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Bridgemates and EBU Numbers

Particularly since the introduction of P2P and the
consequent expansion of EBU membership, it’s very
common for Bridgemate-using clubs to use EBU numbers as
the means of players identifying themselves at the
Bridgemate handset at the start of an event. Scoring
programs may be set up to allow players to enter either the
program’s own Id or the EBU number.

Using EBU numbers provides an additional, optional
capability for the club, whereby the national database may
be used as a secondary lookup for EBU numbers which are
not found within the club’s own database.

If for example you have visitors playing at your club, they
can enter their EBU number, be identified by name on the
Bridgemates throughout the event, and optionally be added
automatically as visitors to your club database.

Popular scoring programs in the UK and Ireland provide the
option to download the national union database for this
purpose, but note that the File Location tab within
Bridgemate Control Software should be used to locate this
BMPlayerDB.mdb database somewhere other than within
Program Files (x86). Creating a folder C:\Bridgemate is ideal
for this purpose, and is also a sensible location for the
Bridgemate log file.