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SIAC/Air+Whatisitandhowtouseit

attheAustralianOrienteeringCarnival

WhatisSIACandAir+?

• SIAC(SPORTident ActiveCard)isthenameoftheSIsticktosupportcontactlesspunching

• Air+ isthesystemwithSIACsticksandbeaconcontrolunitstodeliveracompletecontactlessexperience

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HowshouldIwearit?• LikeanyotherSIstick,or,upsidedown

(i.e.withthetoppointingtowardsyourpalm)

• BUTNOT nearaGPSwatchasthiscaninterfere

HowdoI“punch”?• JustbringyourSIACstickwithin50cm

ofacontrol(≈fingertiptoelbow)– Typicallywaveyourarmcloseover

thetopofthecontrolasyourunpast– Lightlytouchingthetopoftheunit

willensureregistrationontoyourSIAC

• YourSIACstickwillflashredandgiveasequenceof3roundsof3beeps– Tocheckitisyourstickbeeping,hold

ituptoyourear– NotetheSIunitonthestandwillnot

beep

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SIACBATTERYTESTControl(optional)

• SIACstickshaveabuilt-inbattery.Tocheckbattery,physicallypunchthiscontrol

• TheunitshouldgiveaconfirmationbeepifOK

• TheSIACBATTERYTESTcontrolwillbelocatedintheRegistrationarea

CLEARandCHECKControls

• CLEAR controltobepunchedasnormal– YourSIACstickwillNOTgiveitsseriesofconfirmationbeepsbutthecontrolunitwillbeepasusual

• CHECK control‘turnson’theradioinyourSIACsticktoenableittoreceivethesignalfromeachSIcontrolonthecourse– Yourstickwillgiveaseriesofconfirmationbeepshere

• Note:agreenLEDonyourstickwillflashevery10secondswhentheradioisactive

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SIACTESTControl(Optional)

• ThiscontrolwillbeofftoonesidealongtheStartChute,justforSIACusers,andofficialsshoulddirectyoutoit

• By“waving”yourSIACstickoverthiscontrolyoushouldget3roundsof3beepsandyourSIACstickwillflashred

• ThisconfirmstheradioinyourSIACstickhasbeenturnedonandisworking

CourseControls

• “Wave”yourSIACstickcloseovereachcontrolandyoushouldget3roundsof3beepsandyourSIACstickwillflashred(notthecontrolunit)

• RememberwhenotherSIACsarearoundandlotsofbeepingisgoingon,holdyourstickclosetoyoureartocheckyourbeeps

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Whatifitdoesn’twork?

• Ifyoudon’tgetconfirmationbeepsandflashesthenpunch/dipyourSIACstick

• Asusual,theSIcontrolunitshouldbeepandflashtoconfirmthatyouhavedipped

• IftheSIcontrolunitdoesn’trespondeither,usethebackuppin-punch

WARNING!

• Whilstonyourcourse,avoidbeingwithin3moftheFINISHline– Thismayaccidentallyregistera‘Finish’– Asregisteringa‘Finish’willturnofftheradioinyourSIACsticktosavebattery,“waving”overacontrolwillnolongerwork

– YouwillhavetophysicallydipyourSIACtopunchonremainingcoursecontrolsandalsopunch/dipattheFINISH

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FINISHLine

• Whenfinishingyoudonotneedtopunchor“wave”yourSIstickovertheFINISHcontrol

– JustrunovertheFINISHlinelikeyouwouldinarunningrace

– YourSIACstickshouldgivetheconfirmationflashandbeepstoregisteryourfinishjustasyougobeyondthelineitself

SIACSequence

üSIACBATTERYTEST:physicallypunch/dip

üCLEAR:physically punch

üCHECK:physically punch;turnsontheradio

üTESTCONTROL:waveover

üCoursecontrols:wave over

üFINISH:RunthroughFINISHline

RED=Optional

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Summary

• Oncestarted,noneedtophysicallypunchcontrols

• SimilarcontrolstartingsequencetonormalSIstickswithSIACBATTERYTESTandTESTCONTROLbeingoptional

• IfnoSIACconfirmationbeeps/flashes,physicallypunchlikenormalSIsticks

HandoutcompiledbyColinBurnett– Garingal Orienteers