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[zappa79]

I am using the following command to play on FICS: E:\Polygot\winboard.exe /zp /ics /icshelper timeseal.exe /icshost http://www.freechess.org /icsport 5000 /fcp="polyglot1.4w.exe polyglot.ini" -zippyGameEnd='say thanks

This works great except for one thing! I am automaticly loged out every 1 hour if idle!

Now I have found that if I type or say something from time to time, I wont be loged off!
However I want my computer to be able to always stay loged in, so I can play with it even when I am not at home!

So can someone please tell me if there is a command I can add to this string to enable zippy to shout out a word or something from time to time so I will not be logged off?

I would really appreciate any help becouse I am really a beginner at this, so I figure that some of you might be more qualyfied to help me with this!

Thanks in advance!

[matematiko]

Download this version of WinBoard from here:
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/winboard.zip

Then launch WinBoard with the keepalive command as follows:

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E:\Polygot\winboard.exe /zp /ics /icshelper timeseal.exe /icshost http://www.freechess.org /icsport 5000 /keepalive 30 /fcp="polyglot1.4w.exe polyglot.ini" -zippyGameEnd='say thanks


The /keepalive 30 option will send a "date" command to the ICS every 30 minutes (after the last move you played, so it only starts working after you played a game).

Be aware that:
-This WinBoard version might be somewhat different from what you are used to.
- Still in beta stage.
- Make a back-up of your winboard.ini file just in case this new winboard changes it a lot.
- I do not guarantee this will work, I base my suggestion on information I found here and there.

Cheers,

[zappa79]

Download this version of WinBoard from here:
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/winboard.zip

Then launch WinBoard with the keepalive command as follows:

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E:\Polygot\winboard.exe /zp /ics /icshelper timeseal.exe /icshost http://www.freechess.org /icsport 5000 /keepalive 30 /fcp="polyglot1.4w.exe polyglot.ini" -zippyGameEnd='say thanks


The /keepalive 30 option will send a "date" command to the ICS every 30 minutes (after the last move you played, so it only starts working after you played a game).

Be aware that:
-This WinBoard version might be somewhat different from what you are used to.
- Still in beta stage.
- Make a back-up of your winboard.ini file just in case this new winboard changes it a lot.
- I do not guarantee this will work, I base my suggestion on information I found here and there.

Cheers,

Thanks alot for this line, I will test it and tell if it works!

Thanks again!

[zappa79]

Download this version of WinBoard from here:
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/winboard.zip

Then launch WinBoard with the keepalive command as follows:

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E:\Polygot\winboard.exe /zp /ics /icshelper timeseal.exe /icshost http://www.freechess.org /icsport 5000 /keepalive 30 /fcp="polyglot1.4w.exe polyglot.ini" -zippyGameEnd='say thanks


The /keepalive 30 option will send a "date" command to the ICS every 30 minutes (after the last move you played, so it only starts working after you played a game).

Be aware that:
-This WinBoard version might be somewhat different from what you are used to.
- Still in beta stage.
- Make a back-up of your winboard.ini file just in case this new winboard changes it a lot.
- I do not guarantee this will work, I base my suggestion on information I found here and there.

Cheers,

Ok, so I downloaded the Winboard from the link, extracted it and put the "winboard.exe" file in my e:\polygot folder!
Then I replaced the shortcut string with the one you suggested!

However now when I try to run winboard, I get the following error message: Unrecognized argument /keepalive

Is there something else I have to do?

Thanks again for helping me!

[matematiko]

I just reported this issue to H.G. Muller, one of the WinBoard developers.

Stay tuned for an answer.

Cheers,

[Prima]

Download this version of WinBoard from here:
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/winboard.zip

Then launch WinBoard with the keepalive command as follows:

Code: Select all

E:\Polygot\winboard.exe /zp /ics /icshelper timeseal.exe /icshost http://www.freechess.org /icsport 5000 /keepalive 30 /fcp="polyglot1.4w.exe polyglot.ini" -zippyGameEnd='say thanks


The /keepalive 30 option will send a "date" command to the ICS every 30 minutes (after the last move you played, so it only starts working after you played a game).

