Don, there are no “present procedures”
on this as of yet, since I don’t think anyone has done this in anything
but a small test capacity yet.
Mark, your setup will indeed work. Hats off for intuiting
the process.
We of course thought about this
possibility the day we started work on AVTS integration with GEMS several years
ago. We had kinda
hoped (faintly) that no one would be actually crazy enough to do it though. Right now the vote center dialog allows
you to specify the count method for a vote center, and the number of memory
cards. What we would need to do to
do this right is to allow the user to specify for the vote center not a single
count method, but multiple count methods. Our data structures don’t support
this at the moment, so it is not a trivial change unfortunately. Mark’s setup will have to suffice
for the interim.
Could one or both of you write up some
background on why they want to do this? My main worry is that we can’t
possibly make enough money supporting such a complicated configuration. It is basically the worst of both
worlds. Don’t get me wrong, GEMS
can do it. I just wonder out loud
whether this is even something we want to be offering customers. I guess this is an executive committee
thing to answer.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com
[mailto:owner-support@gesn.com] On Behalf Of Mark
S Earley
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002
12:32 PM
To: support@gesn.com
Subject: RE: OS and TS upload
I need clarification on this also, as most of the Florida counties
eventually want one TS and one OS in each precinct. My understanding was that
you would create an AVOS memory card and an AVTS memory card for each report
precinct – the hard part is doing that. See
attached test database for my attempt at this.
While the method was not intuitive, I think I managed to build
something that would work by making a separate Counter Group (each with its own
Vote Center Type) for the OS precinct machines and the TS precinct machines. My
question is would the results from each set of machines (OS and TS) add
correctly for each of the reporting precincts?
Also, my understanding is that you would need one set of modem ports
for AVOS upload and one set of modem ports for AVTS upload. Each set of ports
would have its own rollover phone number. The AVTS ports would also be
configured for RAS.
Is this the way to do it?
All of this is just speculation based upon trial and error this past
hour. I have not actually downloaded or uploaded any cards or results.
Mark
Earley
850 422-2100 -
office/fax
850 322-3226 - cell
-----Original
Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com
[mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Don
Bizmaier
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002
2:21 PM
To: support@gesn.com
Subject: OS and TS upload
Can
anyone tell me what the present procedures are for uploading results when both
OS and TS units are used? I have heard both ways - that they can upload at the
same time and that they cannot. If they cannot it is going to be a real problem
as juridiction start to use at least one TS in each polling place, which is
what many OS customers are looking to do in the future.
Thanks:
Don
Donald
W. Biszmaier
Support Services Specialist
Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
7717 Greenwood Rd.
Louisville, Ky. 40258
Office 502-244-8645
Cell 502-314-6936
Fax 502-254-7835