Service manual

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System Procedures
Routine Backup and Maintenance Procedures
This section describes the backup and maintenance
procedures routinely performed by instrument operators
and hospital service personnel.
The chart below defines the scenarios where a specific
procedure is necessary.
Operator Responsibilities
The system user is responsible for performing the
following set of procedures on a scheduled basis.
Following this schedule ensures successful day-to-day
functioning of the instrument.
All customers who attend VIASYS Neurocare EEG
instrument training are taught these procedures.
Service Responsibilities
Before starting a software installation, update, or repair,
you are responsible for making sure the customer has
archived any patient files and has backed up the
database. If you are unsure of the database backup
status, you may need to perform this procedure yourself.
Item Procedure Schedule
1. Check Hard Disk Space Daily
2. Archive Patient Data Weekly, or more often, based on the amount of
hard drive space.
3. Run Database Checks and Backup the Database Weekly
4. Run Disk Cleanup and Defragment the Hard
Drive
Bi-Weekly or Monthly
5. Back up Unique System Settings Files After you create or modify any application settings
files, such as montage files.