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Dealer4 PC Software User Manual ver: 1.3

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1. 14 Typically this happens when the power adaptor is not connected the machine or is not connected to the mains outlet Check these connections and try to enter the Deal function again Please note that it is not possible to enter the Deal function without the machine connected to the computer 4 2 Deal function description If communication with the machine is established the following window will be opened 4 Dealing Boards File Name C Dealing hands Aulpll23 pbn Dealer Status Idle Card Index E Show boards C Small Dealing time Standard Large Jumbo National Settings Standard C French ARDV French 1RDV German AKDB C Dutch AHVB Danish EKDB C Swedish EKDKn Card Type Standard Cards with outside frame Card Font Bold Normal Fine The dealing window is opened in blind mode by default which meansthat the boards are not visible This allows the operator to play because he will not be able see the boards To display hide the boards click on the Display boards or Hide boards button It is possible to change the default setting for board 15 display in Setup Preference If boards are being displayed the Dealing Boards window will be look like this File Name C Dealing hands AulplI23 pbn Dealer Status Idle Number of copies 4 Card Index Hide boards
2. rotate hands clockwise CON rotate hands counterclockwise N W swap N and W hands 0 SW swap W hands 0 N E swap Nand Ehands N S swap Nand Shands SE swap Sand Ehands EW swap W hands O Qear remove all cards from all hands O Random fill randomly generate all hands All cards which were assigned manually will be unchanged only unassigned cards displayed in the middle will be randomly dealt O Accept accept all changes made to the current board Once Accept has been clicked the changes cannot be reversed using Restore O Restore undo all changed on the current board unless Accept has been clicked Analyze run Double Dummy Analyzer on the current board The changes have to be accepted before analyzer can be used This function only analyzes the current board to analyze all boards use the Analyze function from Main Menu For more information please refer to chapter 7 must be saved in PBN or BREformats Both these formats allow the saving of incomplete If it is required to save a Board Set during editing and all the boards are not completed it boards which can be loaded later to finish editing 31 7 Analyze 7 1 Basic description Dealer4 software has capability to analyze board to show possible contracts This is done by two analyzers 1 Deep Finesse Deep Finesse was one of the first analyzers The first edition was introduced in 1999 Deep Finesse is sl
3. nennen nnns 72 123 Peal Time AOK nca e o e e e A eee ies 73 Appendix A File 75 S ee ee ae 75 e d 76 TASIE T e P NIE E SNA 76 DUP iie t ret i t UR UR RR RE et 77 PBN E 78 AG DEAL305 nre rene ile ra eee ORE s 79 IT ON 79 Appendix B Dealing 80 Gate OS ele Aree e esteem 80 2 Gard xam eiie eiiis sten eei 80 B3 Card Recognition Errors tremo tee eee e eese trei 81 Feeding Errors ede 82 Other HOS ted ees ee dere 82 Version information Ver 0 1 Initial draft issued 09 05 2008 Ver 1 0 issued 17 02 2013 update manual to software version 4 50 add Edit Maintenance Setup In Line commands File formats Dealing Errors chapters Ver 1 1 issued 25 05 2014 update manual to software version 4 60 rewrite Print section update Maintenance and Setup Preferences Ver 1 2 issued 02 06 2014 correction in chapter numbering to be consistent with version 1 0 Ver 1 3 issued 12 10 2014 update manual to software version 4 70 update chapter 10 Setup Preferences add chapter 12 Display Control 1 Introduction This manual provides basic information about the Dealer4 PC softw
4. 094 010984 20 109864 1086 973 52 52 454 VAQJ92 73 AK83 41 Dealer S Vul EW A 5 KJ2 e KJ32 KQ109832 76 4972 Generali Euro Team Championshi 402 763 0 543 510 4J9765 N 4 4985 A102 44 44 9 nee 12 Board 5 40109 Dealer eKQJ1074 453 652 43 652 6 9832 107 874 N 4 1003 t 14 Dealer wK104 All 0109864 1096 KQJ972 wees QJ74 454 NO 4 192 212 212 73 Deabr wKQ76 EW 06432 ak 473 v54 1075 0 983 102 1082 Board 10 Q3 0654 Vul All 104 196 441065 wks 863 0108 974 N v 4 9032 Board 14 10986 Deabr E 107 Vul None 0985 2 Vul All 53 KQJ932 862 0932 42 105 0 9 8 105 3 098 343 4 864 343 11 49743 Dealer 5 1083 None eKJ972 Boant 15 K8754 Dealer 1087 Vul NS 98 410932 42 Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 1 4 4 B 14 12 18 Sy 8 4876 15 10754 s TOME 054 Q1063 5 10 5109432 4 8 4K9654 Board 16 KQ875 Dealer W 4643 2 4J964 102 1065 972 1093 Generali Euro Team Championship 440108
5. Dutch Print NS Pair Number 4 Score Card per page Danish Print Boards Fa Swedish EKDKn First NS Pair 1 3 Score Cards per page Number of lines 16 4 Score Cards per page First Board 1 Last Board 32 Header Generali Euro Team Championship Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 File Name C Dealing_hands Aulpll23 pbn Selected Printer HP LaserJet Professional P1102w Paper size A4 210 x 297 mm Print There are a few new options available only to this mode other options are the same as for Hands Record printing Print NSPair Number when selected NSpair numbers will be printed in the first column of the Score Card Print Boards when selected boards will be printed on the top of the score card First NSPair define the first NSpair number to be printed only available if Print NSPair Number is selected Number of lines defines how many score lines will be printed it is possible to set up to 99 lines but too many lines makes line height very small and it is impractical Score Cards per page defines how many score card will be printed per one page o 1 Score Card per page format is designed for custom paper size for example 100mm x 200mm so cutting sheets will be not required Using A4 or letter size for this format is not recommended Printing orientation for this format is always Portrait 46 2 Card per page prints 2 score per one page
6. Dealer4 PC Software User Manual ver 1 3 IB EOOHCHOD eub fios referret ve ust idee 4 2 020220 0 002000000 0 5 21 Menu 5 2 2 Board Set statistics ciere teet 7 3 Ale command UMN oC 8 3 1 8 3 2 Load command aa a 11 33 GAVECOMMANG Giese ned 13 34 gt 13 4 Deal nin 14 4 1 Communication with the Dealer4 machine eese 14 4 2 Deal function 15 43 Dealingboards e tee eee Ene TR e ee YER E EIER pee Y eR Toa 19 4 4 Dealing multiple copies of the same 20 4 5 Dealing a Subset of the Board Set 20 4 6 Dealing Errors nennen A E nentes 20 4 7 Board number checking 21 5 REAGCOMMANG id 24 6 Edit command iussisse ab fn 26 6 1 Board Set Editing ooi Ee ERR 27 6 2 Board Editing 29 NECI en 32 7 1 32 7
7. Suit Sze shows sizes X Y of the recently recognized card suit Draw Point shows where the Sart Point is located in the Picture Window The Point isthe point from where the recognition process begins and should be located inside or near the card symbol for proper recognition Draw Frames shows frames around symbol and suit Finding these frames is first step of the recognition process 56 9 4 Parameters sections The Parameters section holds important values for the card recognition process and other machine settings All values this section are stored in the machine so changing the computer does not affect these values Frame parameters defines captured picture position and recognition process Point O Symbol parameters define minimum and maximum symbol sizes which can be recognized and threshold parameter for Bold and Fine font settings parameters define minimum and maximum suit sizes which can be recognized and threshold parameter for Bold and Fine font settings O Recognize option other recognition parameters O Brightness camera brightness Only for Main Bectronic Board version 11 or later Contrast camera contrast Only for Main Bectronic Board version 11 or later altered by users without direct request from the service centre Playing with these All the above parameters are very important for proper recognition and should not be Q values can cause failures
8. When Leave Boards Empty is selected the New screen will look like In this case the only available buttons are Generate Empty Board Set and Exit 3 2 Load command Load command is used to load previously saved Board Set or Board Set downloaded from the Internet or any another source Seven different file formats are supported basic format widely used in Bridge DGE similar to BRI with different way of storing hands 11 BRE extended form of DGEfile used in AutoDealer3 machines Allows recording of Event information and not completed boards DUP file format used for Duplimate DOSmachines PBN Portable Bridge Notation most comprehensive format Allows the recording of Event information board numbers dealer and vulnerability information as well as makeable contract analysis ALL DEAL305 format used by DEAL305 software CSV comma separated values format which allows easy transfer to Excel or other software DGE DUP ALL and CSV formats do not support Event information Fields Event Name Event Date and Event Ste will be empty after files with these formats are loaded DGE BRE and DUP formats do not support board number information When loading these files the software will assume that the First Board number is always board number 1 After loading the following window appear It allows the user to shift the loaded Board Set to the required board number range 32 Boards were lo
9. 30 32 32 32 33 32 27 2 0110121720222327 0x0e0 33 30 33 39 34 38 34 39 35 31 06 54 38 37 34 32 3039484951 T8742 0 0 0 03 41 04 34 33 05 41 54 39 34 32 06 36 03 54 34 A 43 AT942 6 T4 0x100 32 04 51 39 38 36 35 05 4B 51 4A 38 06 41 35 33 2 09865 KQJ8 A53 0x110 03 4A 38 36 35 04 41 4A 32 05 36 35 33 06 48 51 3865 AJ2 653 KQ 0x120 4A 39 03 4B 51 39 37 33 04 4B 54 37 05 37 59 4E J9 KQ973 KT7 7YN 0 130 31 20 20 31 20 32 20 20 1 2 77 5 PBN PBN format Portable Bridge Notation isthe most comprehensive format and it allows storage of not only boards but also player s names games results and much more Full description of this format is beyond of this document but can be found on the web for example http www tistis nl pbn Dealer4 software reads only tags relevant to the boards Event Ste Date Board Deal and analysis if available DoubleDummy Tricks All remaining tags are omitted so loading and saving a file in the PBN format will end up with different files PBN format is 901 text format so file can be read or edited using any text editor Dealer4 ver 4 50 Event File Format Samples Site Melbourne Date 01 01 2013 Board 1 Dealer N Vulnerable None Deal 2 2965 7532 63 AKQ874 A02 38 A5 J65 743 AK4 KQ82 93 KT8 096 3JT974 DoubleDummyTricks 1111111111 9 79 8 79 OptimumResultTable Declarer Denomination 2R Result 2R 51
10. 71 2 7 Internal Dealer4 Memory is full File long filezzip is too large to copy Error no 541 First error happens when the selected file size is larger than 30MBwhich is bigger than the Dealer4 Internal Memory The second error appears when there is no more free space in the Dealer4 Internal Memory To copy afile from the Dealer4 Internal Memory to a follow these steps 1 Select file to copy on the file list window 2 Qickon the Copy File to PCbutton this button will be active only when a file is selected 3 Onthe Window Dialog Box select file location and click Save to save the file to the PC To delete a file from Dealer4 Internal Memory follow these steps 1 Select afileto delete on the file list window 2 Qickon the File Delete button then confirm on the pop up window Dealer4 Internal Memory is similar to Hash Drives but it should not be used as storage for important files Always keep another copy in a different place 12 2 Update Displays Hrmware The Display Firmware isthe software which controlsthe Front Display functionality The new version of this software is released from time to time and can be downloaded form the web and updated to the machine It isimportant to keep the firmware up to date as new versions provide new features functionality and eliminate bugs Display Firmware file has ADD extension and a file name like Dealer4 display firmware 2v10 add where 2v10 indicate ve
