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Progress and Accuracy Monitoring


Your progress is monitored by the programme, which displays
  • your bell number(s) high-lighted in the changes, in strike positions,
  • your striking accuracy, as a percentage of a strike, beside the row in the changes window,
  • your nominal place as input, and the target place,
  • the mat(s) high-lighted in the animation window,
  • the count of method errors and your percentage accuracy in the status bar,
  • the position of every strike, in the striking monitor, either a single bell or all bells,
  • a graphic striking report with a record/playback facility and
  • fault assessment, for either an individual or the whole band, in the striking report.

Changes Window


The Changes window shows the rows, progressing through the method/touch, and the call (GO method).
Changes window

Screen Shot 1:

  The Changes window

All of the ringer's bells can be highlighted, in their actual striking positions, or alternatively, the bell in its 'place', depending on the selected mode.

At the start of each lead of a method, the entry point of the blue line bell will be displayed, as the (n)th place bell.   Also displayed are the correct place of the blue line bell, your input place, your striking faults (as a percentage of a strike), Hand strokes, calls and the Hand/Back bar (indicating the current/next input).   The changes are always displayed, but the other items are optional, including the row ahead (shown here dimly - optionally in full or not at all) and the widths of the red and blue lines.

The changes window content, layout (to the left, right or centre), font and colours (except the fault% colours), can be customised.

Striking Monitor


The striking monitor is in a separate window and has two modes.   It can be resized to improve its impact and visibility across the ringing chamber.   With a single ringer's bell, the Striking Monitor shows your striking faults, expressed as a percentage of a strike (early/late), for the latest hand and back strokes, in either Single Bell or All Bells mode.

Single Bell mode

  displays the ringer's bell in its correct position (including in method) within the range +/- a whole blow (inter-strike interval).   With perfect striking the bell will appear in the centre, but will shift to left or right (early/late) and the colour will change from green, through yellow, to red, and disappear altogether, as the striking deteriorates.

Accuracy is shown at the bottom as a percentage of a strike, early or late, for each of the latest hand and back strokes.

Screen Shot 2

  shows the 3 is 13% late at back stroke.
 
Striking Monitor - Single Bell mode

All Bells mode

  shows all the bells in their actual strike positions, in the colours of the Changes window.

Screen Shot 3

  shows the 3 is 58% late at hand stroke.
 
Striking Monitor - All Bells mode

Averages mode

  shows the average position of the ringer's striking, All strikes and averages separately for the Early blows and Late blows, indicating the trend and the range.   The colours range from black for values within +/-10% of a strike (interstrike interval), then green, graduating through yellow and orange to red at +/-100% or more.

This is drawn in a separate window, to allow occasional reference to check for improvements, and obviates the need for users to fix on the display, leaving them free to concentrate on listening.

Screen Shot 4

  shows the Averages display.
 
Striking Monitor - Averages mode

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