eNotate User Guide
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1. _ Player Smith 190ctober13 make your selection _ Smithy Player 190ctober13 Tap on Purge Game Info to execute the purge You will be prompted as Purge Game Info shown in Figure 21 All selected items will be permanently deleted Please press Yes to continue or No to exit When you are done tap Done Figure 21 14 eNotate User Guide Configure cont d You can easily export your games in PGN format to your memory card figure 22 and receive a visual confirmation figure 23 eNotate v3 0 Move S Select which games to 1 2 1 2 export to your memory E Muradian 2013 06 08 card Delay 1 2 1 2 E Muradian 2013 06 13 Setani en tribes 0 1 card to export your games Player 2013 10 19 to L smith 1 2 1 2 Smith 2013 10 19 O y Player 1 2 1 2 Choose card CF Card y CF Card e Figure 22 eNotate v3 0 Move A visual confirmation that the export was successful Smithy 2013 10 19 Player 1 2 1 2 Choose card SD Card v Figure 23 15 eNotate User Guide Configure cont d Y ou can also convert your games to PDF format figure 24a amp b and export them to a memory card figure 25a amp b eNotate v3 0 Create PDF eNotate v3 0 Create PDF Select which games to convert to PDF by using the checkboxes 2009 07 29 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Muradian 2013 06 08 Delay 1 2 1 2 Muradian 2013 06 13 tribes 0 1 Player 2013 10 19 Tap the disk button to 2013 10 192. game can be accessed Figure 17 from the History option on the Main menu 12 eNotate User Guide Configure The Configure option on the Main Menu has seen many enhancements since the first version released figure 18 The following pages will describe each of these new functions eNotate v3 0 Configure Es eNotate v3 0 Build 2013 06 05 Copyright C 2007 2013 North American Chess Association All rights reserved Calibrate Screen Convert to PDFs Export PDFs Record turn time Record total time is Figure 18 To calibrate you screen tap on Calibrate and the following screen will appear figure 19 align scre h Tap on this cross sign and tap on it each time it ap pears Tap the target firmly and accurately at each location on the screen The target will continue to move until the screen is aligned It will appear in different locations each time E This is how the screen gets calibrated Figure 19 13 eNotate User Guide Configure cont d Select Purge Game Info to allow you to delete games and or tournaments from eNotate figure 20 THIS IS NOT REVERSIBLE IT WILL BE LOST FOR GOOD You will be given a confirmation prompt to warn you figure 21 eNotate v3 0 Purge Game Info ChessIQ October Game 60 Use the twisties to expand or collapse the _ rty bff 29July09 options Muradian Delay 08June13 Muradian tribes 13June13 Then tap on the checkboxes to
3. 2013 10 19 1 2 1 2 Game Score YY MM DD format Figure 5 Use this button to go back to the Main Menu eNotate User Guide Tournament The Tournament option is used to perform one of the following functions e Create a new tournament e Record a new game in an existing tournament When you tap on the Tournament option you will see the following graphic figure 6 eNotate v3 0 Main Menu i Tournament Do you want to enter an existing tournament Tap No so you can enter a new tournament You will see the following graphic figure 7 Enter the start date here eNotate v3 0 New Tournament Enter the name of When you tap on the down the chess tournament arrow a calendar will pop here Name ChessIQ October Game 60 up and you can scroll to the appropriate date Start Date 10 19 13 y Enter the location End Date 10 19 13 of the tournament q PR Enter the end date here When you tap on the down Se arrow a calendar will pop Tap this button up and you can scroll to the to save your appropriate date tournament 123 12 3 Tab a wle c Enter the section you are playing in here Use this button CAPJa s d f to go back to Shift z x the Main Menu al OA SY z eNotate User Guide Tournament cont d After you are done entering a new tournament you will tap the Tournament option and answer Yes at the pop up figure 8 eNotate v3 0 Main Menu Tap
4. Yes so you can enter information on Tournament our opponent sl pS Do you want to enter an existing tournament Figure 8 Now you will be able to enter information about your opponent figure 9 Use the radio buttons to select what color YOU are Use the down arrow to se eNotate v3 0 Tournament lect the tournament you are playing in Tournament Use the on screen keyboard ChessIO October Game 60 to enter the round number Opponent First Name Fill in the information on Last Name your opponent Tap on the picture of the Title pawn to begin recording your game Rating Federation Note this step is not reversible Once you begin recording you can not leave unless you record a result for your game Figure 9 eNotate User Guide Record a Game After you have entered information on your opponent and tapped on the graphic of the Pawn you will enter the recording mode figure 10 You CANNOT leave recording mode without recording a result If you make any mistake entering in opponent information you will need to end the game delete 1t see Purge Game Info section later in this manual and recreate the opponent information round information These a allow you to eNotate v3 0 Record Game This counter tells you the move to the beginning or move and whose move it is end of the game or move forward backward one move at a time This button allows you to look at t
