DGT Smart Board Bedienungsanleitung

DGT Smart Board manual

English

MA_ENG_Smart Board_Manual_Rev 1804

DGT Hengelosestraat 66 7514 AJ Enschede The Netherlands

digitalgametechnology.com

1. Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the DGT

Smart Board. This board brings the trusted DGT

electronic chess detection in an innovative new

model.

The lightweight construction and ergonomic

design gives observers the impression the board is

hovering over the table.

Not only is it visually striking, this design also

makes it easier to pick up and move your board.

Less hassle and more time for chess!

A highly reliable piece detection system ensures

that no move goes unnoticed.

The Smart Board can be used with the new plastic

e-Pieces as well as all existing wooden DGT

e-Pieces. All DGT e-Pieces will work on it without

problem.

The Smart Board can be used in many dierent

ways and on many dierent platforms. It can be

used for recording and broadcasting your games.

Or simply use it as an input device for with your PC

or DGT Pi Chess Computer, so that you can play,

analyse and learn without having to manually

input moves on your screen with a mouse.

Detailed information on how to set up your board

for each dierent use can be found in section 7 of

this manual.

Have fun playing!

2. Accessories

To use your Smart Board you will have to add an

electronic chess set (e-Pieces). There are many

dierent options for e-Pieces, any set you choose

will work on your Smart Board.

Also add the DGT3000 or the DGT Pi to your set-

up.

The DGT3000 is a highly advanced chess clock

with many dierent timing options that can be

linked to your board. In many situations the move

of your opponent (human or chess program) will

be shown on the display of the clock. Connecting

the clock also allows you to log all move times

with the DGT LiveChess software.

DGT Pi is a chess computer that allows you to

play, train, analyse, study and prepare against a

computer using a real chess board and pieces.

Depending on the way you wish to use your Smart

Board, a dierent cable set should be purchased:

if you plan on using the board for individual use,

such as recording your games, playing against

a computer or against online opponents, we

recommend the “Smart Board connection set”.

This cable set is sucient to do everything with

the board that you want except adding it to a

string of boards in a tournament set-up.

The “Smart Board connection set” includes:

• USB C-cable

• Clock cable.

• DVD with DGT driver software, a version of

the Fritz chess program and 100 days premium

membership to PlayChess.com.

If you want to use the Smart Board in a

tournament set-up using multiple Smart Boards

and/or e-Boards connected together in a string,

the “Smart Board tournament connection sets” are

needed:

“Connection Material 1st Smart Board” includes:

• Serial-to-USB converter

• PC-to-bus cable

• Power supply (suitable for 12 boards)

• Board-to-bus cable USB-C

• Board to clock cable

• 20 metre patch cable

• 5 metre patch cable

• 4 connection boxes

“Connection Material Additional Smart Board”

includes:

• Board-to-bus cable USB-C

• Board to clock cable

• 5 metre patch cable

• A connection box

3. e-Set precautions

Electromagnetic resonance is used to detect

the e-Pieces on your Smart Board. Strong signal

transmitters generated close to the Smart Board

area may cause spontaneous and incorrect piece

detection, so called “ghost pieces”.

If detection issues occur when using your Smart

Board, this may be because your board is placed

too close to plasma screens, LCD monitors,

speakers, power adapters or other similar devices.

Metal surfaces or objects near or underneath your

Smart Board or underneath the table may reduce

the sensitivity of the Smart Board and can cause

detection errors. Please do not place the Smart

Board on a metal table or a table with a metal

construction beneath the table top.

4. Maintenance and support

For warranty purposes and future updates please

registration go to the support section of the DGT

web site and select “Register your Product”.

The Smart Board is nished with a high quality

printed surface. When treated with care it will

give you many years of trouble-free performance.

To clean the Smart Board a lightly moistened

soft cloth should be used. Do not use abrasive

cleaning liquids.

If you have any questions that are not covered by

this manual please consult the FAQ on the support

section of our website. If you are unable to nd a

solution in the FAQ section, feel free to contact the

DGT support department.

5. Warranty conditions

This Smart Board complies with our highest

quality standards. If, despite our care in choosing

components, materials, production or transport,

your Smart Board shows a hardware defect in the

rst two years after purchase, please contact your

retailer. You may also contact the DGT support

department for assistance.

The warranty is only valid if the Smart Board has

been used in a reasonable and prudent manner

as intended to be used. The warranty does not

apply if the Smart Board has been misused or if

any unauthorized repair attempts or software

modications have been undertaken without

prior express written consent of DGT support or

one of the DGT authorized service centres. A list of

Service Centres can be found on the DGT website.

