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Ken / Tab, I'm not tracking the
"timeout" discussion here. Why not something like RESULTS SENT
OK,
UPLOAD ANOTHER? If
they answer NO, then timeout unit automatically. As someone who is fairly
in touch with pollworker capabilities, I think this is reasonable. But
let's keep the discussion going on this.
I don't think we should orient ourselves around King and
whether they are happy pressing another button or not. They don't use this
function that much anyway. It needs to be optional somehow. Let King
be the one to press another button within 30 seconds or time it out
automatically, assuming the pollworker hasn't already turned it off.
I think the better solution would be to
prompt for "Upload another" with a time-out. If the user
does not press the yes button within about 30 sec. we should hang up the
modem. This way there is not setup to be done and even in a region
if there are no memory cards waiting to be to uploaded we will not keep
the phone line open.
Tab
Poll workers
need a very obvious "Results Sent Okay, Turn Unit Off". If
you prompt them with "Upload Another?" all you are going to get is
a confused poll worker asking herself "Upload Another
What?". I don't think another prompt for poll workers is the
answer.
The timeout is
not a bad idea though. How about leaving the "Turn Unit Off"
message the way it is, and just time out the connection. Regional
centers are staffed with people trained to ignore the message already, and
we don't have to complicate the lives of normal poll
workers.
I still wonder
whether King is going to be real happy about having to press a button when
they *know* they want the line held open though. Can this be made an
option without breaking 1.94 memory card compatibility, and if
not would it be a good idea for 2.0?
Ken
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