Quickstart - FINAPRES Finometer Model-2 User Manual

1.3

Quickstart

This chapter describes step by step how to make a first measurement with Finometer®
Model-2 and how to sample an external signal during a finger pressure measurement.
Before you start a first measurement please read the "Warnings, cautions and protective
measures" in chapter 2. Then do the following:
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Connect the power cable at the rear of the Finometer.
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Plug the power cable into a grounded AC power outlet.
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Switch Finometer on, the switch is at the rear. The Starting message will appear on
the LCD display.
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Observe the error message that may show up on the LCD display on Finometer®
Model-2 when the Frontend Unit is not yet connected.
• Take the Finometer Frontend Unit and cable (see Figure 1.2) and
insert the Frontend Unit connector straight into the receptacle at
the Finometer® Model-2 front left, (see Figure 1.1 The Frontend
Unit and ECG cable connectors). The red dot should point upwards.
The connector must go in straight and smoothly and must be
seated firmly and with a click. By pulling smoothly at the cable try
to pull the connector out. This should fail.
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Install BeatScope® Easy onto your laptop or PC.
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Connect the PC to Finometer® Model-2 via the serial I/O port, using the RS232
cable.
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Run the BeatScope® Easy software.
Your system is set up. It is time to turn to your subject.
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