EAR V.1.0
Auricular testing

USER’S MANUAL

SAFETY REGULATIONS

1) Usage of the device is authorized only after acquaintance with the given instructions.
2) Use the device to avoid fire, electrocution or injury. Keep the device away from children. Always supervise children near the device. Store the device indoors in a dry location. Do not use the device in or nearby water.
3) Most of our devices are made of plastic and could melt or burn if they come in contact with any heat source or other fire. Do not set up, use or store devices against or near any open flames, heaters, furnaces or other hot objects and do not place it under direct sunlight.

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing Auricular test software. You are about to discover the comfort and convenience of the software.
The present Maintenance Guide is intended for acquaintance with the rules and order of the electro-acupuncture testing and Auricular test software operation.
Auricular test software has been designed to be easy and simple to use and comes with a comprehensive guidance to maximize ease of use. The Maintenance Guide contains information necessary for correct software operation. You should read the manual carefully before using your software.

OVERVIEW OF THE SOFTWARE

Our software can be used to assess a whole body health via auricular points measurements and obtain information for proper subsequent influence that you use in your practice. The software is intended for getting system evaluation, for defining functional activity of organs and systems with the help pf electrical conductance measurements and problems’ correction with color and frequencies.

The main objective of the software to become integrated with a computer in a more user-friendly way for a practitioner. It allows the practitioner to send results of auricular points measurements directly to their PC and create automated and accurate information for providing patients with an objective, patient-friendly, graphical print out at each visit.
The direct reading from probe to computer saves the practitioner's time and allows to obtain analysis information of the entire body within a short time.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

The place of examination should be protected against the high-power sources of electromagnetic fields to avoid the interference in the measurement process. If there are other electrical devices which are the sources of electromagnetic fields, it is necessary to switch them off before person’s examination. The connection of the USB- port cable, electrodes for frequency correction, measuring active/passive probes and passive probe is realized only in dedicated for them jacks (sockets). The computer should be reliably grounded.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS TO EXAMINATION PROCEDURE:

An examinee should take off watches, rings, glasses with metallic items, jewelry which may interfere with the readings should be removed before examination. Hands and feet should not be moistened with oils, lotions or excessive perspiration. It is undesirable to take pills, alcohol, coffee affecting nervous system prior to the examination. Before taking a measurement wait for some time after drill, meal, etc. A person should be calm and relaxed. Don’t hold the passive electrode too firm or too loose as it can create altered measurements (too firm contact creates higher readings, too soft contact creates lower readings).

To create an accurate reading an examiner should not touch the examinee during measurement (only touching the measurement point by the active/passive probe, no physical contact). Make sure that the moistened cotton on the active/passive probe is in contact with metal of the probe. The moist cotton should not be too wet or too dry. It is appropriate to douse in water the active/passive probe to maintain cotton moistened during the test.
If the skin of the examinee is too moistened with oils, lotions or perspiration dab gently excess moisture avoiding friction over the hands. During measurement don’t press too hard or too gentle on the examined points.

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

Electric cardiac pacemaker; coagulation failure; congenital deformity of central nervous system; implantable cardio stimulator; individual intolerance to current electricity; injury on a skin after electro stimulation; state of acute psychic excitement or intoxication (alcohol), pregnancy.

DISCLAIMER AND LIABILITY

The unit is used under the sole responsibility of the user without liability to the manufacturer. We assume no liability for damage or loss resulting from misuse, mishandling of any software component. We make no guarantees or warranties with respect to the contents or the use of this manual and/or software.

The information provided in this manual is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other health care professional. You should not use the information in this manual for diagnosis or treatment of any health problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment. You should consult with a health care professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health problem. You should not stop taking any medication without first consulting your physician

Preparation for the software operation

Place and mount the device according to safety measures and general instructions of the present manual in a following order:
· place the device elements and PC on the workplace;
· connect USB port cable to the free input/output of the computer.
· Install the drivers copied from CD provided together with the device and software.

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

Put the CD with “EAR v.1.0” software into CD-ROM drive.
To copy the software from the CD on the hard drive of the computer, locate the installation file. Open it with the left click of the mouse and the installation process begins.

The software is ready to be installed on your computer. Click the button to continue the installation wizard.

To proceed with the installation check the box to accept the terms of the license agreement. After checking the box click

The software informs you that it is ready to be installed on your computer. Press the button.

When the software is successfully installed on your computer you will that IstallShield Wizard informs you about successful installation.

Press the button to complete the installation.

You will see the icon of the software on your desktop.

STARTING AND EXITING EAR v.1.0
Auricular Test software

Before running the software make sure that the device is connected to the computer. Make sure that USB-cable is plugged into USB-port of the computer and the other end of the cable to the device’s jack. A short sound signal is generated if the device is on.

To start the program, click on the software’s icon.

