Using The Nightowl Sensor; Turning The Sensor On And Off - Ectosense NightOwl Healthcare Professional Manual

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In Offline Mode, memory is constrained to 30 hours of recording.
After 10 hours, the sensor will automatically turn off to preserve memory. Upon reaching full
memory, the sensor will overwrite the oldest recording present on the memory.
NightOwl® Diagnostic System
Ectosense makes available the Ectosense Healthcare Professional app to download the data off the
Sensor over a BLE 5 connection using an Android smartphone or tablet.
This app also allows to associate the sensor with a patient.
5 Using the NightOwl

5.1 Turning the sensor on and off

Turn on the sensor by firmly pressing the push button using your nails for at least 0.5 seconds. The sensor
will vibrate and the Optical Module will start to emit red light.
The indicator light will briefly turn green (0.5 seconds) to indicate that no data is left on its memory. If this
light appears, the sensor can be provided to a new patient without the risk of overwriting prior recording
sessions still stored on the memory.
If the indicator light blinks purple, the sensor does not contain a sufficient battery charge for a 10 hour
recording and will require to be recharged first (see 16 Charging).
Turning the sensor on will put the sensor in Streaming Mode in which it will try to establish a BLE
connection with a qualified smartphone app. Absent such connection, it will automatically proceed to
Offline Mode and start loggings data on the sensor memory. Upon establishing a Bluetooth connection,
the indicator lights will turn blue for 2 seconds.
Turn off the sensor by firmly pressing the button until the Optical Module ceases to emit red light.
NightOwl® Diagnostic System
In Online Mode and using the NightOwl® Companion app, the sensor will be turned off automatically
when the patient indicates on the app to be awake, and there is no further need to turn the sensor
off manually.
Instructions for Use – NightOwl
Sensor
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