11. Version information shows current software version and the software vendor O how Hide button used to show or hide Board Set statistics on the screen By default all statistics are hidden Default value can be changed in Setup Preferences Board Set Satistics shows information about the current Board Set s point and shapes distribution After generating or loading a Board Set the Main Menu will look like this with Gatistics shown File Deal Read Edit Analyze Print Maintenance Setup Event Name Generali Euro Team Championship Event Site Montecatini ITA Event Date 1997 06 27 File Name C Dealing hands AulpID3 pbn Hand Statistics us Ew Average HCP 9 41 9 78 10 84 29 97 19 19 20 81 Balanced Hands 13 18 12 11 31 20 3 4 14 2 13 5 r 4 2 1 0 3 1 3 4 0 23 Voids 1 3 1 4 8 Singletons 10 8 14 12 18 26 Long suits 7 1 2 4 2 3 6 First Board 1 Inner Similarity 8 71 68 Last Board 32 Min frequency 6 29 5 Completed Boards 32 Hide Statistics the Main Menu window there are three fields which can be edited Event Name Event Ste and Event Date Any text can be entered into these fields This information will be saved with the Board Set when using BRE or PBN file formats Also the these fields combined can be printed on the top of the Hand Records document In the Dealer4 software when a tex
12. 10 or asa single letter T Xfor French Zfor German Print Analysis print Double Dummy analysis for each board Analysis must be performed before printing will become available Analyze command from Main Menu 1 National Settings this setting allows the printing of symbols in national characters When Print is clicked the standard Windows Hle dialogue box will appear which allows the user to choose where the text file will be saved as well as the file name An example of atext file is shown below 2 boards are shown Session BD 1 S ATS 04 D K96 C 85432 Makeable Generali Euro S K84 H JT2 D 87 976 5 49765 985 D AT2 contracts H S NT N 4 5 1 E 4 4 BD 2 5 974 D K653 C AT8542 Makeable N 5 4 5 4 5 S QJT84 0652 D J9 C J3 contracts H S NT 3 3 3 1 3 1 Date 1997 06 27 Dir N Vul None 5 02 763 D QJ543 C T Dir E Vul N S 963 H AJT8 D AQT8 09 45 8 3 Print Score Cards The final printing mode allowsthe printing of Score Cards Travelers When selected the Print screen will appear as follows Ten Printing Score Cards for boards Print Ten as T X Z Color Printing EREE Print Analysis v Print HCP UE Score Cards settings Number of copies ho 5 French ARDV Print Ten as 10 CNN kd vont German AKDB
13. 2 Possible errors during 34 8 Print command 35 8 1 Print Hands 1 35 8 2 Print Hands Record to the text 1 44 83 Print Score Cards ted CER 46 84 51 8 5 GreatingHTMIL file nnnm nennen nnne nnn nnns 51 9 Maintenance 52 9 1 2 Information Sect lori x esce ici ip i 52 9 22 T SESeGLIOTI x 53 9 3 JRBcognize enol nPE based 55 94 P rameterssectionsz sso eed edet ada dris s 57 9 5 Downloading New Firmware essen nennen nenne 58 9 6 Greate Service zeit M eor RM i Ro LA 58 9 721 E iie d 60 9 8 Auto Setup 22 aen TU eg qe fiim 61 9 9 Board Switch functions 0 nennen nennen nnne nnns 64 TOS Sahu de ede ceti ad er et bU aaraa iah 67 11 entra 68 m 69 121 Manage eec m par RUP t ees 70 12 2 Update Displays Firmware
14. 9 9 for more details Save parameters button save any changes to the parameters in machine Get parameters button restore current parameters values from the machine 9 5 Downloading New Firmware Firmware isthe software installed inside the machine and controls recognition and dealing processes and all other operations Firmware is frequently updated to eliminated bugs provide new functionality and to recognize new types of cards It isimportant to pay attention to the Dealer4 website and check for new firmware updates However if the user has no problems with machine operation it is ok to stay with the current installed firmware Instructions on how to update Hrmware Update Instruction 1v3 pdf are available on the Dealer4 website at http www dealer4 com Firmware htm 9 6 Create Service Hle Service Hle is a text file which consists of all the information from the Maintenance screen and other parameters of the machine It should be generated and send to the service centre every time there isa problem that requires service center involvement When created a Service File is saved in CA Dealer4 Data directory and has the following file name Service file ssss yyyy mm dd nnn txt 58 where ssss is serial number of the machine yyyy mm dd current date and nnn number of service files created on this computer To create a Service File put any card into the Feeder if there is a problem with recognition of a
15. D 5 C NT S H D C NT mn mn lt gt 2 Cy x 08 0600 x NT Event Site Date Board 2 Dealer E Vulnerable NS 78 Deal E 6 T42 09865 KQJ8 53 865 2 653 KQJ9 KQ973 KT7 7 T8742 A 43 AT942 DoubleDummyTricks 11111111118198181981 OptimumResultTable Declarer Denomination 2R Result 2R 5 D NT S z zmzzxuuucuoucttuEmlrtrbuzzzszzsl E n DEAL305 ALL Deal 305 is another ASI text format It uses the extension Each board is stored in a separate line 54 characters long The first 52 characters are numbers from 0 to and there are CRLF 0 0 Ox0A characters to finish the line First number in the line shows in which hand Ace of Spade is 0 1 2 5 3 W second number is for king of spade 14th ace of hearts 27th ace of diamonds 52th two of clubs 1112031122130131030320022122310310302001223332301302 2333030012020033213232213123123113110020111001322020 A7 CSV CSV Comma Separated Values is popular computer format which allows easy data transfer between different programs for example export to Excel or Word It isan ASAI text format Each board s information is stored in the separate lines Cards are written in AKQJT98765432 characters starting from N spades then N Hearts then N Diamonds then N Qubs th
16. Dealing time Standard Large Jumbo National Settings Standard C French ARDV French 1RDV German AKDB Dutch AHVB Danish EKDB C Swedish EKDKn Standard Prev Next Read Clear First Last ireak o o Exit Card Font a iv Automatically start dealing when a board is inserted Check Board Number Bold Normal Fine Simulate hand dealing single card to every hand C Read already played boards cards sort in top N E W S bottom order There are two modes available on the bottom on the screen 1 Read already played boards used when board was already played and the hand record needs to be produced Cards have to be put in the Feeder in acertain order first on the bottom Shand then W then Eand last on the top N hand Cards will be read and directed to the same pocket so the board before this process and the one after will be the same 2 hand dealing to deal manually shuffled cards in this mode the card will be directed to the hand pocket the same way as manual dealing e g if Dealer is N first card from the top will go to N then to E then to Setc During dealing card will be read and when the last card goes through the board will be displayed on the screen 24 Read function requires an empty Boards Set which can be generated using the command There is a Gear button
17. File Format Samples Melbourne 01 01 2013 Board 1 T2 Board 2 T8742 Dealer N 965 Dealer 77532 NS Vul 43 463 942 93 AKQ874 KQJ9 6 vKT8 2 vKQ973 v T42 096 J8 09865 4 1974 5 47 KQJ8 48255 1 mana A A53 S v743 6 20 5 v J865 14 8 E44313 AKA Ee 62 AJ2 W44213 KQ82 W2 32 653 A1 BRI format stores hands using a 128 bytes record for each board The first 78 bytes store information about deal These bytes are followed by 32 space characters 0x20 and then there are 18 null characters to form 128 bytes record Each card in the board is stored asatwo digit number with the following arrangement 01 Ace of Spades 02 King of spades 13 Two of Spades 14 Ace of Hearts 15 King of hearts 26 Two of Hearts 27 Ace of Diamonds 28 King of Diamonds 39 Two of Diamonds 40 Ace of Qubs 41 King of Qubs 52 Two of Clubs First 26 digits store cardsfor N hand next 26 for Eand next 26 for S The rest of the unused cards go to W Below is example of the two sample boards in BH format It is shown hexadecimal and view 0x00 30 35 31 33 31 37 31 39 32 32 32 33 33 31 33 34 0513171922233134 0x10 33 36 33 38 33 39 34 38 35 31 30 31 30 32 30 33 3638394851010203 0x20 30 37 30 38 31 31 31 34 31 36 32 36 33 30 33 33 0708111416263033 0x30 34 30 34 39 30 34 30 39 31 30 32 31 32 34 32 35 4049040910212425 0x
18. Invoke Dealer4 software goesto Maintenance and automatically downloads new firmware Machine has to be connected to the Since the ADCfile type is registered in PCduring software installation opening an ADCfile directly automatically performs the above action Dealer4 exe Dealer4 update Dealer4 display firmware 2 10 Invoke Dealer4 software goesto Display Control and automatically downloads new display firmware Machine hasto be connected to the has to be Dealer4 Since the ADD file type is registered in PCduring software installation opening an ADD file directly automatically performs above action Dealer4 exe Deal files Bridge file pbn Open Dealer4 software and load specified file Hle hasto be in one of the recognized formats BRI DCE BRE DUP PBN ALL or CSV It is recommended to define the full path to the file 68 12 Display Control The Display Control function is a maintenance function for the Dealer4 machine and allows the setup or control of the front display and other Dealer4 specific functionality This function requires a Delear4 machine connected to If invoked for a Dealer4 machine one without a front display the following error will appear Your Dealer4 does not have a Front Display This function cannot be invoked When a Delaer4 is connected the Display Control screen will be displayed 69 5 Display Control Fll
19. Set If such action is required please add one empty board to the end of the Board Set Add Please note that because the Paste function shifts all boards higher or equal to the function then set it as current board Last function and paste the board from the clipboard Paste function Then return to the last board and delete it Delete function If there is a board in the Clipboard after Cut or Copy and or Copy is clicked again the previously stored board will be lost and it is not possible to recover it 6 2 Current Board Editing The section on the left of the Edit widow is used to edit of the current board 29 AK752 K3 742 K76 963 AJT8 AQT8 Q9 S QJT64 9652 J9 J3 W 974 K653 AT8542 Exit The hand and suit which is currently being edited is highlighted in yellow A card can be inserted by clicking on one of the buttons from the Card Insert Buttons group or by typing AKQJT98765432 on the keyboard All unassigned cards are shown in the middle of the board To delete card from the hand pressthe Del or Backspace key on the keyboard The In Board information area displaysthe current number of cardsin each hand The boxes are normally red and become green when 13 cards are assigned in each hand The blue boxes display the current HCPfor each hand Following functions are available _
20. a hand For each shape the following statistics are displayed Shape How many hands have particular shape Actual The number of hands with this shape Expected What is statistically expected Difference Differences between actual and expected values There are three more text boxes which show additional statistical information Inner Similarity findstwo hands in the Board Set with highest number of the identical cards for example if the following is displayed 8 7N 6W it means that in board 7 hand and board 6 7 hand W there 8 of the same cards The 8 is the maximum number of same cards found in the set but there can be more hand pairs with 8 of the same cards only one example is displayed Min Frequency showswhich card appears the minimum number of times in a particular hand For example 6 20 S means that 6 percent of the Shands have 2 of diamonds Frequency similar to Min Frequency but shows maximum number the random generator based on the provided statistical information To do such testing it isrequired to analyze at least few thousand boards Such analysis has been done and are available upon request Typical board set 24 32 boards is not big enough to do any judgment about quality of 3 File command group File command group consists of four commands New Load Save and Exit 3 1 New command New command is used to randomly generate a new Board Set or to g
