Backups and USB export
One file with the race as this device holds it, written to a folder after every update or copied to a USB stick.
What it's for
Backups & USB export keeps a copy of the race outside Race Bureau: one file holding the race package, the timing desk of every run, and the desk changes and impulses still waiting to send. In Chrome on a computer the file is written into a folder you pick once (a Race Bureau folder inside Documents); anywhere else it is downloaded. Export to a USB stick writes the same file to a stick you choose.
Before you start
- The race on this device (see Race on this device). Until then the page says Put the race on this device first.
Steps
- Open This device › Backups & USB export in the Timing app.
- Press Pick the folder and choose Documents. A Race Bureau folder is made inside it. While the race is kept on this device, a latest copy is written there after every update.
- Press Back up now for a copy this minute. Last backup shows the time; the message names where it went.
- For a stick: plug it in, press Export to a USB stick and pick the stick.
What success looks like
Folder names your folder, Last backup shows a time from today, and the stick holds one file with the race, its competitors (racing details only), every run's timing and anything still waiting to send.
If something goes wrong
- Folder reads Downloads (this browser cannot write to a folder): this browser has no folder access (Safari, an iPad). The backup is saved to Downloads instead.
- That folder could not be used — pick another.: pick a folder you can write to.
- Not saved — something went wrong writing the file.: try again; check the stick is not full or read-only.
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