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What's New V19
What's New with Version 19.0:
GrandPrix Race Manager™ was originally written for use in our Awana Grand Prix races at Gateway Church of El Cajon, CA. Then it was offered as shareware for a couple of years before being rewritten as a commercial grade application and launched as Version 2.0. Each year we continue to improve the software and have used it to run our own Awana and Cub Scout races each year. Countless race coordinators have given their feedback and suggestions over the years, which has helped make GrandPrix Race Manager into a quality race management software package and an outstanding value for the price.
Version 19.0 is part of the fourth generation of this software (V1 Shareware, V2-6, V7-15, V16-?). This generation is a major overhaul of the software to accomplish two main goals. The first is to make the software as user friendly and intuitive as possible. The second is to make the software compatible with both Windows and macOS. This was a major undertaking, as the software had to be written in a different programming language, but we are proud of the results and believe that you will find the software even more useful and easier to use.
- New or Improved Features for All Users
- MacOS Support
- Fixed issue with the software not starting up for some users.
- Overview
- Added a button to go to the online tutorial videos.
- Hardware Settings
- With SmartLine/Champ and RaceMaster timers, a communications check failure will now just provide a warning and then the software will start listening to the port. This allows the troubleshooting "Paperclip Test" to be performed, with that brand of timer selected. The "Paperclip Test" is used to verify if that the port is working or not.
- When doing a timer test, the software will warn if any received times are above the set DNF time.
- Registration
- Improved search feature on registration to be more intuitive and flexible. Can do a simple or complex search. Includes a "find next" feature.
- Fixed issue of search button not always being enabled when there were racers being displayed.
- Added the ability to do a delete or bulk operation with the currently selected racer, without having to first check the select box for that racer.
- Schedules
- Improved search feature on Schedules tab to be more intuitive and flexible. Can do a simple or complex search. Includes a "find next" feature.
- Racing
- Improved search feature on Racing tab to be more intuitive and flexible. Can do a simple or complex search. Includes a "find next" feature.
- Changed "Track Record" sound effect to be different from "End of Round" sound effect.
- If the timer has not already been initialized, the user will be directed to the Hardware Settings screen. Users should always test timer communications in the Hardware Settings screen before going to the Racing screen.
- Grand Finals
- Added support for groups that have run a differing number of rounds to be included in the Grand Finals Round. Only applies when advancing based on an equal number from each group.
- Standings
- Improved search feature on Standings tab to be more intuitive and flexible. Can do a simple or complex search. Includes a "find next" feature.
- Awards
- Improved search feature on Awards tab to be more intuitive and flexible. Can do a simple or complex search. Includes a "find next" feature.
- Added the ability to do a delete or bulk operation with the currently selected racer, without having to first check the select box for that racer.
- Report Settings
- Added the ability to hide vehicle number on certificates.
- Reports
- Improved the initialization time when using non-standard PDF fonts. The first time any report is run it will take some time for the software to catalog all fonts on the computer, but it will be faster when running reports thereafter.
- Added the ability to filter by group and subgroup, in addition to round, for the Individual Vehicle Stats report.
- (Windows Only) Added a custom PDF viewer to display reports, instead of depending on the user's default PDF viewer. It's easy to use and has an easy to find print functionality.
- General
- Upgraded the version of Python and the GUI framework that the software runs on.
- Added an option to disable the "Major Warning" sound effect.
- Added the ability to press F1 on the main screen and it will open the applicable help file section for the tab being viewed.
- Fixed issue of Recent Files list was showing files that no longer existed or were moved.
- Several other less notable improvements and fixes were implemented.
- MacOS Support
- New or Improved Features for Pro Users
- Software Settings
- Added the ability to select a Light or Dark theme for the application. Dark theme can reduce eye strain.
- Registration
- If scoring by times, you can now move a racer to a different race group, after racing has started. This does not affect the schedules or results, just the rosters and standings.
- Made sure that the refresh button was visible all the time, just in case there is a change made to the data file by DerbyDMV or DerbyWeb.
- Added auto scroll feature to the audience display screen.
- Snapshots
- Added a reset option to remove a racer's photo and set it back to the default image.
- Added a selection for landscape or portrait mode when taking new snapshots.
- Manual Scheduling
- Changed sort of available racer list to be by the total heat count. Makes it easier to find racers that still need scheduling.
- When adding/deleting heats, the Schedules tab will be updated even if the Manual Scheduling screen is kept open to do more scheduling.
- Racing
- On the Racing tab, when a round level is selected, it will now show the results in master heat order, if master scheduling is in use.
- On the Racing Settings screen, added an option to display Custom Field instead of Vehicle# for the heat winner pop-up notice.
