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• List of operator templates to be sent to host computer
• Task and operator name information
• Field debug message information
Task files and operator templates are stored to flash files as part of the task load and
operator load operations. Therefore, these files and templates do not need to be saved to
flash as part of the powering off process.
Booting a Terminal after Powering Off
If a terminal was properly placed into an off state, the terminal will perform the following
operations after a battery is placed onto the terminal (if the battery was removed) and the
yellow play/pause button is pressed:
• Perform a background noise sample.
• Continue operation at the place in the task where the operator left off.
• Transfer any templates to the host (once network communication is established)
that had not been sent prior to turning off.
• Transfer any output data records to the host (once network communication is
established) that had not been sent prior to going into the off state.
• Transfer any look up tables (once network communication is established) to the
terminal that had not been received from the host prior turning off.
Forced Reset
This type of reset is invoked by removing the battery from the back of the Talkman terminal
without properly powering the terminal off first.
Warning: If an operator reboots a terminal in this manner, the contents of the terminal's
memory, including any information gathered during data collection, will be lost. An
operator should perform a forced reset only as a last resort.
When the battery is replaced and the terminal is turned back on (by pressing the yellow
play/pause button), the terminal will boot and attempt to load the current task and operator.
Once the task and operator have been successfully loaded, the terminal behaves identically to
a terminal that has just had new task or operator loaded. The terminal performs some
initialization, verifies that all operator templates (vocabulary words and phrases) have been
trained, checks the task for validity, and starts the operator over at the beginning of the task.
Warning: When a forced reset is performed, the terminal will not return to the place in the
task where the operator left off. The operator will start over at the beginning of the task.
Note: If a forced reset is performed when an operator is in the process of retraining a
vocabulary word (during the update training process), it should be noted that the terminal
will send all of the operator 's vocabulary word templates back to the host computer once
the terminal is turned back on. This occurs because the terminal does not know exactly
which word was being retrained at the time that the forced reset was performed. The
operator should be aware that the terminal is resending the templates at that time and he
or she should not attempt to perform certain actions, such as loading a new operator or
task, until after the templates have been resent (which could be anywhere from several to
twenty or thirty minutes).