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  • Page 1 ™ vPad-TI Transport Incubator Tester Operating Manual MN-120...
  • Page 3 Transport Incubator Tester Operating Manual © 2019 Datrend Systems Inc. 130-4020 Viking Way Richmond, BC • CANADA • V6V 2L4 Tel: 800.667.6557 (North America Only) or 604.291.7747 • Fax 604.294.2355 e-mail: customerservice@datrend.com...
  • Page 5 2019-Jan-24 Copyright Datrend Systems Inc. (“DSI”) agrees to a limited copyright release that allows you to reproduce manuals and other printed materials for use in service training programs and other technical publications. If you would like other reproductions or distributions, submit a written request to Datrend Systems Inc.
  • Page 6 Warranty and Product Support Datrend Systems Inc. ("DSI") warrants this instrument to be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for one (1) year from the date of original purchase. This warranty will be automatically extended to a maximum of two (2) years from the date of original purchase provided that calibration is performed on an annual basis by a Datrend Authorized Service Center (refer to Chapter 7 of this manual).
  • Page 7 In the event that the seal must be broken to gain internal access to the instrument (e.g., in the case of a customer-installed firmware upgrade), you must first contact Datrend Systems. You will be required to provide us with the serial number for your instrument as well as a valid reason for breaking the Quality Seal. You should break this seal only after you have received factory authorization.

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    2.6 vPad-TI Software ........
  • Page 10 OPERATING MANUAL 7 Calibration and Maintenance ......... . . 73...
  • Page 11 OPERATING MANUAL Abbreviations, Definitions and Symbols The following abbreviations, terms and acronyms are used throughout this manual: ACTRE Air Control Temperature Regulation Error Average Incubator Temperature Average Temperature of Temperature Sensor X, where X = 2 - 5 Air Velocity Background Sound Level °...
  • Page 12 A display system for the test instrument (vPad-TI) which relies Interface on graphics to a large extent to display information. In the case of vPad-TI, this is an Android tablet (10") with and Android type operating system (5.1.1), or equivalent Incubator Clause 201.3.205: an enclosure, intended to contain a baby and...

  • Page 13: Specifications

    Note: Mains supply voltage fluctuations not to exceed +/- 10% of the nominal supply voltage. User Interface: vPad-TI is supplied with a 10" (nominal) Android tablet which has the vPad-TI application pre-installed and ready to run. The software is controlled by touching a function button on the graphical user interface (GUI) or, where applicable, by entering specific data via the keyboard.

  • Page 14: Data Collection Specifications

    OPERATING MANUAL 1.2 Data Collection Specifications Temperature: • Measurement Range: 25 °C - 50 °C • Accuracy: Ta: ± 0.05 °C • Resolution: 0.01 °C • Convection: 5 ‘puck’ sensors (T6 - T10) - radiant warmer • Air Conduction: 5 sensors (alternate ‘post’...

  • Page 15: Standard Accessories

    OPERATING MANUAL 1.3 Standard Accessories AC Adapter (all models): 100-240 VAC 50/60 Hz to 9 VDC (p/n 3000-611) Blade Sets kit for P/N 3000-611: P/N 7500-490 (Includes: North America; Europe/Schuko; United Kingdom; China/Australia) AA Battery, 1.2V 2300mAH: P/N 3310-012 1.4 Optional Accessories...
  • Page 16 OPERATING MANUAL Specifications/Chapter 1 # Page 4...

