Specifications
Crestron e-control Vote SW-VOTE
58 •• Operations Installation & Reference Guide — DOC. 5822
This checkbox is found under the
Control System Interface tab of the
Voting Console Signal Block
Definition window.
If proctoring a vote from a touchpanel, before opening the floor to the vote, you
must either:
• Pick one of the agenda item descriptions previously stored in the Agenda table from
the agenda scroller; or
• Send a new agenda item description to the server using the SetAgenda signal.
This is only a requirement if the Auto-name an unnamed vote upon receipt of Start
signal checkbox is not checked.
NOTE: The only items that will appear in the combo-box list or the agenda scroller are those that
have not yet been voted upon.
3 Open Vote
The floor can be opened for a vote by:
• clicking the Take a Vote button in the Voting Computer; or
• pulsing the Start digital signal.
Successful open vote results in server transmitting the following signals to control
system:
• Transmission of Agenda Item Description string via AgendaEcho serial signal.
• Assert of StateStart (see “,” )
• Clearing of all Tally signals (see below) (i.e., analogs set to 0; digitals cleared); and
• Clearing of all seats (i.e., all Ballot
i
signals set to 0); an
4 Balloting
Ballot signals are now accepted by server from control system (where i represents
the seat number):
• Yes
i
digital pulse
• No
i
digital pulse
• Abstain
i
digital pulse
On every ballot signal thus received, tally signals may be transmitted from the server
back to the control system. These signals represent the vote received, sums of
different kinds of votes, as well as total votes and passage information:
• Status
i
analog
• TallyNo analog
• TallyAbstain analog
• TallyTotal analog
• TallyQuorum digital assert or de-assert
• TallyCarried digital assert or de-assert
• Tally23Majoritydigital assert or de-assert
The Status
i
signals are set to one of the following values :
Value Internal Symbol Typical Display Symbol
0 BALLOT_ABSENT
X
Blank or circle-slash
1 BALLOT_PRESENT
•
Empty circle
2 BALLOT_YES
˜
Solid green circle
3 BALLOT_NO
˜
Solid red circle