Dealer4 PC Software User Manual ver: 0.1 1 Introduction
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1. e Card Print should be set to Normal because this parameter is automatically adjusted in the machine firmware However for the cards with very fine prints better results can be achieved when this is set to Fine Similarly for the cards with very thick lines this parameter can be set to Bold This Card has very fine club suit symbol This card has bold prints set Card Print to set Card Print to Fine Bold Bold is required only in very rare situations The need to select the Fine option may happen more frequently It is intended that the next revision of the Firmware will adjust this parameter automatically so this setting will be omitted To deal boards please follow these steps 1 When entering Dealing Boards window for the first time select which cards are being used in National Setting Card Type and Card Print 2 Start dealing by clicking on Deal insert board into machine when Start Dealing from Board inserting is selected press START key on the front panel on the Dealer4 3 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 key and Board inserting act as Deal next button if it is active otherwise they act as Deal 5 Read command Read command allows reading previously played card to produce hand records or deal manually shuffled card for the user who does not believe in computer generated board2. Dealer4 PC Software User Manual ver 0 1 1 opes M R 2 2 M in Men Cm 2 3 File command grouUp ssssssssssssessecssossssssecsecssosssecsecsscsssecsesssssssee 3 3 1 lU COMMING m 4 CAN endure stt 5 3 33 Save command Me 6 SA Exit COMMANG ge 6 A Deal COMM ANG e 7 5 Read command as vesctsncvnsstotavocesccenecabsueverchewebenebaneveustonewersienevecesanes 10 MS peer 11 7 Print command me 11 8 Maintenance command ssssssessesosesosssssssesssessesosssosssesssessesse 12 Version information Ver 0 1 Initial draft issue 09 05 2008 1 Introduction This manual provides basic information about the Dealer4 PC software version 4 16 and above This manual will be updated in the next few months to provide more details and information 2 Main Menu Main Menu window is displayed after Dealer 4 software starts From this window all functions can be accessed Nealer4 Main Menu i File Deal Read Edit Print Maintenance Help Fvent Name Event Site Event Date File Name Hand Shapes First Board Number Shape Actual Expected Diffrence Last Bord number Number of Boards in Set Number of Completed Boards Inner Sjmilarity Min frequency Dealer 4 Ver 4 16 0 Max frequency Migration Path Pty Ltd When st
3. File New command There is a Clear button which allows clearing current boards without leaving the Reading Boards window It is especially useful when a Dealing Error happens and it is required to reread 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 6 Edit command Edit command description will be included in the next issue of this manual 7 Print command Print command allows printing current Board Set as well as Score Cards The window of this command is shown below Printing Print Hand Records C Print Score Cards Eventname Generali Euro Team Champs 97 FileName C hex Aulp1123 pbn Boards Per Page First Board 1 Last Board 24 C8 0 12 16 18 Print boards From Board 1 To Board 24 Number of copies 1 Printer Setup There are two printing modes selectable on the top of the window 11 e Print Hand Records will print current Board Sets hand distribution e Print Score Cards will print Score Card for the current Boards Set The other controls have the following functions e Event Name shown here for information will be printed on the top of the Hand Record pages e File Name shown for information will be printed on the bottom of the Score Cards e first Board shows first board number in the current set for in
4. arted 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 e Commands Menu from here all commands can be executed e Event information shows information about current Board Set e Board Set information shows first and last board number in the current set and number of total and completed boards in the current set e Version information shows current software version and the software vendor e Board Set Statistic shows information about current Board Set point and shapes distribution After generating or loading Board Set the Main Menu will look like this Dealer4 Main Menu File Deal Read Edit Print Maintenance Help Event Name Generali Euro Team Champs 97 Event Site Montecatini ITA Event Date 1997 06 27 File Name C hex Aulp1123 pbn HCP i Hand Shapes First Board Number 1 Hand N 11 4 Last Bord number 24 Hand E 18 0 1 7 Number of Boards in Set 24 Hand S 8 9 sd 1 8 m ezs522 Number of Completed Boards 24 Hand W z Inner Similarity 18 20 Min frequency 4 Jt E Dealer 4 Ver 4 16 0 Max frequency 34 RV N Migration Path Pty Ltd coco er OF E a E E NH i m Nw C90 Cn On the Main Menu window there are three fields which can be edited Event Name Event Site and Event Date Any text can be entered to these fields This in
5. boards it is required to click on the Display boards or Hide boards button Dealing Boards File Name C hex qq2 bri Dealer Status iie Dealing time f National Settings Standard AKQJ C French ARDV C French 1RDV German AKDB C Dutch AHVB Card Type Standard c Cards with outside frame Next Deal Card Print Bold Eist Last_ Break Is 7 F3 Ea amp Normal C Fine iv Start Dealing from Board inserting The Dealing Boards window has the following control and information fields e File name information about the current Board Set file name Dealer Status shows current status of the Dealer4 can be Idle Busy or Error e Dealing Time shows dealing time of one board e Prev Next First Last buttons allow user to navigate through the Board Set Deal start dealing of the current board e Deal next advance to the next board and start dealing e Exit finish dealing and go back to the Main Menu e Start Dealing from Board inserting when checked dealing will be started when a Board is inserted into machine e National Settings select which type of cards are used for dealing e Card Type additional setting improving card recognition of cards with frames outside the symbols typical for French or Dutch cards Normally this should be set to Standard but for cards like the ones shown below it works better if it is set to Cards with outside frame
