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Welcome! This Google Group has been created to allow for better communication for users of The Race Director software. Over time this group will expand and create a knowledge base containing information to help both new users as well as more experienced users.

We invite you to post your questions, tips, and tricks on this forum! We respectfully request that you label your thread topic to be as specific as possible in order to allow for others to easily find a thread based on the topic that you are asking about.

-Roger and Matt

*For privacy reasons - please do not attach a race back-up file in this group. Please contact Race Director support.*

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3/28/15

*Reminder* Please consistently update Race Director!

Folks, Just a friendly reminder that if you are experiencing an issue, Roger and I would first

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*Reminder* Please consistently update Race Director!

Folks, Just a friendly reminder that if you are experiencing an issue, Roger and I would first

3/28/15

2/13/15

Race Director Support/Training

Many questions pertaining to best practices can be found in the Race Director help guide (found under

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Race Director Support/Training

Many questions pertaining to best practices can be found in the Race Director help guide (found under

2/13/15

John Dixon, … donpas...@gmail.com3

9/24/23

Global Default Division Change

You can turn on reassign division by bibnumber, reassign all to new division then turn that back off

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Global Default Division Change

You can turn on reassign division by bibnumber, reassign all to new division then turn that back off

9/24/23

Matt, … Roger Bradshaw3

10/21/22

Cross Country Varsity and Junior Varsity Girls running same time

Well - having a separate division for JV should work. BUT - you really need to use division level

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Cross Country Varsity and Junior Varsity Girls running same time

Well - having a separate division for JV should work. BUT - you really need to use division level

10/21/22

Kirsten L, Roger Bradshaw2

8/7/22

There is now a new setting for Hide Footer in both team pre-race reports. On Thursday, August 4, 2022

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There is now a new setting for Hide Footer in both team pre-race reports. On Thursday, August 4, 2022

8/7/22

mcoul...@gmail.com, Roger Bradshaw2

7/30/22

Look in Help -> About Race Director. If you have Race Director 2020, there's nothing more that

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Look in Help -> About Race Director. If you have Race Director 2020, there's nothing more that

7/30/22

Dawn Chandler, … donpas...@gmail.com3

7/11/22

rollo thermal printer to create labels

I do not either. I assume that is a brand? I use a Brother something or other sometimes which does

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rollo thermal printer to create labels

I do not either. I assume that is a brand? I use a Brother something or other sometimes which does

7/11/22

rvadir...@gmail.com

6/15/22

So, I timed a 1st year event, and found out never discussed desires from the race director as things

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So, I timed a 1st year event, and found out never discussed desires from the race director as things

6/15/22

Roger Bradshaw, david.h...@gmail.com3

4/5/22

Non-Binary - Updated Approach

I just downloaded the update of The Race Director and discovered that there's a major overhaul to

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Non-Binary - Updated Approach

I just downloaded the update of The Race Director and discovered that there's a major overhaul to

4/5/22

david.h...@gmail.com, bnh...@comcast.net3

12/9/21

You have everything correct, thank you! It's wave offset time by participant that I need. On

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You have everything correct, thank you! It's wave offset time by participant that I need. On

12/9/21

John Dixon, … Roger Bradshaw4

11/5/21

I think Raul is on the right track here - as long as you don't need cross country displacement

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I think Raul is on the right track here - as long as you don't need cross country displacement

11/5/21

Mark Junkermann, Roger Bradshaw2

11/5/21

Non Binary and Cross Country

I'm sorry to say, that binary is too much of the major design in RD for me to quickly come up

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Non Binary and Cross Country

I'm sorry to say, that binary is too much of the major design in RD for me to quickly come up

11/5/21

Julie Stark, … Roger Bradshaw4

11/4/21

Non-Binary WITH Gender Reporting Too

Race Director will always have limitations with regard to this topic. Gender is a very major part of

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Non-Binary WITH Gender Reporting Too

Race Director will always have limitations with regard to this topic. Gender is a very major part of

11/4/21

Phil Clayton, Roger Bradshaw2

10/7/21

Results direct to RaceRoster

Sorry for the late response. Yes, RD 2020 can send result to RR. On Monday, September 20, 2021 at 4:

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Results direct to RaceRoster

Sorry for the late response. Yes, RD 2020 can send result to RR. On Monday, September 20, 2021 at 4:

10/7/21

John Dixon, Roger Bradshaw2

8/29/21

Non scoring runners

There's not a way to do this in RD short of a DQ for these participants. You can set up a

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Non scoring runners

There's not a way to do this in RD short of a DQ for these participants. You can set up a

8/29/21

mne...@gmail.com, … bnh...@comcast.net5

6/27/21

Shouldn't matter (Memory stick or Direct Connect) Just make sure you set up the "Timing

