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Memory cards
© Diebold Election Systems, Inc. 2002 AccuVote-OS Hardware Guide 21
5.2. Sealing memory cards and AccuVote-OS units
The memory card should be sealed into the AccuVote-OS once the Public Accuracy Test has
been performed, and the serial number on the seal recorded. This seal number should be
verified before the AccuVote-OS is installed in the ballot box on Election Day. The memory card
remains sealed in the AccuVote-OS until the election has closed, and after election results have
been transmitted to the host computer if modem transmission is being used.
Commonly, AccuVote-OS units also are sealed into their carrying cases after the Public Accuracy
Test has been completed, and remain sealed until election morning. The seal must be broken to
install the AccuVote-OS in the ballot box and the seal number recorded.
5.3. Write-Protection
It is possible to write-protect a memory card, which prevents:
•
it from being programmed
•
election results from being transmitted to the host computer
•
election results reports from being printed
Each memory card is covered with a label commonly marked AccuVote-OS Precinct Identification
memory card , covering most of the memory card except for the shutter protecting the contacts.
This label may be carefully peeled back to reveal a small switch at the end of the memory card
opposite from the contacts. Pushing this switch to its other position will effectively write-protect
the memory card and prevent it from being used. Figure 6-2 indicates the position of the write-
only switch on the memory card.
Figure 5-2. Write-Protect Switch on memory card
Set the switch to its original position to return to a usable mode. If the card is taken out of write-
protected mode, all information will again be accessible and the election mode will be the same
as before having been write-protected.
Loading an AccuVote-OS with a write-protected memory card will result in:
REMOVE WRITE
PROTECTED CARD
being displayed on the AccuVote-OS LCD. Remove the memory card and take it out of write-
protected mode or use another memory card.