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SportIdent in Australia
About your SI Card |
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An item quite familiar to most competitors is
the SportIdent Card (sometimes referred to as a SportIdent Stick or
dibber). Like it or not, SportIdent Card is the internationally
recognised term for the unit carried by the competitor – get used to
it.
Each SportIdent Card contains a tiny computer – much the same as can be found on a modern SmartCard. There is no battery in the SI Card – it gets the power it needs from the SportIdent Control. Each SportIdent Card has enough memory to store information about – the time you CLEARED your stick, your START time, your FINISH time and information about up to 36 controls visited by you. Caring for your SI CardTake good care of your newly purchased or rented SI Card; the replacement cost is about A$35, so losing one can make it a very expensive day out. Many orienteers attach a safety cord to their SI Card as shown in the diagram below - if the SI Card gets pulled off your finger as you run through trees or bushes, this cord should prevent loss of the SI Card.
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