Help with Anmon and Winboard

[Dan-the-K]

I'm setting up Winboard with various engines, besides GNUChess and Crafty. Already, there are errors with the first engine, Anmon 5.51. Please help!

An excerpt of the Anmon.Log file is:

Add 0 learn
Add 0 learn
Error (Unknown command) uci
Error (Unknown command) setoption name Hash value 1
Error (Unknown command) isready
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Error (Unsuported command) random


Anmon.ini:

SIZE_HT = 32
CACHE_TB = 8
PATH_TB =
DRAW_VALUE = 0
ENABLE_RESIGN = TRUE
ENABLE_BOOK = TRUE
LOG = TRUE


Anmon.init:

[Parameter]
CommandLine = xboard
Engine = AnMon
Author = Christian Barreteau, France
Debug = False

[Support]
AnalyzeMode = True
PonderMode = True
CastleAndEP = True

[config file : AnMon.ini ]
[test version : 5.51 ]
[test date : ]
[book ? : ]
[problems : ]


Winboard.ini:

}
/icsNames={freechess.org /icsport=5000 /icshelper=timeseal
}
/firstChessProgramNames={"AnMon" /fd I:\AnMon
"Delfi\delfi"
"Ruffian\Ruffian_105"
"aristarch\aristarch"
"crafty\crafty logpath=crafty\log bookpath=crafty\book /fd=crafty"
"crafty\craftyclassic logpath=crafty\log bookpath=crafty\book /fd=crafty"
}
/secondChessProgramNames={"AnMon" /fd I:\AnMon
"delfi\Delfi"
"Ruffian\Ruffian_105"
"aristarch\aristarch"
"crafty\crafty logpath=crafty\log bookpath=crafty\book /sd=crafty"
"crafty\craftyclassic logpath=crafty\log bookpath=crafty\book /sd=crafty"
}



So, what gives.

I'd like to start off with no errors. Where do the commands random, uci, setoption name Hash value 1, and isready come from? Is it a simple matter to just delete them?

TIA,
Dan

[Jim Ablett]

Hello Dan,

The error commands you mention are from the uci protocol.
You must be using Anmon 5.50 (uci version). with is incompatible with
Winboard unless you use a 'uci to wb' adapter (Polyglot).
Download the 5.51 winboard version instead.

Jim.