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1. GCRC PDA Vital Signs Acquisition and Storage System User s Manual Sponsor Dr Paul Harris GCRC Advisor Dr Andy Dozier VUSE EECE 295 296 Team Members Chris Heath Adam Nagel Chris Nash Brendan Soar April 17 2005 Revision 1 1 Setup Procedures Before beginning any study please make sure that the following items have been taken care of a The Aircable device should be properly connected to the serial cable The serial cable is plugged into Serial 2 in the back of the Dinamap machine and the Aircable is connected to a power supply so the green power light is on and the blue connection light is flashing See figure 1 Figure 1 AirCable Connection b The PDA should be fully charged and or connected to a power supply c Be sure that the Dinamap machine is turned on d Perform a Hard Reset before stating the main program Dinamap BP_HR Study This program takes up a lot of memory and the reset will clear out the memory so the program will run smoothly To reset the PDA press and hold the button on back of the PDA for 2 seconds as shown in the picture below Figure 2 Hard Reset of the PDA e Be sure that Bluetooth is turned on before starting the program The light at the top right of the PDA should flash blue if Bluetooth is activated There are two ways to turn on the Bluetooth option i Click the Bluetooth Icon on the bottom right of the pda screen and select Tu2. below The Ready to Acquire indicator should be dark indicating that a measurement is currently underway When the Ready to Acquire indicator is dark most of the other functions are not available until the current e measurement is over It is possible to stop the current measurement by hitting the Abort Acquisition button Figure 10 PDA screen while acquiring a measurement You may tap the Abort Acquisition button to stop the current measurement f ould display the measurement on its screen and the PDA screen should look just as it oes below the measurem easurement successful in its xt box and the time that the measurement was taken should also be displayed he Systolic Pressure Diastolic Pressure Heart Rate and Mean Arterial Pressure should e displayed on the PDA screen If the wireless connection is working properly the easurement should also be uploaded to the database automatically he Ready to Acquire indicator should be green as well because a measurement is not urrently underway the measurement success failure indicator box states that that the measurement failed heck the machine to make sure it is set up correctly and the BP cuff is properly onnected to the patient You many continue with the next measurement Figure 11 Interface after acquiring a measurement After acquiring a measurement After the measurement has been taken the Dinamap sh d If ent was successful
3. ctly Figure 6 Starting the Main Program Dinamap BP_HR Study This will launch the main program and you will see the screen shown in step b b Next enter the required Study ID into the text box and press continue Tap the keypad at the bottom right corner of the sc hen enter the Study ID one character at press Continue to submit the Study ID c If the wireless is not turned on or the ID was invalid then you may see the screen below program in order to turn on the wireless and start the program again Figure 8 In the situation that the wireless is not activated or the Study ID was not validated this screen will be shown It alright to hit OK and continue the program but the data will not be uploaded to the database as the program runs The data will be stored to the PDA and can be uploaded at a later time You may decide to hit Cancel and attempt to enter another Study ID or you may want to hit Cancel and exit the reen and then click one time inside the text box T a time Next click the keypad one more time and d The next menu box will appear and ask you if you are ready to take the first measurement Hit OK if the patient is properly connected and you are ready to take the first measurement Figure 9 Press ok to begin the study and take the first measurement Acquiring a measurement While acquiring a measurement the screen should look similar to how it does
4. d ements are m st y have seen a screen stating that some of the measurem in m to Figure 19 Opening the Fail File Handler b iles The files that are on the second image below Figure 20 Uploading the Failed Files c Finishing the Failed File Upload and have finished the dialog box should say All Exiting the Program After all of the uploads files uploaded successfully At this point you may click Exit to leave the program If the wireless connection is not working properly the dialog box may tell you re establish the wireless connection and try again If this happens exit the program and re establish the wireless connection and run the program again Figure 21 Finishing and exiting the Fail_File_Handler 4 b If the PDA is running slow clear out the running programs memory You may have improperly exited a program and it was not completely cleared out of memory To clear these out follow the steps below Troubleshooting Tips Never unplug the AirCable power cord Unplugging the AirCable can cause a unexpected errors and you will have to restart the program Make sure the Bluetooth Connectivity and Wireless Connectivity are both activated before starting the programs c Figure 22 Clear running programs Start gt Settings gt System gt Memory gt Running Programs gt Stop All d If an unexpected memory error occurs please exit the program and per
5. form a Hard Reset as is described in section 1 The study will be interrupted but none of the data will be lost