  • Page 17: General Information

    2 General Information 2.1 Overview vPad-TI is a portable data logging system for temperature, air flow, humidity, and sound level; specifically configured to test infant transport incubators and, optionally, incubators and radiant warmers to applicable IEC performance standards. The data collection system is designed to operate for up to 48 hours from a rechargeable 4.8VDC nickel-metal hydride (4 AA cells)

  • Page 18: Features

    Standard. vPad-TI provides the mechanical framework to hold the sensors in the appropriate locations, and provides the ability to adjust the framework to fit incubators of various sizes.
  • Page 19 OPERATING MANUAL Mattress Temperature Measures the temperature of the mattress Airflow Sensor Measures the flow of air, and can be moved as required. Held in place on the Puck magnetically. Sound Level Sensor Measures sound level. Can be moved within the...
  • Page 20 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 1: Wireless HUB - Left Side View Figure 2: Wireless HUB - Right Side View Figure 6: Mattress Temperature Sensor Figure 3: Figure 5: Figure 4: Sound Level Sensor Humidity Sensor Air Flow Sensor Overview/Chapter 2 # Page 8...

  • Page 21: Setup

    OPERATING MANUAL 2.4 Setup To test a transport incubator according to the Standard, the Sensor System must be placed on the mattress of the DUT with the Temperature Probe of the Hub in the center of the mattress, and the Temperature Probes of the remaining 4 Temperature Pucks placed in the center of each of the 4 quadrants of the mattress.
  • Page 22 Temperature Pucks for each of the other three quadrants are set up in the same manner. The fully assembled system is shown in Figure 9Figure 9. The vPad-TI Transport Incubator test system is now configured mechanically, according to the Standard, to take temperature and other measurements in the center of the incubator and in the center of each of the four quadrants of the mattress.
  • Page 23 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 9: Sensor Frame Fully Assembled In the Test Reports generated by the test software, the temperatures are referred to as Ta (1) for the center of the incubator, and Tb (2), Tc (3), Td (4) and Te (5) for each of the quadrants as shown in Figure 10.
  • Page 24 OPERATING MANUAL The cables from the individual Pucks will connect to the HUB as indicated in Figure 11, Figure 1 and Figure 2. Figure 11: Temperature Sensor Connection Locations The sensors for Sound, Airflow and Humidity also connect to the HUB, as indicated in Figure 1 and Figure 2.

  • Page 25: Power On

    Once turned ON, the HUB will wait for the tablet to initiate communications. 2.6 vPad-TI Software The vPad-TI software is pre-loaded on the tablet. When turned on, the tablet presents the Android Home screen, where selecting the vPad-TI icon will run the vPad-TI Application.

  • Page 26: Incubator

    OPERATING MANUAL 2.7 Incubator Primer Infant Incubators are a controlled temperature environment which are used to maintain the body temperature of newborns who, for various reasons, are unable to regulate their own body temperature. Incubators generally work in one of two modes: 1) air temperature control, or 2) body temperature control.

  • Page 27: Tablet Setup

    OPERATING MANUAL 3 Tablet Setup The following instructions relate to the tablet to be used with the vPad-TI transport incubator test system. The measurement hardware is placed inside the incubator, as described in the previous chapter, and communicates with the tablet via Bluetooth. The tablet will be paired with the measurement hardware and the vPad-TI App will be installed and activated prior to delivery, and should not need any further setup.
  • Page 28 • Esc: Escape out of the app you are in and return to the Home screen Figure 13: Tablet I/O Ports Switch the tablet OFF when vPad-TI will not be in use for an extended period of time. Press and hold the ON/OFF switch until a confirmation message appears on the tablet screen. Select the appropriate response to complete the Power Off sequence.

  • Page 29: Operation

    OPERATING MANUAL 4 Operation This chapter explains how to use vPad-TI to define performance tests and inspections on baby transport incubators, following a predefined sequence of steps referred to as an Autosequence. This chapter describes the software used to control the test operation and assumes that the hardware has been assembled and is in place in the Compartment of the incubator, as described in Chapter 4.1 HOME Screen...
  • Page 30 Press to launch the vPad Record Manager app. Use this app to copy, print, convert or delete Test Records saved by vPad-TI, ES, AS, NFPA, etc.. Press to access Settings. Use this menu to configure sound, display, touchscreen, and wireless setup.

  • Page 31: Startup

    Standard is revised.) As temperature tests tend to take a long time, vPad-TI has been designed to allow the user to define the particular subset of tests that are desired. This subset can be saved as a Autosequence (protocol) for future use.

