So Noptel is no longer producing their shooting training systems (see viewtopic.php?p=326825&hilit=noptel#p326825).
I have a Noptel Sport II and tried to install its software on a Windows 11 laptop. The installation goes fine, but the system does not work: "Could not find any optical units. Shooting not possible".
Have others encountered the same? And did they find a solution?
On the Noptel website there is a "legacy software" section under Downloads. This has a newer version than what I used before, but on this one I get the same error.
Best regards,
Jeroen
The Netherlands
Noptel Sport II on Windows 11?
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Re: Noptel Sport II on Windows 11?
I use the NOS Sport program to practice free pistol in the summer. It worked just fine last year on a small Windows 11 laptop I bought specifically to work with the Noptel system. However, when I tried it a few days ago, the program would run, but I couldn't start a new session, or access the Settings menu to see if the hardware was OK. There was no error message to help, and running as Administrator didn't work either.
Several months ago, I had briefly used the system with a SCATT setup we have at the college where I coach. I had loaded the SCATT software, and I think I updated Windows at that time. Because it had been sitting idle since then, I decided step 1 was to update Windows 11 in case there was a bug in one of the updates.
That seemed to do the trick. I installed one set of updates and got it working. Since then, I've done a couple more rounds of updates, and it's still working. Windows 11 is now fully up to date.
There were two versions of the NOS Sport software around for a long time. There is Version 1.62, which works with older computers (up to Windows 7?), and there is Version 2.0, which works with Windows 10 and 11. My wife and I both use the system. We actually have three sets of hardware, two for rifle (runs on a Dell Windows 10 laptop), and the setup for pistol running on the Windows 11 laptop, which is an Asus.
There are a couple of quirks to be aware of:
When you do a new installation, you may get an error window complaining about the Borland database software they use. Let everything sit for a while, and then close the error window. It should still work fine.
If you use the system a lot, eventually the database file gets too large for the software to handle. I had it die when the file was over 130 Mbytes, and it doesn't produce any sort of error message. The symptom is that you get through the zeroing process OK, but as soon as it goes to a regular shooting session, it can't record the new data. When you fire the first record shot, the shot marker appears, but there is no shot trace, box or markers displayed. All subsequent shots are ignored. The fix is to go into the Session management system and delete older files to get the file down to a manageable size.
The backup files can also accumulate over time. I had over a GByte on the laptop that both my wife and I use for rifle training. You can just go in and delete all but the most recent files.
On some Dell laptops, the sounds system goes to sleep almost instantly to save power, even if the PC is plugged in. As a result, when you fire a shot after 10 or so seconds of audio inactivity, there is a VERY significant time lag before the shot sound & location sounds are produced. There is a way to fix that in the registry. Let me know if anyone needs instructions on how to do that.
Several months ago, I had briefly used the system with a SCATT setup we have at the college where I coach. I had loaded the SCATT software, and I think I updated Windows at that time. Because it had been sitting idle since then, I decided step 1 was to update Windows 11 in case there was a bug in one of the updates.
That seemed to do the trick. I installed one set of updates and got it working. Since then, I've done a couple more rounds of updates, and it's still working. Windows 11 is now fully up to date.
There were two versions of the NOS Sport software around for a long time. There is Version 1.62, which works with older computers (up to Windows 7?), and there is Version 2.0, which works with Windows 10 and 11. My wife and I both use the system. We actually have three sets of hardware, two for rifle (runs on a Dell Windows 10 laptop), and the setup for pistol running on the Windows 11 laptop, which is an Asus.
There are a couple of quirks to be aware of:
When you do a new installation, you may get an error window complaining about the Borland database software they use. Let everything sit for a while, and then close the error window. It should still work fine.
If you use the system a lot, eventually the database file gets too large for the software to handle. I had it die when the file was over 130 Mbytes, and it doesn't produce any sort of error message. The symptom is that you get through the zeroing process OK, but as soon as it goes to a regular shooting session, it can't record the new data. When you fire the first record shot, the shot marker appears, but there is no shot trace, box or markers displayed. All subsequent shots are ignored. The fix is to go into the Session management system and delete older files to get the file down to a manageable size.
The backup files can also accumulate over time. I had over a GByte on the laptop that both my wife and I use for rifle training. You can just go in and delete all but the most recent files.
On some Dell laptops, the sounds system goes to sleep almost instantly to save power, even if the PC is plugged in. As a result, when you fire a shot after 10 or so seconds of audio inactivity, there is a VERY significant time lag before the shot sound & location sounds are produced. There is a way to fix that in the registry. Let me know if anyone needs instructions on how to do that.