Author: Chessfun
Date: 10:05:16 11/01/00
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On November 01, 2000 at 12:10:54, Chessfun wrote:
>This is your previous message on the subject;
>My questions are at the end.
>
>-----------------------------------------------
>1.you have to have an installed gandalf and an installed winboard
>ready. normally c:\winboard and c:\winboard\gandalf.
>
>2.you have to copy a file called .cui into the directory
>you start winboard from (most often c:\winboard)
>for the winboard-engine
>you want to use. this .gui file is a kind of dos-batch stuff
>and directs the process.
>you can then name this .gui file the way the program is named,
>e.g. here gandalf4.cui not to mix it with others.
>
>3.you copy a file called wbengine.exe into c:\winboard
>this is the file that starts the gandalf4.gui batch file
>instead of the normal winboard user interface.
>you need to copy gandalf432f.exe into this directory to.
>4. copy gandalf4.res in this directory to.
>
>gandalf432f.exe is the normal wb-gandalf executable.
>gandalf4.res is a gandalf-internal setup file that
>overgives the bookpath and and the tb-paths and the
>other settings of gandalf.
>
>altogether there you should have:
>
>gandalf4.cui the 2 wb-autoplayer files
>wbengine.exe
>
>gandalf432f.exe the 2 gandalf files
>gandalf4.res
>
>5.
>now computer1 (the computer you want to use the wb-program, in
>our case Gandalf machine) you have top open dos-box
>
>6. go into the winboard directory.
>start wbengine executing gandalf4.cui
>in the syntax:
>wbengine.exe gandalf4.cui
>
>now computer1 starts the slave with the wb-autoplayer
>and the parameters for games and time control that are
>chosen in the gandalf4.cui file.
>
>e.g. in our case the file looks alike:
>
>
>special
>command gandalf432f.exe xboard nodebug
>start
>ponder on
>send level 40 120 0
>x
>enginewin
>win on
>x
>win232
>comport 1
>numgames 50
>initcom
>wait off
>--------------end of quoted text - file
>with the command send level you set up the time control
>on the slave machine.
>with the command comport you can set the right comport
>you use on the slave machine.
>numgames give the number of games you want to play
>in this session.
>the rest is internal.
>
>6.
>you can start the computer2 (the NON wb-program e.g.)
>and make the normal start autoplayer stuff with master
>and the amount of games and time and all that stuff
>we know so good from working.
>
>enough!
>the programs begin to run.
>
>as far as i see it, the wbengine.exe replaces the winboard
>user interface with a dummy and controls the auto232
>process with stefan-meyer-kahlen autoplayer-code.
>imo you don´t need the winboard installation at all,
>the 2 files and the gandalf stuff would be enough IMO.
>
>it should work with other wb-programs too. Wonderful.
>Now we can let crafty work run on autoplayer will all
>others !!!
>
>on the slave you get a window showing the stage of the program
>("active" when the program computes, "ponder" in the ponder case).
>
>maybe the programmer of this utiliy or others can say more to
>this tool.
>
>i am doing gambit-tiger 1.0 versus gandalf4 in the moment.
>first some 60/60 games to warm up, later longer time control.
>
>thanks to all who made this possible.
>
>now i can go sleep and the machines work while i dreaming
>computerchess-games... :-)))
>
>this program seems to be ideal to test winboard programs
>on 2 machines against commercials or non-winboarders.
>
>that is what we needed.
>
>please correct me when i wrote nonsense in the instructions.
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>
>Ok my gandalf4.cui reads as follows;
>What do I change the send levels to so as to get 5min 3 inc?.
>
>special
>command gandalf432f.exe xboard nodebug
>start
>ponder on
>send level 40 120 0
>x
>enginewin
>win on
>x
>win232
>comport 2
>numgames 40
>initcom
>wait off
>-------------------
>
>After opening my dos box going to my winboard directory
>where the files gandalf4.cui wbengine.exe gandalf432f.exe and
>gandalf4.res file are located then typing;
>wbengine.exe gandalf4.cui
>
>I get;
>WinboardEngine>gandalf432f.exe xboard nodebug
>WinboardEngine>Error starting the child process
>WinboardEngine>on
>WinboardEngine>WinboardEngine>on
>(@n)EngineControl|WindowsAuto232>2
>(@n)EngineControl|WindowsAuto232>40
>(@n)EngineControl|WindowsAuto232>Unknown command: initcom
>type '?' for help
>(@n)EngineControl|WindowsAuto232>off
>
>
>I do get the window come up;
>on the slave you get a window showing the stage of the program
>("active" when the program computes, "ponder" in the ponder case).
>The gear box is ticked at neutral.
>
>Once I start my second program on the second computer set as master
>and start I get nothing.
>
>My gandalf4.res file located in the same directory as the
>gandalf4.cui wbengine.exe gandalf432f.exe and winboard.exe
>reads:
>
>LEARNING 1
>DRAW 6 50
>CONTEMPT 0
>RESIGN 7 6
>TB D:\Tablebases
>BOOKPATH e:\winboard\gandalf\book
>HASH 48
>TBCACHE 4
>
>Any help appreciated
>
>Thanks.
>Sarah.
I changed the gandalf4.cui to;
Special
command e:\winboard\gandalf432f.exe xboard nodebug
dir e:\winboard
start
ponder on
send level 40 120 0
x
enginewin
win on
x
win232
comport 2
numgames 40
alternate on
interval 1
control
open 0
startmatch
wait off
Now it works I just need to fix the time controls to 5/3?
Sarah.
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