6. Disclaimer

Digital Game Technology spared no eorts to

ensure that the information in this manual is

correct and complete. However there shall be

no liability for any errors or omissions. Digital

Game Technology reserves the right to change

the specications of the hardware and software

described in this manual without prior notice.

No part of this manual may be reproduced,

transmitted nor translated in any language in any

form, by any means, without the prior written

permission of Digital Game Technology.

7. Use of your Smart Board

The DGT Smart Board has many dierent uses for example recording games, broadcasting games or

inputting games.

Playing a game on the Smart Board records all moves as long as the board is connected to a power

source. The board will log and record around 500 moves that can be extracted from the board and

imported into a computer. The board creates a PGN le (Portable Game Notation) and digitizes your

games. This way you can record your games without having to write down the moves. It also allows you

to enter your games into a chess program for analysing without having to enter all your moves with a

mouse. And of course you can choose to then publish your games as well.

Using the board for live broadcasting of your games allows you to log all moves that are executed on the

board and show them locally on screens or broadcast them over the internet. This feature can be used to

publish your games online, for live-coverage of your tournament and for live demonstrations.

For playing online, against a computer or for online analysing of your games the Smart Board can

be used as an input device. This means that the moves that you make on your Smart Board are

automatically entered into a chess program, website or DGT Pi Chess Computer.

Depending on how you want to use your Smart Board there are dierent set-ups you can choose. The

following section will give an overview of the options and set-up methods for each of the Smart Board

uses.

8. Recording your games

When the Smart Board is powered by either cable

or power bank, all moves that are executed on the

board are stored on the board’s internal memory.

The board will automatically detect when the

pieces are put in the starting position and

generate a new log le.

Broadcasting the match or connecting a clock is

not required for this functionality.

To use this function simply make sure the board

is powered during the matches you play. The

board will log around 500 moves when used in

this manner. At a later time connect the board

to your computer using the USB cable. After

connecting your board to the computer open

the DGT LiveChess program. In the games menu

your matches can be found and exported in PGN

format.

For more information please see the DGT

LiveChess manual, that can be found in the

support section on our website.

Note: If a power bank is used to power the board,

we recommend a power bank with an indication

light so you know for sure that the board is

powered.

Figure 1. Recording set-up.

Figure 2. Exporting set-up.

Power source

DGT Chess Clock

DGT Smart Board

Personal Computer

9. Show your games locally

If you want to show one or multiple games on a

local screen without using an internet connection

this functionality can be used.

To show the games on extra screens the set-up as

shown in Figure 3 is required.

We recommend putting no more than 12 Smart

Boards on one string. This set-up requires 1 “First

Board connection set” for your rst board and 11

additional connection sets, one for each of the

next 11 boards. Please keep in mind that you need

a new string for each set of 12 boards.

When each string of boards is connected to your

admin PC, the boards can be monitored using

DGT LiveChess. In LiveChess the tournament

can be set up and boards can be linked to player

pairings. LiveChess will also provide arbiter

assistance by giving notications for events that

may need arbiter action.

To view the matches on separate screens, go to

the tournament tab at the left side of your screen

and click the hyperlink. A live viewer will be

opened in your browser. Use this viewer to show

the matches on additional screens.

It is also possible to access this link on other

computers, provided they are connected in a local

network. To access the live viewer on another

system enter the IP address of the admin PC in an

internet browser, followed by “:1982”. For example

it would be written as: “http://12.3.4.567:1982”.

For a detailed description on how to set this up,

please see the DGT LiveChess manual.

The games can also be broadcasted and viewed

using the LiveChess Cloud. For more details on

this option please see section 10 of this manual.

Note: If you only have Smart Boards available

with the home use USB cable set, it is possible to

individually connect each board to your PC. This is

of course limited to the number of USB ports you

have available. The cable length between PC and

Smart Boards may not exceed 5 metres.

We do not recommend a wiring structure via USB

cabling only.

Figure 3. Local broadcast set-up.

Personal Computer

DGT Smart Board

DGT Chess Clock

Connection box

USB to serial converter cable

Board to bus cable

Additional screens

10. Broadcasting your games online

For broadcasting single matches or entire

tournaments the online broadcasting option can

be used. This set-up is achieved by connecting

your boards in strings as shown in Figure 4.

