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Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction ...............................................................................................................1 Supported Operating Systems .......................................................................................... 1 Minimum PC Requirements .............................................................................................. 2 Installing i!-VotingManager................................................................................
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Introduction Introduction i!-VotingManager™ is a PC based software for use with the Platinum Solution NSS-VOTE™. i!-VotingManager is designed to create and edit i!-Voting voting topic agendas. It is also designed to view, export, and archive i!-Voting agenda results. i!-VotingManager is comprised of two main components: the i!-Voting Agenda Editor and the i!-Voting Agenda Results Viewer.
Introduction Minimum PC Requirements Windows-compatible mouse (or other pointing device) At least 15 MB of free disk space (150 MB recommended) SVGA monitor, with a minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600 A Network adapter A Sound Card Installing i!-VotingManager 1. In Explorer, double-click i!-VotingManagerSetup.exe from the directory window where you downloaded the i!-VotingManager install program. 2. After reading the License Agreement, select I Agree and Next to proceed. 3.
Introduction User Interface Layout FIG. 1 displays the the graphical user interface (GUI) for i!-VotingManager. FIG. 1 i!-VotingManager User Interface 1. i!-VotingManager Components Selection: Click the tab of the component you wish to use (i!-Voting Agenda Editor or i!-Voting Agenda Results Viewer). 2. i!-VotingManager Menu: FILE Open i!-Voting Agenda File – Opens existing agenda file. Open i!-Voting Results File – Opens existing results file. Close – Closes open file.
Introduction VIEW i!-Voting Agenda Editor – Views Agenda Editor. i!-Voting Agenda Result – Views Agenda Results Viewer. TOOLS Spell Check – Launches spell check utility. Thesaurus – Launches thesaurus utility. Topic Wizard – Launches the Topic Wizard dialog. FIG. 2 Topic Wizard Percentages in Quorum Value – Switches quorum value method to percentage. Numbers in Quorum Value – Switches quorum value method to numbers.
Introduction CONNECTION Connect to NetLinx – Connects to the i!-Voting NetLinx System. Disconnect from NetLinx – Disconnects from the i!-Voting NetLinx System. NetLinx Connection Settings – Opens NetLinx connection settings dialog. Retrieve Agenda/Results File from i!-Voting – Uploads an existing agenda or results file from the i!-Voting System. FIG. 3 Retrieve Agenda FIG.
Introduction Send Agenda/Results File to i!-Voting – Downloads an agenda or results file to the i!-Voting System. FIG. 5 Send Agenda Launch Web Browser to i!-Voting System – Launches a Web browser to the i!-Voting NetLinx Master. HELP i!-VotingManager Help – Opens i!-VotingManager help file. About i!-VotingManager – Views the i!-VotingManager About dialog. FIG. 6 About i!-VotingManager 3. i!-VotingManager Status Bar: Status Message – Display of program status messages.
Introduction 4. i!-Voting Agenda Editor: User interface to edit/create voting agenda files 5. Agenda Editor Toolbar: Open Opens Agenda file. Close Closes Agenda file. Save Saves Agenda file. Export Exports Agenda to File. Send to NetLinx Sends Agenda file to NetLinx. Download from NetLinx Downloads Agenda file from NetLinx. Print Prints Agenda topics. Delete Selected Topic(s) Deletes selected Agenda topics. Cut Cuts selected Agenda topic cells. Copy Copies selected Agenda topic cells.
Introduction 9. i!-Voting Agenda Results: User interface to view Agenda results file. 10. i!-Voting Agenda Results Toolbar: Open Opens Agenda file. Close Closes Agenda file. Save Saves Agenda file. Retrieve from NetLinx Retrieves Agenda file from NetLinx. Export Exports Results file. 11. i!-Voting Results: Rich Text Viewer: Formatted rich text view of results file.
