BridgePal Forum

After selecting a movement it is useful to view the movement and select 'Table Card'. This shows where to place the boards for the first round which is essential if playing a Howell movement. We have found that if you minimise the form rather than closing it, the form disappears completely and cannot be recovered to close it. In this state BridgeScore is frozen and nothing can be done.

I recently experienced problems getting one or two scorers (we use 7" Lenovo T3s) to connect to the BridgePal system. Clicking on "Retry" would then get an error message -2. I have now worked out a solution to this problem. First step is to set a fixed IP address for the computer on the router this is achieved as follows:-
1) Press the 'windows' key
2) type cmd <return>
3) type ipconfig /all
4) Make a note of the following settings
IPv4 Address =
Subnet mask =
Default Gateway =
DNS Servers 1 =
DNS Servers 2 =
5) Press the 'windows' key
6) type control panel <return>
7) select 'Network and Sharing Centre'
Click on 'change adapter settings'
9) Right click on the active connection and select 'Properties'
10) Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
11) Click on 'Properties'
12) Note the current settings in case things go wrong
13) Select 'Use the following IP address:' and enter the IP address, the Subnet mask and the Default Gateway from above
14) Enter the preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server numbers from above
15) Tick the 'Validate settings on exit' button
16) Click 'OK'

Next is to Set the server within the scoring units. So firstly ensure that the PC is switched on and BridgePal Services Monitor are running. Open the Services Monitor, ensure that "Run Bridge Pal Broadcast" is ticked and then make a note of the IP Address which will look something like 192.168.x.x and should be the same as the IPv4 Address noted above.
Now switch on all the scoring units and make sure they are attached to the same WiFi network as the PC. Then for each scoring unit:-
1) Start BridgePal
2) Click on the dots in top right of screen
3)Click on 'More>>'
4) Click on 'Select BridgePal Server'
5) Click on '<Add New Server>'
6) Enter server name (Your club name  for example)
7) Enter the IP Address displayed by BP Services Monitor
Click on 'Add'
9) Click on the newly added server to select it

The scoring unit will now connect to the PC without any problems

Yes, we found that you need to pin the program each time the tablet is started. One option is to leave them turned on and on charge.

However, an update---I managed to get kiosk mode working and will post the solution in a new post for others to find easily.

Here in Penang we had a similar debate after a visiting pair from the UK tried telling us that dummy SHOULD place the led suit on the left hand side as viewed by dummy. This was quickly dispelled, Reg is correct apart from the trump suit, the other suits can be placed in any order.

As for the led card, we have our scoring units set up so that the screen blanks out after 10 seconds. If it is a concern to you, you could do the same.

The popularity of the software has now started to propagate to our users social games. They do not have the benefit of a dealing machines. They have tried to do manual entry after playing a hand but keep forgetting to click on hand. An enhancement would be to prompt them for manual entry when required and prevent advancement until this is done.

We are a new club with some quite novice players. This is generally not a problem if I can get all the novices sitting in the same orientation but if novice pair 1 sitting NS comes up against novice pair 2 sitting EW they can fall a complete board behind.

I can of course just enter 'Not Played' but it would be nice to suggest they stay back and play the board at the end of the session. Is this possible?

I think I might have just answered my own question. Enter the board as not played and then manually update in BridgeScore later on before posting the result. In which case 'is there a better way'?