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PowerView Compliance Software
How to download a MEMS monitor and
enter basic data
First steps
For more detailed information, please refer to the PowerView tutorial
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1. Connect the communicator to the PC
Serial port
MEMS IV
Connect the
communicator with
the adapter cable to
your power supply
system
MEMS V
Serial port
MEMS 6
USB port
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2. Turn it on
Turn on power at
the communicator
(flip the power
switch on the back
of the
communicator
MEMS IV
MEMS V
Look for the
green light in
the middle. If
it is not
illuminated,
check the
electric
connections
No switch
necessary for
USB connection
MEMS 6
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3. Read a MEMS
A green light on the communicator indicates that it is ready to read the data.
Put monitor upside down inside circular area of the communicator.
Click on ‘Read and Display…’, press F2 or click on the ‘Read and Display’ icon.
Select the communication port and the device or press on ‘Auto detect’ to let the system find
the connected device.
Press on ‘Read’ to start download. A yellow light on the communicator indicates that the
download is in progress.
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‘OVERWRITE DATA’ message will appear if this monitor has been read at least once before
in the software.
Select ‘No’ if you want to add new monitor data to the existing one. This is the normal
case.
Select ‘Yes’ if you wish to erase all existing data for this patient and to replace it with the
content of the monitor.
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4. Enter patient data
Two fields are important in the left
part of ‘Patient data’:
Timezone: it determines in which
time zone the MEMS was used. All
times recorded in the MEMS will be
converted to this time zone. The
default value can be set in the
configuration of the application
Patient number: it allows to link
the monitor data to a patient. The
software will not allow to use twice
the same patient number.
All other fields are only descriptive
and not mandatory.
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5. Enter drug and regimen
PowerView calculates and displays compliance data for
a specific period of time. As a default value, PowerView
suggests the period from the first event recorded in the
monitor to the last one. You can overwrite the begin and
the end of the observation period. The observation
period can be changed at any time since all data are
always transferred from the monitor during the reading.
You can select a drug from the list. If it doesn’t exist, you
can define a new one by clicking on ‘…’, entering a name
and selecting ‘Define a new drug name’.
Duration of action is only important for some results like
‘Uncovered hours’ and ‘Drug holidays’. If you are unsure,
leave it on ‘<default>’
The regimen is very important. In most of the cases you
can leave it on ‘Fixed’ and select how many times a day
the patient is supposed to take his medicine.
Quantity per dose is only descriptive.
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6. Display results
Click on ‘Display results…’ to display the data of the patient: patient data, compliance
results and graphs.
The different graphs
can be selected and
ordered in the
application
configuration.
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7. Print compliance report
Click on ‘Print report…’ to preview and print the compliance report.
The different graphs
and results can be
selected and
ordered in the
application
configuration.
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8. Read next monitor
Click on ‘Close’ to quit the display function and to go back to the main screen. You can start
a new monitor download by step 3 or quit PowerView.
If you need help or have further questions please …
Use the on-line Help
or
Open the tutorial
or
Use our international toll free number
+800 227.339.00 during business hours
(Swiss time), or by e-mail to our technical
support [email protected]
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