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Operations
Installation & Reference Guide — DOC. 5822
Operations
This section describes the operation of the Vote Console and Request-to-Speak
Console signal blocks as they process signals from the control system. All signals
have names and are shown set in
bold
type as conjoined words with initial caps.
Refer to the “Signal Reference” section (beginning on page 78) for in-depth
information on these signals.
Vote Console operations
When the server protocol is started (
Server | Start
), if the Voting Console signal
block is auto-enabled (see “Auto-enable,” page 33), the
Vote Proctor
window will be
displayed automatically. Otherwise, it will be displayed when the signal block is
eventually enabled. This can be effected by asserting the signal block’s
Enable
signal from the control system, or manually by issuing the
Voting | Start Voting
command. If the vote is to be proctored from the control system side only, the
Vote
Proctor
window should be disabled (uncheck the
Enable
box under the
Voting
Computer
tab of the
Voting Console Signal Block Definition
window).
In both cases, the display consists of a series of seat icons arrayed in a pattern that
typically reflects the actual chamber floorplan. The seats icons are
clickable/touchable.
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Excusing Voters
Operator adjustments to non-absentee seats are now accepted by:
•
clicking a seat in the Voting Computer; or
•
receipt of a
Change
i
signal.
The Voting Computer responds to such actions by issuing a
Status
i
signal to toggle
between the BALLOT_PRESENT and BALLOT_EXCUSED values (see table,
below). Also issued is the
TallyExcused
signal to update the total number of
excused voters.
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Agenda
This checkbox is found under the
Voting Computer Interface
tab of the
Voting Console Signal Block
Definition
window.
If proctoring a vote from the Voting Computer, before opening the floor to the vote,
you must either:
•
Select one of the agenda item descriptions previously stored in the
Agenda
table from
the combo-box list; or
•
Enter a new agenda item description directly into the combo-box. When you type in a
new description, you can start with one of the existing descriptions and edit it. In fact,
descriptions that end in a colon are intended for this purpose. (Such entries cannot be
used alone (
i.e.,
without editing them) because descriptions that end in a colon are not
valid.)
This is only a requirement if the
Auto-name an unnamed vote when started from
Voting Computer
checkbox is not checked.
