
ABP Report Management System Operations Manual
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Click
Acquire Monitor Data
to upload the patient data to the ABP Report Management System.
The ABP Report Management System provides status messages area beneath the
Acquire Monitor Data
button.
If the ABP Report Management System does not detect the monitor, it may be necessary to select
the serial communications port for the monitor. Select the
Select Com Port
check box to activate
the list box. Select an item from the list box and then click
Acquire Monitor Data
.
Note:
•
If the monitor is not properly connected to the system, two error messages will appear.
Click OK to close the messages, and properly connect the monitor to the system.
•
To initialize the monitor over the modem, select Modem under Select Communication
Mode.
Once the data transfer is complete (indicated by a fully shaded progress bar), click
Next
. The
Enter Patient Demographic Information
dialog box appears.
Entering Patient Demographic Information
Figure 4-2: Acquisition Wizard — Patient Demographics
If you entered patient information during monitor initialization, this information will appear
automatically in the
Enter Patient Demographic Information
dialog box.
If the edit boxes in this dialog box are empty but the patient has been tested before, the
information for the patient may already exist in the ABP Report Management System. Refer to
If the patient is new, you must manually enter text into the text boxes. Continue with the
instructions in