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# Re: GEMS 1-17-21, ABasic-1-18-6: Copy # stays at 0 on AccuVote Tape regardless of the number of re-downloads.

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- Subject: Re: GEMS 1-17-21, ABasic-1-18-6: Copy # stays at 0 on AccuVote Tape regardless of the number of re-downloads.
- From: "Talbot Iredale" <tiredale@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 08:57:44 -0800
- References: <NFBBKABJOKDAFPKFEEKCOEINCJAA.sophia@dieboldes.com> <0e4001c1b038$8982ea80$1404a8c0@dieboldes.com> <011a01c1b055$e5c9c940$2dd9fc9e@default>

Steve,
GEMS has the following fields for tracking memory cards:
MID: (Machine ID) This is the machine identifier within the vote center, eg. machine 1, 2, 3, etc.
Version: This is the version number of the data that has been downloaded to the memory card. It is incremented each time a new or different set of data (ie. set of races, candidates, ballot layout, etc) is downloaded to a memory card.
Copy: This is the copy number of the downloaded data. It is re-set to 0 when the version number is incremented, and incremented on each subsequent download.
The AccuVote-OS, for historical reasons, does not have a field to store the GEMS MID, nor GEMS Copy in, so these are encoded in the vote center Id. On the AccuVote-OS the Copy number is the number to time the memory has been copied on the AccuVote-OS and has no relation the the GEMS Copy number. At some point we will try to get the AccuVote-OS to separate out the GEMS MID and Copy fields so this will be come clearer.
Hope this answered your questions.
Tab

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Knecht
> To: bugtrack@dieboldes.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 8:05 PM
> Subject: Re: GEMS 1-17-21, ABasic-1-18-6: Copy # stays at 0 on AccuVote Tape regardless of the number of re-downloads.
> Since the GEMS AccuVote Server has an MID, Copy, and Version column on the screen, it would be helpful to have our nomenclature consistent. The "copy" on the server increments, but the "copy" number on the label doesn't, but is appended to the Vote Center ID.
> Tab, could you explain the GEMS "version" definition differences between version and copy. What is the purpose of the following definition and that it combines "reprogramming" and "resetting" of elections.

> Version

> : The number of times a memory card has been re-programmed with new or changed data and the election status reset from Set for Election.

> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Talbot Iredale
> > To: bugtrack@dieboldes.com
> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: GEMS 1-17-21, ABasic-1-18-6: Copy # stays at 0 on AccuVote Tape regardless of the number of re-downloads.
> > The copy number printed on the AccuVote-OS is the number of times the memory card has been copied using the AccuVote-OS supervisor's copy utility not the download copy. The download copy number is displayed as part of the Votecenter id.
> > Tab

> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Sophia Lee
> > > To: Bug Track
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:15 PM
> > > Subject: GEMS 1-17-21, ABasic-1-18-6: Copy # stays at 0 on AccuVote Tape regardless of the number of re-downloads.
> > > GEMS 1-17-21.
> > > ABasic-1-18-6.
> > > Reports = 194 US, 194 US Summary
> > > "Copy" on the AccuVote-OS Server - 1 window represents the number of times a memory card has been downloaded without unsetting the election. However, the copy # on the AccuVote tape stays at 0 regardless of the number of times the vote center has been downloaded.
> > > 1. Bring up the AccuVote-OS Server -1 window (Download Console).
> > > 2. Noted that VERSION = 1, COPY = 0 on Download Console.
> > > 3. Downloaded a vote center.
> > > 4. Noted that VERSION = 1, COPY = 1 on Download Console. (okay)
> > > 5. Noted that VERSION = 1, COPY = 0 on AccuVote Tape. (okay)
> > > 6. Re-downloaded the same vote center.
> > > 7. Noted that VERSION = 1, COPY = 2 on Download Console. (okay)
> > > 8. Noted that VERSION = 1, COPY = 0 on AccuVote Tape. (should be 1)
> > > 9. Re-downloaded the same vote center.
> > > 10. Noted that VERSION = 1, COPY = 3 on Download Console. (okay)
> > > 11. Noted that VERSION = 1, COPY = 0 on AccuVote Tape. (should be 2)

- References:
  - GEMS 1-17-21, ABasic-1-18-6: Copy # stays at 0 on AccuVote Tape regardless of the number of re-downloads.
    - From: "Sophia Lee" <sophia@dieboldes.com>
  - Re: GEMS 1-17-21, ABasic-1-18-6: Copy # stays at 0 on AccuVote Tape regardless of the number of re-downloads.
    - From: "Talbot Iredale" <tiredale@dieboldes.com>
  - Re: GEMS 1-17-21, ABasic-1-18-6: Copy # stays at 0 on AccuVote Tape regardless of the number of re-downloads.
    - From: "Steve Knecht" <skglobal@earthlink.net>

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