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Focus 800 General description This document describes how to configure the bk5000 or the Flex Focus 800 for communication with the Medtronic. The BK Medical Ultrasound device can be connected to the Medtronic system via the Intraoperative Data port using an Ethernet network cable. The communication is performed via the OEM protocol of the BK Medical Ultrasound device.
Installation preparations 1. The BK Medical Ultrasound device must be equipped with the following items: Scanner Flex Focus 800 bk5000 SW Version (min.) 4.10.x 5.14.8 Medtronic related UA1518 Neuro Pro UA2340 Medtronic Neuro Navigation License keys (for all systems) Required End user One of following keys: ...
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Flex Focus 800 2. Connect the DVI cable from Medtronic System to the DVI port on the bk5000 / Flex Focus 800 3. Start the BK Medical Ultrasound device and Medtronic system 4. On your bk5000 / Flex Focus 800, click on [Image] tab 5.
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Note: for being able to communicate, the IP address of the Medtronic Navigation systems’ Intraoperative Data port and the IP address of the BK Medical Ultrasound device need to be in the same subnet and need to have the same subnet mask! You can use e.g. the same IP address +/- 1 at the end [e.g.
Change Video settings. On your bk5000 / Flex Focus 800, click on [Image] tab Click on [Advanced] button Click on [Customize] Click on [System] tab Click on [Video I/O] tab Set Video Output Mode to Passive Display Set Font Size to Medium...
2 Firewall Configuration You need to open a firewall exception on the BK Medical Ultrasound device for port 7915 to enable the communication via OEM protocol between navigation system and BK Medical Ultrasound device. An instruction to configure a firewall exception on the two BK Medical Ultrasound device is described below.
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2.2 Enable Ping on bk5000 1. Enable pinging between the systems by enabling echo request in ICMP. 2. Go to the [Advanced Settings], as seen before. Then select the “Inbound Rules” list. 3. Find the rule “File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-In)”.
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5. Check and see if there is an “OEM” or “Console OEM” rule that allows port 7915. If there is not, you will have to select [Add Port]. 6. Add a new port for the local port 7915 called “OEM” with type “TCP”.
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3 Coexistence with Varian or Demo license for Flex Focus 800 If you have a Varian License or a Varian Demo license on your BK Medical Ultrasound device, there is a setting that you need to adjust for every pro package of every transducer: 1.
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