Ponemah 6.x Getting Started Guide for Implantable Telemetry - Step 3 – Data Sciences International

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Step 3: Implant Configuration (SoHo)

Configuration

The SoHo Configuration allows you to add SoHo implants to the system and associate them with the appropriate SoHub for data collection.

To begin your configuration process:

Activate the implants to be added to this configuration per the procedure described in Implant Activation of the SoHo Telemetry Platform Section.
Select an available SoHub from the Configuration tab’s List View to associate implants to.

Each SoHub will have a circular icon indicating current status:

	Connected – a green colored icon with checkmark indicates the SoHub is synchronized and ready.
	Not Connected – a red colored icon with exclamation mark indicates the SoHub was previously detected but is not currently available. It may have been unplugged.
	Synchronizing – a yellow colored, time icon indicates the SoHub is attempting to synchronize to the computer. This is rare and may require a re-connect of the SoHub.

3. Select the Search for Implants… button

The Search for Implants dialog will open and automatically begin searching for implants that are powered ON and within range. The dialog displays the count of implants that are selected, found, and the total number of known implants.

Note: The Known Implants line will list the number of SoHo implants that have been found during this configuration session.

4. Implants that are detected by the SoHub will be displayed in the Implants Found column.

5. Drag-and-drop the desired implants individually from the Implants Found column to the Implants Selected column to assign the implant to this SoHub. Implants may be multiselected and added all at once using the Add button.

6. Click OK when the desired SoHo implants are added to the SoHub (up to 16). The Search For Implants window will close and implants will be displayed with the associated SoHub in the List View.

Implants can have the following status:

	Searching for Implant – a yellow colored icon with question mark indicates the SoHub was previously communicating with the implant but it has lost connection and is waiting to re-connect.
	Standby – a green colored icon with checkmark indicates the implant is currently connected to the SoHub.
	Powering Off – A purple colored power-button icon indicates the implant is currently powering off. This is status is temporary for up to 8 seconds as an implant fully powers off.
	OFF – A red colored icon indicates the implant is in the configuration but is in OFF mode.

SoHo Configuration Details

Multiple layers of information are contained in the SoHo Hardware Configuration dialog, each accessed using the List View on the left side. The SoHub Configuration column lists the entire setup in an expandable tree structure. The SoHubs are listed with their assigned implants nested underneath.

Note: The tree structure can be expanded and contracted by clicking on the arrows immediately to the left of the individual line items. Hover the mouse cursor over any line item in the Configuration box to activate an information pop-up with that device’s key status condition.

The SoHub Configuration is the first line in the List View. The List View can also be used to access the following information:

SoHub Details
Implant Details
Channel Details

SoHub Details

The SoHub Details view can be accessed by left-clicking on any of the SoHubs in the List View.

SoHub Details include:

SoHub Details Fields	Description
A. SoHub Name:	Click in the SoHub Name box to change the name of the SoHub. This name is saved in the current protocol but not on the SoHub itself.
B. About:	Shows important information including SoHub model, serial number, COM port and Firmware. This same information is available by hovering the mouse cursor over the line item in the List View.
C. Configured Implants:	Lists the current implants paired with the SoHub
D. Search for Implants…	Allows the user to search for implants that are powered ON and in range.
E. Remove Implant(s)	Allows the user to select the implants from the Configured Implants list and remove them from the configuration.
F. Remove SoHub	Removes the selected SoHub from the configuration. A new configuration will need to be started to add the SoHub back.
G. Turn Off Implant(s)	Turns off ALL implants that are associated with the selected SoHub.
H. Label:	Allows selection of one of six number labels, which correspond to the circular numbered stickers that are provided in the SoHub packaging.

Implant Details

The Implant Details can be accessed by left-clicking on any of the implant names in the List View. The Implant Details view contains implant information, as well as some important interactive features.