21. alignment with space character 0x20 unused bytes bytes 154 156 last board number in the Board Set left alignment with space character 0x20 on unused bytes Dealer4 software does not use bytes 147 148 and 152 153 If the First and Last Board Numbers are present boards will be loaded according to them Please note that most third party software does not write bytes 147 156 and fill them with space characters 0x20 or even NULL characters 0x00 0x000 30 35 21 33 31 37 31 39 32 32 32 33 33 31 33 34 0513171922233134 0x010 33 36 33 38 33 39 34 38 35 31 30 31 30 32 30 33 3638394851010203 0x020 30 37 30 38 31 31 31 34 31 36 32 36 33 30 33 33 7 0708111416263033 0x030 34 30 34 39 30 34 30 39 31 30 32 31 32 34 32 35 4049040910212425 0x040 32 37 32 38 33 37 34 31 34 32 34 36 35 32 06 54 27283741424652 T 0x050 32 03 39 36 35 04 54 37 35 33 32 05 36 33 06 2 1965 17932 63 0x060 41 4B 51 38 37 34 03 41 51 32 04 4A 38 05 41 35 AKQ874 A02 38 A5 0x070 06 4A 36 35 03 37 34 33 04 41 34 05 48 51 38 J65 743 AK4 KQ8 0x080 32 06 39 33 03 4B 54 38 04 51 39 36 05 54 39 2 93 KT8 096 JT9 0x090 37 34 59 31 20 20 31 20 32 20 20 30 35 30 37 74YN1 1 2 0507 0 0 0 30 38 31 31 31 33 31 34 33 37 33 38 34 30 34 34 0811131437384044 0x0b0 34 35 35 30 35 32 30 39 31 38 32 34 32 36 32 39 4550520918242629 0x0c0 33 32 33 33 33 35 33 36 34 31 34 32 34 33 34 36 3233353641424346 05090 30 31 31 30 31 32 31 397 32
22. firmware file from the web and try to update again 12 3 Real Time Cock Dealer4 machine has a Real Time Clock implemented which can show current date and time Current version of the Display Firmware does not use it for anything apart from displaying date and time on the front screen but future revisions of the Display Firmware will use it On the HTCsection hasthe following controls display current date and time from the Dealer4 machine and PC computer Update Dealer4 time button clicking this button will synchronize the Dealer4 date and time tothe PC 73 Update Dealer4 time automatically when checked date and time in the Dealer4 will be updated automatically when the difference between the Dealer4 and the PCis greater than 30s O Date format and Time format allows selection of the format in which date and time will be displayed on the Front Display of the machine These settings are automatically updated and saved in the machine when changed Dealer4 RTCis powered by a small watch battery to keep time when the machine is off The life time of the battery is greater then 5 years and will be checked and replaced if necessary during machine services 74 Appendix File Formats Dealer4 software can load and save Board Sets in the few different formats Examples and descriptions for all formats are shown below All examples use the following Board Set which consists of 2 boards
23. is clean it is recommended to create Service using a problem card as described in chapter 9 6 and send it to a service centre for advice Duplicate Card Error hastwo possible cases Genuine Duplicate Card Error when 2 of the same cards exist in one deck Before dealing be sure the deck is correct Also in some situation if a card is missing deck has only 51 cards the machine may try to read the 52th card from the next deck O One of the already dealt cards was read incorrectly asthe current card This has to be considered as a Card Recognition Error but on one of the previously dealt cards The reasons for that will be the same as for a Card Recognition Error If anon genuine Duplicate Card Error occur infrequently just re deal the deck again If it happens more often the action should be similar as for a Card Recognition Error first check if machine is clean then create a Service File and send to a Service Centre In some cases it will be required to do a Test Deal to investigate a Duplicate Card Error Do so when advised by a Support Technician see 9 7 for instructions Card does not belong to selected National Settings card was recognized correctly but National Settings isnot setup correctly for that deck For example this error will occur when French Card was selected where king is marked as R and king marked from the standard cards was read Be sure that the National Settings are setup correctly depending on
24. particular card it is recommended to put this card into the Feeder and click on Greate Service Hle button Following prompt will appear Y Service File C Dealer4_Data Service_file 5000 2013 217 137 txt will be created If there is a problem with card recognition please put the problem card into the feeder now Please click OK to start 1 Giick OK The machine will perform some tests motors will be started card picture captured and recognized Progress of the creation can be observed This process can be interrupted by click on the Cancel button After the process is finished the following message will appear ae Service File C Dealer4_Data Service_file_5000_2013_2_7_ 136 has been created sucessfully Please attach it to the email and send to service dealer4 com Created files should be attached to an email and sent to service dealer4 com or to the Service Centre for analysis In most cases analyzing the Service Hle can identify the problem and it can often be solved without sending the machine to the service centre 59 9 7 Test Deal Test Deal is another test function to find and solve possible problems with the machine It especially targets Duplicate Card Errors which are difficult to find by other methods The Test Deal works by repeatedly dealing a flushed deck so machine knows which card is expected every time until an error occurs The Service file will then be created with picture
25. 03 41 51 32 04 4A 38 05 3 AKQ874 A02 J38 0x20 41 35 06 4A 36 35 03 37 34 33 04 41 4B 34 05 4B A5 J65 743 AK4 K 0x30 51 38 32 06 39 33 03 4B 54 38 04 51 39 36 05 4A 082 93 8 096 0 0x40 54 39 37 34 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 T974 0x50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90 00 00 00 00 0000 00 00 0x60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 QU 00 0x70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0x80 06 54 38 37 34 32 03 41 04 34 33 05 41 54 39 34 T8742 A 43 AT94 0x90 32 06 36 03 54 34 32 04 51 39 38 36 35 05 4B 51 2 6 42 09865 0xa0 4A 38 06 41 35 33 03 4A 38 36 35 04 41 4A 32 05 28 53 2865 22 0xb0 36 35 33 06 4B 51 4A 39 03 4B 51 39 37 33 04 4B 653 KQJ9 KQ973 K OxcO 54 37 05 37 00 00 00 DO 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2 7 7 xdOr 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0000 00 00 00 0000 OQ 00252 sai e xG t ARE x 0xe0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Oxf0s 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DO 00 00 00 Q0 DO OO 00 00 iex RR BRE BREformat uses the same hand coding as DGE but has two differences There are three 901 lines finished with CRLF 0 00 0x0A characters at the beginning of the file These lines consist of Event Site and Date information each board is separated with CRLF characters instead of NULL Sb the length of the record for each board is 70 bytes 0x00 46 69 6C 65 20 46 6F 72 6D 61 74 20 53 61 6D 70 File F
26. 1 to 99 and navigate thru copies using Previous Copy and Next Copy buttons Dealing procedure is the same as before but machine will deal desired numbers of copies of the current board before advance to the next one 4 5 Dealing a Subset of the Board Set This function allows the user to deal only some of the boards from the current Board Set It hasto be enabled in Setup Preferences When enabled additional controls will be visible on the bottom of the Deal screen They show the first and last board of the Board Set and allow the adjustment of the first and last board to deal When these values are set the navigation button will operate only within these values and dealing will only be possible for these board numbers For example if Board Set has boards from 1 to 32 and subset is set to 91016 First button will display board 9 Last button will display board 16 and when board 16 is dealt the message about reaching the last board in the set will appear screen and returning will not change the values however they will be reset when Dealing from and Dealing to are remembered during the session exiting from Deal the program is exited board numbers are not checked it may lead to the wrong board being dealt These Dealing multiple copies and dealing Subsets should be used with caution If functions should be disabled in Setup Preferences when they are not in use 4 6 Dealing Errors The Dealer4 machine is designed to provide tr
27. 4 1 Communication with the Dealer4 machine Dealer4 machine is controlled from the A connection between the PCand the machine is required to operate Also the power adapter provided should be connected to the machine and the mains power outlet Both these connections have to be completed before selecting the Deal command Entering the Deal command as well asthe Read and Maintenance commands will turn on the machine and start communication between the machine and computer If there are no problems the Deal screen will appear and dealing process can be started The following problems can occur at this stage Cannot communicate with Dealer4 Error 255 1 Please check if USB cable is connected to the PC and Dealer4 If connection is OK please disconnect USB cable momentarily and reconnect Click OK to retry communication Cancel Typically this error happens if the machine is connected to the computer or there problem with initialization of the USB port in the PC In this case please the follow instructions on the screen and check the USB connection If the physical connection is OK please disconnect the cable for couple of seconds and connect it back again the click OK To prevent damage to the USB connectors it is recommend to disconnect the USS cable on the computer side Second problem which may occur is Cannot communicate with Dealer4 Please check if power is connected to the machine and try again
28. 40 32 37 32 38 33 37 34 31 34 32 34 36 35 32 20 20 27283 741424652 0x50 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0x60 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 0x70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DO 00 00 0x80 30 35 30 37 30 38 31 31 31 33 31 34 33 37 33 38 0507081113143738 0x90 34 3034 34 34 35 35 30 35 32 30 39 31 38 32 34 4044455052091824 Oxa0 32 36 32 39 33 32 33 33 33 35 33 36 34 31 34 32 2629323335364142 75 0 0 34 33 34 36 30 31 31 30 31 32 31 37 32 30 32 32 4346011012172022 0 0 32 33 32 37 33 30 33 39 34 38 34 39 35 31 20 20 23273039484951 0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0xe0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 Oxf0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 p eias n a ng A2 DGE DGE format also uses 128 bytes records for every board like BRI but the cards are coded differently It uses ASOI characters AKQUT98765432 for each card and suits symbols 0x06 for spade 0x03 for heart 0x04 for diamond and 0x05 for clubs The first 17 characters the record shows cards next 17 next 17 Sand last 17 W Each hand starts with spade symbol 0x06 then all the spades cards then the heart symbol 0x03 and hearts cards then the diamond symbol 0x04 and diamond cards and the club symbol and club cards on the end 0x00 06 54 32 03 39 36 35 04 54 37 35 33 32 05 36 2 T2 J965 T7532 6 0x10 33 06 41 4B 51 38 37 34
29. 9A974 Board 14 410986 107 Vul None 0985 4152 2 52 90643 10643 72 4 8 4109764 40754 Board 15 K8754 Dealer 5 wAQ1087 43 107542 A63 4872 4102 1065 972 1093 wAJ9874 eKtoBs Q 94 01082 405 105 010762 853 975 62 410754 me 1 Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 Board 1 84 Dealer 9 102 None 87 076 103 02 04 763 9 0 543 485432 410 49765 1 1 9985 5 102 9 e 10 vK104 0109864 1096 Dealer N None QJ10 QJ962 53 423 4 762 Neves 4100652 m A107 o 10 w Board 21 Dealer Vul NS 4 932 96 863 4AJ103 gt 63612 4K42 8 2 Print Hands Record to the text file The second printing mode is printing Hand Records to the text file This option will produce a text file which is compatible with files from DealMasterPro or other bridge software It can be used with custom software or for web publishing When this mode is selected the Print Screen will open as follows Print Ten as 10 First Board 1 Last Board 32 Header Generali Euro Team Championship Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 File Name C Dealing_hands Aulp1l23 pbn Print Available options Ten Printing the number 10 can be printed numerically as