  • Page 32: Global Settings

    OPERATING MANUAL 4.4 Global Settings The system and test setups are accessed from the Main Screen of the vPad-TI program as shown in Figure 15. Pressing the vPad-TI Settings portion of the screen will access the System Settings screen of Figure 16, which will allow modification of how the system will react or perform tests, in a general sense during tests.
  • Page 33 The tests performed by vPad-TI can be quite time consuming, therefore it is generally impractical to perform a safety test on an incubator and then do a performance test with the vPad-TI app, all as Operation/Chapter 4 # Page 21...
  • Page 34 (or even a performance inspection using vPad-Check, vPad- EQM or vPad-mT) with the test results of the vPad-TI app. If it is desirable to merge the electrical safety test record and vPad-TI performance record, check the box under .
  • Page 35 Language vPad-TI is designed to work in multiple languages. Changing languages is a function of the tablet. If a translation of the App is available, it will be automatically selected by changing the ‘native’ language of the tablet. Contact your dealer for further details on language availability.

  • Page 36: Create/Edit/Run Autosequences

    OPERATING MANUAL 4.5 Create/Edit/Run Autosequences Autosequences are a defined set of parameters to test during the incubator performance assurance procedure. Touching the Edit Autosequences quadrant on the main screen will provide a list of available Autosequences which can either be Edited, used as templates to create new Autosequences, or, be selected to Run directly.
  • Page 37 OPERATING MANUAL The Save button will save the defined Autosequence to a file with the filename given in the Sequence Name field. If the name is the same as the original name (eg. Editing an existing sequence), the existing file will be updated. If the Sequence Name has been changed, a new filename will be created.
  • Page 38 OPERATING MANUAL Noise Sound Level The Noise or Normal Sound Level (NSL) [clause 201.9.6.2.1.101 of the standard] requires that the sound pressure level (A weighted) shall be measured at a position of 10-15 cm above the center of the mattress, with a sound pressure level meter complying with Type III requirements of IEC Publication 651.
  • Page 39 For the high temperature level, the Standard recommends 36 °C, however, vPad-TI will allow testing at other temperatures. For the purposes of this manual this will be referred to as Control Temperature Regulation - Air (CTRA), and the requirements are described in clause 201.12.1.101 and 102 of...
  • Page 40 Skin Temperature Sensor (see Skin Sensor Accuracy test) is freely suspended 10 cm above the center of the mattress, next to the air temperature sensor of vPad-TI, Ta. The incubator mattress is set to the horizontal position and the incubator is allowed to reach STC and the AIT is calculated.
  • Page 41 STC is reached. vPad-TI will compare the manually entered value of humidity to the value measured by the vPad-TI Humidity Sensor . The control temperature should be set at a value between 32 °C and 36 °C for this test.
  • Page 42 OPERATING MANUAL Temperature Overshoot The Temperature Overshoot test demonstrates the ability of the temperature control component of the incubator to recover from a drop in temperature as might be experienced when a portal in the incubator is opened. Air Control Overshoot (ACO) is defined in clause 201.12.1.108 of the Standard.

  • Page 43: Run Test

    OPERATING MANUAL 4.6 Run Test In addition to running a test by selecting an autosequence from the Edit Autosequence screen, a test can be run by touching the Run Test quadrant of the main screen. The only difference is whether you select the Autosequence first through the Edit Autosequence list, or you select the Autosequence after you choose the incubator to test through the Run Test option.
  • Page 44 OPERATING MANUAL Once the mandatory information is entered, the OK button will be enabled. Touching the OK button will begin the actual test. Figure 26: Equipment Information Page As data is entered and accepted (by pressing OK) for the incubator inventory, a small database is created which will allow an incubator to be selected from a list, in the future.

