TaCom comes from the factory configured with the identification Visitor
and the access password ghest. To introduce your data, it has to be
clicked the Options button 
placed in the bar of
tools which is in the top part of the window.
When
this button is clicked a properties window with markers is opened. In the
firs marker is where the servers and access data are defined.
You
will be able to see the different servers that you have configured
clicking on the arrows, from left to right, placed on the center of that
marker. You will see that Identification and Password fields
contains the Visitor and Ghest data, it is just necessary to
change them for yours and click the button “Edit” for ratifying the
changes.
What
does it mean that a tournament is going to be played in the 4040 port?
In
order that TaCon will be able to access to a play room it needs two data:
IP address (or URL) and its port number. If you want to access to a room
different to the ones preconfigured in the factory for TaCon, for example
to play in a tournament, you must declare ready for service a new server
so you can connect to it. This is done by the options button
in
the bar of tools placed in the top part of the screen.
When
this button is clicked a properties window with markers is opened, in the
first marker is where the servers are defined.
You
will be able to see the different servers that you have configured
clicking on the arrows, from left to right, which are placed on the center
of that marker.
To
add a new server, make click on the button labelled with the “+” sign,
placed on the right of the arrows. The “-” button eliminates the
server which is being seen at that moment. After making click on the
“+” button, the data squares from the marker become blank so the new
server’s information can be introduced.
- In
the first square it must be written any sentence that allows you to
identify this server.
- In
the square that is under th first one it must be written the server’s
IP or URL, if it is an Interajedrez’s tournament it must be the same
that appears in the Interajedrez’s server preconfigured in the
factory.
- On
the right of the second square is where the port indicated for that
event must be written, the 4040 of the question.
- Next
write your identification and your access password to this server and
make click on the button “Enter”. After this you have already
configured a new server to connect to.
Can
I chat privately with one of the players?
Yes.
There are two ways:
If
it is a single commentary write, as it is always done, what you want to
say, but instead pressing the “Enter” key for sending it, make click
with the mouse on the player’s name who you want to send the message to.
The player’s names are shown in the window placed on the bottom right
corner of the screen.
If
you are going to have a conversation, the most confortable is to open a
private chat window. So make click with the mouse on the player’s name
in the window placed on the bottom right corner of the screen without
anything written in the commentary box. A private chat windoe will open.
What you write in this window will only be seen by the choosen player and
what he will write will be shown in the same window.
How can I find a player in several play servers at the same time?
TaCom
allows to connect simulteneously to up to six servers where it is able to
play on direct with the system of Interajedrez. TaCon will notify when a
determined player connects to any of them. In fact it is more powerful
because it allows the definition of a list osf players in each server and
also the notification when any player in any server connects.
When
the option “Listen” is choosen clicking the button 
of the bar of tools,
it is opened the window:
The
first thing is to mark the verification square 1 so it is chosen the first of the
servers configured by the user (with the option tool of TaCon). For
choosing another server they are used the arrows 2.
If it isn’t done anything more and the Connect button is clicked (3)
TaCom will start listening this server and each time someone enters this
server’s waiting (Board 0) will send an announcement and will register it in the text window
11.
The squares of the 4
column will show the number of users connected to each server, including
ourself.
So
TaCon only advise us when a determined player connects, we write in 6
his identification and we click the 7
,then this name will be added to the list 8,
to erase a name from the list it is clicked the 9 button when that name appers chosen
in the list. All this can only be done before connecting.
To
listen several servers mark several verification squares in the column 1
and make the desired corrections in each one of them as it has just been
explained. Once configured the corrections in every server that you want
to listen make click on the button 3
to connect.
When
it is clicked the 5
button the listening mode is closed and starts a nomal session in TaCon
with the specified server in the line of the button clicked.
When
an user connects to any of the specified servers a window will open on the
first sight of the screen and you will recibe an announcement. In the
listening window a red light will switch on in this server line, you can
switch off this light making lick on it so new announcements will be
noticed better.
The
commentaries from other users, that are in the waiting room of monitorized
servers will be shown in 11
window, but from the listening mode you won’t be able to make
commentaries.
I’m playing
several games at the same time, how can I move quickly from one to another?
You
can create a panel with a button for each board which you want to access
quickly to. When this buttons are clicked you go directly to the board. In
addition, if you are playing in any of these boards, when your opponent
moves a red light appears in that board so you know that is your turn in
that board.
To
see the quick access panel it is necessary to click the the button 
placed
on the center at the bottom of the screen.
At
first, this panel only has the button "Esc", that takes out the
panel itself and the button “Take out all” that allows to take out all
the quick access buttons put in the panel.
To
add a quick access button, you have to situate in the board, once in it,
click the button 
labelled with the "+" sign and you will see a new button that adds to the panel.
The label from the "+"
becames " - ", so if
you want to take out the added button it is just necessary to click on it.
