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1. Codonics Virtua Release Notes Operating Software 3 1 0 Release Notes Summary Version 3 1 0 software provides product improvements for the Codonics Virtua Medical Disc Publisher CAUTION Version 3 1 0 software is intended for use on all Virtua systems except for the Virtua 1 model Version 3 1 0 software will not install on the Virtua 1 model controller serial numbers beginning with 70C This document details the changes from Versions 2 3 0 Virtua and Virtua XR and 3 0 1 Virtua C and Virtua E software Virtua User s Manuals provide further information on the use of Virtua systems If you are upgrading from an older software version previous Virtua Release Notes can be downloaded from the Codonics web site New Features Support for Disc Encryption Virtua now supports the creation of AES 256 encrypted discs The encryption feature will properly span multiple discs if needed so that each disc can be run independently A decryption utility is included on the encrypted disc and does not need to be installed on the user s computer The decryption utility will place files onto the user s computer in a temporary directory and then the LaunchPad application will appear When the LaunchPad application is exited and the disc is removed this temporary directory will be deleted to eliminate any patient information that was decrypted to the user s hard drive For more information see the Disc Encryption Technical B2. The Clarity Medical Image Viewer does not correctly display Unicode characters It is uncommon for DICOM files to be encoded in Unicode Limited Viewer support for international characters Refer to the Clarity Viewer Manual Codonics Part No CLARITY MNLU for details User interface issue with Hong Kong locale Problems with date formatting may distort the user interface in the Chinese Hong Kong zh_HK locale For Chinese language it is recommended that one of the other Chinese locales be used No support for Indian locales The Tamil India ta_IN locale does not correctly support Tamil characters Site phone numbers with country codes may be truncated on labels Most labels support nine characters for phone numbers for the site details The Ink Saver label displays more characters Q O CODONICS Cannot set date and time from Virtua user interface in some Tier 2 locales The workaround for this problem is to run the system in the en_US locale which is the factory setting set the local time and date correctly and then change the system to the desired operating locale A list of Tier 2 locales and instructions for changing the locale are in the Virtua User s Manual Get it all with just one call 1 800 444 1198 All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Specifications subject to change without notice Patent 7 375 737 and others pending Copyright 2009 Codonics Inc Pr
3. Virtua must be rebooted for the changes to take effect Support for encapsulated PDF files By configuring the following SmartDrive parameters in the profile report report default txt file Virtua will now support converting Encapsulated PDF DICOM Instances to standard PDF files on the disc Virtua can also be configured to place them as Encapsulated PDF DICOM Instances on the disc Parameter dolncludePDFReport Settings true or false Default true enabled Description If this setting is true Virtua converts Encapsulated PDF DICOM Instances to Standard PDF files on the disc and allows them to be viewed from the LaunchPad as a Patient Report Parameter dolncludeEncapsulatedPDF Settings true or false Default false disabled Description If this setting is true Virtua includes Encapsulated PDF DICOM Instances on the disc listing them in the DICOMDIR Support for print to hub By configuring the SmartDrive system txt profile parameter printToHub to true custom labels can now be printed to the center hub of discs that have a compatible printing surface to the center Parameter printToHub Settings true or false Default false disabled Description Enables or disables print to hub Enhanced pruning of archived studies By configuring the following SmartDrive parameter in the profile system txt file Virtua will automatically remove studies that have been archived but not yet recorded Parameter pruneArchivedS
4. a Accessories and Manuals Disc Version 3 1 0 Clarity 3D Fusion Viewers and Clarity Viewers in English Japanese and French version 6 1 7 each language can be enabled or disabled using Feature Keys eFilm Lite version 3 0 GE Centricity version 3 1 for GE customers only syngo Imaging XS version A60B NOTE Customers installing 3 1 0 software will need to first delete previous version viewers from their SmartDrive in order to upgrade to the new versions Marte time stamp compatible 3 1 0 software is compatible with Marte software for European time stamp applications Product Improvements Remote SmartDrive access The Virtua s SmartDrive can now be accessed without needing to be removed and placed into another computer Q O CODONICS For this feature Virtua users with an Admin role will be able to log in with read write privileges and those with a User role will only have read privileges Consult your Virtua User Manual for additional information on user roles To map a computer to the SmartDrive 1 Right click on My Computer 2 Select Map Network Drive 3 Select an available drive from the Drive list S is recommended 4 Enter Folder Virtua_IP_Address Smartdrive For example 192 168 1 2 Smartdrive 5 Enter login information to map drive For example User name admin e Password codonics NOTE After making any changes to the SmartDrive configuration the
5. ations can result in lost or corrupt data An uninterruptible power supply and proper shutdown procedure are strongly recommended Compatibility problems with Internet Explorer 7 There are minor cosmetic problems when remotely connecting with Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 6 is recommended for remote connections to Virtua amp f O CODONICS Discs required counts are inaccurate for multi disc backup jobs When multi disc backup jobs all studies included in the job will not fit on one disc are queued the Discs Required count in the Status Details tab and the X of Y discs recorded count on the Discs tab might contain inaccurate counts Typically the count will not increment until the entire set is completed Known Uncommon Issues This section details uncommon or obscure issues with 3 1 0 software that are unlikely to be experienced by most users IP address conflict is not reported If Virtua is configured to support a range of IP addresses and there is a conflict Virtua will not notify the user DICOM association limit may be exceeded DICOM clients that open many simultaneous associations might exceed Virtua s limit of 24 simultaneous connections This can cause the system to stop receiving DICOM jobs requiring the system to be rebooted Time remaining indicators for jobs are inaccurate if there is more than one Jobs page If there is more than one page of jobs queued eight or more jobs the time remaining indi