30. Can be used in A4 letter or any smaller size of paper Orientation is always Portrait 4 Score Cards per page use less paper but requires more cutting For these formats A4 or letter paper sizes should be used Orientation is always Landscape Buttons Printer Setup Print and Exit have the same function asfor Hands Record printing Next pages show examples of Score Cards printing for various formats Generali Euro Team Championship Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 Board 1 K84 Deaker N JT 87 Vul None AJ976 02 04 WAK763 0543 85432 trm 2 S 1 1 9 nee E 4KQ 10 NS EW Contrat Tricks EW Match Pair Pair Made Scoe Points Generali Euro Team Championship Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 Generali Euro Team Championship Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 Board 1 4K84 Board 2 Dealer N Ms Dealer E Vul None amp AJ976 Vul NS 402 a Q4 763 9974 96 01543 653 85432 T 8542 9765 9 1 1 752 742 76 963 WAJT8 09 Navew 0 184 3 13 0652 7 13 7 Generali Euro Team Championship Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 Generali Euro Team Championship Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 Generali Euro Team Championship Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 Board 1 Board 2 AK752 Board 3 Dealer Dealer Dealer Vul None AJ976 Vul
31. Layout Preview panel it is possible to see how final printout will appear This panel is updated when any printing settings are changed The lt gt buttons navigate thru the pages The next 6 pages are examples of printing in all for available numbers of boards per page options In these examples the same picture file is used so on the different layouts the picture looks different stretched or compressed vertically or horizontally 37 9 78 10 84 9 97 19 19 20 81 12 11 31 23 ids 1 7 4 8 Singletons 14 12 18 26 Long suits 7 2 3 6 752 Dealer None 742 76 103 4963 va4 9974 108 96 K653 AQ108 85432 A108542 Q9 0 1084 0652 9 106 1083 10864 5 0843 2 KJ32 AQ75 KQ109832 76 Neves 4972 11 m 45 4 KQJ1074 453 K 652 43 473 9652 AQJ84 54 6 A9832 1075 107 4 0 983 874 1093 5 09862 4875 AJ10963 4 KJ1076 97543 7 4QJ93 105 098 864 109432 A103 04 85432 308765 41 0109 kau1074 AJ652 652 AQJ84 6 A9832 107 874 39 9 78 10 84 9 97 19 19 20 81 8 1 11 31 23 1 7 4 8 8 14 12 18 26 2 3 6 974 653 108542 4QJ983 22 10963 ona 1 543 6 24 00422 5 11065 863 AQ108 KQJ1074 453 3 AQJ84 40
32. N Cover Switch Board No Capture Recognize 0 Standard Disable Flip Plate Switch Parameters ID 2 Disable Board Switch Use Board Number Reader as Board Switch Enable Slow Dealing Recognize option 0 Flip Plate Switch C ARDY National Card C Framed Board Switch Sensitivity 200 Brightness 50 C 1RDV C AKDB C AHVB EKDB Card Font C Bold Normal Contrast 150 Calibrate Board Switch Switch on Camera LEDs for test Temperature 23 3 Tests NS Nig EKDKn Fine voltage 189 Get parameters Save parameters There are four major function sections Information Test Recognize and Parameters Sections 9 1 Information Section Basic information about machine and firmware can be found in the information section These are 52 Serial number Machine serial number this number should be quoted in any inquiries or correspondence Boards dealt shows how many boards the machine has dealt so far O Manufacture date day when machine was manufactured O Hardware ID displays the hardware version of the machine This may include mechanical features For example if the machine has a flip plate or not and electronics version Only used by support centers O Firmware version showswhich version of firmware software implemented inside the machine is c
33. NS AKTE Vul EW 402 x 40843 4 WAK763 2 02543 5 Kuss i 4075 485432 KQT9832 76 4972 ev 9097654 1 99 12 Ree 12 44 4 Euro Bam Champioeship Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 Board 1 4 Dealer 2 5 Vul None amp AJ976 402 was WAK763 K96 0543 485432 T 1 5 Board 2 amp AK752 Dealer E 7 42 VukNS 9742 4963 v974 WAITS K653 amp AT8542 09 amp QJTB84 0652 13 Bee 7 CEnera Euro Bam Champ oeship Montecatini TA 1997 06 77 Board 3 Dealer 5 EW 5 40843 WA WKI2 KJ32 075 KQT9832 76 1 41972 P O97654 429 5 50 Team Championship Montecatini 19970627 Board 4 412 Dealer W KJ753 Vul All amp AQTG 4094 AKJ53 WA 2 983 443 KJOS 8 4 Printing to the PDF file Dealer4 software does not have the ability to create hand records in PDF format The easiest way to do thisis to install any PDF writer on the computer When installed the writer will appear as an additional printer To create a PDF file follow the normal printing procedure but select the PDF writer asthe destination printer There are many pdf writers available both free and payable An example of a free writer is QutePDF please see www cutepdf com for more i
34. Small Dealing time La Previous Copy Next Copy Standard Large Jumbo National Settings Standard C French ARDV C French 1RDV German AKDB C Dutch AHVB Danish C Swedish EKDKn Card Standard Tr fe w gt Cards with Prev Next Deal Anu 13 outside frame First Last Break 10 Exit Font iv Automatically start dealing when a board is inserted Check Board Number Bold FirstBoard 1 LastBoard 32 Dealingfrom 1 320 pormal The Dealing Boards window has the following control and information fields File name information about the current Board Set file name Dealer Status shows current status of the Dealer4 can be Idle Busy or Error Dealing Time shows dealing time of one board Number of copies shows how many copies of each board will be dealt This option is visible only when dealing multiple copies of the same board is enabled in Setup Preferences 0 Previous Next Copy buttons allow user to select which copy to deal Only visible when dealing multiple copies of the same board is enabled Prev Next First Last buttons allow user to navigate through the Board Set 1 Deal start dealing of the current board 16 O Deal next advance to the next board and start dealing 1 Break break current dealing Dealing can be resum
35. aded BRI format does not support board numbers Loaded boards are allocated as follows First Board 1 32 To change board allocation enter a new First Board number in the text box above OK For BR BRE DUP formats Dealer and Vulnerability information will always be set according to the board number For PBN files these parameters will be set according to the information in the file Technically DUP format has board numbers included in the file But most programs that generate set these fields to 0 If board numbers exist in a DUP file the above message will not be generated and the boards will be allocated accordingly See Appendix A for more details 12 3 3 Similarly like in the Load command available formats are BR DGE BRE DUP ALL CSV and PBN The limitations of these formats are as follows BR ALL and BREdo not save board numbers 1 BH DUP ALL CSV do not save Event Information BR DGE DUP ALL CSV do not allow the saving of empty or incomplete boards DGE DUP BRE ALL do not save Dealer and Vulnerability Information Only PBN format saves makeable contracts analysis See Appendix A for more information about available file formats 3 4 Exit command This command closes the Main Menu window and closes the program 13 4 Deal command Deal command is used to deal the current Board Set
36. are version 4 60 and above Screenshotsin this manual was taken under Windows7 so on computers with other operation system with custom settings the software may appear a bit different In this manual the following signs are used to highlight important information information for safety and proper operation of the Dealer4 machine Always read and folow Warnings Additional important information 2 2 1 Menu window The Main Menu window is displayed when the Dealer 4 software starts From this window all the functions can be accessed File Deal Read Edit Analyze Print Maintenance Setup E Event Name Generali Euro Team Championship Event Site Montecatini ITA Event Date 1997 06 27 First Board 1 Inner Similarity Last Board 32 Min frequency Boards in Set 32 Completed Boards 32 Show Statistics Dealer4 ver 4 50 When started all the text boxes will be empty as shown above They will be filled when a new Board Set is generated or loaded There are few a different groups of controls in the Main Menu window Commands Menu from here all commands can be executed Event information shows information about current Board Set 7 Board Set information shows the number of the first and last boards the current set and the number of total and completed boards
37. ase enable Board Number on the Deal screen Some older machines not equipped with the Board Number Reader For these machines the following error will appear when trying enable this function 21 Your Dealer4 machine is not equipped with Board Number Reader This setting cannot be selected When using board number checking the dealing procedure does not change When aboard witha matching number is inserted there is no difference to normal dealing however if the wrong board is inserted the following message will appear It shows which board is inserted 16 and which board is expected 13 Following action are possible Try again take out the incorrect board and insert the correct one most common and recommended action Deal to the current board ignore board number error and deal to the currently inserted board Cancel cancel dealing this board and return to the Deal screen When the inserted board has no bar coded sticker or the sticker is damaged the machine will report it as The possible actions are as before 23 5 Read command The Read command allows reading previously played cards to produce hand records or deal manually shuffled cards for the user who does not trust computer generated boards The Reading Boards window is very similar to the Dealing Boards window with a couple of additional controls Dealer Status Idle Card Index Hide boards Small
38. ble to deal using these boards 1 Put black stickers the board The stickers have to be put where the Board Switch is located This solution works well but it requires manually attaching stickers to every problem board and the stickers have to be good quality strong bond so they do not peel off by themselves 2 Disable Board Switch by checking this option the Board Switch can be disabled and the machine will not check for the presence of a board any more Thisis a simple solution but hasa couple of downsides because machine will no longer check for boards dealing be started without aboard inside and dealing cannot be started from board insertion Use Board Number Reader as Board Switch when this option is checked the standard Board Switch will be not longer in use but the machine will recognize board presence by reading Board Number Bar Coded stickers This option requires boards with bar coded Board Number stickers but many users have these stickers anyway so it isthe best solution Calibrate Board Switch this is the latest solution available for machines with Main Hectronic Board version 11 or later machine with serial number 5028 or higher or machines which has Main Hectronic Board replaced These machines can adjust the Boards Switch sensitivity which can be tuned to work with boards that are too transparent There are two controls for this option O Board Switch Sensitivity allows manual setup of sensitiv
39. d Records to the text file Print Score Cards 8 1 Print Hands Record to printer In this mode the current Board Set will be printed to the printer The print window will have following options available ITI Lf Oo Ten Printing Print Ten as X Z Print Ten as 10 Picture Do not print Picture Print Picture on first page only PU ies Get Picture file Picture file name C Dealer4_Data playbridgeDealer4 jpg Picture Layout 2 1 2x2 2x3 2x4 First Board 1 Last Board 24 diede Generali Euro Team Champs 97 Montecatini ITA 1997 06 27 File Name C Deal_files Aulpll23 pbn Selected Printer HP LaserJet Professional P1102w Paper size A4 210 x 297 mm O Ten Printing the number 10 can be printed numerically as 10 or as single letter Xfor French Zfor German O amp atistics Printing current Board Set statistics shown on Main Menu screen can be printed before the boards the first page or after boards on the last page Print statistics can also be 35 disabled Please note that statistics occupy the space of one board so on the first or on the last page one less board will be printed O Qolor printing select when color printing is required If selected on black and white printers the colors will be printed as grayscale t Print Analysis print Double Dummy analysis for
