ets, no times recorded

[thunderbigbaws]

funny thing is you never hear of any probs or updates with tuarus system

[pjc]

the updates only seem to be a problem with unikon and the agents run for cover!

[Back garden fancier]

Bricon has worked fine at our club, but Unikon has wiped some members pocket clocks clean.

[budgie]

We also had a problem on Saturday with the Unikon Race Arrival Times.We had a pigeon timed recorded at 11-04-32 from Otterburn and they were not liberated until 12.00 hrs.The pigeon in question arrived at 14.15 pm but the time did not record.On taking the clock to be opened it recorded the pigeon as our first timer but no time.On our own printer it recored it as 11.04.37 but there was no pigeon so we are certainly confused as to what could have caused this to happen in the first instance. :-/

[midge]

ALL CLOCKS MUST BE CLEAR BEFORE RACE MARKING I.E . NO TRAINERS IN CLOCK

AS ON RACE MARKING TRAINERS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR RACE BUT WILL NOT BE RECORDED ON ARRIVAL FROM RACE

SO IT IS A MUST ALL CLOCKS ARE CLEAR BEFORE RACEMARKING

[budgie]

ALL CLOCKS MUST BE CLEAR BEFORE RACE MARKING I.E . NO TRAINERS IN CLOCK

AS ON RACE MARKING TRAINERS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR RACE BUT WILL NOT BE RECORDED ON ARRIVAL FROM RACE

SO IT IS A MUST ALL CLOCKS ARE CLEAR BEFORE RACEMARKING

Midge thanks for the attached but how many fanciers are aware of this as before the last update i dont think we had this problem and why should it accept the pigeon at the marking.The system requires to be changed as it shoud not allow the pigeon to be race marked.

 

 

[OLDYELLOW]

funny thing is you never hear of any probs or updates with tuarus system

 

is the reason been not many are using this system

[midge]

Midge thanks for the attached but how many fanciers are aware of this as before the last update i dont think we had this problem and why should it accept the pigeon at the marking.The system requires to be changed as it shoud not allow the pigeon to be race marked.

 

  IT WAS JUST BY CHANCE THAT I FOUND OUT THE PROBLEM WITH UNIKON

AS THEY DO NOT TELL ANY FANCIERS ABOUT ANY PROBLEMS THAT HAPEN AND DO NOT TELL

ANYONE WHAT THE UPDATES ARE FOR

AS YOU KNOW POOLING BIRDS WERE TAKEN OUT OF CLOCK AND ONLY FOUND OUT AFTER UPDATE BY THE FANCIER NOT BY UNIKON

 

 

[thunderbigbaws]

there was a fancier in methil had 12 bird timed in at 10.10 on sat morning and birds not liberated till 11.30. all these probs and unikon are keeping quiet, they were,nt very quiet when the system was getting introduced

[midge]

there was a fancier in methil had 12 bird timed in at 10.10 on sat morning and birds not liberated till 11.30. all these probs and unikon are keeping quiet, they were,nt very quiet when the system was getting introduced

 

I AGREE 100% WITH YOU AND HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT ANOTHER UPDATE !!!!!

WILL BE COMING OUT TO SORT ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE BEING FOUND

BUT WHEN I DO NOT KNOW

AS WITH KILL RACE OPTION ALL CLOCK SETTERS WILL NEED TO BE CAREFUL IF USING

THAT OPTION AS WE COULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE RACE IN CLOCK AND COULD KILL

WRONG RACE

[bullcock]

on our 1st race one unikon users 1st bird didn't register and anothers printed the arivals but no times.

on the 2nd race the same fanciers system wouldn't work at all during marking and had to use an stb.

upgrades or downgrades you decide.

people are using the ETS system as a forward step in pigeon racing but in our club only 2 people use it and both have missed out in time-ins in the 1st race and one wouldn't work at all in the 2nd race!

[PIGEON_MAN]

on a thread on pb a while ago about which was the best ets to buy just about everyone on here said unicon ,have they now changed their mind i wonder? i will keep using my t3s for now .

 

 

Think the reason for that was that hardly anyone had to pay for them they all had them payed for by the grants the clubs received.

[sapper756]

I have come to the conclusion, taking into account, all the pm,s I,ve received and the replies to this thread, that it looks as if the latest update is the problem :-/ don,t know if it,s a good idea to bring out another update to correct this, as this is when you lose data from clocks :-/ would also like to say a Unikon Rep. is on the case

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Although i love my ETS for several reasons, all the ETS systems have the same reliability as the old Toulet clock which has been around for many decades.

 

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

We also had a problem on Saturday with the Unikon Race Arrival Times.We had a pigeon timed recorded at 11-04-32 from Otterburn and they were not liberated until 12.00 hrs.The pigeon in question arrived at 14.15 pm but the time did not record.On taking the clock to be opened it recorded the pigeon as our first timer but no time.On our own printer it recored it as 11.04.37 but there was no pigeon so we are certainly confused as to what could have caused this to happen in the first instance. :-/

 

All the more reason that every fancier when it's a national race should have a mechanical clock set for peace of mind that it could go t-ts up especially when it has flown it's heart out and had a top position.

 

[CREBAG]

When theres an error with ETS, ive always found its a human error on setting up etc. ;D

[Guest IB]

When theres an error with ETS, ive always found its a human error on setting up etc. ;D

 

I agree with you. But the current problem looks as if it has been caused by the human(s) at Unikon who tested the software and still released it with a glitch in it. Problem is too widespread for it to be Operator error, especially as most of these Operators in Scotland have been doing so successfully for 2/3 years.

[CREBAG]

Hi, ive known this to happen once since we've been using Unikon, the reason was the pocket clock wasnt put into the loft base station properly before the birds were due, a little turd in between the p/clock and the base can stop this happening too, im not saying this is whats happpened but its a possibillity.  atb.