5. eNotate User Guide eNotate distributed by hessiQ www ChessiQ com gt Created and licensed by North American Chess Assodation c 2007 o eNotate User Guide Table of Contents General MME O PAA ION ecisnie nads EEn aE EEEE EEOAE E ATE AAR 3 A O des eee 3 SYSTEM REQUENA AE SEE SAA Ae 3 Using eNotate AAA O A ened ett ads A anaes 4 Sarane eNO E ehia ainia 4 A ATO TOA ATN ATE OET NEA TAE O TNT 5 EMS abate 6 Tournament Enter NEW LOU AN ENE E AAA EA IAE AR pee 7 EmerOpponent Inlorma OM naaa 8 RECO da AUN pacts arcs E E E E N E Ri 9 Configure Calibrate SCLC ee se cvetadenees Raied nia de 13 PPM AIS O sd ai da bid 14 EXPO raras rara oe 15 Convert Games to PDF and Export PDF ninas te 16 Me ECO a E a I E S A EIER EE NE A T E E T 17 Lor PUES SS opp ene a end a eee 18 Future Balance Menta 20 A da Sea A Secale EE A E eee ANA 20 eNotate User Guide General Information eNotate 1s an electronic scoresheet created and licensed by the North American Chess Association and distributed by ChessIQ Certifications The following chess federations have certified eNotate as meeting their requirements for electronic score sheets Certification proof can be located with each individual chess federation United State Chess Federation eNotate is NOT certified by chess federations for use on smart phones operating Windows Mobile System Requirements eNotate requires a Windows Mobile based Personal Digital Assis
6. file The Profile option is used to establish your individual user information The following fields are available for the Profile page you must complete the profile page in order to start a recorded game e First Name required e Last Name required e Title e National Rating this is the rating if your country uses a rating system other than FIDE e FIDE Rating e National ID this is the ID number given by your national federation if they use one e FIDE ID e Federation Use your devices on screen keyboard to complete as many of the fields as possible When you are done tap the Save button in the lower left hand corner of the screen You can use the arrow key at the bottom to go back to the Main Menu page eNotate v3 0 Profile First Name Last Name Title Nat l Rating FIDE Rating National ID FIDE ID Federation Your on screen keyboard may look like this This is the save button Tap it when you are done entering your profile This button lets you go back to the Main Menu page History eNotate User Guide The History option 1s used to view your previously played games The below graphic figure 5 will give information about what you are seeing on the screen Last name of the player with the White pieces Last name of the player with the Black pieces Tap this button to replay your game Date of the tournament in eNotate v3 0 History 2013 10 19 1 2 1 2
7. he the score of the game and written notation lt E X lt lt li gt gt 1 White to move a get signatures O 4 Flip SSS This button allows you to skip moves in This button lets you record Figure 10 This button allows you to calibrate your screen recording but to keep track of move number This button allows you to record a This button draw offer allows you to flip the board This button allows you to record a check eNotate User Guide Record a Game cont d The following graphic displays what the notation looks like during recording mode figure 11 eNotate v3 0 Notation Event ChessIQ October Game 60 Date 2013 10 19 Round 1 The shows up in the notation when you tap it on the graphical CCC Pace d4 d5 These buttons are used to make corrections to your notation This button allows you to go back to the graphical recording screen You must highlight the move you want corrected and then tap on the pawn that is the same color as the move to correct This button allows you to view the Log files to see what changes to moves were done The system will NOT correct any moves after the one you just corrected You must correct each move individu ally Re R EO Figure 11 The following graphics display the Draw Offer function figure 12 and what a draw offer looks like on the Notation screen figure 13 eNota
8. process the conversion and be given a visual notification of success figure 24b Figure 24a Figure 24b eNotate v3 0 Copy PDF eNotate v3 0 Copy PDF Select which PDFs to Sa a export to your memory Player Smith 190ctober13 Player Smith 19October13 card Smithy Player 19October13 Smithy Player 190October13 A PDFs successfully exported Select which memory card to export them to Tap the disk button to rocess the conversion P Choose card SD Card v Choose card SD Card and be given a visual notification of success CF Card SD Card figure 25b Figure 25a Figure 25b 16 eNotate User Guide Configure cont d A feature new to v3 0 1s the ability to have times recorded You can enable and disable this feature from the Configure Screen Figure 26 eNotate v3 0 Configure Es eNotate v3 0 Build 2013 06 05 Copyright C 2007 2013 North American Chess Association Use the checkboxes to enable All rights reserved or disable recording time Calibrate Screen Convert to PDFs Export PDFs Record turn time Record total time Figure 26 Time recording is only visible on the PDF version of the scoresheet or within the PGN file The time re cording will not affect the readability of the PGN file if you import the file into any chess database program For each player two sets of times can be recorded e Turn time the amount of time it took to record that move e Total time the amoun
