Notice for WinSpeed Users

WinSpeed has a new program version that incorporates the new nominations feature in Unikon firmware version 3.27 and 3.30. WinSpeed has abandoned the automatic method that was first built into WinSpeed for getting race data from the Unikon. Unikon customers are now required to use the most recent version of the (DOS v1.18) UNI.EXE administration software, in the C:\UNI folder, in order to get the required race data results.

Although the automatic download feature in WinSpeed is still active, it has been abandoned and ignores the nomination information that it receives from the Unikon. The automatic downloading of race data in WinSpeed can still be used, but the nomination data will have to be entered manually. The "old" method (automatic download) is accessed from the main menu item in WinSpeed named "Race Data".

There is a "new" method incorporated by WinSpeed that is used to gather race data from Unikon and other electronic clocks. This "new" method relies on files generated by another piece of software such as UNI.EXE. The "new" race data function is located in the main menu of WinSpeed named "Clocks". Click on the "Clocks" menu feature and then choose Unikon. If you do not have the latest version of UNI.EXE (1.18), a message will tell you that you need to have a more recent version of UNI.EXE. Other than that, you will be prompted to choose from which destination folder your race data has been stored. UNI.EXE will store the race data files in the C:\UNI folder by default. The only way to store the race data files in the A:\ (floppy) drive is to manually copy all the needed files to a floppy disk on your own. This information tutorial will focus on the default standard for UNI.EXE; that is the C:\UNI folder.

1) First open the UNI.EXE program and enter the "Program Configuration/Default Settings/System Set-up" menu section. Here you will fill in the all of the fields, or leave the selections at the default settings. Exit the screen with "F10".
2) Enter the "Club Menu - Edit Club Information" section and create a club with the appropriate designations. It only consists of a number and a name for the club. Exit the screen with "F10".
3) Enter the "Flyer Menu - Edit and Transmit Flyer/Pigeon Data" section and create each flyer that is a member of the club. If flyers are already existing then simply upload their memory module data to the UNI.EXE program using the "F8" key.
4) After all the memory modules have been loaded with the correct Name, Concourse/Combine, Club Number/Flyer Number information you can then enter a race.
5) After official strikeout of the race, which is achieved by pressing "3" on the main menu of the Unikon LCD screen at the club, you can download each flyers memory module. Each flyer should have a different flyer number in their memory module, so a file will be created in the C:\UNI folder according to the information in each memory module. For example, A module that has been loaded by a computer with the set-up data set to:
"Concourse = "1111", "Combine = "22", and is a member of club "01", and is designated as flyer "001", the race data file generated and stored in the C:\UNI folder will be "11112201.001". That is all you need to do in UNI.EXE. WinSpeed will then know how to gather any other needed information from this file name.

In WinSpeed go to the "Clocks" menu and click on "Unikon", click on "C:\UNI", click on "Loft Names", follow the instructions to match races in the clock with races in WinSpeed. You can then go to "Race Data" and click on "Clock Birds" to see the results including the nominations and calculated speed.

click here to download uni.exe version 1.18