I move in my DGT electronic board but
nothing happens?
Next,
it is a resume about how to use the DGT electronic board.
How
to use the DGT electronic board.
The
first thing to do is to check that your communication port (COM), where
your electronic board is connected, is correctly configured. For this
click the Option button
placed in the bar of
tools. Now click on the second marker “Board” and the configuration
parameters will be shown.
On
the left corner at the top of this marker there is the option
“manual”, if it is marked, ir means that you don’t want to use the
electronic board, so it must be unmarked.
-
Check
that the chosen serie communication port (COM1, COM2, etc) is the
correct one, it is the one connected to the board.
-
At
the bottom of the marker there two options: “Game” or “Transmission”.
Normally you will want The “Game” option because it is the mode
that allows to play.
The
transmission mode is used for transmiting games played by others, in
this mode all the movements made in the board, either for white or for
black pieces, will be transmited throught Internet.
In
the other hand, the “Game” mode will only consider the movements
made by the pieces you own. When you make a movement in the board with
your opponent’s pieces the applications understands that the answer is
your opponent’s and it doesn’t make any action.
The
applications knows what pieces do you own by the identification you used
to connect to the server.
-
The
last parameter in this marker is the “Move time”, here it must be
specified in millesimals of second the time that you wants the
application to wait, since it notices a movement to send it throught
Internet.
If
it is specified a very short time and you move slowly the pieces on the
board, a positon of one of the intermediate squares could be sent.
If
the time is very long and you are playing several quickly games at the
same time you will be losing part of your time an also the answers could
be sent out of time in extreme cases. A very long time can generate
problems in the tarnsmission mode when the players move very quickly
because some movements could be lost and then the transmission would
stop.
Something
you must keep on mind is that the electronic board doesn’t know when
you have left the piece, just when it have stopped in a square enough
time to evaluate the movement and send it. It may happens to you that in
the last instant when you reach the final square of the movement you
have tought, you realize that this is not the best movement and without
leaving the piece, stop one moment to think of another position, but you
stop more time that the time specified in the next piece of information
that we are going to explain next and the application sends the movement
before you have had enough time to rectify.
Once
check the parameters in this marker are the correct ones click the button
“Accept”.
Altough
the board is correctly configured to play with it, it is necessary to
click the button “Connect to the board” 
.
After this every time you are in a board where you are playing and you
make any movement on your DGT board, the application will check if you are
moving with the pieces that you own and if this movement is correct
according to the rules of chess in the actual position, if both conditions
are right the movement will be transmited.
If
the transmission doesn’t take place, it is often because the position on
the board and the real position on the game aren’t the same. The
position that stays is the one registered by Interajedrez’s server.
You
can check both positions clicking on the buttons 
“Read again the
position in the server” and “Read again the electronic board”, to
see the difference, if it exists, and place correctly the pieces in the
electronic board.
A
common mistake in the initial position is to interchange the position of
the horses, the bisops, the king, or the queen, check it if the first
movement isn’t executed.
If
at any moment you want to change the position on th electronic board, make
sure that it won’t make interruptions on the current game, you can
disconnect the board clicking the button “Disconnect with the board” (it
is the same used when we want
to connect with it, that changes when it is clicked the first time) or
even better you can click the button “Compose in the electronic board”
,
once made all the modifications don’t forget to connect again or go out of the Compose in the
electronic board mode cilcking again on the right button.
If
all this is right but you still can’t play:
Check
that the application is able to communicate with the board.
To
make this click the button “Board’s control” 
and
a window where you will be able to do several actions will open.
First,
if the first button is labelled as “Connect” click it.
After
this the other buttons should work. If you click the "Copyright"
and the information about the board’s copyright appears the communiction
is right, so you shouldn’t have any problem for playing, please, check
the previous notes.
If
the information about the copyright isn’t shown or when the button
“Connect” is clicked the other buttons don’t work it means that
there isn’t communication between the application and the board,
probably the communication port specified isn’t correct or the board is
not well connected to the PC or the electricity doesn’t reach it. Please,
check the connections and try again.
My opponent
doesn’t have a good behaviour, what can I do?
Some
people, altough it seems a lie, enjoy disturbing their opponent more than
playing chess, if your opponent on a game constantly sends you stupid
messages or he comes constantly in and out your board, you can pass to the
silence mode, this will make you able to concentrate only in the game. To
do this click the button labelled with a "
- " sign placed on the right corner at the top of the screen. In
this state TaCon won’t show you any message when someone comes in or out
the board. This is an extreme solution because it isolates you from the
other users, but sometimes it’s the only thing to do. When the situation
doesn’t make it necessary, don’t forget to change again to the normal
mode making click on this button that now is labelled with "+"sign.
Directo
How to use TaCom
,
placed on the top part of the window to connect InterAjedrez’s server and come into the play room.
that will place you on the next server definition and next click the connect button.