Tips & Tricks

How to keep the screen awake during an event

Even if the readout of SICards into the app will work even if the screen is off and the device is locked, you probably want to see the result for the runner directly. The app itself doesn't have any 'keep screen awake' option but there are other apps that can come to help.

I, myself always use the app Screebl on all my devices. Screebl monitors the angle off your device all the time. As long as it detects that the device is tilted a certain amount, it will keep the screen on. When the device is laid flat on a surface, the screen will timeout and go blank just as usual.

By using Screebl (or any similar app) while reading out runners into SI-Droid, you can tilt the device just a little by e.g resting it on a pencil, a spare SICard or the cable to the master. In that way the screen will keep awake as long as you want and you will also have the device in a comfortable reading angle.

How to access Internet (for card owner lookup and result transfer) even on tablets that only have Wifi

If you are using a tablet that don't have a SIM card for an event but still would like to use the automatic card owner lookup you can set your phone up to share Internet over Wifi instead. Most phones (even the IPhones) can easily be made to share Internet access over a Wifi link. Look for 'Wifi Hotspot' or something similar in the settings of your phone. You probably also have to set a password that later needs to be entered on the tablet when connecting to the hotspot.