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 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.sportsoftware.de/eng/home.html This is the website for Sports Software, who produce the OE software used to 'run' events using Sportident. You can download the latest versions from here. These can be registered as full versions using the club's serial number.
- 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/archive/UsingFilesCreatedforArchive.pdf This document by Martin Stone describes the best method of using the BOF competitor archives from his website. The method described has certainly proved very efficient at recent DEE events.
- 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 Document by Bob Elmes explaining tasks involved in running pre-entries for a regional (badge) event using the MDOC online entry system and OE2003. Please forward suggestions and feedback to Bob Elmes (web@deeside-orienteering-club.org.uk) or Tim Palmer (tpalmer@clara.co.uk).
- Some thoughts on start time allocation in a pre-entry event by Bob Elmes. Please forward suggestions and feedback to Bob Elmes (web@deeside-orienteering-club.org.uk) or Tim Palmer (tpalmer@clara.co.uk).
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), Sheila Hills (peter@peterhills.co.uk) or Tim Palmer (tpalmer@clara.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.
- Autodownload Mini Reference for DEE Summer Evening Events New September 2009.
- SI Coordinator Checklist for Autodownload Things to check before an event. New September 2009.
- SI Coordinator Inventory What to put in your car to take to the event. New September 2009.
- Diagram of typical computer setup Revised September 2009 to show 2 laptops with router.
- 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
Useful Documents From Other Clubs
- http://www.wessex-oc.org/downloads.htm Wessex Orienteering Club documents - a good if somewhat dated manual on the OE2003 software by Bill Brown. Also, some instructions on their informal kit which is very similar to DEE's training kit
- 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.