Using i!-VotingManager Using i!-VotingManager Program Preferences The program preferences dialog is divided in to three sections: GENERAL tab: Changes the agenda editor grid colors and font settings. Also, you can define the maximum number of voting stations in your i!-Voting system. FIG. 7 General VISIBLE OPTIONS tab: Selects or de-selects which topic options you want to be available on the main agenda editor grid interface. FIG.
Using i!-VotingManager DEFAULT OPTIONS tab: Specifies the default topic options that are applied when a new topic is created from the main agenda editor grid interface. If the value of the topic option is set to “SYSTEM”, when the topic is loaded in the i!-Voting system, the default body topic option will be applied to that topic option. FIG. 9 Default Options NetLinx Connection The NetLinx Connection dialog is divided into two sections: Connection Advanced Connection FIG.
Using i!-VotingManager The NetLinx Connection Mode selects the desired connection method to connect to your i!-Voting system. NetLinx Connection Modes NETLINX TO HOST (Listen) The i!-Voting NetLinx Master initiates the connection to your PC. To use this mode, the IP address of your PC needs to be in the NetLinx Master’s URL list. (Please see the Appendix section on page 19) HOST TO NETLINX (Connect) Your PC initiates the connection to the i!-Voting NetLinx Master.
Using i!-VotingManager FIG. 11 NetLinx Advanced i!-Voting Agenda Editor The i!-Voting Agenda Editor is designed to quickly and easily create and edit voting agendas for use with the i!-Voting system. These files can be created and edited offline. The actual connection to the i!-Voting NetLinx Master is only required to send or retrieve the files. The user interface is designed as a spreadsheet to easily view, edit, move, or delete agenda vote topics.
Using i!-VotingManager Topic Options that are set to the value “” inherit the i!-Voting default body options of the voting body that executes this agenda. Topic Options The Topic Options are listed in the following table. Topic Options Topic Text The actual vote topic presented to the voting members. Default Vote This option specifies the default-selected vote for each voting station.
Using i!-VotingManager Topic Options (Cont.) Quorum Value This option specifies the quorum value or percentage required to pass a quorum enabled topic. This option is only used if the Require Quorum option is enabled. HOTKEY Vote Time Enabled E Enabled D Disabled This option enable/disables the voting timer for this vote topic.
Using i!-VotingManager Topic Options (Cont.) Display Names This option displays the vote cast be each member to the i!-Voting console. As each vote is locked, the totals are displayed if the Display Results in Progress is enabled. HOTKEY AVAILABLE OPTIONS S E Enabled D Disabled Display Results in Progress This option displays the voting results as each station vote is locked.
Using i!-VotingManager Agenda Editor Components (Cont.) 16 COPY Upon selecting COPY, if 1 or more cells in the grid interface are selected, then the current selected cells are copied to the topic clipboard, and the existing values remain intact. If no cells are selected, then the current selected text is copied to the Windows clipboard.
Using i!-VotingManager i!-Voting Agenda Results Viewer FIG. 13 i!-Voting Agenda Results Main The following table lists the Agenda Results Viewer components: Agenda Results Viewer OPEN Opens an existing voting result file (*.vrf). CLOSE Closes any open voting result files. SAVE Saves the current voting results file. (*.vrf) RETRIEVE Retrieves an existing voting results file from the i!-Voting NetLinx system.
Using i!-VotingManager FIG. 14 Retrieve Results Upon attempting to RETRIEVE a voting result file, the software prompts you to delete the file from the i!-Voting NetLinx Master. It is a good idea to remove the file from the i!-Voting system, as i!-VotingManager is intended to retrieve these files for archival purposes. Keeping the file system of the i!-Voting NetLinx Master clean of unessential files aids in system performance and ease of use.
Appendix Appendix To add host entries to the NetLinx URL list: 1. Open a terminal session (via TELNET or SERIAL) to the NetLinx Master. 2. Type “echo on”, and press the ENTER button. 3. Type “url list” , and press the ENTER button. If no URL’s are in your NetLinx Master, it returns the following response: “No URLs in the URL connection list” To add a URL: 1. Type “set url”, and press the ENTER button.
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