AXWare Systems Online Race Management (ORM)


AXWare Systems ORM - About
  About AXWare Systems ORM
"The Future is Wide Open"

What is AXWare Systems ORM (Online Race Management)?

Do you want a system that does more than just provide online registrations?  If yes...then you are at the right place!

AXWare Systems ( AXWare ORM for short) is a centralized system that provides:

  • registration control plus full Club
  • events
  • registration management
  • flexibility
  • consistency
  • Club centric processes that help you manage your data online
  • integrated and synchronized with AXWareTS and AXWareProTS to provide seamless downloading and uploading for registrations, and results.
  • From a Drivers/Entry perspective:
     
    • All drivers require an account,
    • Select Club(s) to participate with
    • Enter vehicle(s) in your garage respective to the Club (each Club has specific classes and policies)
    • Select an event to attend.
    • Once you're in the system, the rest is easy and flexible
    • Online payments are optional and vary between clubs.
       
  • From an Administrative perspective:
    • Powerful backend that gives you the power to manage data,
    • Tuned views that include data and data fields that you want your drivers to see and manage.
    • Manage upload and download settings,
    • Setup event with various options, including membership status, fees, style of event, capped vents, and much much more.
    • Flexible and customizable to what you want to see...
    • Tunable to match AXWareTS and AXWareProTS configuration for a perfect fit. 
    • No worrying about files, data format, just click on a few buttons to achieve complex tasks in seconds! 
    • Our integration tools are unmatched by any other system since we designed the system to be a Club Centric tool, not just a online registration system.
    • Centralize your Club Management and Events control - it's never been easier. 

The Power to Manage

AXWare Systems ORM is an online registration system but steps up to the next level offering integration between the online system and AXWareTS and AXWareProTS. Powerful tools offering a turn-key, fully rounded product line, since we are the authors of the entire system, and with that in mind the integration is consistent, accurate and seamless.

AXWare ORM was designed with the future in mind. We offer products and features with highly integration models for centralized data management (ORM) and the software interfaces. That includes but is not limited to downloading online registrations,  membership up and downloads, official result uploads, Live Timing hosting, all with just clicks of a button.  Flexible, easy to use, and promotes a high degree of consistency and expectations for your data management needs.

Why AXWare Systems ORM?

It's very simple, use AXWare Systems ORM to centralize your Club's Data Management needs, reduce the time your administrators need to manage Club Memberships, Events, and results. It provides essential tools to make online registration easier, providing an expanded feature set that your Club's administrators need to manage everything related to the system and your Club.

If you are using AXWareTS or AXWareProTS and want an integrated solution that reduces your time and effort in managing your data, increasing your productivity, then join the ORM neighborhood and enjoy the flexibility of the system.

Online Payments

Use the AXWare Systems Gateway supported by Stripe.com - a fully PCI compliant and secure payment processor, or provide a pass through payments using PayPal (using Website Payments Standard and Express Checkout). 

Terms and Conditions Of Service

Please review our Terms and Conditions (TCOS) for information about using our facility.


What does AXWare ORM offer?

AXWare Systems ORM is designed to integrate and synchronize with AXWareTS and AXWareProTS in a flexibility and configurable manner.

For Drivers/Entrants: the system provides the following:

  • Management tools to help you control your account
  • Select clubs you will participate with and set explicit vehicles for each Club (based on individual Club policies - including classes).
  • Manage your membership status and Club information specific to each Club.
  • Garage style control for your vehicles in support of Club policies.
  • Register for events with just a few button clicks.
  • Manage your data specific to each Club.
  • Linked Driver and Family Support allows you to link co-drivers and family members and allow you to registration one another, including online payments.
  • Supports SCCA membership, allow a new and simplified method of registering for SCCA events. Including automatic SCCA membership validation.
  • Online Payments (if so configured and Club dependent). Includes payment history and Cart controls. Memberships included.
  • Email notifications, including Registrations, Un-Registrations, Registration Changes, user information changes, and several others.
  • Club Store (a simplified store front that allows the Club to sell merchandise and other items).
  • Hosting results so that you can view official results (uploaded from AXWareTS and AXWareProTS), Live Timing/Streaming.

