April 15 3:00 pm

Auto tee system development

New revised powered auto tee system logic and circuit boards on order.

Production and demo video should be available sometime next week.

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April 12 3:00 pm

LX2 construction updates

The LX2 now features reinforced tower platform mounting brack ets

plus all cables, power supplies and electronics for the cameras, laser and IR lights are now embedded into the tower post for a much cleaner look.

Box is 36" X 24" X 12" : 22 lbs

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April 11 4:00 pm

CP update 10.4.8.2

New customer camera registrations

A number of smaller updates

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April 11 2:30 pm

Auto Tee-up system development

Due to a flood of other system orders, I'm behind the scheduled launch date of the powered auto tee systems.

Expected release date is thus now delayed until May as new circuit boards have to be made in order to reduce the amount of wiring

between the control board, timers and relays.

The above images show the prototype test versions.

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March 6 1:00 pm

CP update 10.4.7.6

New: Camera frame rate settings now fixed.

i.e. either 790 or 1500 fps ( as per the camera manufacturer's specifications)

The CP's measured fps is no longer being used as measured fps can fluctuate depending on the CPU or USB bus load)

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February 25 7:00 am

GSA Golf Auto Tee-up system

Optional extra: Multi Tee Height pedal set

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February 24 11:25 am

GSA Golf Auto Tee-up system : Under floor ball reservoir

The development of this product is nearly completed now.

System consists of a sturdy box with a hinged and lockable lid

with a compression spring loaded floor that pushes all the balls (2 layers) up

and a paddle on a rail with a pull spring to pull the balls back into the ball feed opening to the auto tee system.

In order to fill the reservoir with balls, levers are attached that hold the floor down and pulls the paddle back

thus relieving the pressure on the balls.

The low profile version - on the other hand - has just a single layer of balls in the tray so no requirement to use spring loaded floor

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February 20 12:45 pm

GSA Golf Auto Tee-up system

The Auto Tee-up system development is nearing completion now

Electronics testing with an optical sensor was competed today.

Heavy duty casing and circuit boards are on order:

GSA Golf Auto Tee-up system : Electronics

Electronics include optical sensors. relays, forward/revese module and logic circuits.

Logic is :

1: User clicks the foot switch for a new ball

2: actuator is lowered

3: a new ball from the ball feed drops onto the rubber tee

4: optical sensor detects this and automatically starts raising the actuator with the new ball on the tee

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Expected production start : 1st week in March

A video of the system in action will also be published

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February 4 3:00 pm

CP update 10.4.7.4

A number of smaller but potentially important updates

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January 31 7:40 am

New GSA Golf Auto Tee-up system

Development of this system is coming along nicely.

Expected production start: May 2026

The system features a number of mechanical levers and guides controlled by PLC driven actuators

BTW I must say the development of this product is super fun to do.

Involving real hardware mechanical engineering with whirling motors, ball guides and logic controlled actuators instead of just my usual software development.

It's a bit like developing a pin ball machine.

The market for this product is huge too. i.e. driving ranges, commercial indoor golf sim facilities as well as home users.

I wouldn't be surprised if this product turns out to be my best selling product ever as I already have numerous pre-orders for it.

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January 25 8:45 am

New EVI Vcam

Now includes laser control for the EVI ceiling mounted camera

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January 19 12:00 pm

CP update 10.4.6.9

New SCX ball VLA adjust buttons in the camera panel

This saves you from having to navigate all the controls in the calibration table panel.

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January 18 2:30 pm

SCX calibration table check results

I spent numerous hours today checking and testing the SCX calibration tables using my SCX but couldn't find anything fundamentally wrong with them.

However, there were a few issues with the operation of the calibration panel itself.

Now fixed in this version of the CP

CP update 10.4.6.8

Issues and fault finding page updates

I've made numerous updates to this page today too.

One annoying issue that can happen is a White Screen when starting the CP

This happens when the USB connection to a camera has been corrupted.

In this case, a call to initialize a camera never returns and thus the CP just hangs.

Probable cause

When plugging in the cameras via the USB cable to the PC, the connection is intermittent due to waggling the cable.

Note that PC USB port connections are often not very secure and any cable waggle will cause this.

How to resolve

Shut the Control Panel down and disconnect the cameras from the PC.

Plug the cameras back into the PC and restart the Control Panel.

You should hear a single audible device connect sound from windows when doing this for every camera.

When connecting the second camera, ensure you only hear the second single device connection sound

and don't hear a device disconnect sound from windows.

If you do, then repeat the disconnect and connect procedure.

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January 16 9:12 am

New Laser:

The SCX and EVi systems now come with a new green dot ball placement laser

Retro fit for older systems: $149

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January 10 12:40 pm

CP update 10.4.6.4

New customer camera registrations

New retractable screen drives

Attach any impact screen to this drive

Includes heavy duty roller, bracket, RF remote control (line of site not required),

and limit switches to stop and start the roller automatically.

$799

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