B&G Deckman - Manual (Page 152)

Plotting competitors' positions
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to change, since it will always be shown in relation to the time you have
set on your computer. The simplest thing, therefore, is to leave the
computer clock on the same time for the duration of the race.
Plotting competitors' positions
This feature allows you to plot the positions of competitors in your race.
This can be done either from files provided by the race organizers (in
which case, the format may change—contact B&G for more
information) or by manually inputting the positions.
Setting up
On first use of this feature, you will have to enter the details of the
competitors you wish to track. Select gmenu>competitors and then OK
to the message telling you no files exist. You will then be presented with
a Make the competitor list dialog.
Click on New and a new row will be created in the table. Click in the
Boat name column and enter the name of your own boat (this is
necessary to calculate the relative positions of all the boats). In the File
Name column enter a file name to be associated with this boat
(boatname.b is recommended). The Red, Green and Blue columns
then allow you to control the colour in which this boat will be plotted: in
each, enter a number between 0 and 255 to control the amount of each of
the three colours used; 0,0,0 is black and 255,255,255 is white. Tick the
box in the Own column to confirm that this is your own boat; all
calculations as to the relative positions of the other boats will then be
made with respect to this.
Repeat the above process for all of your competitors, except obviously
do not tick the Own column for these. It is highly recommended that
you enter all competitors that you may wish to track as, at present, it is
hard to add new ones at a later date. Once all competitors have been
entered, click OK and you will be presented with the Competitor
Information dialog; for use of this see below.