DGT Bluetooth Chessboard User manual

Congratulations, you are the owner of a unique chessboard that can connect to a computer using Bluetooth
functionality.
With this board you can play against the strongest chess programs, against other human players, and also
on the internet, with real wooden chess pieces.
If you are not near a computer, you can use a DGT XL clock to indicate your opponent's moves.
All software needed is included in this box. Version 1.04.
Minimum configuration requirements of your computer:
Pentium 4 processor, 512 MB Ram
Windows® XP/Vista
Bluetooth® functionality
® "Bluetooth" is a registered trademark of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group
® "Windows" is a registered trademark of the Microsoft cooperation.

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Contents of the box.
The box should contain the following items:
1 DGT Chessboard
1 set of DGT Chess pieces with 17 pieces of each color (2 queens per color)
1 Drawstring bag
1 USB cable of 1.8 meters length
1 universal USB power adapter
1 polymer Li-ion battery
1 cable to connect the board to a DGT XL clock
1 CD with the drivers for the board and extended manual in PDF format
1 extra CD with a special version of the Fritz 9 chess program
1 Quick start guide on paper (this manual)
Please contact your dealer if one of these items is missing.

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Installing the battery.
Before you can use the board, you have to install the battery. For most countries the battery may be pre-
installed, so you can skip this section.
Place the board upside down on a table with the connection plate facing to you. Take precautions to prevent
scratching the top of the board.
Open the smaller lid on the back of the board.

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Note that the connector is on the back side of the printed circuit board, you may not see it immediately
Push the connector with the metal parts facing you in the corresponding connector on the back side of the
printed circuit board

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Push it gently in place with a ballpoint
Place the battery in the opening of the board

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Attach the lid with the 2 screws
Picture 1 inserting and connecting the battery
The battery is not fully charged. It may be necessary to charge it before you can use the Bluetooth
functionality of the board.
To charge the battery, use the USB cable to connect the board to a computer or to the USB power adapter.
After installing the battery, the board will automatically switch on.
LED status indication
state
Color and blink
mode LED
Red (undesirable
situation)
Orange (charging)
Green (charging
complete, or battery
charge sufficient)
Board is ON
Constant
Bootloader mode
Charging +
communication
Board ON +
communication
Blinking 0.5 –0.5
Charging failure
Charging + no
communication
Board ON + no
communication
Board is OFF
Flashing 1.9 sec
off –0.1 sec on
Charging failure
Charging, board is
OFF
Board off, battery
fully charged
Off
Off
Off
Off
A lot of USB ports do not supply sufficient cCurrent / Voltage to charge the board at the maximum rate. In
this case the LED will blink red instead of orange. Apart from the longer charging time there is no problem.
Leave the board plugged in for about 24 hours and check if the LED turned green after this time. When this
is the case there is no major problem with the charging. You probably get a orange blinking LED using the
included mains adapter in combination with a high quality USB cable.
Power button
Short push The board switches on / off
Push and hold for 2 seconds The board will display the power status on a connected DGT XL clock
Push and hold for 10 seconds The board will get a "cold" start and will reset all its parameters.

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Setting up a Bluetooth connection in Windows 7
When you haven’t already installed a Bluetooth dongle (stick) or if you haven’t a built in bluetooth radio in
your computer, you need to insert a Bluetooth stick first in a free USB port of your computer.
Windows 7 will recognize almost all of these sticks and install a driver automatically.
If it does not then please install the driver that came with your Bluetooth –USB stick.
When the device is ready for use, Windows will inform you and a Bluetooth icon will appear in the system
tray (near the clock).
You may need to expand the tray by clicking the arrow up near it.
Double click on the Bluetooth icon, this window will appear.
Be sure your board is switche on and then,
Click on the “Add a device” button’.
Windows will show the Bluetooth devices within range:

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Click on the DGT_BT_XXXXX icon. The X’s represent the serial number of your DGT board.

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Chose the second option “Enter the devices pairing code” The code is “0000” (four zero’s)
After a short time Windows will notify you that your device is ready to use.
From this moment it is good to know that the board is no longer treated as a Bluetooth device by Windows
but as a Virtual Serial Port.
To look for the properties of the board choose Control Panel –Hardware and Sound –Devices and
Printers.
You will find you DGT Chessboard listed there.
Double click it to find out the properties. A COM port number will be assigned to it. (COM4 in this example.)

