The chessconect chess extension on The King Performance does not work for me. Does anyone have a chess board like this?
Hi,
I have a millennium e board tournament 55 with usb connection For my part, I set the latency to 75 and it works without problem, I tested at 50 ms, it sometimes bugs under chess.com. I also turned off my Bluetooth.
Good test.
Laurent
The chessconect chess extension on The King Performance does not work for me. Does anyone have a chess board like this?
You need the Chesslink module for the King Performance. Than it should work. If not, please let me know.
I have a millennium e board tournament 55 with usb connection For my part, I set the latency to 75 and it works without problem, I tested at 50 ms, it sometimes bugs under chess.com. I also turned off my Bluetooth.
What kind of bug is that? Can you describe it in more detail? I would try and fix it then.
@ joernupbde
I have chesslink and it connects for 5 seconds (green icon on chess com). Then the icon turns off and disconnects. Everything works on the smartphone
Does this happen with USB and Bluetooth? Can you please turn on debug messages and let me know, if you get any messages? (There might be more than one.)
@joernupbde
On chess com, when pairing devices, the icon appears in green and goes off after 5 seconds. On chesslink, it does not light up green. The first game played today was almost successful, there was a sound, such a buzz, but I had to make moves on the computer and then on the chessboard Chess Connection
NotSupportedError: The GATT operation failed for an unknown reason. indefinite
I am assuming you are using Bluetooth (the error message points in that direction). Can you try USB between the Chesslink module (not the board!) and your computer?
@ joernupbde
I deleted all bluetooth connections and paired the devices again. Now the icon is green on chesslink and chess com, nothing goes off. I have Bluetooth set to Bluetooth LE, but now I am making a move on the d2-d4 board and the LEDs are flashing all the time, and on chess com (PC) there is no such move.
I should definitely put "delete all old bluetooth connections" into my troubleshooting section. Yes, mech69, smart move. I should have thought of that.
LEDs flashing is a good thing. Meaning that communication with the board works. If the move is not transferred to chess.com and LEDs keep flashing, that means that Chessconnect things that the position on you physical board is not correct on the fields that are lit. So, which LEDs are lit?
I make a move d2-d4 and both fields d2 and d4 flash alternately. And they should go out and the move on chess com should be registered, but it is not.
Interestingly. When playing with white on PC, I have to repeat white's movements and then the icon goes out. The opponent's game (black) displays well, but I have to constantly approach the computer and make movements with the mouse
That sounds like submitting the moves to chess.com does not work for you. Can you a) try to set all settings that might effect the chess board to their default value b) try on lichess.org?
I just tried a game here with chess.com and that worked.
I have a millennium e board tournament 55 with usb connection For my part, I set the latency to 75 and it works without problem, I tested at 50 ms, it sometimes bugs under chess.com. I also turned off my Bluetooth.
What kind of bug is that? Can you describe it in more detail? I would try and fix it then.
Hi Jörn,
The problem was the failure to take into account the chess move.
I would rather put this on my old computer from 2012 because during a test on a more recent one it passed without problems.
Laurent
@mech69: You need to have "Move method" set to "Click". That might be it.
@ joernupbde
And where should I set it to click? I think I know what's not working. Millennium The King Performance doesn't send moves to the PC
According to Millennium, M830 "King Performance" should work. Move method is set here:
@ joernupbde
Everything works. Thank you very much. They say you should be happy in the little things. These little things become big things. I am happy thanks to the Lord! Regards
Hey There,
First of all....I must admit...Great work! The Chessconnect extension is great as it is now.
But...It can always made better. Like I said earlier today, I couldn't wait to test the extension, and I did. Here is my conlcusion after playing a few games as well as Black, as White on both Chess.com and Lichess. Ofcourse I prefer the Chess.com platform to be honest.
To start with the bleutooth connection. That did not work well for me. Didn't try Bleutooth on Lichess by the way. On Chess.com. The board gets connect with Bleutooth. But, after clicking on " Play" the connection was lost. So, I hooked up a USB cable. So, the setup I tested with:
- MIllennium King Performance
- Millennium Chesslink
- USB connected
- Tested both on Edge, as well as on Chrome
Ok, that being said...First of all. On Lichess.org I had not issues at all. Played as White, and as black, Reflection on the board was flawless, and even the sound (spoken moves) worked as a charm. Even after making a misstake, everything was picked up great again after 1 or two turns. So, in my opinion no issues on Lichess.org.
Now Chess.com. That is another story. I will sure try your setting in the post before this one. But here is my experience. I will explain what happens when playing as White, and when playing as Black. I hope this will help you in getting the extension even better. And if I can be of assistance in testing, please let me know.
First Playing as White:
This was looking pretty good. Moves where reflected great on the board, and also the sound (spoken moves) worked great, although it missed a very few moves, no big deal. Also after making a misstake, everything was picked up again well after 1 or two turns. So, no issues here.
Now, Playing as Black:
All the moves of White was reflected on the board, But without sound (no spoken moves). Also, when I moved my first piece as black, the leds where lit on the board, but on Chess.com, nothing happens. I had to make my move also on Chess.com manually. After that, the leds on the board where off, and White could make his move. So, Playing as black, I had to make my move on the board, as well as in the browser. Thus, playing as black, the moves on the board, are NOT reflected in the browser. Also here, after making a misstake, everything was picked up again correctly after 1 or 2 turns.
It seems that as playing as white, everything works. And when playing as Black, you have to do everything on the board, as well as in the browser, and the moves of White ar not spoken out loud.
So, my final conlussion so far: This extension is great. No doubt about that. If the small issues playing on Chess.com could be fixed. Then you have created a great extension for which I would even pay some money. (yeah, yeah...you will get your cups or tea....)
And I sincerly hope that Chess.com adapts this plugin as an official plugin, because this is what Chess.com needs!
I hope this information is usefull for you, and if I can do anything to help you....Please let me know.
Thank you very much for the praise and the detailed report!
First of all: Chessconnect becoming officially acknowledged by chess.com is my dream scenario. We are slowly approaching 1000 users and I would assume that these are more active on chess.com the most of the rest. So, maybe someday...
Secondly, I see two problems there: a) some of your moves with white not being transmitted and b) none of your moves with black.
b) might be another switch on chess.com interfering. a) has been reported by other users, too although it has never happened to me.
I will look into a) first and report back later today.
The DGT Bluetooth boards with the mini USB work on the older technology.
If I remember right, the polling speed of the board, as well as everything else, runs at a slower speed than the USB-C ones. I'm not sure how this affects Bluetooth/USB connections.
I have one of these DGT Bluetooth/mini USB boards, but I have zero time to help.