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5.
Press the measurement button:
Single mode:
Press the button briefly (1 second) and you hear a short beep, repeat
it to take one measurement at a time till you hear a long beep and
see the Done light (17) illuminated on the back panel (Figure 5).
Series mode:
Keep the measurement button down to obtain the sequence of
six measurements till you hear a long beep and see the Done light
illuminated on the back panel. The button must be pressed for at
least 3 seconds (Figure 29).
6.
If an error occurs, press the Measure button briefly (1 second) and
continue the measurement. See also section 13 Troubleshooting.
7.
If both eyes are measured repeat above steps under 11.3 and 11.4
using your other eye.
8.
Press the power button for three seconds to turn the tonometer off.
The probe slides out of the probe base. Note that the tonometer
will power off automatically if unused for 3 minutes.
9.
Remove and discard the used probe properly.
12. TRANSFERRING THE MEASUREMENT DATA
The tonometer stores information on every complete measurement sequence
of six measurements. The stored information includes the calculated
final eye pressure reading in mmHg, time and date of the measurement,
identification of the eye (right or left) and the quality level of the
measurement. Uploading is easy:
1.
Start Icare software in your mobile device or PC (Figure 30).
2.
Connect the tonometer to the mobile device or PC using the USB cable.
The Load and Measure lights will flash. If no lights flash or the SERVICE
and BATTERY lights flash, reconnect the USB cable.
3.
The internal clock of the tonometer is automatically updated to the
mobile device's or PC's time by the Icare software at this point (Figure 31).
More information about Icare software
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13. TROUBLESHOOTING
The tonometer automatically monitors and controls the measurement
position and speed of the probe during the measurements, and indicates
errors with sounds and lights. The following table instructs you in error
situations and explains what the different lights and sounds mean. All the
back panel indicator lights are presented in the list after the table.
Error light
Battery
(Figure 32)
Battery light
is flashing
Probe base
light is solid
red (Figure 33)
Error
Reason
sound
No
Battery is soon
empty.
No
Battery is
empty.
No
Too much
vertical tilt.
Action
Prepare to change batteries.
Change batteries.
1. Press the measurement
button again to clear the error
message.
2. Position the tonometer
horizontally so that the probe
base light is green.
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