40. during recognition and machine will not operate properly Disable Hip Plate Switch if checked Plate Switch will be disabled That means that machine will not recognize if the Plate is open or closed This setting should be used only when the Hip Plate is removed See Plate Operation Manual for more details 57 When the Disable Hip Plate Switch is checked the machine can start dealing with the Hip Plate open This will result in a nasty card jam as an opened Hip Plate overlapsthe card space area Disable Board Switch if checked the machine will ignore the Board Switch This allows the dealing of cards onto transparent boards or when the Board Switch is not working properly See chapter 9 9 for more information Use Board Number Reader as Board Switch this option allows the presence of a board to be recognized by reading the board number bar coded sticker See chapter 9 9 for more information Enable Sow Dealing this option sow down dealing by around 2s per board It can be use if normal fast dealing creating any problems Can improve card fitting for new plastic cards with high electrostatic effect O Broad Switch Sensitivity set Board Switch Sensitivity Only for Main Bectronic Board version 11 or later See chapter 9 9 for more information Calibrate Board Switch button automatically find proper Board Switch Sensitivity Only Main Board version 11 or later See chapter
41. e first page or every page of the Hands Record It can be any picture graphic or photo prepared and stored as jpg or bmp file Get Picture File button allows the user to select a picture file The picture can occupy between 1 and 8 board spaces and it s dimensions depend on the page format It should have a minimum resolution to provide nice and smooth printing The shape of the picture width to height ratio depends on paper size number of Boards per Page and picture layout If the picture hasa different shape it will be stretched vertically and or horizontally to fit defined space To avoid strange looking images it is recommended that the picture follows the recommended sizes in the following tables Bicture Layout Minimum recommended Picture resolutions 12 Boards page 15 18 20 24 1 1 1200 x 600 1200 x 500 800 x 600 800 x 500 600 x 600 600 x 500 2x1 2400 x 600 2400 x 500 1600 x 600 1600 x 500 1200 x 600 1200 x 500 3x1 2400 x 600 2400 x 500 1800 x 600 1800 x 500 4x1 gt 2400 600 2400 500 1 2 600 1200 1200x1000 800 1200 800 1000 600 1200 600 1000 2 2 1200 1200 2400 1000 1600x1200 1600x1000 1200x1200 1200 1000 3 2 2400 x 1200 2400x1000 1800x1200 1800 1000 4 2 2400 x 1200 2400 x 1000 Apicture can be printed on every page of the Hands Record or on the first page only On the Page
42. each board Analysis must be performed before printing will become available Analyze command from Main Menu If any board within the printing range has not been analyzed the following message will appear Printing analysis is selected but some boards have not been analyzed Do you want to print anyway O Print HOP print High Cards Points for each board Header text to be printed at the top of each page It isthe combined Event Ste and Date information from the Main Menu but it can be also changed here File name current Board Set file name for information only Boards per Page define how many boards will be printed per one page From Board To Board define board range to be printed Number of copies define how many copies will be printed National Settings this setting allows the printing of card symbolsin national characters On the Print Window there are three buttons Printer setup opens standard Windows Printer Dialogue Box allowing the user to choose the printer and its parameters Please note that orientation of the printing is always Portrait so this setting in the Printer Setup or Printer Properties is overwritten Please pay attention to the selected paper size as some printer drivers change the current size to a default one Print clicking here will perform printing action Exit to come back to Main Menu 36 It is possible to print a picture on th
43. ed by clicking the Continue button Bxt finish dealing and go back to the Main Menu O Automatically start dealing when a board is inserted when checked dealing will be started when a Board is inserted into the machine 1 Check Board Number if selected the software will check if correct board is inserted into the machine Refer to chapter 4 7 for more information 1 Card Index select which size fonts are present on the cards being used Card Index size Large card index size Small card index size This setting is very important for proper machine operation If the incorrectly setting is selected it will cause Read Card Error or Duplicate Card Error during dealing Small setting usually requires adjustment of some other parametersto work correctly if such cards are being used it is recommended to perform Auto Setup see chapter 9 8 or contact a service centre to get advice on how to properly setup the machine 1 National Settings select which type of cards are used Currently apart from standard cards A for Ace Kfor king Qfor queen and Jfor Jack the following national card variations are supported 17 French1 French2 German Dutch Danish Swedish King Queen Jack gt gt gt gt m 9 U Al A Ix DI DIA lt lt lt o lt O Card Type additional setting for improv
44. eing used in National Setting Card and Card Print 2 Put cards into machine feeder two decks of cards should be put into the feeder 3 dealing by dicking on the Deal button or insert board into the machine if Automatically start dealing when a board is inserted is checked or press START button on the front panel on the Dealer4 4 After the first board is dealt the Deal next button will be activated Pressing it will advance to the next board and start dealing The START button and inserting a board into the machine act as if the Deal next button if it is active otherwise they act asthe Deal button When the last board in the set or last copy of the last board is successfully dealt the following message will appear o You have succesfully dealt the last board in the set Do you wish to move to the first board Cick on Yes will reset the board counter to the first board so the next set can be dealt 19 4 4 Dealing multiple copies of the same board Normally each board is dealt once and the program advances to the next board automatically But sometimes it may be required to deal more copies of the same board before advancing to the next one Such dealing is possible when Enable dealing multiple copies of the some board is checked in the Setup Preferences When enabled the copies controls will be visible on the dealing screen They allow to set number of copies of each board in range
45. en then Shand then W hand On the end of the line there is a board number and Dealer Vul information Each suit is written in and Separated by a comma T2 J965 T7532 63 AKQ874 2 78 765 743 AKA 93 KT8 Q96 JT9 74 1 N 18742 43 AT942 6 T42 09865 KOJ8 53 7865 2 653 J9 KQ973 KT7 7 2 E NS 79 Appendix Dealing Errors Gate 5 Error Title Error Possible action Card did not go to South 1 17 Card did not go to West 2 18 Card did not go to East 3 19 Cancel Card did not go to North 4 20 Cancel S 5 21 Extra in W 6 22 Cancel Extra in E 7 23 Cancel Extra in 8 24 Cancel There are two types of the Gate Errors 1 not go to S W E when card should go to a particular pocket and it did not Typically because a gate was not open Bxracardin S W acard has dropped into a particular pocket but should not Typically because gate was open Both types of gate errors indicate improper behavior of the gates When this happens too often it isa mechanical or electrical problem with the solenoids or the shape of the gate is incorrect for example a gate was bent during machine cleaning The machine should be sent to a Service Centre for r
46. enerate an empty Board Set for Read or Eqit functions Dealer4 software provide two random generators 1 Big Deal one of the best generator available It is approved by WBF and has strong mathematical background It uses a cryptographic hash 160 and a 320 bits seed to generate boards 160 bits of the seed is generated by the RIGenRandom function and 160 bits come from mouse movement This provides a truly random and unrepeatable seed The Big Deal was provided by Hans von More information can be found on his website http sater home xs4all nl doc html 2 Dealer4 Generator used with some modification from the beginning of the Dealer4 and provide quality of dealing which is not worse than Big Deal It uses a 128 bit Linear Feedback Shift Register and a 128 bits seed to generate boards 96 bits of the seed come from mouse movement and 32 bits from computer data current date and time Which generator will be used is up to the user The generation buttons for each generator can be disabled or enabled when button is disabled is not visible in Setup Preferences The New window looks like this First Board in Set 1 Generate Random Boards Last Board in Set 32 C Leave Boards Empty Shape Reject Inner Similarity Reject History Reject Reject Odd Shapes M Check Inner Similarity Check History File Shapes Rejected Inner Similarity Rejected History Rejected Historic Fi
47. epairs B2 Card Jam Errors Error Title Error Possible action Card Jam Error 9to 16 Cancel A Card Jam Error occurs when card or something else is sitting inside the machine Open the top cover and see if machine is empty If there is a card inside remove it If the machine is empty the problem may be dirty photo interrupters clean them as described in chapter 2 5 of Dealer4 Maintenance Adjusting and Geaning Manual 80 If any of the above actions do not help and Card Jam Errors still occur machine will have to be sent to a Service Centre Card Recognition Errors Error Title Error numbers Possible action Card Recognition Error 2510 53 Continue Cancel Duplicate Card Error 54 Continue Cancel Card does not belong to selected National Settings 61 Cancel A Card Recognition Error occurs when the machine cannot read the card It may be caused by the card itself for example if the symbols on the card are damaged card has unusual fonts or sizes which are not supported by the current software or the camera lens can be dirty settings in the software can be incorrect for a given type of card or have been altered or there is some other fault in the machine Occasional Card Recognition Errors may occur if it happened less then once per 100 boards is should be considered as normal Try to rotate cards in the feeder or re deal boards again If Recognition errors occur frequently and machine camera
48. es in Dealer4 Aulpli23 pbn 27 04 2014 8 53 06 PM 8boards bri 1024 25 09 2014 2 22 46 PM Las Vegas pbn 5382 20 07 2014 5 03 48 b1 pbn 5360 13 09 2014 6 45 04 PM File Delete Copy Cance Copy File to Dealer4 Boot version 04 Update Display Firmware Dealer4 time 30 09 2014 3 02 18 PM 4 d MM yyyy C himm ss am pm PC time 30 09 2014 3 02 17 PM dd MM yyyy himm ss Update Dealer4 time C MM pypy C hh mm ss M d yyyy Display Firmware version 2 08 2 Time format wN Date format Update Dealer4 time automatically The Display Control screen has three major sections Manage files in the Dealer4 Internal Memory Update Dealer4 Display Hrmware Dealer4 Real Time Cock setup 12 1 File Manage The Dealer4 is equipped with 30MB of Internal Memory This memory is designed as temporary storage of dealing files 70 The File Manage section of the Display Control Screen includes functions which allow the user to copy transfer files from a PCto the Internal Dealer4 Memory copy transfer from the Dealer4 Memory to a PCand delete files Dealer4 internal memory It also displays a full list of existing files To copy afile from a PCto the Dealer4 follow these steps 1 QGickon the Copy file to Dealer4 button A standard windows dialo