We recommend connecting no more than 12

Smart Boards in one string. This set-up requires 1

“First Board connection set” for your rst board and

11 additional connection sets, one for each of the

next 11 boards. Please keep in mind that you need

a new string for each set of 12 boards.

When each string of boards is connected to your

admin PC, the boards can be monitored using

DGT LiveChess. In LiveChess the tournament

can be set up and boards can be linked to player

pairings.

In order to broadcast the matches go to the

“Rounds” tab. Select the boards of which you wish

to broadcast the match and start the recording.

Then go to the “Output” tab and select “Export

to LiveChess Cloud”. This will automatically create

a link you can share with your viewers. Viewers

will be able to follow the matches on their own

devices, such as phones or tablets.

To show the games on local screens at your venue,

open the previously mentioned link in a browser

on a computer or Smart TV.

Personal Computer

Livechess Cloud

Tablet

Phone

Smart TV

USB to serial converter cable

DGT Smart Board

DGT Chess Clock

Connection box

Board to bus cable

Figure 4. Online broadcast set-up.

12. Use with Fritz software

The Fritz software that is supplied with your

Smart Board can be used to play, train, analyse

and study. This software also allows you to import

PGN’s of previously played matches. To export

matches from your Smart Board to your computer

using LiveChess, please see section 8 of this

manual.

To use this functionality the Fritz software and

the DGT drivers must be installed. Simply place

the DVD that is supplied with your board in the

computer and follow the installation steps.

It is also possible to download the DGT drivers

from the support section of the DGT website.

When both the Fritz software and the DGT drivers

are installed, connect the board to your PC with

the USB cable. In the Fritz software go to “Board”

tab at the top of the screen and check the “DGT

Board” box. The software will now automatically

detect all moves executed on the board.

It is possible to have the computer announce the

moves that are executed by the computer. This

can be activated in the Fritz options under the

“Multimedia” tab.

11. Use with the DGT PI

Connecting the Smart Board with the DGT Pi

Chess Computer will allow you to play, train,

analyse, study and prepare against a computer

using a real chess board and pieces.

As can be seen in Figure 5, you need to connect

your board to the DGT Pi with the USB cable. The

USB connector for the Pi can be found on the left

side of the Pi under the cover.

DGT Pi must have batteries inserted and requires

power using the power cable that is supplied with

the chess computer.

When the Smart Board is connected to DGT Pi, the

computer inside DGT Pi will automatically detect

the board. The clock display will show the default

or selected time setting once all the pieces have

been placed in the correct starting position. For

example “05.00 - 05.00”.

Detailed information on how to set-up your DGT

Pi can be found in the DGT Pi manual.

Power source

DGT Pi

Chess computer

DGT Smart Board

Figure 5. DGT Pi set-up.

Figure 6. Smart Board connected to computer set-up.

DGT Smart Board

Personal Computer

13. Playing online at PlayChess.com

If you wish to play online against human

opponents using a real chess board and pieces

then the Smart Board can be used at PlayChess.

com.

To use this functionality install Fritz and the DGT

drivers as described in section 12 of this manual.

To go to PlayChess press the link when starting

the Fritz software. While in the PlayChess client go

to “Options” menu and check the “DGT board” box

in the games section.

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14. Playing online at a website of choice

It is also possible to use the Smart Board to play

online at several dierent Chess websites. The

set-up requirements for each of these websites

diers from case to case.

For a complete list of third part websites that

utilize the Smart Board please see the FAQ

regarding “third party software” in the support

section of our website.

15. Technical specications

Board size 520 x 520 mm (20.5” x 20.5”)

Field size 55 x 55 mm (2.2” x 2.2”)

Power Supplied via the USB-C cable or the tournament cable set

Clock support DGT3000 connectable via the included clock cable

e-Set support All DGT e-Sets (separately ordered)

Housing Black ABS plastic chassis with a high quality printed chess board surface

Net weight 2.2 Kg (77.6 oz.) Smart Board only

Gross weight 2.6 Kg (91.7 oz.) Smart Board, documentation and packing

The DGT Smart Board complies with the directives: 2004/108/EC and 2011/65/EU.

This product is marked with the recycling symbol indicating that, at the end of its life, the

product must be disposed at an appropriate waste collection point according local regulations.

Do not dispose the product in the normal domestic unsorted waste stream.

This product is not suitable for children of 0 – 3 years of age. Includes small parts. Choking

hazard.

This Smart Board complies with the regulation of the German “Der Grüne Punkt”Trademark of

Duales System Deutschland GmbH.

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