PikaTimer v1.6

New Features

• Integration with the Marmot v1.1 or newer Announcer App
• Course Records
• Improved Ultra/Joey integration
• Dozens of bug fixes and tweaks

Installation Notes

For x64 based Windows systems, download and run Pikatimer.1.6.0.x64.exe

We recommend that you uninstall any existing versions of PikaTimer before installing this release.

Note that the installation application is currently unsigned.

You will receive a warning about an unknown publisher. We hope to address this in the future.

Recommended specs:

• 1GB of available RAM (Larger events should have 2-4GB of available RAM and use the x64 version).
• 1024x768 or better monitor
• 200MB of disk space for the application
• 4-10MB of disk space for each event you create

As always, performance improves with faster systems.

PikaTimer 1.6 Beta 1

New Features

• Integration with the Marmot v1.1 or newer Announcer App
• Course Records
• Improved Ultra/Joey integration
• Dozens of bug fixes and tweaks

Installation Notes

For x64 based Windows systems, download and run Pikatimer.1.6.0.Beta.1.x64.exe (an x86 version will be released if there is demand for it)

We recommend that you uninstall any existing versions of PikaTimer before installing this release.

Note that the installation application is currently unsigned.

You will receive a warning about an unknown publisher. We hope to address this in the future.

Recommended specs:

1GB of available RAM (Larger events should have 2-4GB of available RAM and use the x64 version).
1024x768 or better monitor
200MB of disk space for the application
4-10MB of disk space for each event you create
As always, performance improves with faster systems.

PikaTimer 1.5.2

Fixes

• Custom Awards category StringProperty issue #32
• Birthdate parsing order issue #27
• Awards in CSV output (for each award, award_category, award_place) #29
• Award structure in JSON with discrete items (award, category, place) #33
• Custom Attributes with spaces mess up json/javascript parsing #31

Installation Notes

For x64 based Windows systems, download and run PikaTimer-1.5.1.Win-x64-Installer.exe (an x86 version will be released if there is demand for it). If you are using the jar file, make sure that you use JRE/JDK version 1.8.0_171 or newer and that your JRE/JDE distribution includes the JavaFX libraries (excluded by default on some Linux distros such as Ubuntu)

We recommend that you uninstall any existing versions of PikaTimer before installing this release.

Note that the installation application is currently unsigned.

You will receive a warning about an unknown publisher. We hope to address this in the future. While PikaTimer is free, code signing certs are not.

Recommended specs:

1GB of available RAM (Larger events should have 2-4GB of available RAM and use the x64 version).
1024x768 or better monitor
200MB of disk space for the application
4-50MB of disk space for each event you create, depending on the size of the event.
As always, performance improves with faster systems.

PikaTimer 1.5.1

Fixes

• Fix bulk bib assignment bug
• Joey discovery issue with systems running the 1.10 firmware
• Center display on screen
• Update "start" and "end" wording on timing tab to make it easier to understand
• Update to DataTables 1.10.18+
• Backup at finish line ignored.
• Deal with utf-8 w/ BOM on participant import files (1st column is being ignored due to BOM char)
• Filter non numeric items in bulk bib assignment text area
• 1st read after the start is ignored.
• FTPS support for servers that don't like Java's TLS
• Ability to specify a non-standard port on the SFTP (SCP) host via hostname.com:port syntax
• For FTPS, try a rename rather than a delete/rename. Fall back to a delete/rename if the server won't overwrite the target file
• Enabling a required split during an in-progress race shows no finishers until they reach the required split

Installation Notes

For x64 based Windows systems, download and run PikaTimer-1.5.1.Win-x64-Installer.exe (an x86 version will be released if there is demand for it). If you are using the jar file, make sure that you use JRE/JDK version 1.8.0_171 or newer and that your JRE/JDE distribution includes the JavaFX libraries (excluded by default on some Linux distros such as Ubuntu)

We recommend that you uninstall any existing versions of PikaTimer before installing this release.

Note that the installation application is currently unsigned.

You will receive a warning about an unknown publisher. We hope to address this in the future. While PikaTimer is free, code signing certs are not.

Recommended specs:

1GB of available RAM (Larger events should have 2-4GB of available RAM and use the x64 version).
1024x768 or better monitor
200MB of disk space for the application
4-50MB of disk space for each event you create, depending on the size of the event.
As always, performance improves with faster systems.

PikaTimer 1.5

Major New Features

• Custom Participant Attributes
• Custom Awards
• Custom Age Groups
• Improved Ultra/Joey integration
• Per-Segment pace display (overrides the race default)
• Ability to show/hide individual awards on the overall reports
• Ability to show/hide custom participant attributes on the reports
• Bulk Bib Assignments
• Mandatory Splits
• On Course cutoff time enforcement
• Bonus / Penalty handling
• Ability to ignore the time from a split ("pause" or "dead" split)
• Dozens of bug fixes and tweaks

Installation Notes

For x64 based Windows systems, download and run PikaTimer-1.5.Win-x64-Installer.exe (an x86 version will be released if there is demand for it). If you are using the jar file, make sure that you use JRE/JDK version 1.8.0_171 or newer and that your JRE/JDE distribution includes the JavaFX libraries (excluded by default on some Linux distros such as Ubuntu)

We recommend that you uninstall any existing versions of PikaTimer before installing this release.