For Club Administrators:  system and data management controls.

  • Event Creation - various types of events from Autocrossing events to meetings can be scheduled.
  • Clone Events for quick event startup - edit dates and other items and you're ready to roll.
  • Co-Events with neighboring clubs - allows clubs to co-host events, allow a more flexible and open registration process for their memberships.
  • Co-Host Events - gives clubs the power to co-hosts with one clubs policies taking the lead role. Essentially, the hosting clubs policies and rules apply.
  • Membership Control - manage members and membership statuses
  • Manage  Garages or your membership.
  • Administrators - several levels of Administrative control are offered and provides control over events, membership, online payment, etc.
  • Class Definitions support the same features as found in AXWareTS. This includes pax classes (factors), groupings, Superclass definitions etc.  Note: SuperClasses are becoming very popular and allow sub-grouping several classes into a single competitive class. AXWare TS and AXWare ORM support
  • this concept completely.  Manage your classes like you expect to run your events.  Create base class definitions, SuperClass definitions and Pax classes as you see fit.
  • Series style events - A named Series for specific events in a season.
  • Customize ORM to match your existing AXWareTS or AXWareProTS configuration with respect to classing and numbers cars.
  • Customize page views and Data Columns views based on the data elements you want to expose to your entrants. Several screens offer this functionality including, Membership Data columns, Garage/Car Data columns, download Registrations and Membership, etc.   This customization allows you to create explicit import files that are directly compatible with your existing configuration. The requirements are downloading and importing the exact data columns you configure.
  • Email Control center that allows you to send email to members, non-members, those registered for an event, etc.
  • Work Assignment control.
  • Online Heat Assignments for any event.  Directly imports into AXWareTS.  Select and control your Heat Assignments online with added information for each event.
  • Online Payment Facility allows users to register and pay online through the fully secured AXWare Systems Gateway. A shopping cart is maintained and managed accordingly and follows common checkout practices.  Events may be configured to require online payment, used on a voluntary basis or not used at all.  Events that require online payments require that a user check out before the registration becomes active including capped events.
    For clubs that provide online payments and setup Membership Fees, drivers may pay for their membership dues using the online payment facility and through their "My Clubs" task page.
  • Manage Club Store allows the Club to provide a small store to it's membership.  This can include items such as T-Shirts, Hats, and other items.  Online Payments must be active for the store front to be available for the Club.
  • Control timed events as well as non-timed events - the type and amount of data necessary for registering for these type of events differs significantly since normally, non-timed events require much less information. 
    • Timed events include:
      • Autocrosses
      • Rally Cross
      • Speed events
      • Lapping Sessions
      • etc.
    • Non-Time events include:
      • Banquets
      • Parties
      • Meetings
      • etc.
  • SCCA Clubs have automatic support of the SCCA Temporary Membership Program from both AXWare Systems ORM  and the software interface. Validated Memberships as well as allocated Weekend Temporary memberships for each event. Synchronizes with AXWare TS to provide the data necessary to process and manage non-members affectively.
  • WYSIWYG data entry for HTML based information fields - this allows you to type and manipulate the text with various HTML features (without requiring you to know HTML coding).
  • Much more....

AXWareTS, AXWareProTS and AXWare ORM Integration

Flexible and designed to provide consistency between AXWare ORM and your AXWareTS, AXWareProTS configuration.  Synchronize the data columns to exactly what you need in your downloads and you're just button clicks away from Importing and Exporting data. Consistently and quickly create events, import and export memberships, import class definitions, work assignments, work definitions, heats assignments and much more. 