- Top Times Settings
- Added a search feature. Can do a simple or complex search. Includes a "find next" feature.
- Added the ability to do a delete with the currently selected top time, without having to first check the select box for that top time.
- Added support for First / Last name order, instead of Last / First.
- Track Records
- Added group name to the new track record pop-up notice.
- Track Records Settings
- Added a search feature. Can do a simple or complex search. Includes a "find next" feature.
- Added the ability to do a delete with the currently selected track record, without having to first check the select box for that track record.
- Added support for First / Last name order, instead of Last / First.
- Standings
- Added auto scroll feature to the audience display screen.
- Awards
- Data File Merge
- Improved merge to update an existing schedule item in one file with the results from another data file, if applicable.
- Report Settings
- Added default options for Title 1 and Title 2, which are used on most reports. These are applied when creating new race data files.
- Reports
- Added an Awards Voting report to show the results of the voting using DerbyWeb.
- DerbyWeb
- Added support for select awards to be voted on. Voting can be done by the design judges or the audience.
- Added support so the crew that is staging the heats can flag each heat as being staged.
- Added support so DerbyWeb can have settings saved in a separate data file from the race data. This lets settings persist from race to race.
- General
- Several other less notable improvements and fixes were implemented.
- Software Settings
What's New
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What's New with Version 24.0:
GrandPrix Race Manager™ was originally written for use in our Awana Grand Prix races at Gateway Church of El Cajon, CA. Then it was offered as shareware for a couple of years before being rewritten as a commercial grade application and launched as Version 2.0. Each year we continue to improve the software and have used it to run our own Awana and Cub Scout races each year. Countless race coordinators have given their feedback and suggestions over the years, which has helped make GrandPrix Race Manager into a quality race management software package and an outstanding value for the price.
Version 24.0 is part of the fourth generation of this software (V1 Shareware, V2-6, V7-15, V16-?). This generation is a major overhaul of the software to accomplish two main goals. The first is to make the software as user friendly and intuitive as possible. The second is to make the software compatible with both Windows and macOS. This was a major undertaking, as the software had to be written in a different programming language, but we are proud of the results and believe that you will find the software even more useful and easier to use.
- New or Improved Features for All Users
- Data Imports
- Made changing data mappings easier by using drag and drop. Eliminates the separate mappings screen.
- Added auto check of first row of data for column titles.
- Import dialog will now remember its size and position.
- Registration Tab
- Renumbering racers will list the racers in the current sort order on the Registration tab.
- Racer Name column can be displayed or hidden on the Rosters screen.
- Racing
- If there are no unrun heats ahead, previous heats will be checked.
- Options menu items have been moved to the Racing screen's Settings screen.
- A New Phase button added to the Racing screen, when a Dynamic schedule is being run.
- An Intermission Timer button added directly to the Racing screen.
- Serial Timers
- Added support for NewBold Products Version 2 firmware.
- Awards Tab
- Made assigning award winners easier via drag and drop.
- Reports
- Added a new Staging Cards report. Intended to be used to mark each vehicle's spot at the staging table. Can be also used to check vehicles in. Give to each racer and have them verify the information on the card.
- General
- Added tutorial video button to applicable tabs and screens for easier access to applicable tutorial video.
- Icon Size preference is now applied to the icon buttons in the audience display screens.
- Several other less notable improvements and fixes were implemented.
- Data Imports
- New or Improved Features for Pro Users
- Software Settings
- Maximum image size limit eliminated.
- Added and option to control the size of thumbnails.
- Advanced Software Settings
- Added option to manually start a replay instead of the software doing an automatic replay after each heat, if using our RaceReplay software.
- Registration Tab
- Added drag and drop means to assign a photo to the applicable racer. This is for photos not taken using this software.
- Added new Slideshow screen to display racer photos and their info to the audience. As racers are checked-in, they will be automatically added to the slideshow while it continues to run.
- Image handling changed so original is not resized. Thumbnails are created as needed.
- Racing
- If using our RaceReplay software, manual replay button added for on demand replays instead of a replay after every heat (if opted for the manual replay start in the Advanced Software Settings screen).
- Serial Timers
- Added a shorthand space character '\s' to the custom timer interface, if needed.
- Track Records
- Any Grand Finals records will be evaluated to see if there was a new record for the racer's original race group.
- General
- Several other less notable improvements and fixes were implemented.
- Software Settings
What's New V20
What's New with Version 20.0:
GrandPrix Race Manager™ was originally written for use in our Awana Grand Prix races at Gateway Church of El Cajon, CA. Then it was offered as shareware for a couple of years before being rewritten as a commercial grade application and launched as Version 2.0. Each year we continue to improve the software and have used it to run our own Awana and Cub Scout races each year. Countless race coordinators have given their feedback and suggestions over the years, which has helped make GrandPrix Race Manager into a quality race management software package and an outstanding value for the price.