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Shouldn't matter (Memory stick or Direct Connect) Just make sure you set up the "Timing

6/27/21

Kirsten L, … Raul Najera4

4/26/21

Thank you! On Friday, April 23, 2021 at 3:00:38 PM UTC-5 Raul Najera wrote: It tells the overall

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Thank you! On Friday, April 23, 2021 at 3:00:38 PM UTC-5 Raul Najera wrote: It tells the overall

4/26/21

Mark Junkermann, bnh...@comcast.net2

4/25/21

event with set number laps and unknow number

I time a few OCR's where many of them have an "Unlimited Laps" division. I set up two

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event with set number laps and unknow number

I time a few OCR's where many of them have an "Unlimited Laps" division. I set up two

4/25/21

Mark Junkermann

4/23/21

follow up on my prior post... can you mane a segment race show racers who haven't done all

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follow up on my prior post... can you mane a segment race show racers who haven't done all

4/23/21

Pavel Dvorak, bnh...@comcast.net2

4/2/21

Triathlon Relay All Team Members Names Report in RD

On the assumption that each team member had their own chip versus handing off their chip at

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Triathlon Relay All Team Members Names Report in RD

On the assumption that each team member had their own chip versus handing off their chip at

4/2/21

Roger Bradshaw, … Ed Schrank9

3/24/21

Wave Starts in Cross Country

I used this feature for a race this evening. Another fantastic addition to RD. To answer my own

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Wave Starts in Cross Country

I used this feature for a race this evening. Another fantastic addition to RD. To answer my own

3/24/21

Pavel Dvorak, Nathan Swafford2

3/19/21

Enduro Bike Race

I timed a 24-hour race last month that was a 1-mile loop with a rest. Runners had to run 1 loop every

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Enduro Bike Race

I timed a 24-hour race last month that was a 1-mile loop with a rest. Runners had to run 1 loop every

3/19/21

Toby Davis, donpas...@gmail.com3

2/25/21

Converting Plain Text To pdf or HTML

Thanks for the reply. I'll give that a try. On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 7:41:44 AM UTC-5

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Converting Plain Text To pdf or HTML

Thanks for the reply. I'll give that a try. On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 7:41:44 AM UTC-5

2/25/21

John Dixon, bnh...@comcast.net2

2/20/21

Upload registration issue with TFFRS

Did you send this issue in through the support function in the "Help" drop down box in Race

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Upload registration issue with TFFRS

Did you send this issue in through the support function in the "Help" drop down box in Race

2/20/21

Final Lap Race Mgmt

2/18/21

Live Lap Results

Have a 12/6/1 hour lap race next month we time every year. Looking for good options to display live

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Live Lap Results

Have a 12/6/1 hour lap race next month we time every year. Looking for good options to display live

2/18/21

Aaron Ford, … bnh...@comcast.net3

2/13/21

Quick question not totally related to the subject question: Regarding the race I had two weeks ago

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Quick question not totally related to the subject question: Regarding the race I had two weeks ago

2/13/21

bnh...@comcast.net

1/19/21

Race Progress reports or...

Three races now in the past month that have had multiple laps for some or all of the divisions. I

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Race Progress reports or...

Three races now in the past month that have had multiple laps for some or all of the divisions. I

1/19/21

bdb...@embarqmail.com, Roger Bradshaw2

1/14/21

Impinj speedway 420 reader

I don't have this working for lap races yet, but you can use this setting in Tailor -> Options

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Impinj speedway 420 reader

I don't have this working for lap races yet, but you can use this setting in Tailor -> Options

1/14/21

Kirsten L, … Roger Bradshaw5

1/13/21

Thanks, Roger. That's what I was just looking at. So many years with this software, and there are

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Thanks, Roger. That's what I was just looking at. So many years with this software, and there are

1/13/21

Toby Davis, Ed Schrank2

10/28/20

Cross Country Division Scoring Times

You need to set this up as a wave start by age group. Create a single division , and set the race

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Cross Country Division Scoring Times

You need to set this up as a wave start by age group. Create a single division , and set the race

10/28/20

donpas...@gmail.com, Roger Bradshaw3

10/25/20

Hi Roger, Dead time was more a wonderment question than a real need. We have done similar races, but

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Hi Roger, Dead time was more a wonderment question than a real need. We have done similar races, but

10/25/20

Toby Davis, … bnh...@comcast.net3

10/25/20

Wave Start Without Chips

The key with wave starts when not using chip timing (start mat) is that you NEED to know who is

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Wave Start Without Chips

The key with wave starts when not using chip timing (start mat) is that you NEED to know who is

10/25/20

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