MacFinish
II USB
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The MacFinish II USB is the latest version of our famous MF II series. It’s a low cost system with the MacFinish Interface close to the PC and fully battery powered.
This version is limited to 1 camera and has standard 1MB on-board video memory, but is delivered with the “MacFinish virtual memory option” for longer image recordings. Optional upgrade to 2 MB or 4 MB on board video memory, to record races at speeds >1000l/s in the internal memory.
The digital MacFinish box is connected to the PC with a USB-cable. The length of an USB cable is normally one meter and can be extended to maximum 15 meter. This is a limitation, but the camera cable can be up to 100m.
Advantages of this version:
- Low Cost system if the MacFinish-Interface box is close to the PC. The MacFinish II USB is therefore the ideal choice for any athletics club, small timing organisation or as low-cost backup system for the MacFinish II Ethernet camera.
- With the optional 2 or 4 MB memory upgrade you’re able to capture a full long distance race even when your operating system of your PC is crashing! After the restart of your computer you can easily readout the MacFinish camera memory.
- No serial ports are needed anymore for your PC, data to the Timing Scoreboard goes over the USB cable! Link to Athletics Manager can be done over Ethernet.
The
MF II USB has a monoline CCD
sensor.
With this kind of sensor it is really easy to align
the camera exactly
on the
front of
the finish line.
The MacFinish II USB is the ideal choice for any athletic
club.
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MacFinish 2D USB
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TimeTronics proudly presents the MacFinish 2D USB camera, THE worldwide innovation in photofinish timing for 2009! The MacFinish 2D USB uses all the knowledge from our MacFinish II generation in combination with the latest technology in sensor development. The 2 dimensional (2D) sensor known in the digital photo and digital video market is now used to build a state of the art photofinish system.
Camera – Computer connection = USB 2.0
For this camera we have chosen a USB connection. USB allows us to stream the photofinish data at a very high speed from the camera to the computer. A 5m active USB cable is delivered with the system.
Advantages of this version:
- 3 way motorized lenses available
Auto focus - Auto iris - Motorized zoom
- All start signals are registered at any time
- Enhanced alignment procedure: instant video image of the finish line
- Light sensitive and affordable lenses
- Dynamic choice in vertical pixels versus capture speed up to 2500 lines per second - up to 1280 vertical pixels
- Fully battery powered
- Optional VideoID
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MacFinish
II Ethernet
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The
MacFinish II Ethernet camera
itself is now a complete professional photo-finish system.
Both
versions, MacFinish II Ethernet and MacFinish III Ethernet
have 256Mb...2Gb of internal memory and produce photo-quality
pictures of 30
bits colour depth for
up to billions of different colours, and a superb dynamic
range
in case of local or temporary recording of high contrast
images.
Both
versions guarantee the race and time recording internally
inside the camera, independent of what happens with the
personal computer.
This camera accepts any F-mount type of photographic fixed
or zoomlens. The most used are the 28-70mm and 70-200mm
F2.8 zoomlenses.
The
MacFinish II Ethernet uses a monoline
RGB-CCD of 1500 pixels that
produces pictures of 500 color pixels vertical resolution.
The MacFinish
II Ethernet is ideal for professional athletics and
horse & greyhound
races where reverse mirrors are used.
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The
standard internal memory of
the MacFinish
III Ethernet has
been increased up to 256 Mb for
2 reasons. First of all, with the increased number of colours
(up to billions of colours)
and the enlarged amount of vertical pixels (up to 2000 pixels),
the picture consumes a lot more memory due to the huge amount
of information. Secondly, the extra memory allows the operator
to capture a race of more than hundreds of cyclists. If required,
this memory can be further extended up to 2Gb.
The
MacFinish III Ethernet uses a 3-line
RGB-CCD that produces pictures
of up to 2000 pixels vertical resolution. It will depend on
the user-selectable c-mount lens how many pixels (1000/1333/2000
pixels) are actually recordable.
Manual
and motorized lenses are available, fixed as well as zoomtypes.
The MacFinish 7.x software will use the middle (green) sensor
line for actual timing, and places the two other (red and
blue) picture lines on top of the green to show sharp pictures.
The MacFinish III Ethernet is ideal for horse,
greyhound, bicycle and regatta races when the most detailed picture is desired.
Another reason for choosing the MacFinish III Ethernet is its
extreme high light sensitivity.
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The
clock of each MacFinish system is factory calibrated with a
resolution of 0.1 ppm, and all MacFinish systems are
now powered by a maintenance-free 12Vdc battery for guaranteed
operation, even in case of a mains 110/220VAC power failure.
A battery charger is of course standard included.
