ExaChess interface UCI to program

[smcracraft]

Hi,

I've decided to add support in my program (which is unamed) for UCI to, specifically, ExaChess Lite (v4.0.2)

(If there is a more recent version of ExaChess Lite or another free but better interface, let me know.

So the question is: where is the specific definition of the commands that UCI parses which I need to provide?

Thanks ahead.

[maksimKorzh]

http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/UCIProtocol.html Did you mean this?

[smcracraft]

Yes, it would seem so.

Thank-you.

[Ras]

The UCI spec given above is outdated (from 2004), here is a more current one (from 2006):

http://download.shredderchess.com/div/uci.zip

There's one important gotcha where UCI is very different from CECP: "isready" has to be answered at any time, also during search. The 2006 version also specifies an arbitrary amount of space or tab between items.

[smcracraft]

Thanks.

[Roland Chastain]

Hello! My two cents. Of course it's good to have the protocol specification under the elbow, but the most useful and reliable information comes from the GUI itself. You need a little program which reads the GUI commands and write them to the console or to a file. That way you will learn which commands the GUI actually uses.
Unfortunately I can't try ExaChess, since it looks to be for Mac, and I am under Windows.
Good luck!