Here's a quick summary of integration operations from AXWare TS to and from AXWare ORM:

  • One button Event Registration downloads.
    • Event Registrations are imported directly into your event. No external browser or other file manipulation is necessary. Just select the Event you want, and it will automatically import.  There is even a quick start process that allows you to do this from the Create New Event directly.
  • One button Heat Assignment Downloads
    • During Event Registration Downloads, you can also download the Heat Assignments for that event.  Setup the Heat Assignments online and download them into the software for immediate control.
  • One button Event Results Upload.
    • When your event is complete, use the Uploads Results function to automatically generate and upload the results into AXWare Systems ORM (to the Results section). 
  • One button Membership Downloads.
    • Imports membership data directly into your membership file. Either overwrites or merges the membership data from AXWare Systems ORM  into your membership file.  This process imports all cars that a user has in the garage that are specific to the active Club.  Cars used for other clubs are not downloaded.
    • No external browser or other file manipulation is necessary.
  • Upload Membership Data
    • Automatically synchronize your data from the software Interface to AXWare Systems ORM.  This process creates and/or updates users.  It also creates or updates cars in a users garage. 
  • Live Timing - three basic flavors are offered.  Streaming, Live Timing result format (like final results), Live Timing Structured, Home page with each class on it's own page. Home page has real time information about what classes are newly updated.
     
  • Work Assignments, Work Definition, Heat Assignments and Class definition imports
     
  • SCCA Clubs - Validate or assign Temporary Weekend Membership numbers from the SCCA Temporary Membership Program Services. Accessible from the software as well as online during the registration process. 
  • More coming...

Planned Future Enhancements

  • We are always looking to provide new features that give you the power to manage and view you Club's data in a consistent manner.  A lot of work is continuing in the Live Timing and Points area...stay tuned for new features are provided.
  • If you have specific ideas, please let us know. 
  • Pricing

     

    Clubs and Organizations must Subscribe to the Online Race Management Services to provide access to the services while Users may use the system free of charge.

    Please review the pricing at Online Race Management in our online store.

    Subscription is straight forward with a flat fee approach. Simple, effective and coordinated with AXWareTS like no other system out there. Pay on a even-by-event basis or pre-pay a full season of events to obtain the season discount. Special Series can also be configured by creating a Pseudo Club for the series to allow explicit control and separation of the series from the normal club activities.

    • Events:
      • Nominal simple per event. Pay on an even-by-event basis.
      • 15% Discount for pre-paid yearly Subscriptions.
      • Other types of events, meetings, banquets, shows etc are consider non-timed and offered at no cost.
      • Live Timing Streaming Services ONLY with AXWareTS v17.50+, we offer Live Timing Streaming cloud services that allow your club to host Live Timing content in AXWare ORM for your events.
        • This offer is separate from typical AXWare ORM services and is designed for Hosting Services only.
        • Please visit Online Store Live Timing Subscriptions for more information about hosting live content services only.

    • Setup Fees:
      • Yearly Club Subscription Fees:  Includes Club and Administrator creation and covers maintenance.
      • 2 forms of subscription depending on your needs:
      • Additional Club Series: If you run multiple series, a secondary club is created that lets you organize the series independently of your normal seasonal events. Control it independently of your normal club using different class definitions and entries.  Provides different sets of Administrators from your normal club/organization if so desired.
      • Subscribe Online from the following link AXWare ORM  - Subscribe
    • Online Payment Processing:
      • AXWare Systems Gateway (fully secure) and allows your users to pay for their registrations online, and directly from out site. A nominal processing fee of 4% is automatically used to cover the cost of all Credit Card Transactions and Pay Out Processing.  Pay Outs are disbursement of the funds to the configured contact.
        • Payouts - checks will be sent to a designated contact when ever necessary. Normally the Payout is processed a few days after each respective event. Different time lines may be requested (every 2 weeks or 1 once per month).  Detailed Payout Invoices are provided and accessible by the Administrators of your club.
      • PayPal, either Website Payments Standard or Express Checkout. The Website Payments Standard provides transaction information about each item purchased, while Express provides for a lump sum total.  All fees will be rendered by PayPal.
    • If you have any questions whatsoever please Contact AXWare Systems.