in the action table 3 Then select the Issue yellow card or Issue green card option in the right area and press the Execute action button If the activation of the card was successful, you see the card symbol or and the rewind symbol for series repetition in the status column of the lane table 19

21 33 Crossfire A crossfire shot during the competition phase of a match can be corrected in the following way: 1 Delete the crossfire shot from the target where it was shot on accidently by following the steps described in chapter 35 2 Add a missing hit (zero shot) to the target of the shooter who fired the cross shot as described in chapter 36 3 Inflict a point deduction (according to the rules) for the shooter who fired the cross shot as described in chapter Point deduction (penalty) When a shooter commits a rule violation, you can inflict a point deduction (according the rules) from his score To penalize a shooter do the following steps: 1 Double click on the corresponding lane in the competition control program 2 Open the Series and penalty points tab 3 Mark the series you want to set a point deduction for in the left table by clicking it 4 Set the number of penalty points in the field Penalty points 5 Click onto the button Insert penalty points 20

22 35 Delete shots 1 Double click on the corresponding lane in the competition control program 2 Open the Shot tab 3 Mark the hit you want to delete in the table by clicking it 4 Choose the action Delete shot in the action table below the hit table by clicking it 5 Check if the correct hit number is set in the field Shot number 6 Click onto the button Delete shot to delete the hit 7 If you are asked for a password use mc4hct 21

23 36 Insert missed hit (zero) 1 Double click on the corresponding lane in the competition control program 2 Open the Shot tab 3 Choose the action Insert miss in the action table by clicking it 4 Choose the position where you want to insert the missed hit in the Position field 5 Click onto the button Insert miss to insert a zero (00) hit at the desired position 6 If you are asked for a password use mc4hct 22

24 37 Insert not registered shot (fly through) 1 Double click on the corresponding lane in the competition control program 2 Open the Shot tab 3 Choose the action Insert shot in the action table by clicking it 4 Choose the position where you want to insert the missed hit in the Position field 5 Click onto the button Insert shot to insert a hit at the desired position 6 If you are asked for a password use mc4hct 7 A new window appears There type in the x- and y-coordinates of the hit in the corresponding fields 8 Click onto the Insert shot button to insert the hit Remark: Hits which are inserted by the jury are especially marked and shown in magenta color! 23

25 38 Change shooting time In some cases it can be necessary to shorten or increase the sighting or competition shooting time of a lane In such a situation do the following steps: 1 Only mark the lane(s) where you want to shorten or increase the shooting time in the lane table of the competition control program 2 Click onto the safety button in the toolbar to switch the lanes to safety mode This stops the time of the selected lanes and the lock symbol appears in the status column of the range table 3 Do a right mouse click on the lane table to open the configuration window There select the option Change remaining time in the action table 4 Select the time change in the Change field and press the Shorten remaining time or the Increase remaining time button to shorten or increase the remaining time 5 Click onto the safety button in the toolbar to switch the safety mode for the lanes off Directly after switching off the safety mode, the time starts to run again 24

26 39 Interrupt a match In some cases it can be necessary to interrupt a match and freeze the shooting time and actual state of the lanes To interrupt a match do the following steps: 1 Mark all the lanes where you want to interrupt the match in the lane table of the competition control program 2 Click onto the safety button in the toolbar to switch the lanes to safety mode A lock symbol appears in the status column of these lanes 3 When you want to continue press the safety button again to switch off the safety mode The match continues at the state the safety mode was activated If it is necessary to extend to remaining shooting time, look in chapter Move a shooter to a spare lane Failed lane still visible in competition control If an EST or display computer fails in a competition, but is still visible in the competition control pro gram, do the following steps to move a starter to a spare lane: 1 Make sure that the spare lane is free If not, mark only the spare lane in the lane table of the competition control program and use the function Firing point actions->free firing point 2 Then only mark the failed lane in the lane table of the competition control program 3 Do a right mouse click on the lane table to open the configuration window There select the option Move firing points in the action table 4 Type in the lane number of the spare lane in the field Move marked firing points to number from 5 Press the Move firing points button 6 If necessary increase the remaining shooting time of the shooter as described in chapter 38 25

27 3102 Failed lane is not visible in competition control If an EST or display computer fails in a competition and is not visible in the competition control program anymore, do the following steps to move a starter to a spar lane: 1 Switch of the control PC of the faulty lane No data will be lost! 2 Make sure that the spare lane is free If not, mark only the spare lane in the lane table of the competition control program and use the function Firing point actions->free firing point 3 Then only mark the spare lane in the lane table of the competition control program 4 Do a right mouse click on the lane table to open the configuration window There select the option Change firing point number in the action table 5 Type in the lane number of the faulty lane in the New firing point number field 6 Press the Change firing point number button Then the spare lane gets the lane number of the faulty lane and automatically reloads the data for the faulty lane 7 If necessary increase the remaining shooting time of the shooter as described in chapter 38 26

28 311 Print shot log In some situations like when there is a cross shot or a shooter protests a shot value, it can be useful to print out a shot log The shot log presents the data of all measured hits (coordinates, hit values, timestamps) of a single target in tabular form To create a shot log print, do the following steps: 1 Open the Shot protocol program in the Meyton Control Center 2 Use the function File->Open log file(s) from the menu or click onto the open button toolbar in the 3 Then drag & drop the cabinet of the desired lane from the left area of existing log files into the right area of the log files to be loaded Then click the Load button 4 Back in the main window double click onto the table line of the desired target 5 A new windows with the data of the target opens There click onto the Print tab section 6 To create the log printout use the button Print log button in the Print log area on the right side Before printing you can create a preview by clicking the Preview button 27

29 312 Print target with one-to-one size When using a control sheet behind the measuring frame it can be useful to print out a one-to-one size target with all the hits that were measured by the Meyton system Then you can put the control sheet with the shot holes on top of the one-to-one target printout and line them up With this method you can confirm that the Meyton system measured all hits correctly WARNING: To get a fully accurate one-to-one printout of the target you have to calibrate the used printer first! You can do this with the Calibrate printer function in the printer selection dialog To create a one-to-one target print, do the following steps: 1 Do the steps 1-5 as described in the chapter Select if you want to print the shots of all positions on the same target or print a target for each position with the corresponding options in the Print target area on the right side 3 To create the target printout use the button Print target button Before printing you can create a preview by clicking the Preview button 28

30 4 Maintenance 41 Check EST's hardware before competition To check the status of the measuring frames before a competition, do the following steps: 1 Mark all lanes in the lane table of the competition control program 2 Use the function Diagnostics->calibrate the measuring frame in the competition control program Or click onto the icon in the toolbar 3 The control PC's switches to the blue screen Wait until the calibration is finished and the message "[Wtg] - Back" appears on the bottom of the screen 4 Then look at the Amplification area in the middle of the screen There are two lines of data values, which describe how many light barriers are in the states F1, F2, F4 and F8 The first line shows the status of the light barriers of the horizontal axis (x-axis) The second line shows the status of the light barriers of the vertical axis (y-axis) The states have the following meaning: F1: light barrier is in perfect condition F2: light barrier is slightly dirty F4: The light barrier is very dirty and should be cleaned as soon as possible (correct measurement still possible) F8: The light barrier is totally dirty or faulty and must be cleaned immediately!!! (correct measurement in every situation can't be guaranteed anymore) 5 If there are light barriers in state F4 or F8, the frame should be cleaned Follow the instructions in the Measuring Frame Cleaning manual 29