The Ear

One or two Ears will operate all the ChampionChip systems used at one timing location.

The Ear is responsible for:

Switching on and off the antennas on the road
Keeping accurate time
Data storage (chip codes and times)
Passing on data to the central computer

The Ear deserves its name, because it does a lot of listening:

It listens to other timing systems and synchronises wireless when needed
Multiple Ears can listen and synchronise their times wirelessly to one master ear before the event
It listens to the gunshot. This allows all ChampionChip equipment to use the same start time as the official time.
It can be used as a DeskReader, and listens to the 7digit character-code transmitted by the transponders.

Several Controllers can be connected to one Ear.

4 Yellow Boxes
8 DigiBoxes
8 MiniReaders

The Ear device connects to the Controllers and to a central computer. The connection between the Ear and central computer can be made with a direct serial line or regular modem (wire), or by means of a cellular modem (wireless). The Ear holds a heavy-duty battery which has a capacity of 24 hours. The Ear is not waterproof.

DigiCase

The DigiCase is a device that combines a digital contrller and an Ear in one Pelican case. This means that the DigiCase can be used in combination on its own or as an Ear. For further information on the DigiCase, please click here.