Pocket Scid - Novag Citrine

[mephisto]

Hi
Can anyone please advise which is the best bluetooth/serial adapter to use to connect my Novag Citrine with Pocket Scid runnung on my Pocket PC?
Hopefully available in the UK but will purchase from abroad.
Many thanks
Bryan

[Kempelen]

Hi
Can anyone please advise which is the best bluetooth/serial adapter to use to connect my Novag Citrine with Pocket Scid runnung on my Pocket PC?
Hopefully available in the UK but will purchase from abroad.
Many thanks
Bryan

Hello Bryan,

I have a Pico-Plug which although is big and old tech (from 2002) it runs very well for me.



You can buy it at:
http://www.amazon.de/PC-Innovation-PICO ... B00006JB4Q

[mephisto]

Many thanks for the advice, I'll track one down here in England and try it.
Regard
Bryan

[Kempelen]

Many thanks for the advice, I'll track one down here in England and try it.
Regard
Bryan

Hi Bryan

Anyway you should be aware that under scidpocket and ceboard I have only been able to send moves from citrine but not to receive them. This is a chess software problem and not bluetooth adapter (I see in the console the move is not send). Maybe other here has been able to and would like to share with us

regards,
FS

[Kempelen]

Many thanks for the advice, I'll track one down here in England and try it.
Regard
Bryan

Hi Bryan

Anyway you should be aware that under scidpocket and ceboard I have only been able to send moves from citrine but not to receive them. This is a chess software problem and not bluetooth adapter (I see in the console the move is not send). Maybe other here has been able to and would like to share with us

regards,
FS

I was investigating yesterday why scidpocket dont send moves to citrine, and I found the solution in FAQ at scid homepage:

Novag Citrine does not support any flow control (neither soft or hard control). So if your adapter requires hardware flow control, you will have to connect CTS and RTS together with a thin copper wire inserted in connector's holes (RTS and CTS are pins 7 and 8 : when the adapter will send Request To Send it will receive an immediate Clear To Send).

I did it yesterday and it works perfect.

REgards