Note that the installation application is currently unsigned.

You will receive a warning about an unknown publisher. We hope to address this in the future. While PikaTimer is free, code signing certs are not.

Recommended specs:

1GB of available RAM (Larger events should have 2-4GB of available RAM and use the x64 version).
1024x768 or better monitor
200MB of disk space for the application
4-50MB of disk space for each event you create, depending on the size of the event.
As always, performance improves with faster systems.

1.5 Beta 1

Major New Features

• Custom Participant Attributes
• Custom Awards
• Custom Age Groups
• Improved Ultra/Joey integration
• Per-Segment pace display (overrides the race default)
• Ability to show/hide individual awards on the overall reports
• Ability to show/hide custom participant attributes on the reports
• Bulk Bib Assignments
• Mandatory Splits
• On Course cutoff time enforcement
• Bonus / Penalty handling
• Ability to ignore the time from a split ("pause" or "dead" split)
• Dozens of bug fixes and tweaks

Installation Notes

For x64 based Windows systems, download and run Pikatimer.1.5.Beta.1.x64.exe (an x86 version will be released if there is demand for it)

We recommend that you uninstall any existing versions of PikaTimer before installing this release.

Note that the installation application is currently unsigned.

You will receive a warning about an unknown publisher. We hope to address this in the future.

Recommended specs:

1GB of available RAM (Larger events should have 2-4GB of available RAM and use the x64 version).
1024x768 or better monitor
200MB of disk space for the application
4-10MB of disk space for each event you create
As always, performance improves with faster systems.

PikaTimer v1.0

This is an old version. Go to https://github.com/PikaTimer/pikatimer/releases/ for the latest release

Installation Notes

For x64 based Windows systems, download and run Pikatimer.1.0-x64.exe

We recommend that you uninstall any existing RC or older versions before installing this release.

Note that the installation application is currently unsigned.

You will receive a warning about an unknown publisher. We hope to address this in the near future.

Recommended specs:

• 1GB of available RAM (Larger events should have 2-4GB of available RAM and use the x64 version).
• 1024x768 or better monitor
• 200MB of disk space for the application
• 4-10MB of disk space for each event you create
• As always, performance improves with faster systems.

PikaTimer v1.0 RC2

Release Candidate 2 of PikaTimer.

Major New Features in RC2:

• Ultra Direct (no need for RFIDSerever to pull times)
• SFTP Upload support
• Improved HTML5 Results
• Enhanced Results tab (more columns, right click a result to change waves or DQ a participant)
• Loads of bug fixes

Use the Pikatimer.1.0RC2-x64.exe installer on modern Windows 10 Systems.
For older 32 bit systems running Windows 8 or newer, try Pikatimer.1.0RC2-x86.exe

• The installation EXE's are currently not signed. You will most likely get a warning about un-trusted software when you run them. If you are really paranoid, you can always download the source code, verify it, and compile it yourself. :-)

For non-windows based systems, grab the PikaTimer.1.0RC2.zip file. Unzip it to a directory of your choosing, and launch the PikaTimer.jar file. You will need to install the latest Java 8 JRE from java.com in order to run it.

We recommend that you uninstall any existing RC1 or older versions.

Recommended specs:

• 1GB of available RAM (Larger events should have 2-4GB of available RAM and use the x64 version).
• 1024x768 or better monitor
• 200MB of disk space for the application
• 4-10MB of disk space for each event you create
• As always, performance improves with faster systems.

PikaTimer v1.0 RC1

Release Candidate 1 of PikaTimer.

Use the Pikatimer.1.0RC1-x64.exe installer on modern Windows 10 Systems.

For older 32 bit systems running Windows 8 or newer, try Pikatimer.1.0RC1-x86.exe

For non-windows based systems, grab the PikaTimer.1.0RC1.zip file. You will need to install the latest Java 8 JRE from java.com in order to run it.

With all versions, you will need to use RFIDServer or Outreach to create the chip/time files that are consumed by PikaTimer.

Recommended specs:

• 1GB of available RAM (Larger events should have 2-4GB of available RAM)
• 1024x768 or better monitor
• 100MB of disk space for the application
• 4-10MB of disk space for each event you create

As always, performance improves with faster systems.

PikaTimer v0.5.0(Alpha)

Warning: this is a very early pre-release. Use at your own risk.

A zip with the JAR or the Windodws x64 based installation app is available.

The zip will require a 1.8.0_60 or newer version of the Java runtime.