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This
symptom has to do with a bug in WinCE 3.0 July 5th edition. If the
Real Time Clock (RTC) does not have a valid date (i.e., month=75, day =42, etc.)
the WinCE reads that time and date and thinks that it has miscommunicated with
the PIC chip that is supplying that information from the RTC. WinCE
forever continues to retry the command (in a background process) and never
gets to issue the command where it inquires as to the battery status.
As a result, the WinCE displays on the BallotStation screen it's initialization
values which are "0" for the battery present. This means a "No battery"
message on the Ballot Station lower right corner.
To fix
this, a Clock Fix Utility was created and posted to the FTP site. You put
this Utility on a Flash PC card, insert it into PC card slot #0 (bottom slot),
power up the unit, and let it perform the function of forcing a valid date in
the RTC. Once this is done, the utility will display a message on the
screen to power the unit off and remove the card. After you do this, you
can power the unit back up and the "No battery" message will now display
"Charging" (assuming you have an AC cord plugged in.) You will then have
to set the time and date correctly as the Clock Fix Utility puts a fixed time
and date into the RTC, and not the current time and date.
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