Specifications

Crestron e-control Vote SW-VOTE

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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.

1 Excusing Voters

Operator adjustments to non-absentee seats are now accepted by:

• clicking a seat in the Voting Computer; or

• receipt of a Change

signal.

The Voting Computer responds to such actions by issuing a Status

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.

2 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.