6. formation only e Last Board shows last board number in the current set for information only e Print Boards From Board first board to be printed by default set to the First Board in Board Set e Print Boards To Board last board to be printed by default set to the Last Board in Board Set e Print Boards Number of copies number of copies of the print e Boards Per Page number of boards to be printed on the one page settings active only for Print Hand Records e Score Card Settings Print NS Pair Number when selected NS pair number will be printed on the Score card active only for Print Score Card e Score Card Settings First NS Pair set NS pair number to be printed in the first row of the Score Card active only for Print Score Card e Score Card Settings Print Boards if selected Boards will be printed on the Score Card active only for Print Score Card e Printer Setup open standard Windows Printer Controls allow selection of printer and setting it s parameters e Print start printing button e Exit finish printing and come back to the Main Menu 8 Maintenance command This command allows checking the operation of the Dealer4 and downloading new firmware Description of the Maintenance command will be included in the next issue of this manual 12
7. formation will be saved with the Board Set when using BRE or PBN file formats Also the Event Name will be printed on the top of the Hand Records document 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 generate empty Board Set for Read or Edit functions The new window looks like this Generate New Boards Set First Board in set 1 Generate random boards Last Board inset 32 C Leave boards empty Shape reject Inner similarity reject History reject Reject odd shapes iv Check inner similarity iv Check history file Shapes rejected Inner Similarity Rejected History Rejected Historic File Inner similarity Historic Similarity Before generating a new Board Set the following parameters need to be set e 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 e 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 in the Board Set is 640 from 1 to 640 Such a large Board Set has no practical use but it can be used for example to check the statistics of the random generat
8. he same hand is found that board will be rejected 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 3 If generated random boards decide which controls are required check required control boxes 4 Click Generate Boards 5 Click 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 the newly generated Board Set to prevent data lost due a power failure for example 3 2 Load command Load command is used to load previously saved Board Sets or Board Sets downloaded from the Internet or any another source Five different file formats are supported BRI DGE BRE extend form of DGE file used in AutoDealer3 machines Allows save load Event information and not completed boards DUP file format used for Duplimate DOS machines PBN Portable Bridge Notation most comprehensive format Allows save load Event information board numbers dealer and vulnerability information BRI DGE and DUP formats do not support Event information Fields Event Name Event Date and Event Site will be empty after such files are loaded BRI DGE BRE and DUP formats do not support board number information Whe
9. n loading these files the software will assume that the First Board number is always board number 1 After loading following window appear It allows the user to shift the loaded Board Set to the required board number range Boards Numbers 32 Boards was loaded BRI format does not support boards numbers Loaded boards are allocated as follow First Board 4l Last Board 32 To change boards allocation enter new first board number in the above text box OK For BRI DGE BRE and 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 3 3 Save command Similarly like in the Load command available formats are BRI DGE BRE DUP and PBN Limitations of these formats are e BRI DGE DUP and BRE do not save board numbers e BRI DGE DUP do not save Event information e BRI DGE DUP do not allow to save empty or incomplete boards e BRI DGE DUP BRE do not save Dealer and Vulnerability 3 4 Exit command This command closes the Main Menu window and closes the program 4 Dealcommand Deal command is used to deal the current Board Set When selected the following window will be opened Dealing Boards C hex qq2 bri The dealing window is always opened in blind mode when boards are not visible This allows the operator to play because he will not be able see the boards To display hide
10. or e Generate random boards when this option is selected all boards in the Boards Set will be randomly generated e 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 setting of some of the parameters for random generation e Shape reject when selected only a certain number of boards with a particular shape are allowed This threshold is set to double of the statistical expected number of boards For example if for a Boards Set of 32 boards statistically shape 5521 is expected to happen 4 times only 8 such boards will be allowed If a ninth identical board is generated it will be rejected Number of rejected board is displayed in the Shapes rejected text box e Inner similarity reject this option check all hands in the current Board Set If selected and if two identical hands happened that board will be rejected Inner similarity shows maximum similarity between two hands in the generated Board Set 9 21 17 means that in board 21 and 17 there are hands which have 9 of the same cards e History reject similarly 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 The hands stored in this file are checked with the current generated boards If t
11. s The Reading Boards window is very similar to the Dealing Boards window with a couple of additional controls Reading Boards File Name Dealer Status iie Dealingtime National Settings Standard AKQJ C French ARDV C French 1RDV German AKDB C Dutch AHVB Card Type Standard C Cards with outside frame Next Read Card Print C Bold Erst Last i v o fo Ex Normal C Fine iv Start Dealing from Board inserting C Read already played boards cards sort in top N E W S bottom order f Simulate hand dealing single card to every hand There are two modes available selected on the bottom on the screen 1 Read already played boards used when board was already played and hand record needs to be produced Cards have to be put in the Feeder in a certain order first on the bottom S hand then W 10 then E and last on the top N hand Card will be read and directed to the same pocket so the board before this process and the one after will be the same 2 Simulate 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 W first card from the top will go to N then to E then to S etc During dealing card will be read and when the last card goes through the board will be displayed on the screen Read function requires empty Boards Set which can be generated using the
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