Settings

▶ Open Settings

Open them with the Settings link under Options on the left. Change what you need and click Save. Most people never need to change anything here: the program is ready to use as it is.

What to do when a baton is placed on the uploader

After the download the baton's memory is also cleared, so that it starts the next round empty. That is Clear memory, which is on from the start and is only shown in Advanced mode (see below).

Version check and baton report

On to start with. ERE tells Magtouch which version it is and which batons it downloads (not the clockings), so that it can offer upgrades and remote diagnostics. Untick it to stop that. See Registering ERE.

Look for the points of the old program ...

Shown when the Magtouch or TagTough program for Windows was used on this computer before and its names have not been taken over yet. See Renaming points.

In Advanced mode

These are only shown in Advanced mode.

Set id

Writes an id to the next baton placed on the uploader, so it can be told apart from other batons. Type the id to use in the box next to it (4 hex digits, 0-9 and A-F). Every time it succeeds, the id goes up by one and is saved for the baton after that, so placing several batons one after another gives each its own id without retyping anything.

Clear memory

On from the start. Erases the whole baton after its data has been downloaded (and safely stored), so it starts the next round with an empty memory. This happens to every baton placed on the uploader. Switch it off only when a baton must keep its data, for example when it is to be downloaded on another computer as well.

Check the date and time against the internet

When the program starts it asks the internet what the time is. If this computer is more than two minutes wrong it offers to set it right, because the times in the reports depend on it. If there is no internet connection it tells you that the times might be wrong. Remove the tick if you do not want this check, for example on a computer that is never connected to the internet (then make sure its clock is right some other way).

Send every download to the online system

Sends the downloads to Tagtough Online, where they show in its reports too. See Sending downloads to the online system.

Remote Uploader (Rue)

Fetches the downloads of a Remote Uploader on the same network as this computer. See Downloads from a Remote Uploader.

For Magtouch (testing and problems)

Folded away at the bottom; only needed when Magtouch helps you on the phone. It holds the serial ports the program must not use, the address of the online system and the Test the online system button.

Serial ports the program must not use: the program finds the uploader by itself. It only tries serial ports that have the same USB chip as an uploader (an FTDI FT232R); every other serial device of the computer is left alone. If you have another device with that same chip that must not be touched, write the name of its port here, one per line (for example COM3 on Windows or /dev/ttyUSB1 on Linux).