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Hi Alaric
Good to know.
Always a bit wary when an upgrade to Windows happens   

Hi
We follow a process similar to the johng reply.
In fact sometimes when more than 1 person is setting the system up the phones are turned on by one person and the laptop and router by another, often meaning the phones are on before the laptop and router.
Also, there is no problem if a wrong movement is defined e.g. late arrivals. Once the new movement is defined and the wireless session restarted on the laptop, the members just press start to get the session going. This is very quick

We have never had a problem.
When EW arrive at the table NS check they have the correct pair. in cases where North has moved on from the screen displaying pair numbers and names, the correct pairing can be verified by checking the display at the top.
If one EW pair is on the wrong place than so is another so the chances are close to zero. Finally if an error in seating has occurred this can be corrected during the evening.
Personally I think it would be too much information.
Why do you need to confirm something that has already been agreed?
The way I look at this is that this is not trying to replicate a paper traveller, it is providing an efficient method of recording and scoring.
In a year of use, averaging over 7 tables, this has never happened. Also I am in touch with other clubs who use BridgePal and they have never had this issue.
Once the accept button is presses and you go into the traveller screen, then pair numbers are displayed. This fulfils your requirements, because at this stage the pair numbers are displayed. So why have it on the previous page?
I for one would vote against this development.

 

1)If the "Real Name" is entered during the session then when the players move to the next table the correct names will be shown.
2) if the "Real Name" is entered and the phone is still on the screen with player names if you select refresh from the menu options the phones will show the correct name.
In 99% of cases it will the scenario 1) above as they will probably be on a contract screen when you enter the correct name.

At our club, this is a source of amusement when greeting players as "No Name"

3) If the results are posted with "No Name" then alter BridgeScore and repost.

If you want to avoid "No Name" you could set up a couple of ID's that are more friendly / club standard . e.g. Guest 1 , 2 etc. You could assign easy to remember numbers e.g. Guest 1 is id 101 etc.

Then at some stage change Guest to the right name.

In practice putting a new name in is less than 1 minute. Simply go into player names and type in the new name. You will see an option appear that allows you to add a new name. It's the same if a player has entered the wrong ID and you want to change a name i's pretty much the same.

Hi All.  Reg from Oxted Bridge Club here.

On a few occasions in the past we have used this facility in the way intended. For whatever reason an incorrect Table Number has been entered which has usually been discovered when the correct table tries to assign itself.
The correct table has taken over and the table that is in error simply restarts with the correct table number and pairs.
At most 1 score has been entered which is then overwritten. Only thing to watch for is that they have not got muddled up about the correct names for each table but usually ok and will be spotted as the pairs move round.
Couple of instances I can remember was innocent input of the wrong table number and also when I have re numbered the tables and someone has not noticed.

I would find it deplorable if anyone abused this facility and would ban them. Fortunately in our club I would bet my last penny no saying it would never happen.

Personally I would insist that the functionality remains exactly the same. It's simple, it works and I do not know of any club in the time we have been using it having a problem.
As they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"

Regards
Reg

I noticed that my club laptop was running very slowly and the poor thing was taking ages to respond.
The culprit seemed to be WSAPPX  using 100% Disk. It is used for installing, uninstalling, and updating Store apps. Windows automatically updates Store apps in the background. This process starts when you link to a wireless network and on this occasion I was using a hotspot on my phone
If you really don’t care about these included apps, you can tell the Windows Store not to automatically update your apps by disabling automatic updates of Windows Store apps –  https://www.howtogeek.com/320261/what-is-wsappx-and-why-is-it-running-on-my-pc/ .


The best solution I have found to ALL these problems is to use a stand alone router that is not connected to the internet so that Windows does nothing whilst using BridgePAl

Oxted Bridge Club ran a session for some of it's members that want to learn how to use BridgePal.
The full set slides are below and can be tailored to your needs.