49. g box will appear 2 Select the desired file to change file type select it on the bottom left corner and click Open 3 The file will be transferred to the Dealer4 internal memory Copying progress is shown on the screen To cancel the click on the Copy Cancel button Due to hardware limitations copying speed is around 10 s but this is not much of a problem as most bridge files are small 2KB 50kB It is possible to copy any file but there is no point in copying non bridge files other then PBN DUP BR as only these files can be used by the Dealer4 machine It is possible to copy only one file at atime Because the current Dealer4 display firmware version 2 10 does not support subdirectories these cannot be selected and copied If a copied file already exists in the Dealer4 memory the following message will appear i File 8boards bri already exist in Dealer4 internal memory Delete file and try to copy again It is not possible to overwrite existing files Existing files must be deleted from the Dealer4 Internal Memory using the File Delete button before attempting to copy again Several other errors are also possible File name too long Internal Dealer4 Memory file names are limited to max 120 characters Dealer4 accepts long file names but the length is limited to 120 characters including the file extension However it is recommend to use file names no longer that 30 40 characters
50. ge of the power supply Typical value is 18 9V 5 Tests additional information only used by service centers Create Service File this button creates the Service File which contains all the information from this Maintenance window See chapter 9 6 for more information 9 3 Recognize Section The Recognize section is used to test the card recognition process It consists of 0 Picture Window shows captured or processed picture of the card The card picture has a size of 128 pixel in X horizontal direction and 192 pixels in Y vertical direction shows Xand Y coordinates when the cursor is in the Picture Window Brightness shows card picture brightness on the cursor position The brightness can have values from 0 black to 255 white Show button download and display current card picture stored in the machine buffer Error shows results of the last card recognition Card shows card symbol AKQJT98765432 when recognition was successful Suit shows card suit HDO when recognition was successful Thresholds shows thresholds for last recognition The first number shows threshold for symbol second number shows threshold for suit The threshold is the value that defines if a pixel is considered black or white A pixel with a value below this threshold is considered black and when above is considered white Finding threshold values is the first procedure of the recognition process Capture button capture
51. ing card recognition of cards with frames outside the symbols typical for French or Dutch cards Normally this should be set to Sandard but for cards like the ones shown below it works better if this option is set to Cards with outside frame 4 Card Print should be set to Normal because this parameter is automatically adjusted in the machine firmware However for the cards with very fine print better results can be achieved when this option is set to Fine Similarly for the cards with very thick lines this parameter can be set to Bold 2 2 v v This card has very fine club suit symbol This card has bold print set Card Print to set Card Print to Fine Bold The Bold option isrequired only in very rare situations The need to select the Fine option may happen more frequently 18 board is inserted and Check Board Number settings are remembered the software so next time when the Deal function is entered these settings will be the same as they were last time Card index National Settings Card Type Card Font Automatically start dealing when board is inserted and Check Board Number settings be locked in Setup Parameters Card index National Settings Card Type Card Font Automatically start dealing when a i to prevent accidental change by operator 4 3 Dealing boards To deal boards please follow these steps 1 When entering the Deal window for the first time select which cards are b
52. ired cleaning Test Deal this function is used to diagnose various card recognition problems especially Duplicate Card Error See chapter 9 7 for more information Camera LEDs turn on off camera illumination LEDs Camera Power turn on off camera power Front Green LED turn on off front panel green LED Front Red LED turn on off front panel red LED Front Switch shows state of the front panel Sart switch when pressed is ON green when released is OFF red Board Switch shows presence of a removable board or Board Insert Dealing Platform inside the machine When ON green a board is present when OFF red is not Specifics of this test depend on the board switch operation mode See chapter 9 4 for more information Cover Switch shows state of the top cover When ON green cover is closed when OFF red cover is open Rip Plate Switch shows state of the Rip Plate when ON green Hip Plate is closed when OFF red Rip Plate isopen Thistest isonly active when the Camera LEDs are on Board no shows the board number of the currently inserted board Requires bar coded labels on the board and is active only for machines equipped with a Board Number Reader When 0 is displayed no board inserted the board has no bar coded label or the machine does not have a Board Number Feader Temperature shows temperature in Celsius inside machine Should be less then 50 deg for normal use Supply voltage shows volta
53. ity higher value means higher sensitivity Default value is 200 and show be lowered if the board istoo transparent It is not easy to find the proper value manually so an automatic process is provided 1 Calibrate Board Switch button automatically finds the best sensitivity value To calibrate the Boards Switch insert a board which causes problems The Board has to be fully inserted Then click on the Calibrate Board Switch button The machine will try all possible settings for the Board Switch Sensitivity and find the best value Check 117 Cancel After completion of the calibration processthere are three possibilities There was no problem detecting this board Board Switch Sensitivity value 200 is recommended Do you want to update it This message means that the current board is OK and the Board Switch will operate correctly at the standard sensitivity 65 The Board Switch Sensitivity value of 62 is recommended Do you want to update it This message indicates a new sensitivity value was found and is recommended for the currently inserted board Yes to update the sensitivity value in the machine It is recommended to repeat this calibration a few times using different boards which are too transparent for the standard sensitivity and choose the lowest value The Board is too transparent or incorrectly fitted Board Switch calibration failed This message indicates the currently inserted board i
54. k and it is possible to continue or cancel Board or Board Insert not fitted correctly Indicates a plastic removable board or Board Insert Dealing Platform is not fitted or is fitted incorrectly Please check presence of the board and if a board is 82 inserted please try to push it into the machine as far as possible If the board 15 correctly but this error still appears it can mean that there is problem with the board transparency see chapter 9 9 for more details and solutions No Top Cover Top plastic cover is removed or not fully closed close the cover and click Continue to deal again Hip open Hip Pate on the front of the machine is open Close the Hip Plate and click Continue to deal To avoid this error if the Rip Plate isremoved Hip Plate Switch hasto be disabled in the Maintenance screen see chapter 9 4 for details
55. l again This process should be repeated until an error happens If any recognition errors occur the following message will be displayed 60 The JH was recognised but 25 was expected Click OK to generate Service File Cancel on OK button will generate a Service Hle which should be sent to the service centre Please note that only a recognition error will cause a service file to be created other dealing errors like for example No Top Cover will be displayed the same way asfor normal dealing and the same actions Continue Cancel can be performed It isrecommended to catch the error at least a couple of times asthis gives more detailed information for analysisat the service centre different than expected please be sure that the deck is correctly flushed before starting Please note that an incorrectly flashed deck will give an error asthe recognized card will be A a Test Deal 9 8 Auto Setup The Auto Setup function is used to automatically set some of the recognition parameters Frame Position and Point In most cases for the normal use of the Dealer4 factory settings good and do not require any adjustments However when unusual types of cards are used much different in sizes or symbol position it may be required to run an Auto Setup It is especially applicable to the Small Card Index because due to the camera zoom function enlarge for the small cards small differences in the symbol
56. le Inner Similarity Historic Similarity Generate Boards using BigDeal Boards generated Generate Boards using Dealer4 generator BiaDeal code is provided by courtesy of Hans van Before generating anew Board Set the following parameters need to be set First Board in set defines the number of the first board in the generated set usually will be board number 1 but any another number from 1 to 640 can be entered Last Board in set defines the number of last board in set maximum number is 640 and must be equal or higher than the First Board In most cases Board Set will have boards in ranges of 1 to 32 1 to 33 1 to 24 1 to 16 17 to 32 etc Maximum number of boards the Board Set is 640 from 1 to 640 Such a large Board Set has practical use but it can be used for example to check the statistics of the random generator Generate Random Boards when this option is selected all boards in the Boards Set will be randomly generated Leave boards empty this option will generate an empty Board Set Choose this option if Read cards or manual setup using Edit function is required Below there are three controls which allow modification of some of the parameters for random generation Shape reject when selected only a certain number of boards with a particular shape allowed This threshold is set to double of the statistical expected number of boards Fo
57. nformation 8 5 Creating HTML file Dealer4 software does not have the ability to print to HTML format built in To create HTML hands records install a HTML writer on the computer The process of creating a HIMListhe same as for a PDF 51 9 Maintenance command This command allows checking the operation of the Dealer4 change parameters and downloading new firmware To enter Maintenance machine have to be connected to the computer and to the power supply The Maintenance screen is shown below Serial number Boards dealt 162 Hardware ID Download ID Flash ID Ex 20 5 2014 Download New Firmware Card Index Small Standard Jumbo Draw start point Draw frames Auto Setup Frame Position Manufacture date Firmware version USB ID USB Drivers Start point B DLL version qu 100 FPGA version Create Service File Motorson 4 Motor3 2 Motor 1 Speed fo o o o Photo5 Photo4 Photo3 Photo2 1 Show HEN REN HEN HEX Error Card Boot version Symbol size x Threshold Bold 20 ws Brightness Fine 80 Y 1 240 r Suit size x Gate 1 Gate2 Gate3 Threshold Bold 20 Fine 80 Feed Card iE Thresholds Sut Camera LEDs Camera Power Front Green LED Front Red LED OFF Front Switch 04 Board Switch JO
58. of which board isthe current board Please note that because the Insert function shiftsthe current board right it is not possible to add a board on the end of the board set using Insert function This is only possible by using the Add function 13 13 O lt lt Shift Left shifts whole Board Set one position to the left 13 13 gt gt Right shift whole Board Set one position to the right T3 13 inc L213 ETT TES GST 13 Qut delete current board and put it into the Clipboard All boards higher than the current board will be shifted left 13 13 t1 copy current board to Clipboard Board Set will remain unchanged 28 13 13 2 1 Paste insert board from into the current board position All boards with higher numbers than the current board will be shifted right Number of boards in the Board Set will be increased by one Cicking Delete will undo this Paste function 13 13 current board to the right it isnot possible to paste a board on the end of the Board
