Do you ever have trouble getting your duplicates to run on time? If so the Duplicate Bridge Movement Timer could be for you - you will be amazed how well behaved players are when a machine tells them to move! Bridge Timer runs on any Windows 95 or later laptop or desktop computer and displays a clock that runs down second by second to let everyone in the room see how long there is left for the current round. With 2/3 minutes to go before the end a chime sounds to warn everyone to hurry up and not start another board if they are not on their last one:

Initial setup is done from the opening page - select the number of rounds, number of boards per round and the warning time (a warning chime sounds this long before the end of the round). You can edit both the time per round and warning period to suit yourself. If you set a skip then players see 'Skip move' at the appropriate time. Pressing save will store these values and automatically reuse them every time you open Bridge Timer. To save defaults for 2, 3 4 & 5 board movements set up each one in turn then press save. Do the one you use most often last then that will be the default when you restart but you can get to the other times you have saved by scrolling through the number of boards per round (range 2-5). You can add an extra entry for a 1-off session if you wish by clicking the label beside the number of rounds box. Customise the screen colour and text colour as you wish. You can choose the sound files you like best from the the list I include in the installation file.; You can also create your own sounds - just use '.wav' format and put them in the Program files folder used to install the Timer and the program will find them. Multi monitor option: If you want to display the timer on one or more screens whilst working on another then connect the extra monitors and set up an extended desktop and my program will detect them when it starts. Right click on the desktop and select display settings then extended desktop, or use the Windows control panel & display options - settings. The timer will auto detect if 2 or more monitors are present and will display a button (see picture) that allows you to select which monitors the timer shows on. If you display the timer on remote screen(s) in another room you can see what it says and control it from a control panel that stays on the primary screen. You can also change which monitors are in use after starting the Timer from the control panel. Test the volume by clicking the volume button. If it is too quiet or too loud right clicking this button opens the Windows volume control so you can reset the volume. If for some reason the program can't find the volume control then you can open it manually from the Windows control panel (start-settings) and clicking 'sounds and audio devices'. Once you start the timer it keeps going continuously, sounding a warning and then the time to move sound. A control panel - see below - is shown on your primary monitor to control the timer. The left button starts the round number in the box or by right clicking starts the next round. You can edit the number in the box.

• Resetting and editing the time for the current round or pausing the timer can be done with the second button - left click = pause or continue the timer, right click = restart the timer for the current round, or you can add/subtract minutes or seconds to the current round by clicking the up/down buttons or the +/- keys or PgUp/PgDn keys.

• Switch monitors brings up the same menu as the settings screen so you can turn on or off any monitor on your system which the timer is running.

• If you do not like my sounds you can use your own - just put your own .wav files in the installation folder. Note you must use uncompressed wave files - it will not work if you use a compressed format like MP3 or any others. The installation folder is 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Bridge Timer' for 64 bit Windows or 'C:\Program Files\Bridge Timer' for 32 bit.

• To exit the timer screens on all monitors button with a red 'X' on the control panel.

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