Activ8 Professional activity level tracker User manual

Professional
Specicaons are subject to change without noce. © 2014 All Rights Reserved
John F Kennedylaan 3, 5555XC, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands
support@acv8all.com
CONNECT YOUR ACTIV8
Connect the Acv8 tracker to a PC using
the USB adaptor. A window will open.
Note: the rst me you connect it may take a minute
before the window opens.
IMPORTANT
Make sure you are fully charged at all mes.
Charging : red light is on. Fully charged: red light is o.
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CHECK ACTIVITY LEVEL
Clients can check their acvity level by turning the Acv8
tracker up and down. The device will show progress
towards the set daily target.
Note: disable the display completely by entering a target
of 0 kcal.
It’s recommended to recharge the baery at least every
3-4 weeks to secure measured acvity data!
charge indicator
START THE RECORDING TOOL
Open the folder “Acv8 Recording Tool” on your desktop
and doubleclick “Acv8.exe” to start the Acv8 recording
tool applicaon.
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DOWNLOAD APPLICATION
Open the following link in your default browser:
Download, store and unzip Acv8RecordingTool.zip
on your desktop. Discard the warning “not commonly
downloaded and could be dangerous”.
1INSTALL DRIVER
Open the folder “Desktop\Acv8 Recording Tool\driver”
and right-click on the le “atmel_devices_cdc.inf” and
select “Install”.
In case you get a security warning, click “OPEN”, when
you get the queson “Do you want the following pro-
gram to make changes to your computer?”, click “YES”.
You should see a message that the operaon was com-
pleted successful.
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RECHARGE THE ACTIV8
And you are ready to start recording again....
Note: to calculate the absolute me in seconds from the
relave me add up all 6 relave mes (typicall between
270 and 420). This value always corresponds to 300 sec-
onds. Use this to correct the relave mes for the 6 ac-
vies
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STOP A MEASUREMENT
Insert the Acv8 device in same computer that was used
to start the measurement. Start the Acv8 Recording
tool as described in step 4. Press the “Stop Recording”
buon. The measurement istops, which is conrmed
by the status bar “Device connected (stopped)”. The
Acv8 recording tool asks on what locaon to store the
measurement.
Note: during a recording the Acv8 device is not acces-
sible. A recording can only be stopped on a PC with the
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WEARING THE ACTIV8
Acv8 should be worn in the pocket of you trousers for
the automac acvity classicaon to work reliably.
Note: the device should at all mes be at against the
upper leg, and posioned from the front of the upper
leg to about 45 degrees to the side. When using wide
pockets like pants of suits or for high reproducability of
measurements it is recommended to use the oponal
leg strap.
Note: when wearing Acv8 properly sensivity and
specicity of the acvity recognion is over 90% for
healthy people (publicaon available on request).
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MEASUREMENTS DETAILS
The measurement csv le should look like
The rst line shows the person ID and the biometric
data.
Each subsequent line contains a summary of the last 5
minutes. In the following format:
• date (year-MM-DD)
• me (HH:MM:SS)
• Relave me lying, sing, standing, walking,
cycling, running
• Intensity of each category (in order lying, sing,
walking, cycling, running) in M.E.T. or counts.
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John Doe;05/07/1983 00:00:00;True;190;96;0
2012-10-12 11:37:52;0;289;0;9;0;0;0;138;197;480;0;700
2012-10-12 11:42:24;0;113;6;166;1;11;0;299;166;417;613;700
2012-10-12 11:47:25;0;134;12;139;8;4;0;292;173;414;586;717
2012-10-12 11:52:26;0;166;21;108;0;3;0;278;144;436;0;728
2012-10-12 11:57:24;0;152;0;133;6;6;0;247;197;449;860;700
2012-10-12 12:02:26;0;300;0;0;0;0;0;101;0;0;0;0
RECORDING TOOL
Open, Save recording,
Show Graph, Report,
Start / Stop Recording
User Sengs
used for auto BMR
calculaon
Feedback Sengs
Device LED’s on/o
Day Target in % / kcal
Measurement Sengs
Measurement Interval: 1/5 minute(s)
Conguraon: MET/Sec or Raw/Counts
Status bar
stopped, not connected, measuring
5START A MEASUREMENT
SETUP
User Sengs
Fill in: Client name, birth, gender,
height & weight.
Feedback Sengs
Do you want clients to see the indicator
on the device?
Oponally a daily target can be entered,
so the client can see on the device if the
target has been achieved.
Measurement Sengs
Select measurement interval: 5 min
(default) & conguraon:
MET’s - secs (default)
START MEASUREMENT
Press the Start Recording buon to start
the recording.
Conrm the Acv8 started measuring!
Status bar: Device connected (measuring)
You can now safely remove the device
and close the applicaon.
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(measuring)