Implant Details contains the following information:

Implant Details Fields	Description
A. Implant Name:	User may rename the implant by selecting the Set Implant Name… button. In the displayed dialog, enter the desired name in the text field and select OK. The name specified here is used by Ponemah as the Subject Name when automatically creating the Subject upon clicking Save & Exit within this dialog.
B. Enabled:	This check box will toggle the implant between ‘Enabled’ and ‘Disabled’ modes. The Enabled mode allows the software system to record, store, and analyze data from the implant. WARNING: if the implant is not Enabled, the implant will still be powered ON and in communication with the system, but no data from the implant will be acquired.
C. About:	Important information including model, serial number, firmware version, Uplink (UL) RSSI, Downlink (DL) RSSI, Retries as well as status. This same information is available by hovering the mouse cursor over the line item in the List View. NOTE: The RSSI values indicate signal strength. A more negative number indicates lower strength, while a less negative number (closer to zero) is a higher strength. A value above -90 is preferred to prevent data loss.
D. Active Channels E. Inactive Channels	These columns allow the user to select which data collection channels are activated in the implant. Active Implant Channels collect physiologic and diagnostic data and transmit the data through the acquisition system to be stored in the data acquisition computer. Inactive Channels do not collect data as those channels are disabled.
F. Turn Implant Off	Allows the user to remotely switch the implant to the OFF mode. See Implant Deactivation in the SoHo Telemetry Platform section of this manual for the process. WARNING: Once the implant is switched OFF, it cannot be remotely returned to the ON mode. The implant can only be turned ON by physically passing a magnet close to the device. See the Implant Activation section of the manual for the process.
G. Save As Template: H. Apply Templates…	This allows the user to identically configure a group of implants with the same channel arrangement. Once the channel configuration is set for one of the implants, the user can save the implant configuration as a Template and apply that configuration template to all similar implants in the current configuration. To create a Model Template: Select an implant from the SoHub Configuration column on the left side of the screen. Use the Active and Inactive Channels dialog to configure the implant in the manner you wish to save as a Template. Click the Save As Template button. You will be offered a confirmation message “Are you sure you want to replace the template …?” Click Yes to confirm. NOTE: Only one Model Template can be saved per implant model type. To apply a saved Model Template to other implants in the SoHub Configuration List View: Click the Apply Templates… button in the lower left corner of the window to open the Apply Implant Channel Configuration screen. Use the drop-down menu under Choose implant or template to apply: to select the saved template you wish to apply to the other implants. It is also possible to copy the channel configurations from one implant to another provided they are the same model type. In the Apply channel configuration to: dialog box, select the individual implants to which the template should be applied. Select the implants using the check boxes next to the implant label. The Select All check box can be used to select/deselect all implants in the dialog box. Click OK to apply the saved template configuration. A Confirm Operation dialog is offered as a precaution, click OK to accept.
I. Information	Provides the user with instructions on actions to perform on that Details page.

Channel Details

Implant Channel Details are accessed by selecting a Channel associated with an implant from the SoHub Configuration List View. Click on the arrow icon to the left of implant name within the List View display the implant Channels. The current “active” channels are listed in bold text in the List View once the tree structure is fully expanded. The inactive channels are listed in italic text.

Channel Details contain the following information:

Channel Details Fields	Description
A. Description	Allows the user to change the name of the channel. Channel name is not saved to the device and will revert to its default name in new configurations.
B. Implant Name	Displays the implant name.
C. Enabled	This check box will toggle the Input channel between ‘Enabled’ and ‘Disabled’ modes. The Enabled mode allows the software system to record, store, and analyze data from the Input channel.
D. Signal Type	Allows the user to define which signal type should be used for the particular implant channel. These will default to the most common signal types based on the implant model selected. This is important because the signal type defined here is used to automatically define the Analysis Module assigned to the channel.
E. Sample Rate	Allows the user to define a unique sampling rate to each implant channel.
F. Upper/Lower Range	Used to determine the range of values that can be represented in a stored waveform. Data values outside this range will be marked as bad when they are saved.
G. Information	Provides the user with instructions on actions to perform on that Details page.

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