I was given a helper today along with a DIAD III for him to use.
I downloaded my EDD into his DIAD III, but since it was not programmed with the DOL for my loop it could not recognize any of the addresses so we had to override every stop in order to force it to accept the addresses as good.
His DIAD III was also slooow. Either the processor was bad or the battery was weak, but waiting for the damn thing to cycle thru the various screens was like waiting for paint to dry.
It also caused my DIAD IV to continually "update" me with "alerts" that would inform me that a package in my manifest had been scanned elsewhere ( by the helper DIAD) and would be removed. These "alerts" constantly interrupted the normal delivery routine by requiring me to make even
more keystrokes in order to bypass them.
After half an hour or so of listening to the beeping and honking of those two DIADS fighting with each other, I had had enough. So I chucked that
DIAD III into an old tote in the back of the truck (where its probably still sitting) and scanned the rest of the packages myself while my helper jogged them off. I understand that we are supposed to scan a certain number of stops in the helper board in order to meet a quota...but this is peak season and at some point making service on the packages has to have priority over making some bean-counter look good on paper.