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In the following cases, the Bridgemate will not be logged in to the server, but instead the message
“TABLE NOT ACTIVATED YET” will be displayed and the Bridgemate is returned to the main screen:

- The Bridgemate II scoring system has not been started yet by the scoring program.
- The corresponding table has not been added to the server.
- The server and the Bridgemate are not communicating over the same channel.
- The region setting in BCS does not match the region setting of the Bridgemates.
- The server is outside the range of the Bridgemate and cannot communicate with the

Bridgemate.
The message “SYSTEM NOT ACTIVATED YET” will appear in the following scenario:

- The Bridgemate has been set to scan for existing sections in the setup menu but the
Bridgemate II scoring system has not been started yet.

Two other messages may be shown as an indication that the Bridgemate cannot start the session:
“TABLE STARTED BY ANOTHER BRIDGEMATE”

- Another Bridgemate with the same section/table number setting has already logged in to the
server. It is not possible for two Bridgemates to log in with the same section/table number.

“END OF SESSION”
- The session of this table has finished, all scores have been registered for this table.

Logging off Bridgemate

The “End of session” message will be displayed for all Bridgemates that have completed the rounds
and sent all the scores. These Bridgemates are returned to the Bridgemate II main screen and are
automatically logged off from the server. The status column of this table will turn red again, indicating
that the session has been completed on this table. A clear overview is given of all the active tables. All
Bridgemates with the green status display are still in use.

As well as logging off automatically at the end of the session, users are given three alternative options
for logging off manually:

- Using the reset function in the TD menu (option 0). The Bridgemate is returned to the start-up
screen and is logged off from the server. See chapter 5 for more information on how to reset
the Bridgemates from the TD menu.

- Via menu Server à Show tables, Reset table(s). See chapter 4 for more information.

- Via menu Server à Show tables, Log off table(s). See chapter 4 for more information.

The latter function can be used if you need to use another Bridgemate for a specific reason but cannot
log off via the normal procedure. You will need to log off manually to start using another Bridgemate.
See also chapter 7 for more information.

Board results

Reading from the server

Once the Bridgemates have logged in, they will feed scores to the server during the session. These
scores are first saved in the server. As long as the server is connected, BCS will continuously read the
new scores from the server and save them in the result file. This is an automatic process and
indicated by the following message in the status bar: “Status: retrieving data from server”.