User's Manual
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6. MovetheClinicalProgrammermagnetovertheNSdeviceinacircularmotiontoconnect.
The indicator status bar on the bottom left of the screen will display “Connected” if the connection
attemptis successful.IftheProgrammercouldnotcommunicatewiththeNSdevice,anerrormessage
willappear
and“Disconnected”willbedisplayedinthestatusbar.
NOTE:Ifafter2minutestheClinicalProgrammerhasfailedtocommunicatewiththeNSdevice,the
programmer will automatically cancel the connection attempt. Try to commu nicate with the NS
device by pressing the “Connect” button again moving the magnet symbol
on the Clinical
ProgrammerovertheNSdeviceinacircularfashion.
Whenasuccessfulconnectionisestablished,theProgrammerchimesandtheNSdevicewillbequeried.
7. ForthedurationoftheprogrammingsessionkeeptheClinicalProgrammerwithin6feetofthe
NSdevice.Movingtheprogrammertoo
farawaymaycausetelemetryconnectiontobelost.
BacktoMainMenu
LocatedatthebottomrightsideoftheProgrammerConnectwindow,the“Exit”buttonisusedtoreturn
totheMainMenu.
Navigationandscreenelements
NeurostimulatorDashboard
Once the selected NS device is connected to the Clinical
Programmer,theNSDashboardisdispl a yed inthescreen’s
headerproviding:
• PatientID:thepatient’sIDNumber.
• Stimulator Serial Number: the NS device’s serial
number.
• Alerts button: The button turns orange when any
ofthe NSSystemAlertsbecomeactive.Whenthe
“Alerts” button is orange, press the button to
displaya windowshowingdetails ofallthe System
Alerts.An example of the screenshot is shown to
theright.