Available Polling Functions at Each Polling Stage

For the slides with Poller objects, PowerCom disables most of the PowerPoint shortcut keys except special shortcut keys designed for PowerCom polling navigation. We encourage you to use SpaceBar to navigate the normal polling.

A normal polling procedure:

Assumptions:

1. Play music.

2. System parameter "Display result right after Stop Polling " is OFF. (System default, can be changed via Windows Registry Editor)

Normal Procedure:

Use Spacebar to navigate from one stage to next stage, and use shortcut key (A, M, T, W) during the polling.

1. When the question slide is shown, the Poller Box displays "0" keypads voted. Music starts.

2. Tell the participants to begin voting.

3. Press W key to display Winners screen.

4. When most of the participants have voted, you can click Absent List to check who has not voted yet.

5. You can optionally use shortcut key " T " to start Timer clock countdown $images\timer.gif$ . This option can be set at Poller Wizard step 4. Press T again to stop clock. Participants can still poll after you stop the clock. When the Timer is down to 0 seconds, the polling will be stopped " $images\pollerbox_stop.gif$ .

6. If you are not using Timer but you consider that time is up, you can press Stop or Spacebar. The Poller Box will display "Stop" $images\pollerbox_stop.gif$ .

7. At the Stop stage, you can press C to continue or R to clear and re-poll.

8. From here you can press Spacebar again to display the results graph or press Page Down to skip the results and advance to next slide.

9. For re-votes, press R to clear results and start the voting again.

What actions can you take at each stage?

1. Polling: The Poller Box $images\pollerbox_0.gif$ displays from 0 to n (n is the total keypad set in the keypad range)

a. Show Winners screen (W)

b. Check/Hide Absent list (A).

c. Start / Stop music (M).

d. Start / Stop Timer Clock countdown (T).

e. Stop the polling (S or SpaceBar).

f. Exit slide show (Esc).

Note: During the polling, you cannot go to another slide or switch to other program until polling stops.

$images\newylw.gif$ 2． Base station connection lost during polling: $images\red.gif$

The visual indication is when the background color of poller box changes to red. If PowerCom displays a Base station lost connection warning message, click OK to close the popup windows. Immediately press shortcut key "B" to re-connect base station. The background color of poller box should change to green $images\green.gif$ when the connection is re-established. You can continue polling without losing existing votes. There is no need to exit slideshow to go to Find Base Station menu.

3. Stop: " $images\pollerbox_stop.gif$

a. Show winners screen (W)

b. Continue voting (C)

d. Clear the Poll, prepare for re-vote. (R) System will display a confirmed message.

e. Display Graph (D) or SpaceBar.

f. Right-click Poller Box for all available navigation options.

g. Go to next slide: SpaceBar or Page Up/Down.

Note: Pressing PageUp or PageDown keys after polling skips the display of the Result graph.

4. Display: " $images\pollerbox_display.gif$

a. Show winners screen (W).

b. Clear the poll, prepare for re-vote (R).

c. Right-click Poller Box for all available navigation options.

d. Advance to next slide: SpaceBar or Page Up/Down.

$images\newylw.gif$ Note: If you experience a loss in base station connection during Polling Stop or Poll Display stages, no action needs to be taken. When you advance to next question slide, PowerCom will try to connect the base station again. If you see red background in the Poller Box, then you should fellow Step 2 of "Lost Base Station connection during Polling" procedure to re-connect base.