In one of the CLO columns about some tournament, the author mentioned that one of the GMs was testing out the DGT 3000 clock. Google is not my friend. I can’t seem to find out anything about it. Can anyone help?
Alex Relyea
A new DGT clock was tested at the Southern Open and the Hartford Open. I don’t remember whether it was called the DGT 3000.
Here’s my first hit googling for DGT 3000 clock:
Yes, I think that’s the clock we were testing.
Thanks. I didn’t find that a few days ago.
Alex Relyea
I was in Tromso when I saw this clock as it’s being tested by FIDE as well for compliance with their clock requirements.
Some of the features I was told about by DGT was that the clocks will be able to be controlled from a central location and that actual messages can be sent across and shown on the display also.
Nice! I assume this requires purchase of a separate hub like the MonRoi?
Alex Relyea
Seriously? 74.37 euro for the clock? More than $100?
Sevan,
From reading the manual I don’t see this capability mentioned at all. To me this looks like a DGT XL with a larger display. The only messages that can be displayed are the moves when you are playing connected to a computer with a DGT board. The XL can do that too.
Mike Regan
When I was in Tromso I was speaking with the head of DGT and he was telling me of this capability. I will check with him again and see what he says.
http://www.digitalgametechnology.com/site/index.php/dgtsupport/developer-info/downloads/doc_download/271-dgt-3000-manual has the owner’s manual pdf.
From the manual: “Accuracy: Better than 1 second per hour”.
That’s not a very impressive bound. That’s about 1/50th of the accuracy of a typical battery powered analog quartz clock or watch. That sounds like they are just using the built in oscillator of whatever microcontroller they use, instead of adding a crystal oscillator.
I’d kind of expect people selling a $100 clock to splurge and spend the $0.50 for a crystal oscillator.
That’s the same accuracy the DGT 2010 and the DGT NA claim. I don’t see any accuracy claims in the manuals I have for other common clocks (Excalibur, Saitek, ZMF, Chronos). I wonder if they are similar?
I’d still buy it. Looks like a well made clock. But I’d hold off until I read some reviews on it’s durability and noise level when pushing the clock.
In any event, at the current exchange rate, it would be ~$95 U.S. dollars. Of course that’s subject to change, but currently the dollar is on a upward trend.