Dog Agility Competition Management

This repository contains the operating software for controlling various wireless devices (gates, remote controls and LED-displays) at Dog Agility Competition events. The system was demonstrated at the Agility European Open Event in 2013 (video below).

To facilitate development and testing, an emulator is included to replace the remote controls, time sensors and displays. It enables running without setting up a USB/COM connection to the associated hardware.

CIRCE Protocol

Wireless devices communicate over a CAN bus, whose messages are collected by a mediator device that is connected to a computer. The mediator and computer exchange information through the CIRCE (Computer Interface to Race Course Equipment) protocol.

Running without loopback cable

1. Download and install https://sourceforge.net/projects/com0com/files/com0com/3.0.0.0/com0com-3.0.0.0-i386-and-x64-signed.zip/download

2. Start > Programs > com0com > Setup Command Prompt

   command> change CNCA0 EmuBR=yes,EmuOverrun=yes,PortName=COM8
   command> change CNCB0 EmuBR=yes,EmuOverrun=yes,PortName=COM9
   command> quit
   

3. Make a Debug build of DogAgilityCompetitionManagement.sln and run it. Alternatively, download the latest binaries from https://ci.appveyor.com/project/bkoelman/dogagilitycompetitionmanagement/branch/master/artifacts.