Microgate OPTOJUMP Next - 4.2.2.4 Sprint and Gait Test

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4.2.2.4 SPRINT AND GAIT TEST
Main Parameters
 Start type: Indicates if the start of the test must take place with a ‘status change’ (i.e.
entering or exiting the bars) or with an ‘external impulse’ coming from the jack sockets
 Start: indicates if at the beginning of the test the athlete must be ‘inside the area’ of the
bars or ‘outside the area’
 Starting foot: if known, the foot with which the test starts (“right” or “left”) can be
indicated, otherwise leave as “not defined”
 Stop type: Indicates how the end of the test must be interpreted, i.e. as ‘external
impulse’ (e.g. a photocell at the end of the lane) or as ‘timeout’ (the number of
milliseconds of Test timeout can be customized in Utility – Basic Configuration)
 Finish: for the Stop type = ‘Timeout’ it is necessary to specify if, at the end of the test,
the athlete must be ‘inside the area’ of the bars or ‘outside the area’
 Test length: appears only if Stop type = ‘End of Time’ and specifies how many
minutes:seconds the test must last (from 00:01 to 09:59)
 Number of intermediate times: Indicates how many intermediate times are inserted
between the start and the stop (from 0 to 99)
 Template: see chap. 4.2.2.1.1
Secondary Parameters
 Minimum contact time [ms]: see above
 Minimum flight time [ms]: see above
 Maximum flight time [ms]: see above
 External signal holdoff [ms]: is the holdoff time between two consecutive external
signals. Caution has to be applied for this value, because it may depend on the type of
test being carried out
 Entry point: allows to indicate if the entry point of the Sprint/Gait test is entering from
the ‘interface side’ (drum) or from the ‘opposite side’. If ‘automatic’ is chosen,
OptoJump Next automatically calculates the direction, considering the LED nearest the
center of the foot as the beginning of the LEDs.
 Step length calculation: allows to choose whether to calculate step length as the
distance between the tips of two following feet or as the distance between the heels of
two following feet (see also Figure 95 - Tip to Tip or Heel to Heel Step Length
 )
 Minimum gap between feet [cm or ft]: is the minimum gap between tiptoe and the heel
of the next feet.
 Minimum foot length [cm]: is the minimum foot length in centimeters (or inches), used
to filter possible incorrect acquisitions.
 Split 1 or 2 at distance [cm]: insert at how many cm from the start the first or second
split time will be taken; leave 0 to disable split times