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About PlayBridgeDealer 4
PlayBridgeDealer4 is constructed to provide long and reliable operation, with a stainless steel
chassis, direct drive brushless motors, powerful 200MHz DSP processor and full control of card
movement to eliminate the production of inaccurate boards.
One of the main features of PlayBridgeDealer4 is the Optical Card Recognition System, removing
the need for expensive bar-coded or specially marked cards. The OCRS uses a video camera and a
DSP processor to analyze the image of a card (number and suit), prior to directing it to the correct
dealing gate.
1 Dealer4 Card Optical Recognition System ......................................2
PlayBridgeDealer4 is primarily designed to be used with plastic Dealing Boards and whilst we
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recommend the use of these boards as the simplest and fastest way of preparing boards, we are
aware the many clubs have stocks of usable closed boards or wallets. Due to this and the unique
design of PlayBridgeDealer4, we provide a special Dealing Platform to use in place of the opening
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board, allowing the manual transfer of cards to wallets or closed boards.
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Duplicate Card Error............................................................................... 7
PlayBridgeDealer4 comes with Windows XP/ Windows Vista compatible software. The software
controls the machine and allows board information generation, storing and printing. The
3 What to do if Errors persist............................................................8
PlayBridgeDealer4 software can also read various file formats (bri/dge/bre/dup/pbn) providing easy
interface to third party Bridge Dealing/Analyzing software like DealMaster Pro and downloadable
dealing data.
Technical Specification:
Time of dealing 1 board:
Dealing capability:
Card dimensions:
Dimension:
Weight:
Power usage:
Power supply:
Version information:
Ver 1.0: First issue : 07/04/2008
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Terry Collier, 1 St Andrew's House, St Andrew's Park, Soham, Cambs. CB7 5GY, England
Email: terry@playbridgeuk.com • Web: www.playbridgedealer4.com
Dealer4 Card Recognize Problems Manual ver: 1.0
- 6 seconds
- 250 boards per hour
- max: 91.0mm x 59.0mm min: 85.0mm x 54.0mm
- 375mm x 175mm x 160mm
- 7.5kg
- average during dealing – 20W, max – 57W
- input (mains) 100-240V 50-60Hz,
- output (machine connection) 19V/3ADC
Further information:
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Summary of Contents for PLAYBRIDGE Dealer4
- Page 1 About PlayBridgeDealer 4 Dealer4 Card Recognize Problems Manual ver: 1.0 PlayBridgeDealer4 is constructed to provide long and reliable operation, with a stainless steel chassis, direct drive brushless motors, powerful 200MHz DSP processor and full control of card movement to eliminate the production of inaccurate boards.
- Page 2 2.1 Card Recognize Error Card Recognize Error (Error codes 26 – 53) is reported when the Dealer4 cannot recognize the card. This error can be caused by following reasons: 1. Card in the hopper is inserted reversely (face up) Reverse the card and try to recognize it again (click “Continue”...
- Page 3 5. Symbols or suit on the card are non standard. Card symbols and suits are different from deck to deck. Dealer4 recognizes most of them but there is possibility that someone will use cards with the symbols or suits fonts which cannot be correctly recognized.
- Page 4 7. Symbols or suits on the card are too small or too big or positions of the symbol are non standards. Camera used in the Dealer4 has limited view window and resolution so too small or big symbols cannot be recognized. If symbols are bigger or smaller then normal – some ORS parameters can be adjusted (see...
- Page 5 8. Machine is operating in too bright external light Dealer4 is designed to operate in the normal ambient light condition. It can be operate in the darkness but cannot in the direct sun light or another strong light source like table lamp sitting directly above the machine.
- Page 6 It is better to look on the lens and clean it if required. For cleaning instruction refer to “Dealer4 Cleaning Manual”. 10. There are incorrect settings on the ORS parameters.
- Page 7 Genuine Duplicate Card Error happens when two the same cards exist in the same deck. Also if deck has missing card – Dealer4 will try to deal card from the next deck (which always sits on the top of the actual dealing deck) and report it as a Duplicate Card Error.
- Page 8 - previous cards are ok but the current card is recognized as one of the previous cards. First case happened more frequently then second because in second case Dealer4 knows that is something wrong and tries different settings to recognize correctly.
- Page 9 MS Word can be used for this process e.g. Paint, Photoshop, etc.) - attach this file to the email and sent to service centre (check email address of the service centre on www.dealer4.com in the Contact section or send to chris@esd.com.au...
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