For either the TRPC or SmartTabRoom for excel, make SURE that you have entered the results, including the results for the final round. It will be helpful if you have entered all the judge information accurately and if you have entered side information accurately, especially for elimination rounds.

For the TRPC (Rich Edwards' program):

Make sure you have the most recent version of Rich's program downloaded. To get the most recent version of the software, click here. If you don't have the program installed yet, click the button on the far left titled "download TRPC in one big file." If you have installed the program already but want the most recent version, click the middle button labelled "download TRPC update only file." You can do this even after you have entered all the results for the tournament.

From the TRPC main menu, click on "Results," then "Main results printouts," then "Print packet results." Just above the "Cancel and return to main menu" button is a blue button labelled "Click here to create a text file for NDT points results." (The button will work for both NDT and CEDA points.) You should be automatically returned to the TRPC main menu when the saving is complete. You will now have a file called: "C:\Program Files\TRPC\TRPCData\Ptsfile." Email that file as an attachment to Jon Bruschke at jbruschke@fullerton.edu.

For the TRM (Rich Edwards' Macintosh program):

From the format menu, select "convert data to TRM96." If you are using a recent version of the program, there will be 9 files that begin with "TRPC" in a folder called "conversion." Either email all 9 files as attachments to jbruschke@fullerton.edu, put them on a PC-formatted floppy and send them snail-mail to the address below, or send a zip disk to the snail-mail address below.

For the STA-XL (Gary Larson's program):

Click here to download the most recent version. Your current download should be more recent than 9/18/2002. Note: This is an FTP site, not an HTTP site. You may need FTP software to access the location; if you have the Network Places icon that comes standard with Windows that should allow you to access the file. If you have difficulty with the link above, the location is ftp://ftp.wheaton.edu/pub/debate/

Tournament procedures:

During elim rounds, STA does not REQUIRE you to indicate a side when you tabulate an elim round done with STA. The web reporting system does require this information, so please record who is affirmative when you record a decision.

Tournament directors sometimes do not use STA for judge assignment, particularly in late elimination rounds. For the sake of web reporting, please complete STA screens all the way through the completion of the final round. If you are not using STA for judge assignments, you can use the MANUAL ELIM function to assign the judges after the fact.

Occasionally, tournament directors make mistakes in entering teams, judges, etc. To simplify the task for the automated system, if you note that you have a school name that is an error (one that has no teams or judges assigned to it), it would be helpful to delete that school prior to submitting results. If you have fears that it might affect operations, you can delete the errant school after the tournament but before you transit results.

Transmission procedures: At the end of the tournament, simply remove any sensitive information (like judge preference information) and email me the excel file. If you prefer, the program can also generate a separate workbook page which you can save as a text file and email to me. My preference is to receive the entire file.

STA-XL PLUS

For STA-XL Plus (Danny Cantrell-Jim Hanson-Gary Larson's program):

Please use the Latest Version of STA-XL Plus. You can download it at:

http://www.dannycantrell.net/sta/

Please be sure to record who was on the Affirmative and Negative in the Elimination Rounds

When you have finished the Tournament: Email the File to Jon Bruschke at: jbruschke@Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU

If you absolutely cannot create an electronic data file using one of these two methods you can fax a hard copy of your results to Jon Bruschke at 714-278-3377. Please also send me an email because the fax receipt is glitchy. If you also have no fax access, you can mail a hard copy to:

Dr. Jon Bruschke

Dept. of Speech Communication

PO Box 6868

CP 420-1

CSU, Fullerton

Fullerton, CA 92834-6868