6. mment tap the keyboard icon to clear away the typing pad and tap OK in order to insert your comment The two built in comments are Drug Administered and Study Paused In order to insert one of these comments click the comment drop down box and select one of these comments so it appears in the comment box Then tap the Insert Comment button in order to insert the comment into the study file and upload it to the database if the wirel 1 Select Comment 2 Insert Comment Figure 15 Inserting a Custom Comment If you decide that you do not want to insert a comment tap Cancel and you will return to the ma screen Tap Clear if you would like to clear out the current contents of the Comment Box Figure 16 Other Comment Options in program 1 Sel 2 I se ect Other n rt Comment 3 New Screen Appears board Icon 4 Tap Key 5 Tap Co ment Box m 6 Type Comment 7 Tap Keyboard to clear typing pad 8 OK to insert comment 1 Sel 2 I se ect Other n rt Comment 3 New Screen Appears board Icon 4 Tap Key 5 Tap Co ment Box m 6 Type Comment 7 Tap Keyboard to clear typing pad 8 OK to insert comment Cancel to not insert comment and return t a o previous screen Clear to clear the comment box Cancel to not insert comment and return t a o previous screen Clear to clear the comment bo
7. rn Bluetooth On Figure 3 Turning Bluetooth ON OFF using the Bluetooth Icon ii Choose Start gt Settings gt Connections gt Bluetooth gt Turn On Figure 4 Bluetooth Start gt Settings gt Connections gt Bluetooth gt Turn On f Be sure that the Wireless Internet is turned on as well After turning on the Internet the light at the top right of the PDA should blink green if it is working Figure 5 Turn on the Wireless Internet Start gt Settings gt Connections gt Dell WLAN g Note Do not start the BP_HR Study with the Bluetooth turned off This may cause the ps Running the Main Program Dinamap BP_HR Study Note Never exit any LABView program by tapping the X at the top right corner of the screen Use the Exit e a To Start the Main Study Program Select Start gt Dinamap BP_HR Study Utility gt Turn On program to crash If you accidentally start the program with Bluetooth turned off simply exit the program by selecting the Exit button Then turn on Bluetooth and start the program again It may be necessary to perform a hard reset and go through these ste again 2 buttons located within the program and the menu boxes that appear during the program If you accidentally exit th main BP_HR program using the X at the top of the screen simply restart the same program and exit correctly using the Exit button This should reset the program corre
8. the screen should say m te T b m T c If c c Ready to Acquire Indicator Time of Last Success Failure Indicator Measurement Measurement Measurements Ready to Acquire Indicator Time of Last Success Failure Indicator Measurement Measurement Measurements g ther functions available on main interface while running a study There are a umber of possible options and functions that can be accessed from the main control interface The diagram below shows the main program interface with all of the options labeled Figure 12 Functions available while running a study Taking an instant measurement Press the Take Measurement button in order to take an instant measurement if the Ready to Acquire indicator is green Please wait at least 30 seconds after the last measurement has finished The Dinamap requires a certain amount of time to reset If you hit the Take Measurement button without waiting 30 seconds since the last measurement there may be a lag before the Dinamap responds O n Take a measurement instantly Increase decrease the time between automatic measurements Seconds remaining until next automatic measurement It increases or decreases as the minute wait is changed Insert the comment listed in the drop down menu Exit the Program Select a comment from the drop down menu h Pause Resume the Study Timer will stop and all f
9. unctions will halt while stud is paused y Take a measurement instantly Increase decrease the time between automatic measurements Seconds remaining until next automatic measurement It increases or decreases as the minute wait is changed Insert the comment listed in the drop down menu Exit the Program Select a comment from the drop down menu Pause Resume the Study Timer will stop and all functions will halt while stud is paused y Figure 13 Take an Instant Measurement Figure 13 Take an Instant Measurement i Pausing the Program Toggle the Pause button in order to pause the program The Pause icon will be green if the program is paused The timer will remain where it is and none of the other functions will be useable while the program is in pause mode j Inserting a Comment At some point during the study you may wish to include a comment that corresponds to some special event With this program you have the option of inserting one of the 2 built in comments or typing in your own comment ess connection is active Figure 14 Inserting a Built In Comment k Inserting a Custom Comment In order to insert your own comment select Other from the comment pull down menu Then select Insert Comment You will be taken to another screen which is shown below Tap the keyboard icon tap the comment box and then type in your comment After you have finished typing the co
10. x l Exiting the Main Program When you are finished with a study exit the main program by tapping Exit on the main interface screen Another dialog box will appear and ask if you are sure that you want to exit Select OK to exit and Cancel to return to the main program Figure 17 Exiting the Dinamap BP_HR Study m Failed Measuremen you may see a message that says some of the measurements failed to upload correctly This may be because the wireless connection was not working correctly at some point during the study All of the which is described in the next section Figure 18 Failed Uploading Message Tap OK to continue and exit the program ts Message When you exit the program measurements are saved to a special file and should be uploaded by running the Failed File Handler program 3 On occ easur stored in special files so they can be uploaded at a later time At the end of the udy you ma ents failed to upload and it structed you to run the Fail File Handler program This program will find all of the easurements from recent studies that did not upload correctly and resubmit these measurements the database correctly a Open the Fail File Handler Press Run to Upload the failed F are being uploaded will be listed in the Status Box as they Failed File Handler Program asion some of the data is not correctly uploaded to the database These faile
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