RE: Alameda AVTS Ballot Station 4.3.11 Testing Results

["Ken" <ken@dieboldes.com>]

Three results???  Good grief, how many ballots are in each result file?

Ken


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com]
On Behalf Of Talbot Iredale
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:49 AM
To: support@dieboldes.com
Subject: Re: Alameda AVTS Ballot Station 4.3.11 Testing Results

Rob,

      1)  Could you send me one of the cards when you get the "an
unknown
error occurred while accessing \storage card\current
election\election.brs"?
      2)  The issue with only being able to accumulate 3 results is that
the
results files are so large that there is only room for 3 on the system.

Tab

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Chen" <robertc@dieboldes.com>
To: <support@dieboldes.com>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 3:26 AM
Subject: Alameda AVTS Ballot Station 4.3.11 Testing Results


> > Hi,
> >
> > Steve Ricke conducted AVTS testing on BS 4.3.11 and encounted error
rates
> > of 3/20 AVTS unit/PC cards or 15%.
> >
> > I am attaching Steve's report on what transpired during the test.
> >
> > Robert Chen
> >
> >
> > +++++++++++ Steve Ricke's Report +++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > Alameda test anomalies
> > 28 September 2002
> > L&A testing on 20 AVTS units, 60 PCMCIA cards, 3 vote centers (20
PCMCIA
> > each), 3 passes (3 Tests) on each AVTS unit.
> > 128M Cards were programmed using GEMS 1-18-13-9
> >
> >
> > TEST 1   One vote per precinct L&A test.
> > Using BS pre-release 4-3-10-5
> >
> > AVTS 142255 had the error "an unknown error occurred while accessing
> > \storage card\current election\election.brs"
> > Card lot # AKO230NC
> > Card programming was still viable.  Repeated L&A test on same AVTS
unit.
> > Same failure occurred
> > Card programming was still viable.  Tried L&A test on AVTS 142270.
PASSED
> > Cleared elections on AVTS 142255.  Repeated L&A test.  PASSED
> > Accumulation. PASSED
> >
> > AVTS 142932 L&A test.  PASSED
> > When placed into unit 142259 to accumulate totals had same error as
above
> > "an unknown...\election.brs"
> > Card lot # AKO224NC
> > Card programming no longer viable.  Redownload card.  Repeated L&A
test
on
> > same AVTS 142932.  PASSED
> > Tried new accumulation on 142259.  PASSED
> >
> > AVTS 133212 L&A test passed.
> > When placed into unit 142259 for accumulation had same error as
above
"an
> > unknown...\election.brs.
> > Card lot # AKO224NC
> > Card programming no longer viable.  Redownload card.  Repeated L&A
test
on
> > AVTS 133212 and failed during L&A test
> > Card lost viability and had to be redownloaded
> >
> > At this point upgraded AVTS units to BS 4-3-11
> > Reran L&A tests and accumulation.  All units passed
> >
> > Task still to perform: upload to GEMS
> >
> >
> > TEST 2  standard automatic L&A test.
> > BS 4-3-11
> >
> > AVTS 142271
> > Card lot # AKO230NC
> > System froze at 820 ballot (13768 is normal)
> > Turned unit off/on.  Received Storage Card Dialog Warning Box "Would
you
> > liked the system to format the storage card"
> > Redownload to different card (Card Lot # AKO230NC)
> > During L&A test received the "unknown error...\election.brs" error.
> >
> > AVTS 133261
> > Card Lot # AKO227NC
> > During L&A test received the "unknown error...\election.brs error.
> > Turned unit off/on.  Repeated test.  System froze at 2230 ballot.
> > Turned unit off/on.  AVTS duplicated problems of AVTS 142271 above.
> >
> > AVTS 142284
> > Card lot # AKO230NC
> > System froze at 2060
> > Turned unit off/on.  AVTS duplicated problems of 142271 above
> >
> > When trying to accumulate  result the AVTS unit would only accept 3
> > precincts of 13768 votes each. After that, the unit would erase the
> > earliest entered precinct and replace it with the latest precinct
entered.
> > Duplicated on two separate AVTS units.
> >
> > Task still to perform: upload to GEMS
> >
> > Test 3: In progress
> > Test will involve putting BS 4.3.11 into election mode and casting
10
> > ballot per machine/PCMCIA card, accumulating and uploading to GEMS.
> >
>