The new standard in scoring
Bridgemate Pro 
Bridgemate II 
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The Bridgemate® wireless scoring system is an advanced system to simplify and speed up the collection of
bridge session results. It consists of small electronic handheld devices, called Bridgemates,
at which players enter information during play. Wireless radio transmission is used for direct transmission
of the board results to the computer. A special receiver picks up the data and stores them in a database.
The results are then available for a scoring program to process. |
Quick and easy input
The Bridgemate has a keyboard, with large keys, which makes it easy to use for people of all ages.
Each button clearly indicates its function.
The display uses large characters to show the texts.
Verification reduces error to a minimum
At every session, the Bridgemate is programmed with session-specific information about the movement used,
sit-outs, pair numbers, etc. This information is created by the scoring program. With this information,
each Bridgemate is able to register the scores for the correct pairs to which the scores belong.
Classic errors such as wrongly written scores on the score sheet now belong in the past.
Flexible to meet your requirements
Besides recording board results, the Bridgemate is also capable of capturing member numbers
and the lead card. Players may enter their ACBL member number or a non-ACBL member "pseudo" number - digits
preceded with the "#" character in the ACBLscore database - in the Bridgemate
at the beginning of the session. The scoring program will pick them up and register the player names
automatically from the member database. Entry of the lead card can be used when you want players
to have a better assessment of other players' results. The lead card reveals a lot about the board result.
Entry of member numbers and lead card are both optional.
More information for players
More flexibility is given by different kinds of feedback that the Bridgemate can show players.
After the result has been entered, the Bridgemate will show the score achieved from the result (e.g.,
4H by North results in +420 or +620 - the system knows the vulnerability of each board). Furthermore,
players can get instant feedback on their result compared to the other results from previous rounds.
A percentage will be shown on the display and indicates how good (or bad) their result is.
As well as the percentage, previous results can be displayed in a (descending) list from the best N/S
score to the worst. With the Bridgemate Pro your result round is indicated with an
asterisk: the Bridgemate II displays your socre in bold print. Of course, these results can never be requested before the board
has been played. Again, both are optional and can be set freely.
If playing with 2 or more sections, the % may be calculated separately for each Section or over all the
sections with the list of previous results taken from all sections.
With a traveller, you only see the results for your section.
When pickup slips are used, players do not see any previous results!
Functionality for the Tournament Director (TD)
There are special functions available to the Director. With the Bridgemate Pro TD Key or the Bridgemate II TD pincode, the Director can check boards still to be played, erase an incorrectly entered score, assign an arbitral result, etc.
It ensures that the Director keeps control over the scores at all times.
Data security
Data is transmitted using strong encryption. This prevents unauthorized capture of crucial scoring data.
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