I spoke with the iCard rep in Atlanta at the ARRCs.
Basically, the system is fairly easy for the region to adopt. A minumum buy and the company installs the transmitting antenna.
The region needs to supply a laptop and the manpower to run it. Acording to the rep, you boot up, open the app, do a little configuring, hit "go" and you're done. Shut down at the end of the day. As you all probably know, it takes it's data from the AMB system via a choice of protocols.
That said, the rep is a rep, and the rumours are that it has a tendancy to crash during the day, requiring a click or at worse a soft or hard reboot. When I brought this up with him, he admitted some minor glitches, but said the latest rev had fixes that would eliminate the issues.
So, back to the question. T & S is leery of adding unknown responsibilities to their workload, but is more than happy to provide support to the system in the way of space.
So, it looks like what is needed is a dedicated laptop, and an operator to do the morning start up, and be able to resolve any issues that might occur during the day. That person should have a decent handle on the operation and set up of a computer. And as NER hosts a number of events, each event needs to be staffed.
Okay, Dick, anything to add or correct?
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Jake Gulick
CarriageHouse Motorsports
ITA 57 RX-7
New England Region
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