Flawed lin files from Cavendish pairs

[DenisO]

There is a problem with the lin files logged to disk for all 18 rounds of the Cavendish Pairs played so far.

The live broadcast is great but when a saved file is opened later, there are no player names and you can't see the hands or bidding :(

 

Start of a typical saved file (rd 18) is:

"vg|Cavendsh Pairs,Round 18,P,24,27,Team 1,0,Team 2,0|

rs|,,4SNx-2,,6SS=,,2DE-1,|

pw|I,|øË,ìˆ,,,|øË,ìˆ,,ÓI,|øË,ìˆ,,I,|øË,ìˆ,|

pg||

"

I'm not sure what exact format should be generated but the following (devised by Nikos) does work:

"vg|Cavendsh Pairs,Round 18,P,25,27,Team 1,0,Team 2,0|

rs|4SNx-2,,6SS=,,2DE-1,|

pw|South,West,North,East|

pg||

"

There seem to be a number of problems with the flawed files:

(a) four boards (24,27) when there should only be three

(;) attempting to give results for those four board

© a bad pw line without any player names

 

Unfortunately I'm not a Vugraph operator so don't know where the problem lies. However since all the files are flawed it might be that the Operator is using some sort of bad template?

 

Would it be possible for Uday or some knowledgeable Yellow or Vugraph operator to liaise with Vugraph106 (Sdoty) to correct the problem before the next session?

 

Deniso

[fred]

Sorry, but there is nothing we can do about this

for this year's Cavendish Pairs.

 

The problem is that, due to security concerns, the

Tournament Directors give our operator the data

for only 3 deals at a time.

 

The way things normally work, our operators receive

all the deals for an entire segment of a team game

or session of a pair game before that segment/session

actually starts. When the vugraph operator creates a

vugraph table, all of that data is sent to our server.

 

I thought it would be a big pain for the audience if the

vugraph table had to be closed and restarted after every

3-board round so I added a quick and dirty modification

so that the operator can reload the deal data without

leaving the vugraph table.

 

Unfortunately this messes up the log files and there is

no way that I can fix the client or arrange for its distribution

during the Cavendish itself. Probably I could (and would)

do this if I was not playing in the event.

 

My apologies. I will try to get it right for next year.

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

[DenisO]

Sorry, but there is nothing we can do about this

for this year's Cavendish Pairs.

 

 

 

I thought it would be a big pain for the audience if the

vugraph table had to be closed and restarted after every

3-board round so I added a quick and dirty modification

so that the operator can reload the deal data without

leaving the vugraph table.

 

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

Thanks Fred

 

We will try to do manual editing.

 

But the pain is still there as the operator IS closing the room after every 3 boards -

makes logging very diffficult if you are not at your PC all the time :(

 

Hope the 2nd round form continues for you and Brad ;))

 

Denis

[nikos59]

Well, while I was watching I managed to store all the

data correctly and I was also adding players' names.

But I had to go to sleep (cheap excuses:) so I am

missing Rounds 1-7 of Session 4 (or, Rounds 10-16

of Day 2 if you prefer).

 

If I have time I am planning to edit also the data from

Day 1 and add scores. If not, I will post the data "as is".

If (unlikely, given the situation described

by Fred) anyone has any missing rounds, I will

be grateful to receive them at sarant-at-pt-dot-lu.

 

Nikos