Version 20.0 is part of the fourth generation of this software (V1 Shareware, V2-6, V7-15, V16-?). This generation is a major overhaul of the software to accomplish two main goals. The first is to make the software as user friendly and intuitive as possible. The second is to make the software compatible with both Windows and macOS. This was a major undertaking, as the software had to be written in a different programming language, but we are proud of the results and believe that you will find the software even more useful and easier to use.
- New or Improved Features for All Users
- Awards
- Design Trophy awards are now easier to create. You can add a set of design trophies in one operation instead of adding them one by one.
- Added an "Assign Winners" screen to make winner selection easier.
- Modified arrow buttons for changing priority to move the selected award up/down the order, renumbering adjoining awards appropriately.
- Added Award Design Judging Scoresheet report. Print off for each race group and give to your design judges for them to determine design trophy winners.
- Registration
- When adding or editing a racer, if a vehicle# is taken, the next available vehicle# will be listed.
- Schedules
- Added a Completed column to indicated when a heat has been run.
- Added a count of completed and not completed heats.
- Standings
- Added a nag message to review standings before displaying them to the audience.
- Will show racers that have not run any heats yet, with "---" for the standings.
- Serial Timers
- Fixed maximum auto reset limit for timers that allow use without a start switch.
- Internationalization Support
- Numbers will now be automatically formatted with the appropriate decimal character ("." or ","), per the computer system's locale setting.
- Added the ability to set the Date display preference, either Month/Day/Year or Day/Month/Year. This preference is set in the `Software Settings`_ screen.
- MacOS Support
- The software is now able to automatically detect if more than one monitor is in use.
- General
- You can now use the Delete key to delete selected records (Org Structure tab, Registration tab, Awards tab, Top Times Settings, Track Records Settings, Manual Heats).
- You can now use the Insert key to add new records (Org Structure tab, Registration tab, Awards tab, Top Times Settings, Track Records Settings, Manual Heats).
- When an Audience Display Screen is opened, the group selection pop-up will be automatically displayed.
- Several other less notable improvements and fixes were implemented.
- Awards
- New or Improved Features for Pro Users
- Awards
- Using the new "Assign Winners" screen, you can view and accept voting results to designate the award winners. No need to individually update each award.
- Racing
- Added a nag message if master scheduling turned on, if user wants to race by group. Master Scheduling should be turned off in that case.
- Standings
- Ignore the Exclude feature when looking at group standings and all racers in that group are excluded. You might want to exclude all racers (like adults) from the round standings, but still want to view the standings for that particular group.
- Serial Timers
- Added support for carriage return and line feed characters ("\r" and "\n") in messages and responses, if required for a custom timer.
- General
- Several other less notable improvements and fixes were implemented.
- Awards
What's New V21
What's New with Version 21.0:
GrandPrix Race Manager™ was originally written for use in our Awana Grand Prix races at Gateway Church of El Cajon, CA. Then it was offered as shareware for a couple of years before being rewritten as a commercial grade application and launched as Version 2.0. Each year we continue to improve the software and have used it to run our own Awana and Cub Scout races each year. Countless race coordinators have given their feedback and suggestions over the years, which has helped make GrandPrix Race Manager into a quality race management software package and an outstanding value for the price.
Version 21.0 is part of the fourth generation of this software (V1 Shareware, V2-6, V7-15, V16-?). This generation is a major overhaul of the software to accomplish two main goals. The first is to make the software as user friendly and intuitive as possible. The second is to make the software compatible with both Windows and macOS. This was a major undertaking, as the software had to be written in a different programming language, but we are proud of the results and believe that you will find the software even more useful and easier to use.
- New or Improved Features for All Users
- Software Settings
- For audience display screens, added the ability to display only racer first names and last initials instead of full name. This helps protect racer names when live streaming or posting race video on the Internet.
- Schedules
- Changed Completed column on main tab to be the date/time that the heat was completed.
- Added “Avg Time Per Heat” data on the Schedules tab, for quick reference.
- For Manual Schedules, made the list of available racers be sortable by column. Makes setting up grudge matches easier.
- Registration
- Added a Reset button to the Roster screen to aid in displaying racers that were advanced.
- Racing
- Made Test Mode available to all users. Makes mock racing easier to perform.
- Serial Timers
- Added an auto timeout for timers that indicate when the start gate drops. When a vehicle doesn’t finish, you can just wait until the timing times out.
- For Fast Track timers, added the option to use their light tree and auto gate combo. This will prevent the timer reset from triggering the light tree.
