How does TracTrac integrate with RaceOS and MarkSetBot
- Prerequisite Checklist
- Getting quote from TracTrac (two weeks ahead of time) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGnDNEBw8CXGcTRZH2fTBg0YIsI4axyRQfp_f01vtm2HGOjw/viewform
- Buy VHF Baofeng uv-5r (if not purchased via MarkSetBot, needs to be programmed to have marine channels and to have VOX set to level 1)
- Buy AirFly Pro (link to buy)
- Ensure Bot Phones are running 1.218+
- Ask TracTrac support to create MarkSetBot devices named "5000000001" where "00001" is the 5 digit serial number of each of your Bots (for RaceOS that is usually three devices you will have them create)
- Lookup your event url in TracTrac. It will be something like https://club.tractrac.com/events/event_20200929_CrescentSa/jsonservice.php
- Ask MarkSetBot support:
- To set event URL in the format "TT|https://club.tractrac.com/events/event_20200929_CrescentSa/jsonservice.php" where "TT" means TracTrac and "https://club.tractrac.com/events/event_20200929_CrescentSa/jsonservice.php" is the event url from step 4. MSB support will need you to input your TracTrac userid and password once
- To configure each Bot to report location by setting "TT|em.club.tractrac.com|5000000028" where "TT" means TracTrac, "em.club.tractrac.com" is the URL you use to manage TracTrac, and "5000000001" is the number from step 3
- NOTE: Both settings can be disabled by adding "x" at the front of them
- Pre-Event Checklist in TracTrac event manager
- Enable trackers for the day via the TracTrac Status tab
- Check devices and enabled Intensive via SMS button (necessary before doing Ultra Low Latency
- Check devices and enabled Ultra Low Latency via SMS button
- Setup competitors including Unique Id being their cellphone in the format +18556275738 and optional Description being their hull number or sailnumber
- Setup TracTrac race
- Configure the course with marks (easiest setup is three Bots total with no RC boats)
- Join competitors to the race pairing the tracker that each will get
- Clone race so that you have the max number of races possible for the day (no harm in having extras)
- Charge VHF and AirFly Pro.
- Toggle the switch on the side of the AirFly Pro to "TX".
- Follow the AirFly Pro instructions to Bluetooth pair it to the Bot Phone that has the horn system.
- Plug-in AirFly Pro to the VHF.
- Enable trackers for the day via the TracTrac Status tab
- Event Checklist in MarkSetBot Commander
- At skippers meeting, click "Test Notification" in Horn screen and confirm horn, VHF and SMS works
- Use wind screen to determine course direction
- Use horn screen to start a sequence (will trigger race in TracTrac as long as TracTrac is linked to MarkSetBot correctly)
- Post-Event Checklist
- Disable trackers via the TracTrac Status
- Check devices and send Back to TCP via SMS button
- Check devices and send Sleep via regular command button
- Disable trackers via the TracTrac Status