How big are these Emit Brikkes and how are they usually carried, e.g. attached to wrist, finger, and so on?
Since if I decide to enter an event with Emit timing (e.g. JK next year) then beforehand I would like to become accustomed to running with one of these brikkes (or at least something similar) whilst trying to hold a map and use a compass.
Obviously I could enter an Emit event beforehand, but that is not always an option.
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charles2 wrote:How big are these Emit Brikkes and how are they usually carried, e.g. attached to wrist, finger, and so on?
7cm x 4.5cm and about 5mm thick. I put my little finger through the loop and it sits nicely in my palm.
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Nimby wrote:charles2 wrote:How big are these Emit Brikkes and how are they usually carried, e.g. attached to wrist, finger, and so on?
7cm x 4.5cm and about 5mm thick. I put my little finger through the loop and it sits nicely in my palm.
Have a look at this: http://www.emituk.com/faq/A%20Competito ... %20PDF.pdf
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roadrunner wrote:Surely one of the main differences between Emit and SI is that for Emit, the brikke has a battery with a finite life (nominally 10 years, I think), whereas the SI SI Card is entirely passive (powered by the control unit) and so lasts forever
Yeah, that's not true. My SI card died completely of it's own accord (Chip failure potentially) a couple of years ago at an event, when it was only around 4 years old. I got it replaced but apparently they are only guaranteed to last upto 5 years.
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Dave wrote:roadrunner wrote:Surely one of the main differences between Emit and SI is that for Emit, the brikke has a battery with a finite life (nominally 10 years, I think), whereas the SI SI Card is entirely passive (powered by the control unit) and so lasts forever
Yeah, that's not true. My SI card died completely of it's own accord (Chip failure potentially) a couple of years ago at an event, when it was only around 4 years old. I got it replaced but apparently they are only guaranteed to last upto 5 years.
Fair comment - clearly, anything can fail; the difference is that Emit has a built-in finite life due to the battery. As for guarantees, I think few things are guaranteed for the length of time they usually last in practice - my SI card is something like 12 years old and still going strong.
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Emit guarantee is 5 years, Maroc Emit kit is 12 or 13 years old (I think - memory gets a bit hazy that far back!) and forest units are now starting to fail. We have used it hard - probably 50-60 times a year, so its done well.
PS We are starting a replacement policy for the kit so you can still safely come to our events
PS We are starting a replacement policy for the kit so you can still safely come to our events
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Our club kit is over 10 yrs old now - will be interesting to see whether its replaced with the EMITag system!
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seabird wrote:Paul Frost wrote:Sounds like you should have been talking to your SI manager before the event.
Told him ok. He just forgot grrrrr.
Just to elaborate on this response, made from the perspective of a non-si manager. The grrrr was frustration at what happened, not the si manager; a volunteer with plenty to do in life other than sought out si equipment.
I have been involved as planner and controller in 2 events recently where the si boxes had not been synchronised, to the point where we have achieved many negative splits. Some units had been out on loan to other clubs, who had re-synchronised them for their events, and possibly not informed the home club, who in turn had not checked. I have no idea how much effort that checking requires. (I'm sure an expert will tell me - very little.)
In all my examples the si managers have been very experienced, and involved with si from its inception. It would seem, from the outside, that there is still a fair bit of adjusting that is required. Si managers like many others, tend to have busy lives; oversights are inevitable, and are clearly happening.
Living in an Emit wilderness, but reading these threads, it would seem that Emit managers and hence planners and controllers don't have to worry about these extra issues. Am I right?
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seabird wrote:Some units had been out on loan to other clubs, who had re-synchronised them for their events, and possibly not informed the home club, who in turn had not checked. I have no idea how much effort that checking requires. (I'm sure an expert will tell me - very little.)
Personally, I would always resync boxes as late as possible before any event. It takes literally a couple of seconds per box, and with a little instruction is the sort of task that can be easily delegated to someone who has minimal technical expertise themselves. In fact, I would almost be tempted to say that it should be a job for the planner to do just before they start to put controls out. Definitely easier than trying to recover from a mis-synched box afterwards.
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agreed - and the process also clears historical data from the SI unit at the same time.
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Scott wrote:Personally, I would always resync boxes as late as possible before any event. It takes literally a couple of seconds per box, and with a little instruction is the sort of task that can be easily delegated to someone who has minimal technical expertise themselves.
I can't echo this comment enough, spot on.
Don't need computer knowledge, don't need intimate SI knowledge... Dip the purple service/off key a few times in the time master unit, pop the little coupling stick in and hold it to each unit until it beeps. Done.
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So if I'm reading this right you just hold a small device by the box for a few seconds? Something the Controller could do when he checks the position of the box and just before he wakes it up?
How much are these sticks to buy?
How much are these sticks to buy?
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AndyC wrote:So if I'm reading this right you just hold a small device by the box for a few seconds? Something the Controller could do when he checks the position of the box and just before he wakes it up?
How much are these sticks to buy?
No you are reading incorrectly. The time master unit looks like an SI unit which you place on the top of the unit you want to sync. Insert the coupling stick into the SIcard holes and the units sync. There will be a coupling stick with the SI kit.
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Thanks Simon
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