Diagnostics
Mode
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Option. Press YES if you wish to use this feature and proceed to the section titled Ballot sorting
below, otherwise, press NO and continue with step 5. Note that this prompt does not appear
when the AccuFeed is in use, since it is not possible to use the ballot box and the AccuFeed at
the same time.
5) It is possible to display Diagnostics information on an ASCII terminal but is appropriate only for
technical staff.
Press NO in response to
Proceed to the section titled Displaying the data on a terminal below if you have in fact chosen
YES in response to this prompt.
6)
is displayed as the ballot box deflector is initialized, followed by
which indicates that the ballot reader is ready to accept hand fed ballots. Although you should
preferably recirculate a Diagnostic ballot, hand feeding ballots allows you to simulate actual ballot
handling in order to verify that ballots feed properly out of the ballot reader.
7)
is displayed once the first ballot card is read. CARDS READ increments for each of the cards
successfully read and NOT READ increments for each of the ballot cards unsuccessfully read.
Note that ballot cards differing in length from the first card read in the test will be considered
unsuccessfully read.
Press YES while a ballot is being scanned in order to print the Reader Diagnostics Test report. If
you are displaying results on a terminal, keep the YES button depressed as long as
SORT BALLOTS?
DISPLAY DATA
ON TERMINAL?
OPENING
RIGHT BIN
INSERT BALLOT
IN READER
CARDS READ: 0
NOT READ: 0
