Re: Voter Card Creation Error

["Talbot Iredale" <tiredale@dieboldes.com>]

A work around to fix the 'Read Error" problem with is to insert the cards
into a CardManager and then 'Create' then 'Clear' the cards. After this they
will work in a BallotStation.

Tab

----- Original Message -----
From: "Talbot Iredale" <tiredale@dieboldes.com>
To: <support@dieboldes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:53 AM
Subject: Fw: Voter Card Creation Error


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Moreland" <stevem@dieboldes.com>
> To: <tab@gesn.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:32 AM
> Subject: Fw: Voter Card Creation Error
>
>
> > Thanks Tab.  Any processes you can recommend as work arounds for Nov
where
> upgrades are not an option?
> >
> > Steve
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Talbot Iredale" <tiredale@dieboldes.com>
> > Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:10:51
> > To: <support@dieboldes.com>
> > Subject: Re: Voter Card Creation Error
> >
> > Steve,
> >
> >     I found the problem with the smart cards that you sent to use.
These
> > smart cards are not 'un-written' or 'virgin' cards but rather have all
our
> > password (rather than the factory password) and have our header data on
> > them. What they did not have was a valid checksum, which resulted in the
> > 'read error'.  I have posted a bug to bugzilla, and I have fixed this
> > problem. The fix will be release in BallotStation 4.1.15 and 4.3.11, and
> > VCProgrammer 4.1.7.
> >
> > Tab
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Moreland" <stevem@dieboldes.com>
> > To: <support@dieboldes.com>
> > Cc: "Bob Urosevich" <bob@gesn.com>; "Barry Herron" <barry@gesn.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:12 PM
> > Subject: Voter Card Creation Error
> >
> >
> > > In trying to create voter cards on the TS unit, the cards get rejected
> if
> > > they have not previously been written to.  The error message is "Error
> > > reading smart card".  Using Ballot Station 4.1.11 in Georgia.
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve Moreland
> > > Director of Customer Service
> > > Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
> > > 1-800-433-8683
> > > 972-542-6000
> > > stevem@dieboldes.com
> > >
> > >