Appendix B: Pandanet Relay

If games on board 1 are broadcast live on Pandanet after the tournament any games which were broadcast should be published by emailing .sgf records to the EGCC centre \webfont{office@go-centre.nl} and to Tony Atkins.

Laptops are set up in the Portland room on tables near to boards 1 and 2. ISH will provide Ethernet cables and a hub. It is essential that the cabling be kept neat and tidy and must be tied down using gaffa tape. You do not want somebody trpping over cables and dragging the laptop onto the floor during a tense moment on the Go board!

Instructions for relaying on Pandanet can be found at: http://gobase.org/information/PandaNet/www2/PandaNetInc/Sponsoring/EUTour/ [1]

The brief summary following may be useful for people relaying games at the London Open for the first time.

ISH has a firewall and the only client that works there is the old Panda egg client which you download from http://www.pandanet-igs.com/communities/pandanet [2]. Once you have set up the client by following their on-screen instructions, you log in using an account name and password supplied by EGCC.

The desktop will be populated by several windows. The one you really want is a very small one entitled "Window bar"

Click the Telnet button. You now get a simple window displaying a text drawing of a Panda at the bottom of which is a simple command line where you enter the following commands and data. This can be done once you actually know the pairing.

• teach 19 Sets up a 19x19 board containing player names and game control buttons including Pass, Resign and Undo.
• title Player One vs Player Two - London Open rnd 3
  For Player specify the Name, Grade and colour,for example: Andrea Beacon, 7d(B)Once this is done you can start placing moves on the board. You have to double click to place a stone!
• kibitz Interesting chat for onlookers. But keep alert, moves can come suddenly!

When the game is over you stop the broadcast by clicking the Resign button in the game diagram window. You then send a pre-configured game end message. Another window pops up inviting you to save the game. Do so quickly, for the window soon vanishes if you do nothing.

You are well advised to practise this process a week before the tournament. If you are not used to the Pandanet client you will need time to iron out any software creases. In particular, please see the full relay instructions given in the gobase link above for what to do if the connection drops out.