Hi!
As I managed to get my hands on a DGT XL clock I also added
proper support to input engine driver and by that means also
to Scid.
Now I tried to hook it up with the usual game play
functions, but I'm not entirely clear how to do this
correctly. Especially I'm confused with the gameclock 1/2
and their change with engine colour and if it is enough to
just call ::gameclock:setSec at all.
Additionally, I'm not sure about how to handle Fisher
timings. Point is, that in case of the DGT clock these
timings can just be set as a Clock mode (same is ture for
Bronstein and other time formats). Therefore, I think it is
inconsistent to increment any times locally. What would be
required is setting time from some source and just follow
it.
Pascal, maybe you could have a look here? I fear to screw
things up. I think, it would be logical to either have a
button "external timer" (as timing option) or to just use it
in case an external timer is found.
Currently, there're two variables that just contain external
timing:
::inputengine::WhiteClock
and
::inputengine::BlackClock
The logic is, that these two variables just contain the time
in seconds on the external clock. They are updated from this
external source periodically, that is, a proper event
arrives every second. If no clock is found, they both
contain "--:--". (Currently, "no clock" is identical to a
clock which is halted. dgtnix does not distingish between
these two events, yet(?))
Additionally, there is
::inputengine::toMove
which is set either to "White" or "Black", depending on the
side to move. (This is also sent as a clock event actually.)
I've commited the code to cvs.
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