  • Page 45: Running A Test

    5 Running a Test 5.1 Overview Once the required Autosequences have been designed and saved, vPad-TI is ready to run a test on an incubator. This chapter describes the software used to control the test operation and assumes that the hardware has been assembled and is in place in the Compartment of the incubator, as described in Chapter 2.
  • Page 46 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 30 Once the Bluetooth wireless connection is made to the DAT (Data Acquisition Device) the user must press to proceed with the actual test. This screen is just to confirm that wireless Continue communications have been established.
  • Page 47 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 35 This is a typical instruction screen, indicating any actions that must take place before proceeding. For the BSL test, place the sound level accessory module in the center of the mattress, on top of the HUB. The module will be held in place with magnets located in the sensor and the HUB’s large, black thermal mass.
  • Page 48 OPERATING MANUAL After the BSL has been measured and displayed, turn the Incubator ON at its minimum temperature setting, and press OK. The program will proceed to the next step in the NSL test. The Noise Sound Level test instruction screen is shown below in Figure 37. With the sound level sensor in the same position at the center of the mattress, and the incubator operating at minimum temperature, click on the Get Sound Level button.
  • Page 49 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 39: Noise Sound Level Measurement When the test Results are displayed, the user has the option of going forward to the Next Test, Repeat the test, or to Cancel All Tests. Repeat Test would be used if corrections could be made to the test setup to improve the results.

  • Page 50: Probe Test

    OPERATING MANUAL 5.3 Probe Test If a Baby Temperature Control test or a Skin Sensor Accuracy Test have been selected in an Autosequence, a Probe Test icon, , will appear in the upper right corner of the screen (as shown previously in Figure 37).
  • Page 51 The Skin Sensor Accuracy Test can be performed at temperatures from 28 °C to 40 °C in increments of 2 °C . The Oven is controlled by vPad-TI software when connected to the USB Host port. Once the Sensor has been correctly placed in the Oven, as indicated above, click the OK button to initiate the Sensor Test.
  • Page 52 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 45 If more than one temperature has been selected on the Autosequence, the test will begin with the lowest temperature value defined in the test. When the test starts, the screen will change to the Temperature Stabilization screen indicated in Figure 46. While this screen is displayed, the system is waiting for the Oven temperature to operate consistently within ±...
  • Page 53 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 47: Entering Skin Sensor Temperature If the Skin Sensor reading from the incubator and the Oven temperature agree to within 0.3 C the Sensor will display a PASS indication, otherwise it will display FAIL. Clicking the OK button will accept the result and continue on to the next temperature, if there is one, in the Autosequence.

  • Page 54: Air Flow/Air Velocity Test

    OPERATING MANUAL 5.4 Air Flow/Air Velocity Test In the Air Flow test, the air velocity is measured at four points, at the center of each of the four quadrants of the mattress. This coincides with the positions of Tb - Te for the temperature tests.
  • Page 55 OPERATING MANUAL When one air flow measurement has been completed, you will be prompted to move the sensor to the next position. Once in position, press to take the measurement. As each air velocity measurement is taken, it is compared to the maximum air velocity allowed by the standard, 0.35 m/s.

  • Page 56: Warm Up Time Test

    OPERATING MANUAL 5.5 Warm Up Time Test According to the standard, the manufacturer should stipulate a nominal warm up time (WT) for the incubator in the user manual, and when tested, the warm up time should not differ by more than 20%.
  • Page 57 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 54 When the WT has been determined, the option will be provided to end the test or allow the temperature data collection/graphing to continue, as per Figure 55. At this point the options are: OK end the test now, or Continue Test.
  • Page 58 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 56 At 60 minutes of , the dotted lines will change to solid lines, indicating that the full criteria for have been met. At this time, the countdown timer will begin (if it has been set to a value other than Continuous).

