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# Re: Smart Cards & New Table Top Card Readers

- To: <bugtrack@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: Re: Smart Cards & New Table Top Card Readers
- From: "Tari Runyan" <trglobal@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:07:18 -0600

thanks Juan - I thought they might be smaller in size ...
Tari

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juan A. Rivera <jrglobal@earthlink.net>
> To: bugtrack@dieboldes.com <bugtrack@dieboldes.com>
> Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 9:33 PM
> Subject: RE: Smart Cards & New Table Top Card Readers

> Just for reference:

> The tabletop Card Readers has an internal bios chip that gives it its personality programming. I have found in the past that as the vender updates its product line they upgrade this bios chip to conform to new applications for newer cards in the market.

> Since Global does not have an incoming inspection policy to test components as they are purchased, there is no guaranty that we can catch this the problem until it is used in the field.

> This happened about a year or so ago in preparing for the Memphis election, when we ordered a batch of tabletops for the PC’s that we used as poll books. We discovered a different chip being delivered on new tabletop units because “it was better” but did not like our memory cards but did like our Microprocessor cards (the L version). We told the manufacturer to only ship the old version chip until our DLL was changed to work with their new personality chip.

> You may need to find a working unit and compare it to the non working unit to see if the internal bios chip has the same firmware version of the working one.

> Jeff I know you may remember this problem when we were swapping out these chips in the field once the manufacturer sent us the right version firmware.

> Good luck

> Juan A. Rivera

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Tari Runyan
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 10:01 PM
> To: bugtrack@dieboldes.com
> Subject: Re: Smart Cards & New Table Top Card Readers

> are these new AVTS uits ? and if so can I test one ?

> Tari

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Hintz <jhglobal@earthlink.net>
> To: Bugs List (E-mail) <bugtrack@dieboldes.com>
> Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 4:18 PM
> Subject: Smart Cards & New Table Top Card Readers

> I am doing training here in the City of Barrie, Canada, and I have encountered with the new table top card readers sent here, that they cannot read some of the different smart cards that we have. So far I have only been able to get the square smart card with the shape of an L able to read. Once I am able to get into the Poll Book software with this card, I can create voter cards with any of the other cards that I have, and they work fine in the AVTS units. Is there anyone else that has encountered these problems???

> Jeff Hintz

> Global Election Systems

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