ChronoCap

ChronoCap

Capture Shooting Chrony data live to a PC or a Palm OS handheld

ChronoCapPalm and ChronoCapPC bring your serial or printer port equipped Shooting Chrony under complete control and eliminate the need for paper records at the range.

ChronoCapPC

version 4.0

Windows 2000, Windows XP and Vista

Print results from Capture, Download and Archive

ChronoCapPC features that make working with your Chrony easy:

· Capture - Read shots from the chronograph on the fly.

· Data Download - Reads shot strings from the chronograph's permanent memory.

· Archive - Permanently save shot strings in an unlimited size database.

· Configuration - An interactive graphical interface that shows the current configuration of the Chrony and makes it easy to change. No more memorizing arcane push button sequences. If you are not going to have a laptop at the range you can use ChronoCapPC to configure your Chrony before you leave home.

Requirements:

· Computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP or Vista

· 5 Meg available hard disk space

· 1 serial port or 1 USB 2.0 port

Also:

Either a USB Adapter for Shooting Chrony or a Serial interface converter.

(see the Connections page)

Download a demo of ChronoCapPC and see how it works.

Buy ChronoCapPC on our Catalog page

Southwest Products USB Adapter for

Shooting Chrony

version 1.0

Works with any Windows 2000, Windows XP or Vista computer equipped with a USB port.

Performs all required level shifting and includes a USB converter all built into one small package.

Requirements:

· Computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP or Vista

· 5 Meg available hard disk space

· USB 2.0 port

Includes:

· Adapter

· USB Cable

· Connector Cable

· CD with drivers and a demo version of ChronoCapPC that can be converted to the full version.

Buy the USB Adapter for Shooting Chrony on our Catalog page

ChronoCapPalm

version 3.1

Runs on PalmOS 3.5 through PalmOS 5.1

Requires only 124K bytes of RAM. NO RUNTIME LIBRARY NEEDED!

HotSync to ChronoCapPC v4.0 Live Capture database

It's like a printer, only much better.

No changes from v3.0 except HotSync modifications to work with Vista and the new ChronoCapPC v4.0 database locations.

ChronoCapPalm features:

· Take your Palm handheld to the range with you, plug it in to your Shooting Chrony and capture data while you shoot.

· Edit the data right there at the range. Add missed shots. Delete bad shots.

· Give each shot string a 50 character descriptive title so it can be easily identified later.

· Not limited to the fixed shot string lengths configured into the Chrony.

· The program can hold 100 shot strings of up to 30 shots each.

· Data is automatically HotSync'd into a PC database readable by ballistics programs

· If you have ChronoCapPC you can further edit the shot strings and print reports

· HotSync updated to work with the new database locations for Vista compatibility

Requirements:

· PalmOS compatible handheld running PalmOS 3.5 through PalmOS 5.1

· 124K RAM

· Handheld serial cable or cradle.

· Interface conversion (see the Connections page)

Download a demo of ChronoCapPalm and see how it works.

Buy ChronoCapPalm on our Catalog page

Not sure what the benefits are? Read what the testers had to say.

The ability to give each shot string a descriptive name is a huge help. It's a lot easier to understand "233Rem with 50gr Nosler over 25gr H335" or "308 load that Jack wanted to chronograph" than it is to remember what "7" means a couple of days later. J.A.

I keep notes while I'm at the range so I know which shot string in Chrony memory belongs with which load. Even though I do that, I can still make the mistake of selecting the wrong shot string which causes me to overwrite (and lose) data. If you've got the Chrony configured for Auto Save, it gets even worse. Goodbye paper notes! Goodbye confusion! O.N.

Sometimes I shoot 5 shot strings, sometimes 10 shot. I can never find the Chrony instructions when I want to reconfigure it. Besides, it always takes me 5 minutes to figure out how to follow the instructions. With your program I can just ignore how the Chrony is configured and the program keeps it sorted out for me. C.P.

By mistake I fired a shot from a different load in the middle of my shot string. I just edited the string and deleted that shot. I then switched to the string where it belonged and put the value in. No problems. C.M.

I was in the middle of a shot string when I got sidetracked. By the time I was ready to finish, the light had gone and I couldn't shoot anymore. I came back the next morning, selected the string I had been using and fired the rest of the shots. It was just like there had never been an interruption and I didn't get the shots mixed up with a different string because the shot string name makes that impossible. T.A.

I used the ChronoCapPC program to save Excel spreadsheets of all the strings I shot. I tried the "text file" reports too. Since I've got Excel, I'll definitely be doing it that way. Either way, I won't need to keep all those notebooks around anymore. C.M.

I've got a Palm IIIxe that I've been wondering how to use. M.W.

** The Beta and Gamma Shooting Chrony (and the Master versions) have a serial port. As of January 2000, the Alpha Chrony and F1 models have a printer port. They all function with ChronoCap.