Activ8 Professional User manual

Professional
ENGINEERIN
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Specicaons are subject to change without noce. © 2016 All Rights Reserved
John F Kennedylaan 3, 5555XC, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands
support@acv8all.com
version 2.5
CONNECT YOUR ACTIV8
Connect the Acv8 tracker to a PC using
the USB adaptor.
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
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION
The Acv8 Recording Tool only supports Windows OS.
Insert your Acv8 tracker in your PC and click the link
on the drive, or manually insert the follwing link in your
default browser:
hps://www.acv8all.com/downloads/professional/acv8-pro-redirect.html
Download, store and unzip Acv8RecordingTool.exe. By
default it will be stored in your Downloads folder.
Discard the warning “not commonly downloaded and
could be dangerous”.
1START THE RECORDING TOOL
Click to install the Acv8 Recording Tool. The applicaon
can be trusted.
Click on ‘more info’ if the Windows protects your PC screen
pops up and select run anyway.
The Acv8 Recording tool is now ready for use.
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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
Interval: 1/5 minute(s)
Conguraon: MET/Sec or
Raw/Counts
Status bar
stopped, not connected,
measuring
4

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
driver & Acv8 Recording Tool installed as described in
step 1-4.
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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
SETUP A MEASUREMENT
Enter User Sengs
Client name, date of birth,
gender, height & weight.
Enter Feedback Sengs
Show LED’s: show the progress
indicator on the device?
Oponal: set daily target.
Measurement Sengs
Defaults: Interval: 5min,
Conguraon: MET’s - seconds
Note: for advanced use there
is the opon under Recording
to store raw XYZ values at
12.5Hz
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(measuring)
START A MEASUREMENT
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(measuring)
Press the Start Recording but-
ton to start the measurement.
Conrm in the status bar that
the measurement started
correctly “Device connected
(measuring)”
You can now safely remove the
device & close the applicaon.
Note: when its not possible to
start the measurement (start
buon greyed out) drivers are
most likely not correctly in-
stalled, please check the driver
folder for problem solving.