- Grand Turtle Round
- Added the ability to run a Grand Turtle round, of the slowest racers from selected competition groups.
- Reports
- Added the option to only print awards certificates that have an award winner specified.
- General
- Added a “Sample Files” option to the Main screen’s Help menu for easier finding of sample files.
- Resizable dialog screens now remember their last size and position.
- Several other less notable improvements and fixes were implemented.
- Software Settings
- New or Improved Features for Pro Users
- Racing
- Made it easy to rerun a select racer(s) in a particular heat, instead of rerunning the whole heat. This is only applicable when scoring by times.
- Top Times
- Added an option to only track one top time per racer.
- Track Records
- Fixed problem where, in some situations, track records were not being saved.
- Fixed problem where Track Record Settings screen was not deleting selected track records.
- General
- Several other less notable improvements and fixes were implemented.
- Racing
What's New V22
What's New with Version 22.0:
GrandPrix Race Manager™ was originally written for use in our Awana Grand Prix races at Gateway Church of El Cajon, CA. Then it was offered as shareware for a couple of years before being rewritten as a commercial grade application and launched as Version 2.0. Each year we continue to improve the software and have used it to run our own Awana and Cub Scout races each year. Countless race coordinators have given their feedback and suggestions over the years, which has helped make GrandPrix Race Manager into a quality race management software package and an outstanding value for the price.
Version 22.0 is part of the fourth generation of this software (V1 Shareware, V2-6, V7-15, V16-?). This generation is a major overhaul of the software to accomplish two main goals. The first is to make the software as user friendly and intuitive as possible. The second is to make the software compatible with both Windows and macOS. This was a major undertaking, as the software had to be written in a different programming language, but we are proud of the results and believe that you will find the software even more useful and easier to use.
- New or Improved Features for All Users
- Main Screen
- Main Tool Bar - Added Window button for any open windows (audience display screens and reports screen).
- Main Tabs - Divider position, between the round/group/subgroup list and the data records, is now remembered. (Registration, Schedules, Racing, Standings, and Awards tabs).
- Basic Setup Wizard - Removed, as it was causing confusion instead of being a help.
- Schedules Tab
- Schedules Data section is now visible to Lite users (except for Import and Export buttons).
- Added "Passed Racer" count to the Schedules Data section, for quick reference.
- Added a Wizard button to recommend which scheduling method(s) to use based on the current settings and group structure.
- Racing Screen
- Lane column can be hidden, if using lane colors.
- Racer Name can be hidden, but not if Vehicle# is hidden.
- On Deck Screen
- Lane column can be hidden, if using lane colors.
- Racer Name can be hidden, but not if Vehicle# is hidden.
- Serial Timers
- Added support for Best Track's new single sided Champ timer model.
- Added a warning if getting relative finish times, when the start gate check is not disabled. Applies to The Judge, Smartline and Champ timers.
- Having to go to the Hardware Setting screen to initialize the timer prior to going to the Racing screen is now only required once for any given day.
- Intermission Screen
- Added ability to manually change the font size for the message.
- Awards
- Added "Delete Award Winners" option to the Main screen's Delete menu.
- Awards Tab - Added "Winners Assigned" total to the Awards Data section.
- Reports
- Lane Statistics Report - Added the median stat.
- Report Settings - Select from any system font, instead of just a select few.
- Report Viewer
- Added separate zoom up/down, fit page width and fit entire page buttons.
- Remembers screen size and position.
- General
- Position of dialog screens are now remembered for the next time around.
- Improved management of screens when running multiple monitors.
- Several other less notable improvements and fixes were implemented.
- Main Screen
- New or Improved Features for Pro Users
- Software Settings
- Added the ability to change the default racer image.
- Snapshots
- Added a warning if photo already exists with the same file name and gives the option to provide a different file name, instead of overwriting the old photo.
- Master Scheduling
- Implemented better master scheduling collation of heats to minimize groups running back to back heats. Thanks to Lee Bennett for providing the algorithm.
- Manual Scheduling
- List of available racers is now sortable by column. Makes setting up grudge matches easier.
- Master Scheduling, if being used, will be temporarily turned off until the scheduling screen is closed. Reduces the amount of processing.
- Top Times Settings
- Moved the Save button up to the settings section, since it was intended to save any settings changes.
- Track Record Settings
- Moved the Save button up to the settings section, since it was intended to save any settings changes.
- Changed 'Auto Update' labeling to 'Auto Save' for better clarity.
- Added support for Grand Turtle record tracking (slowest time that is not a DNF).
- Awards Tab
- Added "Voted On" total to the Awards Data section.
- General
- Several other less notable improvements and fixes were implemented.
- Software Settings