  • Page 59: Cold Ambient Temperature At 36°C

    OPERATING MANUAL Figure 58: Continue Warm Up Test If the option to Save Picture to JPG Afer Test has been enabled in the System Settings , the will include a filename of the JPG image of the temperature versus time graph. This Result filename will be included in the test report for reference.
  • Page 60 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 59: Cold Ambient Temperature Test Checklist Set up the test environment and on pressing OK, the tablet will initiate communication with the DAT inside the incubator. The tablet will then display the following set up parameters:...
  • Page 61 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 61 Once STC has been reached, the system will prompt you to disconnect the incubator from the external power supply and move the incubator to an environment where the ambient temperature is -5°C (±2°C ) is not more than 1 m/s...
  • Page 62 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 63 After 15 minutes, the incubator is to be moved back into the original test environment and the external power supply re-connected Figure 64 A second circle is placed on the temperature graph indicting the time & temperature of this transition.
  • Page 63 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 65 Once the test has finished, the results will be displayed as follows Running a Test/Chapter 5 # Page 51...

  • Page 64: Air Temperature Control Regulation Error(Actre) At 36

    OPERATING MANUAL 5.7 Air Temperature Control Regulation Error(ACTRE) at 36°C Working as an air controlled Transport Incubator, the average Transport Incubator Temperature must not differ from the control temperature by more than ± 2°C at an ambient temperature of between 10°C and 20°C and by no more that ±1.5°C at an ambient temperature of between 20°C...
  • Page 65 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 69 Once STC is achieved the results for the first stage of the test will be presented as follows: Figure 70 The test will then be repeated for the upper ambient temperature range (20°C ~ 30°C) and the...

  • Page 66: Air Temperature Control Test - High

    OPERATING MANUAL 5.8 Air Temperature Control Test - High An incubator must be able to maintain a desired air temperature within the Baby Compartment, and the air temperature must be reasonably uniform throughout the space. The Standard requires the incubator to be able to sustain a Steady Temperature Condition (STC) after WT is reached.
  • Page 67 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 73 In addition, the Incubator (air) Temperature and the Mattress Temperature will be displayed on a minute to minute basis. The Average Incubator Temperature and the Average Relative Humidity will not be displayed until STC is reached. During the time before STC is true, the buttons labeled Humidity Check and Temperature Check are also disabled (grayed out).
  • Page 68 Humidity Sensor. The value indicated by the incubator must be within 15% of the value measured by vPad-TI’s Humidity Sensor. Figure 75: Relative Humidity Input...

  • Page 69: Air Temperature Control Test - Low

    High test. Although the Standard does not dictate a temperature, it does recommend a temperature of 32 °C. vPad-TI will default to the recommended value when setting up the Low temperature value, but other temperatures may be selected. In the event that this test follows a test at a higher temperature, the instructions (see Figure 79) suggest that the doors or portals of the incubator be opened to allow the temperature to fall to at least 33 °C to reduce the time required for the test.
  • Page 70 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 79: Air Temperature Control - Low Running a Test/Chapter 5 # Page 58...

  • Page 71: Baby Temperature Control

    OPERATING MANUAL 5.10 Baby Temperature Control In the Baby Temperature Control Test the Skin Temperature Sensor of the incubator is suspended approximately 10 cm above the center of the mattress. In this test, the tests performed in the Air Temperature Control test are performed, along with a check to ensure the temperature measured by the Skin Temperature Sensor does not differ from the Control Temperature by more than 0.7 °C.
  • Page 72 OPERATING MANUAL dialog box, will be compared to the . If the Skin Temperature Check Control Temperature difference is less than 0.7 C, the Control Temperature Regulation - Baby (CTRB) will be considered a Pass. Figure 82: Baby Control Test - STC reached...

  • Page 73: Humidity And Temperature Checks

    OPERATING MANUAL Figure 84: Baby Temperature Control results Summary If the Humidity Check and/or the Temperature Check options have been selected in the definition of the Baby Temperature Control test, they will be enabled after STC is reached and values for these parameters can be input.