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Your Bluetooth dongle (USB stick) will also be assigned a COM port number. This is not used and may hang
up your program if used. Please remove this Port the following way.
Right-click on the Bluetooth dongle icon and choose “Bluetooth settings” from the context menu.
Choose the COM Ports tab.
You will probably see 2 COM ports, select the with the “Incoming” direction which doesn’t have a name.
Click on the “Remove” button

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Depending on the version of your DGT board, the Name of the outgoing Port may differ from the one in the
picture above.
You Bluetooth board will now be able to communicate with your computer through the virtual Bluetooth COM
Port.
The next step is connecting the USB cable.
Windows 7 will automatically recognize the chessboard over USB and assign a new COM port number to it.
The result is that your chess software can communicate with the board through two COM Ports. One that is
over Bluetooth and the other over the USB cable.
The software that uses the board driver will show these two ports with a suffix “USB” or “BT”
COM 4 and COM 7 in this example. Notice that COM 6 (the incoming port that was removed) does not
appear in this list.

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Please install the (all) the programs on the CD first before using the board with any third party chess
software.
The installation of the Programs is in Windows 7 exactly the same as in other versions of Windows as
described in the installation guide.

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Setting up the Bluetooth connection in Windows XP
To use the wireless e-board your computer must have Bluetooth capability.
Some computers have built in Bluetooth hardware. Others require an external Bluetooth USB device. We
recommend using a Bluetooth class 1 device with a range of 100 m. A Bluetooth USB device can be bought
in any computer and/or electronics store.
Inserting the Bluetooth USB stick
Windows XP and Vista recognize most USB Bluetooth devices and will automatically install the necessary
drivers, when you insert the device for the first time.
Some Bluetooth device manufacturers have their own drivers, you can use these too, but the setup will be
different than in the text and pictures below. Check the manual of your Bluetooth device to install that
software.
Windows will react in a similar way as in the pictures in Picture 3
Picture 2 New hardware found
The installer will give some more messages and finally:
Picture 3 installing the (USB) Bluetooth radio
If Windows does not install the drivers automatically, then you may have to install the software that is on the
CD that comes with the Bluetooth device.
The pictures in the next section are made with Windows driver for the device.
They may look different on your computer.
Pairing the board to your Bluetooth connection
As soon as the Bluetooth device is properly configured, your computer will show a Bluetooth icon in your
system tray.
By double clicking this icon a window as in Picture 7 will appear.
You can skip the next section until Picture 7 if you see this icon in the system tray.
If this icon does not appear in the system tray, open the Windows Control Panel and choose the "printers
and other hardware" category if necessary.
In Classic view you will an icon "Bluetooth Devices" directly.

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Picture 4 Control Panel Categories
Picture 5 Bluetooth Devices in the Control Panel
In the "Options" Tab check the box as in Picture 6
Picture 6 Switch on the icon in the system tray.

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Picture 7 Adding a Bluetooth device
The "Add Bluetooth Device Wizard”will open
Picture 8 Add Bluetooth wizard
Make sure that your board is switched on (on battery power or USB power) and check the box "My device is
set up and ready to be found". Then click "Next"

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The wizard will search for Bluetooth devices. This may take a few minutes. The next window will show the
available Bluetooth devices.
Picture 9 Bluetooth devices found
Select "DGT Wireless Chessboard" and click "Next"
In the next dialog box choose the second option. Enter "0000" (four zero's) in the blank passkey textbox
Picture 10 Entering the passkey

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Picture 11 exchanging passkeys
Two COM ports will be assigned to your DGT Wireless Chessboard. The outgoing COM port will be used for
communicating with the board. Make a note of the number of the outgoing COM port.
Picture 12 assigned COM ports
The assigned COM ports can be verified by looking in the COM port tab of the Bluetooth Devices window.

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Picture 13 checking the COM Ports assigned to the DGT Wireless Board.
To avoid choosing the wrong port for the E-board it is recommended to remove the incoming port.
Picture 14 Removing the incoming COM port

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Setting up the USB connection
Connect the board with the USB cable to a free USB port on your computer.
Sometimes windows will not be able to find the USB device automatically.
In this case you should choose the folder on CD in which the driver can be found:
Follow these steps:
Choose "No, not this time" in this window
Choose "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)"

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Browse to the folder "USB driver" on your DGT setup CD