SI Resources for Event Teams
This page contains a collection of useful Sport-Ident related resources for Club Events and Summer Evening Events.
- Key SI websites you should know about
- DEE Documents
- Summer Evening (and other event) Documents
- Schools League Documents
- Useful documents found at other Clubs
- Documents from British Orienteering
Key Websites for downloading software and other information
- www.sportident.com This is the website for Sportident, who manufacture the Sportident hardware i.e. control stations, ecards, etc. This site contains lots of information on the specific items. It also contains download links for the control programming software such as SI Config.
- http://www.sportident.co.uk This is Martin Stone's Sportident UK website. Martin is the UK importer of Sportident kit. The key information available here is the up-to-date BOF information on BOF members and their SI card numbers. You will need the club's password to access this.
- http://www.sportident.co.uk/autodownload/ This is the the page within the Sportident UK website for Autodownload, the software used to run events using Sportident. You can download the latest version from here. In order to use it you will need the club's licence code, obtainable on request from Bob Elmes (dee@elmes.demon.co.uk) .
- SPORTident stations BSx7/BSx8 PDF file describing SPORTident stations BSx7/BSx8 - includes a) details of information displayed in Service Mode and b) troubleshooting information.
Deeside Orienteering Club Documents
- Photos of various items of Sportident equipment
- Preentries Guidelines - this document has been deleted because it was very out of date. If anyone fancies replacing it with a version for the current software set (Fabian4 and Autodownload) please contact Bob Elmes (dee@elmes.demon.co.uk).
- Start time allocation in a pre-entry event - this document has been deleted. The current method for this is to use the Start Time Allocation function within Autodownload.
Summer Evening Event (SEE) documents
Also useful for Schools and Local Events
Please forward suggestions and feedback for further guides and documentation about our Summer Evening Events to Bob Elmes (web@deeside-orienteering-club.org.uk) or Sheila Hills (peter@peterhills.co.uk).
- Computer Task List for DEE Summer Evening Events - covering SI & computing tasks for both planner, organiser and SI co-ordinator. Updated September 2009 for Autodownload. Significantly out of date - on Bob's list to update May 2011.
- Autodownload Mini Reference for DEE Summer Evening Events New September 2009.
- SI Coordinator Checklist for Autodownload Things to check before and after an event. Updated June 2010.
- SI Coordinator Inventory What to put in your car to take to the event. Updated October 2011.
- Diagram of typical computer setup. Updated June 2010 to show 3 laptops with router, DEE-PRIMROSE as server, DEE-DELAMERE Entry by Punch for hire cards, DEE-PETTYPOOL Live Results. Shows physical layout in tunnel tent, plus connections for each laptop.
- Appendix to SEE organiser's guidelines covering electronic punching
- Entry form for SEEs using SI
- Entry & competition notes for SEEs using SI
- Entry form for schools (or other groups) for SEEs using SI
- DEE SI Card hire list 1 - 69 cards in Curver toolbox
- DEE SI Card hire list 2 - 95 cards in flat transparent box
- DEE SI Card hire list 3 - 20 cards in blue Schools Training Kit
- DEE inter system data flows. Diagram updated June 2011. Shows flows between systems for an event. Excludes Schools League events.
Schools League documents
- Ecard hire and registration process for Schools League events. New October 2011. Special hire card procedure for these events, to handle large numbers of hire cards.
Useful Documents From Other Clubs
- http://www.rstrain.ndtilda.co.uk/SI/ A collection of very useful Sportident documents, collated by Robin Strain, on behalf of Scottish Orienteering Association. These include a description of use of SI Config, which is the new programming software.
- http://www.nwlink.com/~ben/odocs/ Some useful documents prepared for the Canadian O-Champs 2007.
Useful British Orienteering Documents
- Appendix I of the BOF Rules which describe the use of electronic punching (SI or EMIT) at UK orienteering events.
- Tips for Controllers - How to control SportIdent. A SportIdent-specific supplement to be read alongside Appendix I (previous item). Not just for controllers - this is required reading for planners and SI Coordinators.
