User Manual

Chapter 6: Additional Bridgemate functions 53
• When the progress bar on the Bridgemates reaches 100%, it will usually take a few more
seconds to complete as it waits for parts of the firmware to be resent. This is normal
behaviour.
• The firmware update mode in Bridgemate can be activated at any time. Bridgemates will
automatically start receiving the firmware, even when the transmission has started earlier.
Bridgemates do not have to be in the firmware update mode before firmware transmission is
started.
Showing player names
To promote correct seating of the players, Bridgemate offers the possibility to show the names of the
players at the start of the round. By reviewing the names, players understand whether they have taken
their correct positions. Proper functioning of this feature depends on the support for player names in
the scoring program. Please consult the manual of your scoring program to decide how this
Bridgemate function should be utilized.
Configure name settings
To show names on the Bridgemate, go to menu Tools à Options à Bridgemate à tab Bridgemate II
and set the player names option to “Show names at each round”. Next, click “Settings” to configure
which source BCS should use to find the player names.
Choose “Bridgemate score file” when the scoring program stores the player names in the result file at
the start of the session. This is the most common approach. The scoring program will store all known
names in the result file, and BCS will retrieve the names from here.
Choose “BMPlayerDB.mdb lookup database file” when you have been provided a separate file named
BMPlayerDB.mdb which contains all the player names. This option is mostly used at national
tournaments where large player databases are required.
Choose “No name source” when the scoring program preloads the names of the participating players
at their actual table position, or when the program continuously retrieves the entered player numbers
and returns the player names. This option is mainly used when the players pre-register for the event,
and their seatings are known before the session starts.
Choose “First Bridgemate score file, second BMPlayerDB.mdb lookup database file” when BCS
should first search the Bridgemate result file, and if the number is not found, thereafter the
BMPlayerDB.mdb lookup file.