PC to C7042 Cable

ss67, I think this will be a cool thing, much more fun than a regular software demo. Basically what we're going to do is when people come to our booth we'll register them into the race on the CRM. Then they'll get to play a game, and while they are racing we'll be streaming the data in realtime onto a display as well as adding usage data into the CRM associated with their record. The concept is to sort of simulate the way Car2Go invoices for renting their cars. So we would be charging them (all fake money obviously) per lap. Then we'll show them that the usage data in the CRM flows into the billing software and we'll print an invoice for them to keep. The invoice will show their lap time for each lap and the charges for it. We'll most likely give out prizes to the top contestants and invite the top X people to a tournament on the final day of the convention and award a prize to the winner of that tournament.

We still need to think out exactly how it will work, but that's basically what we're thinking right now. I think I'll probably limit the speed of the track except during the final tournament, because I don't want the cars flying off the track all day. We'll probably need to limit it to two cars at a time as well.

Because I don't have a ton of time to develop the code before the convention, I'm planning on buying PC Lap Counter since it already understands the protocol and can output the data to an Access database and it will be much easier for me to just query the Access database to get the usage data.

QUOTE (edub @ 12 Apr 2012, 10:47) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>We are working on a project for a trade show that starts April 23rd and we want to setup the SSD track at our booth and when people race the car the data will stream into the CRM software that we build and then that will integrate with a billing platform that will print a "invoice" for people to see how the billing platform integrate with our CRM software. In order to do that we need the cable to get the data from the track to the PC. We purchased a cable from RichG and the company that makes the billing software purchased one from RikoRocket but we're in the US, and both of them are shipping it from the UK. Both Rich and Riko have been very nice to deal with and have tried to expedite the shipping, but I'm very concerned that the cable won't arrive in time.

Is there anyone in the USA that has this cable that would be willing to lend/lease/sell a cable to us that we can use during the conference? I can ship it back right after the conference. It would be great if I could get the cable very soon so that I have time to develop the integration before the conference. We actually need two because we have two tracks that will be setup. I'm new to the forum, but if you want to email me offline, my email is [email protected]
I bought a cable from RichG a few years ago and because of a major 1:1 truck build I'm not using it right now.I'll gladly let you use it....E-mail me your add. and i'll have the wife mail it to ya in the morning...
I'll be sending it out of Michigan..I can next day it if you like???
Just pick up the mail cost and you owe me a beer...lol
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Keith
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