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Appendices
Installation & Reference Guide — DOC. 5822
Start
Voting Console
Description
Open floor to voting
Direction
control system to Voting Computer
Type
Digital
Value
Pulse
Expected Reply
Success:
StateStart
assert; followed by
Done
pulse
Failure:
ErrString
Comments
This is one of two signals that can be used to start the voting sequence; the other
is the
Attendance
signal.
In either case, if an agenda item is required and one has not been selected or
entered, the following string is sent through the
ErrString
signal:
Please select or enter an agenda item description.
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An agenda item is only required however if
the
Auto-name an unnamed vote when
started from Voting Computer
box is
unchecked (See “Voting Console signal
block definition: Enable
Displays the
Vote Proctor
window when the
signal block is enabled. Also enables the
Voting | Start Voting
command. If
unchecked, the window cannot be opened at
all.
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Auto-name vote
The server generates a name for the vote based
on the current date and time, in the form
yymmdd_hhmmss.
Applies only to an
otherwise unnamed vote; and only when the
vote is started from
Vote Proctor
window. The
Start Vote
button, normally disabled until an
agenda has been set, is enabled. Note that this
option is independent of the option of the
same name under the
Control System Interface
tab
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Secret Ballot
During a vote, seat icons displayed in the
Vote
Proctor
window turn grey as they vote. Actual
votes are tallied to the
Vote Proctor
window
only after the floor is closed.
N
OTE
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A “secret ballot” is actually only secret
while the floor is opened. Once the floor is
closed, the vote is published.
The
Control System Interface
Tab” page 37.)
Otherwise, either signal is only valid between votes (after
NewVote
pulse and
before assertion of any of the “state” signals). If issued at the wrong time, one of
the following descriptive error messages is sent through the
ErrString
signal:
VOTE IN PROGRESS, FLOOR OPENED:
Press END VOTE or ABORT VOTE.
VOTE IN PROGRESS, FLOOR CLOSED:
Press seats to change votes; DISPLAY; or ABORT.