User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- Getting started
- Important notices
- Contraindications
- Environmental condition of use
- EMC
- Overview of the manual
- System overview
- Portable unit
- Bluetooth PC module (option)
- Battery charger and batteries
- Turbine flowmeter, optoelectronic reader and wind cover
- Face mask and head cap
- Optoelectronic reader and wind cover
- HR probe
- Oximeter (option)
- Pressure regulator for calibration (option)
- USB cable
- Earphones
- O2 sensor
- Power supply
- System warm-up
- Installation
- K5 Operation
- System maintenance
- Appendix
K5 Operating modes
K5 is a versatile system. You can use it in the field or in the lab without any kind of limitation. Test can be carried out in the following three different
configuration:
• Holter Data Recorder
• Telemetry Data Transmission
• Laboratory Station
Holter Data Recorder
Using the system in the field without the PC, you can store data in the unit. The memory allows to store up to 2 million of breaths, when the test is
completed, the results can be downloaded to the PC via the USB cable or Bluetooth connection.
It is ideal operating modes if you need to test a patient difficult to monitor by Telemetry (i.e. climbing, long distances races, etc). The memory
capacity of the K5
is able to store data up to 2 million of breaths. The system saves data for each breath, hence time storing capacity depends on the
respiratory frequency.
Telemetry Data Transmission
The K5 unit contains a small Bluetooth module that allows to send data by telemetry. All data are transmitted to the PC, that must have the
Bluetooth enabled and must be associated in advance with the K5 unit. On the PC, the researcher can visualise data on line both in table and
graphic format. Anyway, tests are stored in the memory of the portable unit, thus in case of transmission interferences no data are lost. By using
the system with a PC, the software can also control and synchronise ergometers by using user defined exercise protocol.
This mode is useful in case you need to view the test in real time.
Laboratory Station
Although K5 has been designed for tests in the field, it can also be used as a conventional laboratory station as it offers the same features of the
best stand-alone devices. Under this operating mode the K5 Portable Unit is simply connected to the PC through the USB port and all tasks are
performed exactly like any conventional laboratory device. Anyway tests are stored on the memory of the portable unit as well.
You can also drive an ergometer if a second serial port is available in the PC.
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