All
MacFinish systems can use desktop or portable computers.
Please browse through our detailed list of specifications
below if you would like to compare the different versions,
or to read details of the MacFinish of
your choice. |
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TIPS
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Some large projects with for example official
+ backup timing demands can better not be solved with multiple
standard configurations, for the simple reason that it is more
interesting to use common
elements, like underground cables,
for both official and backup timing. Also some sports can use
one (universal) TimerBox for different purposes, like for example
TimeTrial and Track cycling.
- We
advise unexperienced persons to start investigating the standard
solutions, and then contact us with their project
description and specifications, so that we can propose
a customized
solution,
without any obligations from your side. Of course
you can also directly contact one of our distributors
to assist you in the
product selection for your application.
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MacFinish
II USB
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MacFinish
II Ethernet
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MacFinish
III Ethernet
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| Hardware Acquisition: |
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PC-connection
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USB 2.0
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Ethernet
100 Mb/s
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Ethernet
100 Mb/s
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CCD
type
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1-line
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monoline
(RGB color)
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3-line
(RGB color)
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Memory
built-in
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1
Mb + Virtual Memory
Optional 2 or 4 Mb onboard video memory
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256
Mb...2 Gb
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256
Mb...2 Gb
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#
CCD-pixels
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500 pixels x 3 colours (RGB)
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3x500
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3x666-1333-2000
(# pixels depends upon selected lens)
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#
colours/pixel
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32.000
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1.073.741.823
(30 bit)
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1.073.741.823
(30 bit)
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Acquisition
rate
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100...2000
lines/s
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100...2000
lines/s
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100...2000
lines/s
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Synchronous
time
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0.5 µs
time base
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0.5 µs
time base
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0.5 µs
time base
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| Camera: |
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Optics
(lens)
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Nikon
Bayonet mount (F-mount)
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Nikon
Bayonet mount (F-mount)
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C-mount
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Remote
lens control option
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Remote
camera alignment option
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only
via manual control box
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via
manual control box or computer screen
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via
manual control box or computer screen
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Camera
cable
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Tri-coax
special video cable
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Standard
ethernet cable
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Standard
ethernet cable
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Maximum
length of cable
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100m
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Virtual
unlimited
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Virtual
unlimited
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| typical advantage |
low
cost
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simplest
operation
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highest
resolution
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typical use
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athletic
clubs
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professional
athletics - horse+greyhound races
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horseraces
- bicycle races
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| Software feature
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Short description
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MacFinish 6.x
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MacFinish 7.x
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Serial or ethernet
data transfer between Athletics Manager and MacFinish
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Only serial communication |
Serial and ethernet (since april 2008) |
Result table (simple) |
Table with race results |
Yes |
Yes |
| Result
table
(extended)
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Table
with race results: extended mode including athlete information
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Not available |
Yes |
| Color
calibration
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Feature
to calibrate the colors of the photo-finish picture
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Yes |
Yes |
| Overview
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Extra window where the complete racepicture
is shown.
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Not available |
Yes |
| Photo-finish
preview
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Preview
window to show the live photo-finish camera data.
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Yes |
Yes |
| Tools
window
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Window with contrast + intensity + color calibration
settings.
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Yes |
Yes |
| Parameters
window
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Window with recording speed + WindSpeed settings.
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Yes |
Yes |
| Preferences
window
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General preferences settings for all kind of
parameters.
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Yes |
Yes |
| Control
box window
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General
race timing window with running time indicator.
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Yes |
Yes |
| Image
zoom function
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Function
to zoom the photo-finish picture.
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Yes |
Yes |
| Image
eye function
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Extended
function to zoom the photo-finish picture.
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Yes |
Only useful for MF II
(not for MF III)
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| Presentation
function
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Function for full screen presentation of FF-picture to television, incl. logos.
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Optional |
Optional |
| Camera
remote lens control
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Remote
control camera functions: gain + motorised lens control by software control on PC
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Lens Iris Remote Control via manual remote control |
Yes |
| Camera remote direction control
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Remote
control of motorised camera head, to direct the camera in 3 dimensions
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Camera Remote Control via manual remote control |
Yes |
Scoreboard drivers |
Selection of timing scoreboard type |
Yes |
Yes |
Video ID |
Video identification system |
Not available |
Yes
(since april 2008)
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Transponder or Chip import |
Import of transponder or chip information in MacFinish image |
Not available |
Yes
(since april 2008) |
Auto Jpeg |
Automatic creation of photofinish image file in JPEG format |
Not available |
Yes
(since april 2008) |
| Auto import & export |
Automatic file import & export
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Not available |
Yes |
