BridgePal Wireless Scoring
Release 2.19r
Scoring a Round

1. Start New Round 

 

This screen is shown at the beginning of every round. Here you can have another look at player names and correct anything that needs to be put right.

Tapping on OK moves to the contract entry screen for the first board of the round (unless the Select Board box is displayed first)

2. Select Board (optional)

When the movement requires boards to be shared with another table then the Select Board box is displayed first allowing you to select the board number for contract entry. In this example, board 4 has already been played, but not boards 5 and 6. You would only select board 4 if you wanted to correct it.

3. Enter Contract

Enter contract screen has a dynamic keyboard which adapts to player input. This increases speed and accuracy of input. So for example it only requires 6-7 keystrokes / taps to enter the contract, lead and no of tricks. Screen is not cluttered with unnecessary information and the keys required at any one time are always at hand and easy to find. Also because of this screens easily fit on small mobile devices as well as larger tablets.

Note that tapping on the board number allows you to select a different board from the same round. This can be either a board you have already played (you might want to correct it) or a board you haven’t played yet. This is useful if the boards are played out of order.

>>> >>> >>>
Enter contract level   Enter contract suit   Enter contract declarer  

4. Enter Lead

>>> >>> >>>
  Enter lead value   Enter lead suit  

Enter lead card if it is compulsory. Otherwise skip over it by tapping OK.

5. Enter Result / Tricks

>>> OR OR >>>
OK
  Enter tricks   Enter tricks American   Enter tricks up/down  

After the contract has been played enter the number of tricks. Once you click on OK, you leave contract entry screen and Accept Score screen is displayed

6. Accept Score

You need to show this screen to the opponents. If they are happy with what you entered, they will tap on Accept. If something needs correcting, they will tap on Cancel and this will take you back to contract entry screen.

Accept will take you to the traveller screen

7. View Traveller

WORK IN PROGRESS

If "Entry Validation" has been enabled in the scoring program or BridgePal server an alert message may appear if a possible error is detected.

The "Hand" button will only appear if one or more options have been set in the scoring program or BridgePal server to view the hand record and makeable contracts, to play the hand with card by card double dummy guidance, or to manually enter the hand record into the BridgePal. All of these features are described in the Hand Record Section.

Tapping the "Edit" key enables the user to change a contract, lead card or the result that has been incorrectly entered.

Tapping on the board number at the top left of the traveller screen allows you to select a different board number from the current round to view the associated traveller and hand diagram. You can only do this providing the board has already been played.

Once you click on OK, this will take you to the next board in the round, para 2 above.

However once all boards in the round have been played, OK will take you to the next screen below..

When the session is finished, the OK button is replaced with a "Results" button which leads to the Results screen and next section..

8. Move to the Next Round

Opponents leave the table here and the new round starts - para 1 above.