HOW TO INSTALL THIS APP

ANDROID phone or tablet

On the home page you will see a big white box with an "Install" button. Click that button and the app will install itself. You'll have to allow a couple of permissions. Finally drag the icon to a convenient place on your phone's screen.

iPHONE or iPAD

Tap the Share icon () at the bottom of your screen (the top, on an iPad), then Add to Home Screen (you will have to scroll down on an iPhone), and then Add (top right corner on an iPhone). Finally drag the icon to a convenient place on your phone's screen.

The first time you open the app, make sure you have an internet connection so the app can load itself into the special cache. After that the app will operate without any internet.

Browsers

The app is designed to be used with the Chrome browser on Android or Safari browser on iPhone and iPad. Those are the default browsers for most devices, though Huawei and Xiaomi have their own browsers and you may need to change to Chrome before you can install the app.

HOW TO USE THIS APP AS TRIAL ORGANISER

Trial Observer Scoresheet makes life easier for the observer and most especially, the results team.

Do make sure the device is fully charged at the start of the day.

From the home page, first tap the "Trial Organiser" button to enter your section of the app.

SET UP page

To begin, go to the SET UP page and click "Reset All" to clear any results left over from a previous trial.

Then fill in the PIN, the name of the trial, the number of laps and section number this device will be used on. If the observer will be covering two consecutive sections, tick the "double section" box and fill in the numbers of both sections.

Then hand the device to the observer and make sure he is familiar with how to use the app.

RESULTS page

When the trial is finished, the observer will hand back the device. Click "Create Score Sheet" and the app will make a CSV (spreadsheet) file and save it in the default folder, usually "Downloads".

Then use a USB cable or wireless connection between this device and the results computer. From the computer, transfer the CSV file to the computer and open it with your preferred spreadsheet software.

Highlight the appropriate block of cells and copy-and-paste them to the results spreadsheet. Missed sections are identified automatically and scored with a 5. You will need to manually check if the number of missed sections constitue a DNF.

ADMIN page

The set-up page is protected by a simple 4 digit PIN, just to be sure a observer can't mess up your settings. The default is 0000, but you can change that on the ADMIN page, and also reset to the default if necessary.

HOW TO USE THIS APP AS AN OBSERVER

The observer will have tapped the "Observer" button to enter their section of the app.

BEFORE THE TRIAL page

To begin, go to the BEFORE THE TRIAL page and fill in your name and telephone number.

SCORING THE TRIAL page

After that, switch to the SCORING THE TRIAL page and you're ready to go. For each rider:

If you want to check the scores recorded so far, click on "Check Scores" near the bottom of the SCORING THE TRIAL page. This will give you a table of rider's scores for each lap marked so far (similar to an old-fashioned paper observer's sheet). It will alert you if you have recorded more laps that the event is using.

Then if you need to correct a mistake, click on "Correction". Tap the lap number and the new score, and then tap "Enter" to record the new score. You can also delete a lap/score entirely. In that case the other laps will close up, so for example, if you delete the score for lap 1, lap 2 will become the new lap 1 and so on.

You can also put a comment against any rider number. Click on "Add a Comment" at the bottom of the SCORING THE TRIAL page, then select "Last Rider" or put in the rider's number, write your comment and tap "Save".

ABOUT THIS APP

This app was created by Paul Melhuish and is sponsored by Little Hotels.