- Download the
TM Lite program. Right Click
this link and save the program to your PC
- Run the downloaded
program to install it. Follow the instructions and prompts on the
screen.
- Run the TM
Lite program you just installed.
- The program will prompt you to create a database. You can call it anything meaningful. If it does not prompt you, File->Open/New and enter the name. You should choose Default Team Registration to be USS even if this is going to be used for a high school meet. Many meets are observed by USA Swimming officials, which means that times for club swimmers can be entered into the national swimming database "SWIMS".
- Create your
team. Teams->Add. Close the team window.
- Add your swimmers. Athletes->Add. The minimum information you have to enter is Last Name, First Name, Gender, and Member of Team 1 (your team). However, if this athlete is going to want his/her swims to be entered into the USA Swimming database, you should enter the athlete's full name, date of birth and then use the Build ID button to create a USA Swimming ID for the athlete.
- Repeat the addition process for each athlete.
- Find the meet
you want to enter online and download the TM Events file for it, or save the TM Events file from an e-mail, onto your PC.
- Import the
meet information and events list for the meet. File->Import->Meet
Events. Locate the TM Events file you just downloaded and select
it.
- From the Meets->Entries
by Name menu item, enter your swimmers in their events with
their seed times. Be careful to enter seed times: many meets
require them and your entries will not be accepted without them.
You can also enter relays Meets->Entries by Event.
- You can create
a report Reports->Performance->Meet Entries, to verify
you have entered your swimmers in the correct events.
- When you have
verified the entries, export them to an entry file. File->Export->Meet
Entries. Follow the prompts.
- Attach the entry file to an e-mail and send it to besmarttinc@gmail.com.
- You only need
set up your team once per season, you can use the same database
for multiple meets.
- For full Team
Manager function, consider purchasing the full version from Hy-Tek.
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