59. or suit position end up as big shifts in the captured picture Auto Setup is performed separately for every Card Index setting so the first step isto set Card Index depending on which card which will be used Next put the 10 of spades in the feeder The card should be put in the following specific position the rear edge of the card should touch the Siding Panel and left edge should be in line with the amp op Panel See below picture for details 61 It is especially important to not push the card under the stop panel and inside the machine When the card is correctly allocated click on Auto Setup 62 You are entering Auto Setup function for Standard Card Index Please put the 10 of Spades into the feeder Click OK to begin CK to start Auto Setup process During this process machine will try different parameters to find the best settings When it is finished the following message will be displayed BEBEEHBBEEHEBREEBEEBEEERERI Position X 127 Position Y 97 Start X Start Y 60 Cancel New values of the Frame Position and Sart Point are displayed Also the captured card with the new parameters 15 shown in the Ficture Window for visual inspection A prompt to accept these changes will follow Auto Setup completed successfully Do you want to update parameters Click on Yes will save new parameters into the machine and finish the Auto Setup process Duringthe Auto Setup proces
60. ormat Samp 0x10 6C 65 73 OD OA 4D 65 6C 62 6F 75 72 6E 65 OD les Melbourne 0x20 30 31 2E 30 31 2E 32 30 31 33 0D 0A 06 54 32 03 01 01 2013 T2 0x30 4A 39 36 35 04 54 37 35 33 32 05 36 33 06 41 4B 2965 7532 63 0x40 51 38 37 34 03 41 51 32 04 4A 38 05 41 35 06 4A 0874 02 28 5 0 76 0x50 36 35 03 37 34 33 04 41 4B 34 05 4B 51 38 32 06 65 743 AK4 KQ82 0x60 39 33 03 4B 54 38 04 51 39 36 05 4A 54 39 37 34 93 KT8 Q96 JT974 0x70 0D 06 54 38 37 34 32 03 41 04 34 33 05 41 54 T8742 A 43 AT 0x80 39 34 32 06 36 03 54 34 32 04 51 39 38 36 35 05 942 6 T42 09865 0x90 48 51 4A 38 06 41 35 33 03 4A 38 36 35 04 41 8 5 865 0xa0 32 05 36 35 33 06 4B 51 4A 39 03 4B 51 39 37 33 2 653 KQJ9 KQ973 0xb0 04 4B 54 37 05 37 OD OA 4 DUP format is a format that is used for Duplimate machines The record length for each board is 156 bytes The first 78 bytes isthe board in BR format Next 68 bytes isthe same board in DGEformat So each board is recorded twice in different formats and both parts have to be the same Last 10 bytes have special meaning and are used for controlling the dealing process byte 147 indicate if boards are random Yor N byte 148 if Ydealing is backwards N for normal dealing bytes 149 151 first board number in the Board Set left alignment with space character 0x20 on unused bytes bytes 152 153 number of copies for each board left
61. ouble free dealing but in some cases errors can occur The errors happened due to the cards damaged cards operator faults board not inserted correctly top cover removed or problems with machine itself like gates errors When an error occurs the following screen appears and a sound will be played 20 Card Recognize Error Error Code 25 Continue Cancel Each error has description and an error code Some errors allow dealing to continue but for some it is not possible and it will be necessary to re deal the board For full Errors descriptions refer to Appendix B Apart from dealing errors the following message may appear Lost Communication with Dealer4 Dealing Aborted This means that the computer lost contact with the machine and it is not possible to continue dealing There are many issues that can cause this error They include computer running too slow too many application running during dealing problems with USB connection or other faults with computer or machine If this error happens frequently please refer to nearest service centre for future advice 4 7 Board number checking One of the important advantages of the Dealer4 machine is availability to check the correct board is inserted and eliminate mistakes with board numbers This function requires the use of bar coded stickers on the boards Please refer to Board Number Reader Manual for more information To enable this function ple
62. ower then Bo Haglund DDS Haglund DDS newest addition to the analyzer world much faster the Deep Finesse and produces the same results It has multitasking built in so its uses all resources of the modern computers However because of that it can slow down very old computers Both analyzers give the same results In Setup Preferencesthere is an option to set which analyzer will be used After entering the Analyze command the following screen will appear when Deep Finesse is selected Deep Finesse analysis can take up to a few minutes per board Do you want to continue or when Bo Haglund DDS Bo Haglund DDS analysis usually takes few seconds per board Do you want to continue No Gicking Yes will begin analysis process which can takes up a few minutes per board for Deep Finesse and up to afew seconds for Bo Haglund DDSdepends on the speed of the computer 32 During analysis the progress can be observed Bo Haglund DDS Analyzing board 8 out from 1 to 32 Analyze command always analyzes all boards in the current Board Set Analysis of a single board is possible from the Edit command Because Deep Finesse takes a long time it is done in the background That means that during analysis most of the functions of the program are accessible For example it is possible to start analyzing and continue dealing without waiting for the analysisto finish If any functions canno
63. r example if for a Board Set of 32 boards statistically shape 5521 is expected to occur 4 times therefore only 8 such boards will be allowed If a ninth identical board is generated it will be rejected The number of rejected boardsis displayed in the Shapes rejected text box Because internal calculations are subject to rounding it is possible that the A number of actual shapes 15 greater then 2 times of the expected number This 15 normal especially for smaller Board Sets and small expected values O Inner similarity reject this option checks all hands in the current Board Set If selected and if two identical hands occur that board will be rejected Inner similarity reject showsthe maximum similarity between two hands in the generated Board Set and the number of boards rejected For Example 9 21N 17W meansthat in board 21 and 17 there are hands which have 9 of the same cards 1 History reject similar to Inner Similarity but this option checks hands against previously generated or loaded Boards Sets Any time a Board Set is saved or loaded all hands are saved in a special file history dat Hands stored in this file are checked with the current generated boards If the same hand is found that board will be rejected Default values for all controls can be set in Setup Preferences versions of the dealing software when random generators were not as good asthey are today It isrecommended that the Shape Reject setting is
64. rs for each pair of rollers Atypical speed value is between 146 150 When the speed isin the allowable range the background is green If any backgrounds of the motor speed windows turn red when the motors are on this indicates there is something wrong and a service centre should be contacted 1 Gate 1 3 open close a particular gate Photo 1 5 hows time in milliseconds when card passes each photo interrupter A Photo interrupter isthe small black device located behind each pair of the rollers First roller has two of them This device detects presence of cards and controls their movements inside machine When there is card these windows are green when a card is inside of any photo interrupter that particular window turns red Normally all the windows should be green If any of them is red please check if card or anything else is inside the machine If machine is empty the photo interrupter may be dirty please clean it Feed card when clicked one card will be feed into the machine Before using this function motors must be turned on One card will go through and Photo 1 5 windows will show how fast it happened Normal values for Photo 2 5 are 46 50 for Photo 1 60 80 Higher value for Photo may indicate dirty feeder roller or too tight feeder width problems with card feeding If any of the Photo windows after feeding the card stays red shows value 255 it means that particular photo interrupter is dirty and requ
65. rsion number 2 10 The newest version of the firmware can be downloaded from our websites www dealer4 com or www playbridgedealer4 com Firmware file type ADD is automatically registered in Windows during PC software installation so dicking on it will open the Deaelr4 software and automatically download the new version into the machine assuming that machine is connected to the computer The other method of updating firmware 72 isto download it from the web click on the Update Display Firmware button select the firmware file from the PCand click Open During downloading a progress bar will be displayed and confirmation will appear on completion The machine will then restart with the new firmware The current version of the Display Firmware can be seen on the Front Display main screen and also on the Display Control window Dealer4 Firmware which has extension ADCand controls the main processor in the machine the same asfor Dealer4 machine It is responsible for all machine operation including card recognition The second firmware is Dealer4 Display Firmware which has extension ADD and controls operation of the Front Display It exists only in Dealer4 machines Dealer4 machine has two types of firmware During downloading some errors can occur the most common is e Invalid or corrupted Display Firmware file This meansthat an invalid file has been selected or the firmware file is corrupted Download
66. s the following message may appear Auto Setup failed 4 Please be sure that the 10 of Spades is in the feeder and try again This means that the Auto Setup process failed and the parameters remain unchanged The reason for the error can be acard different to the 10 of spades there is no card at all inthe feeder card is damaged so cannot be correctly recognized or Card Index setting is incorrectly set 9 9 Board Switch functions The Board Switch is used to decide if a plastic board is correctly inserted into the machine It also allows the machine to start dealing when a board is inserted The Board Switch is an optical switch which working based on the board interrupting the light beam This principle may create problems when the plastic used for the boards 15100 transparent and the light is not completely interrupted For such boards the Board Switch will not detect presence of a board even if the board is fully inserted into the machine Most plastic boards available on the market work fine with the Dealer4 but boards from some manufacturers especially from China may have this problem with certain colors typically light colors or red ones Dealer4 Board Switch uses infrared light so transparency of the board for visible light is irrelevant Important is transparency for infrared light which cannot be visually checked If such boards have to be used there are a few methods to overcome this problem and make it possi
67. s a card picture and storesit in the machine buffer This picture can be downloaded and displayed in the Picture Window by clicking the Show button Recognize button captures a card picture and runs the recognition process After processing the card picture can be shown by clicking the Show button The recognize process updates Error Card Suit Thresholds Symbol Sze and Suit Sze information When the recognition is unsuccessful some of these values may be not updated National selects what types of cards are being used This setting is the same as National setting in the Deal or Read screens 55 Card Type defines if the card has an outside frame or not This setting is the same as the Card Type setting in the Deal or Read screens Card Font defines the type of fonts used for the card symbol This setting isthe same asthe Card Font setting in the Deal or Read screens Card Index define the size of the card symbol and suit This setting isthe same as the Card Index setting in the Deal or Read screens so next time the Maintenance Screen is entered these setting will stay unchanged Also changes made in the Maintenance screen will be reflected in the Deal or Read screens and vice versa For more information about these settings please refer to chapter 4 2 National Card Card Font and Card Index setting are remembered by the software Symbol Size shows sizes X Y of the recently recognized card symbol
