PortaTree Silver Box Software Ladders & Qualifying - Manual

PORTATREE PROFESSIONAL
LADDERS & QUALIFYING SOFTWARE
PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS
Qualifying Operation is as Follows
:
1. Category Editor must be set up to with the proper qualifying mode.
2. Qualifying Form must be set up with the raceday file (Click on the Raceday file that is on
the screen -- this will show you a Popup Menu of Race day files that you have run) that you wish to
qualify from and you must select the racers database that you wish to take the racers names from.
You must also select the Category that you wish to qualify by clicking on the Category Name. The
qualifying list will appear qualified in the order that you selected in the Category Editor. Then you
must SAVE the qualifying List and if you want to print the list you can at this time.
3. Now you can open the Ladder Form and Click on the Category Name (OR "SELECT
CATEGORY") and Select the Category that you wish to Ladder. If the Category was not Qualified
or Qualified the same day, you will get a message Warning you that the category was not Qualified
or Qualified that day. The qualifying list that you just qualified will appear and you can check it out
one more time before you ladder.
4. Now you Click on the First Round Pairing Button to initiate the Pairing of Vehicles
followed by a Click on the Pairing List Button in order to retrieve the Driver Names for the ladder.
Now you can click on Print Ladder Button, which will print the initial ladder only. The Program
will only print the first and final round of Ladders.
5. The Additional Round Pairing Button is used to set up all rounds past the first round and
driver's names at that point have already been handled by the First Round Pairing Button. This must
be done after every round.
6. The Pairing list is necessary so that you can generate a list to hand your Race Track
Personnel so that they can set up the ladder correctly for the next round and give the Lane Choice to
the Correct Racer. Lane choice is indicated by the word "LANE" in front of the person's name and
vehicle number. The Lane choice is determined from the previous round's performance and is
determined by the Qualifying Mode, which could be Reaction Time, Closest to Dial, or Elapsed
Time. The Better Number gets Lane Choice.