6. cator on the Discs tab will not be accurate on any pages other than the first page Each page starts the time estimation over again without accounting for the jobs on the previous page Special handling for Recorder cover when installing software on the Virtua ECO family systems When media Smart Detect mode is enabled leave the Recorder cover open when installing software Closing the cover with Smart Detect mode enabled will cause Virtua ECO to load another disc on top of the installation disc Successfully archived studies not marked as archived Aborting a Scheduled Archive while a label is being printed may not mark studies successfully archived as archived Studies will be re archived during the next Scheduled Archive session The LaunchPad does not work on Windows NT or Windows 98 OS When discs created on Virtua are installed on PCs the LaunchPad is initiated The LaunchPad can be used on Windows 2000 XP Vista and Windows ME Users of Windows NT or Windows 98 can use Windows Explorer to navigate to and launch viewers or open reports Virtua ECO family system CD and DVD status lights unexpectedly alternate green and off for longer than two minutes In some circumstances Virtua ECO may show an unexpected shutdown taking longer than two minutes The workaround is to perform a hard shutdown press the System power button for about five seconds Power on the system to return to normal operations when desired Different pati
7. ent name capitalizations can cause separate DICOMDIR entries When Virtua receives DICOM files for separate studies with patient names having different capitalization than in other files SMITH vs smith vs Smith the DICOMDIR created by Virtua can contain two Patient Directory Record entries with the same Patient ID DOB and or Sex as configured but different capitalizations of the name Patient Matching configurations in the Job Profile may not be applied to the first job Virtua records after booting up When recording multiple studies for the same Patient this could produce discs with non DICOM conformant DICOMDIR files The Clarity Viewer cannot open every study on these discs Receiving a study while a previously sent version is recording can cause the recording job to fail or produce an unusable disc Changes to the HIPAA log during software changes Since the extension to the HIPAA log file log job is changing from txt to csv in this software version entries made after an upgrade will only occur in the csv file Therefore refer to the csv file for those entries if a subsequent downgrade occurs Following entries will then go back to the txt file Anonymized disc issues When anonymizing large sets of images gt 256 MB the system can become unresponsive and will then need to be rebooted The Study ID is not anonymized on the disc label Known Issues for International Regions No Unicode support in Viewer
8. inted in the U S A Part No 901 204 001 07 Technical Support If problems occur during software installation contact Codonics Technical Support between the hours of 8 30AM and 5 30PM EST weekends and U S holidays excluded Phone 440 243 1198 Email support codonics com Website www codonics com 4 CODONICS We bring the future into focus 17991 Englewood Drive Codonics Limited KK Middleburg Heights OH 44130 USA New Shibaura Bldg F1 440 243 1198 1 3 11 Shibaura 440 243 1334 Fax Email info codonics com www codonics com Phone 81 3 5730 2297 Fax 81 3 5730 2295 Minato ku Tokyo 105 0023 JAPAN
9. rief Codonics Part No 901 203 001 DICOM Storage Commit DSC Virtua can respond toa DICOM host s Storage Commit Request Virtua will respond with a Storage Commit Report once all images in a study have been received This feature s settings are defined in the StoreSCP Profile which is the file profiles dicom storescp default txt on the SmartDrive Below is a list of the parameters used by DSC their default values and a short description of their use Parameter enableStorageCommit Settings true or false Default false disabled Description Enables or disables DSC Parameter storageCommitHost Settings Calling_AE_Title Host_IP Host_Port Default Blank Description Configures connection information in colon separated format for a remote system that will send a Storage Commit Request to Virtua When Virtua receives a Storage Commit Request Virtua saves the Calling AE Title of the remote system When Virtua responds with a Storage Commit Report it uses the Host IP and Host Port associated with the saved Calling AE Title To identify multiple remote systems enter the Calling AE Title Host IP and Host Port for each system on an individual line as in the example below storageCommitHost MODALITY_1 192 168 2 73 2000 storageCommitHost MODALITY_2 192 168 0 123 4000 storageCommitHost MODALITY_3 192 168 7 0 6000 Release of revised viewers These viewers have also been released independently on the Virtu
10. tudies Settings true or false Default false disabled Description If set to true and archiving is enabled archived studies will be removed from Virtua without being first recorded LaunchPad shows on all discs To allow users to better understand that viewer use is not intended for diagnostic purposes and for more consistent operation the LaunchPad will now run on all discs during start up DICOM information handling improvements Changes have been made to make Virtua more robust in handling special modality needs and non conformant DICOM systems e More DICOM conformant DICOMDIR files Virtua generated DICOMDIR files now include proper Directory Record Type information for DICOM Instances Defects Repaired This section details issues that exist with 2 3 0 and 3 0 1 software and are corrected in 3 1 0 software Support for setting the DNS server IP addresses via the SmartDrive When setting up Virtua with a static IP address a user can now set the primary and alternate DNS server IP addresses in Network Profiles in the profiles network folder on the SmartDrive Non English and Arabic letters will now appear properly in LaunchPad Site Profile parameter now displays address0 in LaunchPad Known Common Issues This section details common issues with 3 1 0 software that are likely to be experienced by most users Studies can be lost or corrupted if a hard power down occurs Loss of power during some oper
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