68. s of the card and other information allowing a technician to find the problem When Test Deal is clicked the following prompt will appear You have entered Test Deal function Please put a flashed deck in the feeder The deck should be flashed in the following way bottom 2S AS 2H AH 2D AD 2C AC Click OK to proceed Cancel To perform a Test Deal a flushed deck is required It should be the same cards which cause the problem Read Card Error or Duplicate Card Error during a normal deal The deck has to be flushed with a 2 of spades on the bottom then all spadesto the ace then hearts 2 A then diamonds and clubs on the top It isrecommended to prepare two such decks since when beginning dealing always two decks should be put into the feeder Also it is easier to use Board Insert Dealing Platform for the Test Deal as it easier to take cards out Put these decks back into the feeder and press OKto begin When the Test Deal process is started all cards will be directed to the N pocket so it is easy to take them out and deal again If no errors are encounter during dealing the following message will appear Test Deal was finished sucesfully To find the problem it is required to repeat Test Deal until error occurs Click OK to deal again Cancel Take the cards out from the N pocket the deck will be still flushed as the card order is not changed during a Test Deal put the cards back into the feeder to dea
69. stoo transparent to infrared light or the board is inserted incorrectly into the machine In this case the board cannot be used or Board Switch methods 1 3 have to be used Machines with serial number 4052 and lower have mechanical Board Switches implemented and therefore problem with transparent boards is not applicable for these machines 66 10 Setup Preferences The Setup Preferences window allows the setting of some default values or actions according to individual preferences The Setup Preferences window is shown below Most settings are self explanatory on the screen When changed new values are automatically remembered on the computer so no save button is required Restore Defaults restores factory settings and Exit returns to the Main Menu Anew feature for version 4 70 isthe ability to set the default values for Event Name Ste and Date fields When checked values entered in the particular fields will be copied during new Board Set generation to the Boards Set Event Name Ste and Date fields When Use PC Date for Event Date is checked it is not possible to change the Default Event Date field and the PCdate will be used 67 11 Command Dealer4 software can be invoked with some special command line parameters This allowsthe use of a batch file assigning some file types or to call Dealer4 from other software Available commands and parameters are Dealer4 exe Dealer4 update Dealer4 firmware 3v10 adc
70. t be performed during analysis the following message will appear This function cannot be used while analysis is running Please wait for analysis to finish or cancel it and try again When using Bo Haglund DDSno other function can be used This is usually not a problem as Bo Haglund DDSis fast Analysis results are displayed in the Deal or Edit windows They can be also be printed in hand records or saved with the Board Set PBN format only counts the numbers of tricks based on that So some contracts will be not possible to do Both analyzers are a Double Dummy type That means that analyzer sees all hands and in the real life like for example catching a singleton king out of finesse 7 2 Possible errors during analysis If any board isincomplete the following error will be displayed Incomplete or incorrect board Please be sure that all boards are completed before starting the analyzer If any of the following or similar errors appear that means that installation of the Dealer4 is corrupted Pease reinstall Dealer4 and try running the analyzer again Deep Finesse Erro Error 53 File not found 7 C Program Files x86 Dealer4 dfl exe Please reinstall Dealer4 software and try again 8 Print command The print command allows printing of the current Board Set as well as Score Cards When clicked three submenu options appear Print Hand Records to printer Print Han
71. t window has white background it means that this e windowsis editable new value can be entered If text window has blue background its value is generated by the software and cannot be changed 2 2 Board Set statistics Gatistics can be displayed after generating new Board Set or loading an existing Board Set Boards Set information includes First Board number of the first board in the set Last Board number of the last board in the set Boards in Set how many boards is in the set Last Board First Board 1 Completed Board How many boards are completed Usually all boards will be completed so this number will be equal to Boards in Set unless any boards have been edited and not completed or an empty board set has been generated The statistics are shown in two windows The right window shows hand statistics it shows the following values for each 5 E W hand and a summary for NSand EW Average High Cards Points HOP calculated as 4 ace 3 king 2 queen 1 jack Balanced Hands number of hands with shapes 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 and 5 3 3 2 Voids number voids each void is counted separately Singletons number of singletons each singletons is counted separately Long suits 7 number of hands with 7 or longer cards suit This information can be printed with the Hand Records Refer to the description of the Print command Section 8 for more information Hands Shapes window shows distribution of suits within
72. te copy paste or add Exit button to return to the Main Menu 6 1 Board Set Editing Board Set editing allows the modification of the current board including the options to delete insert shifting cut copy and paste boards In the below examples the following convention is used 1 board not in the board set 4 board belongs to the board set current board The Board Set editing section has the following controls buttons Prev Next First Last set current board current board will be displayed in the Qurrent Board window and is ready for editing Delete delete current board current board will be deleted and removed from the Board Set All boards higher than the current board will be shifted left This action cannot be undone OO ae vuv 5 7 8 Insert insert empty board in the current board position All boards with a number higher than the current board will be shifted right Number of boards the current Board Set will be increased by one Delete will undo the Insert function 1 2 3 12 13 31 1 171 KENIK A AE 4151617191 T wl Empiyboard 27 O Add similar to Insert but Add will insert an empty board on the end of the Board Set regardless
73. the cards being used Please note that sometimes a card which does not belong to the selected National Settings may give a Card Recognition Error instead of Error 61 81 BA Card Feeding Errors Error Title Eror numbers Possible action Card Feeding Error 55 56 Continue Cancel Machine cannot feed the card There can be several reasons for this O Feeder roller is dirty clean it as described in Dealer4 Maintenance Adjusting and Geaning Manual Feeder width istoo narrow or too wide adjust it as described Dealer4 Maintenance Adjusting and Cleaning Manual Feeder gap is incorrect check and adjust it as described in Dealer4 Maintenance Adjusting and Qeaning Manual If adjusting of the feeder gap istoo difficult please send the machine to Service Centre has damaged edge atypical problem for the cards previously dealt on the Duplimate machines rotate card by 180 deg and continue dealing 0 Cards are stuck together reshuffle deck by hand and continue dealing B5 Other Errors Error Title Error numbers Possible action Break Dealing 57 Continue Cancel Board or Board Insert not fitted correctly 58 Continue Cancel No Top Cover 59 Continue Cancel Hip Plate open 60 Continue Cancel Break Dealing technically this is not an error it appears when the Break button is clicked during dealing but it use the same appearance as any other errors Dealing will brea
74. turned off as this will provide a purely random card distribution Inner similarity Rejects and History Rejects never happen These functions still exist in the current software for the users who do not believe in the computer generated boards Options to control random generation functions are left over from the very early There are two buttons for generating the Boards and an Exit button 0 Generate Boards using BigDeal to generate a Board Set using the BigDeal generator this button is only visible when the BigDeal generator is enable in Setup Preferences 0 Generate Boards using Dealer4 generator to generate a Board Set using the Dealer4 generator this button is only visible when the Dealer4 generator is enable in Setup Preferences Exit to return to the Main Menu To generate a new Board Set the following actions need to be taken 1 Set First Board and Last Board number 2 Select Generate random boards or Leave boards empty 10 3 If generating random boards decide which options are required check required boxes 4 Generate Boards 5 Exit to return to the Main Menu window When History reject option is checked especially for large Board Sets and on a slow PC generating boards can take some time Progress of the generation can be observed on the Boards generated box It is recommended to save from Main Menu the newly generated Board Set to prevent data loss for example due a power failure
75. urrently operating 0 Download ID Only used by support centers USBID serial number of the USBinterface Only used by support centers O Hash ID type of flash memory used inside the machine Only used by support centers USBdrivers version of USBdrivers currently installed on the PCcomputer DDLversion version of the USB drivers library Boot version version of boot software inside the machine Boot software is used to load the firmware during machine startup FPGA version shows version of the configuration file for the programmable logic chip used inside the machine This is part of the firmware 0 Download New Firmware button attempt to update the firmware inside the machine by dicking this button See chapter 9 5 for more information some rare cases during service or repair it may be necessary to replace this board If the board is replaced some values may not be retrieved from the old board In such cases the number of boards dealt can be reset shows 0 and manufacturing date can show the manufacturing date of the replacement board not the manufacturing date of the machine All the above information is stored in the main electronics board inside the machine 9 2 Test Section The Test Section allows the running of a basic machine operation test This section has the following controls and information 1 Motorson turn on the driving motors Motor 4 1 Speed shows actual speed of moto
76. which allows clearing of current boards without leaving the Reading Boards window It is especially useful when a Dealing Error happens and it is necessary to reread a partially read board The other controls are the same as in the Dealing Boards window After reading the last board in the Board Set it is recommended to save Board Set using File Save command 25 6 Edit command Edit command allows the operator to manually setup or change the boards Apart from editing the boards it also allows manipulation within a Board Set eg changing boards numbers shifting and adding or deleting boards When Edit function is entered without any prior Board Set generation or loaded automatically an empty Board Set will be generated and it will consist of one board When entering the following screen will appear File Name C Dealing handsMulpll23 pbn Current Board Board 1 Current Board Last Board 9 Total Boards 2 SES First Last AK763 Delete Insert Add 0 Er South Cut Copy Paste w E Clipboard 985 2 Analyze Random fill Restore 26 The Edit screen has three control groups tj Rle name showing file name for the Board Set Qurrent Board editing allowsthe editing of the current board Board Set editing navigate through the Board Set Select current board to edit dele

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