· Finish Arm Key - There is one of these for each Lane. When you press this soft key that Lane is immediately set so that the next touch will be the last touch.
You would use this if a touch was missed and rather than add a touch because the next touch will be the last (or maybe you forgot to add the touch).
You might also use this if you have a longer distance entered than the race actually is, so for the last length you simply finish arm the lane(s).

· If you Finish Arm a Lane and it is not really the Finish, you can still subtract a touch and the timing for that Lane will continue.

· Split Arm Key - There is also one of these for each lane. The Split Arm key will subtract one touch from the lane and immediately re-arm the pad, but only if the pad is not currently armed. The pad is not armed after a touch for the time that you have used as a default in your setups (normally 15 seconds).
You might use this in a Relay where a swimmer does not exit the pool soon enough and trips the pad.
You could use the subtract a touch method instead of using this key.

· Display Soft Key - When running the Meet, most people will have this pressed so you can see the pads being hit at the Finish, and which buttons were pressed. Any time you have missing buttons, or the pad never goes off, you warn the Referee if it happens more than once on a lane, as there could be an equipment problem that needs to be addressed.

· Pad Indicators - These are displayed at the bottom of the display area, one per lane.
There is a downward pointing triangle for each lane, this will disappear when you turn the lane off.
It will pulsate when the pad is being tripped.
It will also signal short if the pad appears to be shorting out.
Above this will appear a black "blob" that will indicate whether that Lane is Finish Armed (i.e. the last touch is coming up) or Split Armed (the pad is now "live" and the next touch is not the last touch).