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title: VxScan Functional Diagram of Scanner and Ballot Receptacle System
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flowchart LR
scanner["VxScan:
Ballot Scanner"]
ballotReceptacle["Ballot
receptacle"]
ups["UPS"]
floor
inputsMaterialsCommon["human hands and clothes,
cleaning materials, atmosphere,
transport materials, dirt, dust"]
inputsMaterialsCommon ==> scanner & ballotReceptacle & ups
outputsEnergyCommon["vibrations, RF, EM fields,
physical reaction forces,
noise, heat, light"]
scanner & ballotReceptacle & ups --> outputsEnergyCommon
outputsMaterialsCommon["human hands and clothes,
cleaning materials, atmosphere,
transport materials, dirt, dust"]
scanner & ballotReceptacle & ups ==> outputsMaterialsCommon
inputsMaterialScanner["ballots, thermal paper, USBs, smart cards,
security seals, power plug, power cable, tools"]
inputsMaterialScanner ==> scanner
inputsEnergyCommon["gravity, human forces, impact forces,
heat, light, vibrations, RF, EM fields, ESD"]
inputsEnergyCommon --> scanner & ballotReceptacle & ups
outputsMaterialScanner["invalid ballots, thermal paper,
USBs, smart cards, security seals,
power cable"]
scanner ==> outputsMaterialScanner
outputsInformationScanner["digital visual feedback,
digital audio feedback,
security statuses, machine IDs"]
scanner -.-> outputsInformationScanner
scanner ====> |"valid ballots"|ballotReceptacle
scanner <--> |"reaction forces,
ESD"|ballotReceptacle
inputsMaterialsBallotReceptacle["security seals, keys"]
inputsMaterialsBallotReceptacle ==> ballotReceptacle
outputsMaterialsBallotReceptacle["scanned ballots,
security seals, keys"]
ballotReceptacle ==> outputsMaterialsBallotReceptacle
outputsInformationBallotReceptacle["system information,
security statuses"]
ballotReceptacle -.-> outputsInformationBallotReceptacle
ups ---> |"electrical power,
plug"|scanner
outputsInformationUps["UPS statuses"]
ups -.-> outputsInformationUps
inputsMaterialsUps["plug from mains"]
inputsMaterialsUps ==> ups
inputsEnergyUps["electrical power"]
inputsEnergyUps --> ups
floor <--> |"reaction forces,
ESD"|ups
floor <--> |"reaction forces,
ESD"|ballotReceptacle
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class inputsEnergyCommon,inputsMaterialScanner,inputsEnergyCommon,outputsMaterialScanner,outputsMaterialsCommon,outputsEnergyCommon,inputsMaterialsBallotReceptacle,outputsInformationScanner,outputsMaterialsBallotReceptacle,outputsInformationBallotReceptacle,inputsEnergyBallotReceptacle,inputsMaterialsCommon,outputsInformationUps,inputsEnergyUps,inputsMaterialsUps io;