  • Page 74: Temperature Overshoot

    OPERATING MANUAL 5.12 Temperature Overshoot It is inevitable that, during operation at STC, a care giver will be required to open a portal or a door in the incubator and the incubator will lose temperature. The Standard prescribes how the incubator should be able to recover from this problem in the Temperature Overshoot test in section 8, clause 50.109.
  • Page 75 36 °C. This last requirement is a little unclear in the Standard, since STC is already defined as a condition that exists for 60 minutes. vPad-TI interprets the requirement of the Standard to mean the incubator must return to a condition that meets the requirements of STC, except for the 60 minute minimum time frame.
  • Page 76 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 90: Higher Temperature STC Complete, Countdown in Progress vPad-TI monitors the Average Incubator Temperature (IT) and checks to see that the Incubator Temperature does not differ from IT by more than 1.5 C. vPad-TI will display the length of time STC has been true using dashed green lines on the display.

  • Page 77: Alarm Sound Level - Inside

    OPERATING MANUAL Figure 92: Temperature Overshoot Test Graph 5.13 Alarm Sound Level - Inside The alarm sounds generated by an incubator have the potential to damage the infant’s hearing if they are too loud. The Standard defines in clause 201.9.6.2.1.103, that an alarm sound measured at a height of 10 - 15 cm above the center of the mattress must not exceed 80 dBA.

  • Page 78: Alarm Sound Level - Outside

    OPERATING MANUAL Figure 94 When the alarm sound measurement is complete, the result will be displayed as in Figure 95. Figure 95: Inside Alarm Sound Level 5.14 Alarm Sound Level - Outside In addition to the alarm sounds inside the incubator, alarms generated by the incubator must be loud enough to be heard by care givers outside of the incubator.
  • Page 79 OPERATING MANUAL Figure 96: Alarm Sound Level Instructions - Outside The Standard requires that the sound level of the alarm is at least 65 dBA at the prescribed position. When the alarm sound measurement is complete, the result will be displayed as in Figure 97.

  • Page 80: Saving Test Reports

    OPERATING MANUAL 5.15 Saving Test Reports When is pressed during an autosequence, the particular parameter test is considered to be Next Test last only complete. If this is the test being performed, the content of the Test Report is shown on the screen.
  • Page 81 OPERATING MANUAL electrical safety test reports that match the criteria, a message will be displayed at the bottom of the screen, and the test report will be saved to the vPad-TI test/Records folder. Figure 100: Test Report If one or more appropriate electrical safety test reports are found, the filenames will be presented in a dropdown list to allow selection of the correct report.

  • Page 82: Test Reports

    OPERATING MANUAL 6 Test Reports 6.1 Overview Test results are saved in two formats after the tests are completed, a summary report and a file containing all measured data points and comments collected during the test. 6.2 Recalling Records From the Main Screen test records can be recalled for viewing, printing and transfer by clicking on the Review Records image.

  • Page 83: View Raw Data

    OPERATING MANUAL From this screen it is possible to View the Test Results by touching on a filename. This will open vPad-RM (Record Manager) to display the contents of the selected file. Once in Record Manager other files may also be viewed, transferred or printed (see the Record Manager manual). Printing...

  • Page 84: Exporting Data

    OPERATING MANUAL Figure 104: Test Result Raw Data 6.4 Exporting data Test result files on the tablet may be exported to a USB memory stick, Dropbox™ or to another device via Bluetooth file transfer using the File Transfer Utility option. To select this, click on Copy to External device button and this will open the utility as shown below in Figure 105.
  • Page 85 604.291.7747 • Fax 604.294.2355 e-mail: customerservice@datrend.com vPad-TI should be cleaned with a soft, lint free, damp cloth. Use of cleaning agents may result in scratching, discoloration, or streaking. NOTE: All components of the vPad-TI system , including the tablet must be returned with vPad-TI, when the system is returned for Calibration.
  • Page 86 130-4020 Viking Way Richmond, BC • CANADA • V6V 2L4 Tel: 800.667.6557 (North America Only) or 604.291.7747 • Fax 604.294.2355 e-mail: customerservice@datrend.com...

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