Be aware that:
-This WinBoard version might be somewhat different from what you are used to.
- Still in beta stage.
- Make a back-up of your winboard.ini file just in case this new winboard changes it a lot.
- I do not guarantee this will work, I base my suggestion on information I found here and there.

Cheers,

Ok, so I downloaded the Winboard from the link, extracted it and put the "winboard.exe" file in my e:\polygot folder!
Then I replaced the shortcut string with the one you suggested!

However now when I try to run winboard, I get the following error message: Unrecognized argument /keepalive

Is there something else I have to do?

Thanks again for helping me!

Looking at the command lines implemented for keepalive activity, all you need to do is capitalized the letter A :

keepAlive

This should solve the "Unrecognized arguments" error-message you've been getting. Good luck.

Prima.

[zappa79]

Ok, so the capitalized "A" in /KeepAlive did the trick!
But now it´s not starting becouse of this message: timeseal http://freechess.org: The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found.

Could it be becouse of the new winboard.exe, becouse I did not get that message before?

It´s just like they say, one step forward and two steps back!

Anyway, we are making some progress here, and I could never do this without your help!

Thanks guys!

(If we manage to get this going I will write a step by step tutorial on this, so if other people wants to use it they will not have to go trough all this trouble! )

[Prima]

Ok, so the capitalized "A" in /KeepAlive did the trick!
But now it´s not starting becouse of this message: timeseal http://freechess.org: The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found.

Could it be becouse of the new winboard.exe, becouse I did not get that message before?

It´s just like they say, one step forward and two steps back!

Anyway, we are making some progress here, and I could never do this without your help!

Thanks guys!

(If we manage to get this going I will write a step by step tutorial on this, so if other people wants to use it they will not have to go trough all this trouble! )

The message you're getting "The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found" indicates the TimeSeal.exe is missing from the WinBoard.exe folder.

TimeSeal.exe is a device that serves as a real-time tracker and attempts to avoid and/or reduce lag predominant in most servers.
I have several of these timeseals.exe around but I uploaded a TimeSeaL.exe that I could find for now for you. Be sure to place this timeseal.exe where the WinBoard.exe is.

Prima.

[zappa79]

Ok, so the capitalized "A" in /KeepAlive did the trick!
But now it´s not starting becouse of this message: timeseal http://freechess.org: The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found.

Could it be becouse of the new winboard.exe, becouse I did not get that message before?

It´s just like they say, one step forward and two steps back!

Anyway, we are making some progress here, and I could never do this without your help!

Thanks guys!

(If we manage to get this going I will write a step by step tutorial on this, so if other people wants to use it they will not have to go trough all this trouble! )

The message you're getting "The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found" indicates the TimeSeal.exe is missing from the WinBoard.exe folder.

TimeSeal.exe is a device that serves as a real-time tracker and attempts to avoid and/or reduce lag predominant in most servers.
I have several of these timeseals.exe around but I uploaded a TimeSeaL.exe that I could find for now for you. Be sure to place this timeseal.exe where the WinBoard.exe is.

Prima.

The strange thing is that I DO have both the TimeSeal.exe and the TimeStamp.exe in the same folder, I tried however to download the version you uploaded and replaced it with the old one, still no go!

Maybe it´s something with the new winboard.exe? I did not get the message before!

[zappa79]

Ok guys, I experimented with the code on my own a little and finaly found this line to atleast let me start the program without errors!

E:\Polygot\winboard.exe /zp /ics /icshost freechess.org /icsport=5000 /icshelper=timeseal /keepAlive 30 /fcp="polyglot1.4w.exe polyglot.ini" -zippyGameEnd='say thanks

Now the only thing left to do is to test and see if it works without logging off!

Thank you all very much for your help, I will keep you posted when I have tested it to see if it works!

cheers

[vinuprro]

thanks for your input

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