Opening a Digital Roadbook (RBK)
When the rally organiser works with a digital roadbook, they will send you a file with the .RBK extension. This file, created with the Roadbook Designer, contains everything you need to navigate: the sub-stages with the average speeds, the references with their tulips and, if the organiser recorded them, the GPS coordinates of the references for the automatic adjustment.
There are three ways to open the roadbook in the Rabbit. Choose the one that suits you best.
From the RoadBook screen
- Download the .RBK file to your phone or tablet.
- Open the menu and select Navigation (RoadBook screen).
- Tap the “Open a digital roadbook” button.
- Select the .RBK file.
Directly from the file
- Android: tap the .RBK file in the email, in WhatsApp or in the downloads folder and choose to open it with Rabbit Rally.
- iOS (iPhone or iPad): select the file attached to an email, or open the download link in Safari, and choose to open it with Rabbit Rally.
From the Stage Editor
- Open the menu and select “Stages”.
- Tap Stages Manager and select “Import”.
- Select the .RBK file.
In all three cases the Rabbit opens the RoadBook screen at the first reference. The roadbook is loaded as Stage 01, with all its sub-stages and references. All that is left is to set the start time and wait for your time. Go!
Important! Opening a digital roadbook deletes all the stages you had in the Stage Editor. If you want to keep them, export them first in Stages Manager → Export.
Blocked roadbook
The organiser can protect the roadbook with a password or limit it to the dates of the rally. In that case, the RoadBook screen shows the message RoadBook Blocked.
- With a password: enter the password the organisers gave you and the roadbook is unlocked.
- With dates: the roadbook can only be viewed between the dates set by the organiser.
Routes and speed rallies
If the roadbook is for a route or a speed rally (not regularity), the Rabbit adapts the screen automatically: it shows the chronometer instead of the Time to Ideal and the compass instead of the sub-stage average speeds.
You can switch between the two modes at any time with the Speed rally mode button on the RoadBook screen.