tsmsoccer Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 I have a Relay, and Track Call button connected to a Arduino Board in Race Coordinator The Relay works fine turning power on and off at the start and end of heats and correctly cuts the power at the end of the race. I am running version 1.14.0.0 of the software in Race Coordinator. The problem occurs when I pause a race either through the Call Button or through the space bar on the computer. When I pause the race the power is cut to the track all good so far but when I resume the race the countdown commences and race starts but the relay is not tripped back on. There is no power to the track. The only way I can get the power back on is while the race is paused go to Race Coordinator on the computer and click Turn Power on. Power is returned to the track. I then click on either hit the Track Call button or the space bar computer the countdown resumes and race continues normally. The Master Relay is connected to the Arduino on the digital side of the board but I have also tried connecting the pins on the analogue side of the board but with the same effect. I have tried the Invert Relay option but that does not work if fixing the problem. The main issue with having to turn the power back on manually after a Track Call is that power is activated to the track prior to the countdown for the restart and drivers can move their car forward prior to the countdown for the time remaining recommencing Tks Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Hi Charlie I seem to recall this being a problem with all the local tracks using the Arduino set up at one stage, luckily i was not included in the roll out but i do know that it was sort of fixed at Marios (maybe) and i think John had something to do with it, send him or Lawrence a pm and see if they can remember what they did. I still use, and will continue to use the old 25 pin printer port connection, it has not missed a beat in 15 years. Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsmsoccer Posted August 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Yep Gaz I like the old 25 pin port unfortunately modern computers no longer include the port. I will send a message to John see if he remembers anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. R . Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 I think Ronnie' has sorted it out to Charlie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsmsoccer Posted November 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 Just in case someone else reports this problem I did solve the issue by replacing the relay. Not sure why but when I installed a new relay everything works as it should Charlie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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