9. rma tion 2 Move the eNotate installation file to your device via sync cable or SD card 3 Using File Explorer locate the eNotate installation file and tap on 1t to begin the installation process 4 A security warning may appear tap Accept or whatever variation your device may call 1t and continue with the installation 5 Once installation 1s complete you will be notified of successful installation of eNotate Note if you have a previous version of eNotate installed you will be required to uninstall it from your device before you can proceed with installation of the new version Starting eNotate Upon tapping on the eNotate icon in your Start Menu figure 1 you will be shown the eNotate splash page figure 2 which will load for approximately 10 seconds followed by the Main Menu page figure 3 Today S Calendar FB Contacts 2 Home a Internet Explorer information ie an ments Pocket MSN ti Messaging Windows Media F eNotate Activesync 2 Pictures amp Videos File Explorer Pa Solitaire Programs Settings A P 2 Help UI II US Contacts Figure 1 on e SUN eNotate distributed by ChessiQ www ChessiQ com o 4 Created and licensed by North American Chess Association c 2007 oo Figure 2 eNotate v3 0 Main Menu W Profile I History Tournament Configure Figure 3 eNotate User Guide Pro
10. t PGNs Convert to PDFs wish to view Purge Games Export PDFs Tap this button to view the log Record turn time Record total time Figure 29 Now you can see the log for this game for all moves that were changed Tap this button to exit from viewing this log Figure 31 19 2 e eNotate v3 0 Logs Game name Player Smith 190ctober13 Figure 30 eNotate v3 0 View log 7 White changed Qxd2 to Nxd2 al eNotate User Guide Future Enhancements We will be looking at additional enhancements over time and also taking requests for new enhancements All requests must take into consideration national federation guidelines for electronic scoresheets Send your request for enhancements to info chessiq com Bug Fixes If you encounter a bug during the use of eNotate please send us an email to info chessiq com so we may look into the bug Please include a much information as possible and any pictures you were able to take so we can attempt to re create the bug 20
11. t of elapsed time so far for the player white or black Note this does not mean the amount of time the move actually took it s when the player actually re corded the move 17 eNotate User Guide Configure cont d Players and tournament directors arbiters can now view log files of corrections to moves that were made during a game live record mode in progress or after a game has been completed If a log file is to be viewed during a live game first change to the notation view of the scoresheet Figure 27 and then tap on the log button to view the log Figure 28 eNotate v3 0 Record Game E Tap this button to go to the notation view Tap this button to view the log for a game in progress R ES Figure 28 18 eNotate User Guide Configure cont d If a log file is to be viewed when no live games are being recorded tap the View Logs button from the Configure menu Figure 29 then select the game Figure 30 and then tap on the graphic of the pawn in the lower left corner You will then see the log file of all changes made during that game Figure 31 Use the arrow button in the lower left corner to exit viewing the log file for this game eNotate v3 0 Configure Tap this button to view logs for eNotate v3 0 Build 2013 06 05 saved games Copyright C 2007 2013 North American Chess Association All rights reserved Select the game whose logs you Calibrate Screen View Logs Expor
12. tant PDA device operating the Windows Mobile 5 0 or Windows Mobile 6 0 operating systems eNotate v3 0 1s capable of operating on high resolution PDA devices Recommendations for devices include Dell Axim x50 x50v x51 x51v HP iPaq 1955 and HP iPaq 211 eNotate will NOT operate on Windows Mobile 2002 or Windows Mobile 2003 eNotate will not operate on Blackberry devices or Palm O S devices eNotate will NOT operate on laptop desktop computers eNotate requires approximately 1MB of system memory for the main program approximately 5K for sig natures per game approximately 1K per stored PGN and approximately 150k per stored PDF General Compliance with Chess Rules eNotate handles compliance with chess rules in the following manner e Allowing illegal moves e Having features to record a draw offer check and obtaining signatures from required parties e Not notifying players of move repetition stalemate 50 move rule or no mating material e Not notifying players of check or checkmate e Not notifying players of time used or time forfeit e Not allowing players to leave a game in progress of being recorded e Disabling all hardware controls on the Windows Mobile device to prevent interaction with the operating system Installation eNotate User Guide Installation of eNotate can be accomplished by completing the following steps 1 Download the eNotate installation file from the link provided in your purchase email confi
13. te v1 0 Record Game eNotate v3 0 Notation Event ChessIQ October Game 60 4 a ee a Date 2013 10 19 4B Bilis PE Mw j ip offered the draw The notation version of the draw offer which is the sign EF Y Fip Skip Score SEE Figure 12 Figure 13 10 eNotate User Guide Record a Game cont d When a pawn reaches the first or eighth rank you will be prompted to select a piece for promotion figure 14 eNotate v3 0 Record Game EM Henar in E M a E a dy Select which piece C En Es to promote to L AEE i clock to move T Flip Skip Score Figure 14 eNotate will allow illegal moves figure 15 to occur such as but not limited to moving pieces to strange locations castling through check not resolving a check situation etc eNotate v3 0 Record Game OI Flip Skip Score Figure 15 11 eNotate User Guide Record a Game cont d Upon completion of the game you will tap the Score button figure 16 and you will be brought to the Score page figure 17 eNotate v3 0 Record Game Ey oF be ES a ae Soe B a ME indo E MO When the game 1 White to move 1s over like this one tap on Score Use the radio buttons to record the score Player with the white pieces signs here Player with the black pieces signs here Tournament Director or Arbiter signs here Tap the disk button to save the game Now the
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