The Introductory window will appear on your screen.

If there is no information about patients in the database, you will see an empty “Clients” field. Before starting a test, add the patient to the database.
If client information is already in the database, it appears in the Introductory window of the client list.
If you want to exit from the program click the on the button, which is in the program Title Bar.

ELEMENTS OF THE SOFTWARE’S MAIN WINDOW

After the start of the program the Introductory window appears on the screen. Some elements are typical for all windows in Windows, some are specific for the device’s software.

TITLE BAR

The Title bar is on the top of the program window, the name of the program (in our case «EAR» ) is indicated in Title bar. The title bar is always highlighted by a blue color. It indicates which window is active at the given moment.

The window control buttons on the right in the title bar allow you to: minimize the window into a button on a taskbar , or close the window .

TOOLBOX PANEL

Toolbox panel is under the title bar

Languages – helps to choose necessary language. Press the button

Options –

Proxy Settings – helps you to set the proxy

Registration – shifts you to your personal page connected with the software issue in the Internet.

Help – to get information about software and device operation. You are connected with our

Support Team through the Internet

About Program – information about the software

Manual – download the manual directly from our site

Help – support through the Internet

Get available updates for the software.

STATUS LINE

Status line is at the bottom of the Introductory window.

- shows client’s name and surname

- displays time and date of a test.

- defines device’s number. In this example it shows that device is not connected to the computer.

MENU BAR

Menu is in the left field of the software’s window.

Press necessary button to execute command.

Client’s card

Clients tab is a management database which records client information (such as name, last name, phone, etc.) and test histories.

Vertical scroll is right to the client’s card

Press the buttons Up or Down on the vertical scroll to move a list with clients.

To choose a client from the list click on the client’s Name, Surname.

The line with the selected client will be highlighted in blue.

Review of the main functions in Client’s card menu

Buttons New, Edit, Delete are used to work with the client’s information.

Each time you want to view the information about a person, edit or delete it, choose the client by pressing his Name or Surname

Click the button to enter a new client’s card and type in the Name, Surname, Date of birth, Sex and contact details.

When you enter the information for a new client, the software’s window appears in a following way:

Client’s card has various fields. Press the necessary one and enter the all information required for it.

– changes the information in a client’s card.

Select the client’s name and press the ‘Edit’ button and make all necessary changes.

Click . All changes are saved in a client’s card.

If you want to cancel the all changes, press the button

– this button removes a client from the client’s list. Choose necessary client in a client’s card and press .

Then confirm or cancel the client’s deletion:

Note: once you delete the client, all his personal details are removed including measurements’ history.

Search

This option enables a user to search for a necessary client by Name, Surname, Date of birth, Date of test.

Enter a text in a search line, mark a search criteria and press the button .

Point’s Info.

Points Atlas is supposed for getting information on localization and therapeutic indication of auricular points.

Review of the main functions of Point’s Info tab

In the left part of the window you can find the list with diseases.

Right part of the window contains the list of points.

Information review of the point.

With the mouse click choose one of the points in the list. The information about the point will be displayed below.

Relation «Diseases -Points».

With the mouse click choose one of the diseases in the list and the window with points will display only those points connected with the given disease.

In order to return to the list with all points, press the button located above the list with points

Search for a point by picture

To search for a point by picture you need:

Choose a picture using the buttons .
With the left click of the mouse press on the point you want

In our current example a point is marked with the red color and displayed its name

and number.

In the upper part of the window there are buttons performing other actions with diseases and points.

Click on the necessary button to choose a necessary operation.

Above the list with diseases there are buttons helping to operate with them.

Above the list of points – buttons to operate with points.

- Add New__

- Disease. Enter the name for a new disease in the field under the list

and press the button .

Press the button to cancel a new disease adding.

- Point.

Mark with the mouse a point on one of the pictures

And press the button

You are also able to download a new picture and register a point on it. If you have uploaded a wrong picture, you can change it with the button .

To call off adding a new point, press .

After marking a point on the picture, enter its index, name and description in the corresponding fields.

Press to keep the new point in the database. In order to call off the adding of a new point, press .

- Delete__

Disease. Select a necessary disease before deletion.

Point. Choose a necessary point from the list before deletion.

- Edit__

- Disease. Enter all necessary changes in the field under the list of diseases and press to keep alterations. To recall changes, press .

Point. Enter all necessary changes in the field under the list with points, press the button to keep alterations. To recall changes, press .

- Changing the relation «Diseases-Points» (only for diseases).

Before using this option, choose a necessary disease from the list.

There is a list of the all Points Atlas on the right, on the left – points corresponding chosen disease. Shift the points from the list on the left to the list located on the right side with the button .

To remove the point on the right side, press the button

To go back to the Atlas window, press

- Search__

- Disease. Enter target disease into the search bar and press .

Point. Enter the name or index of a necessary point and press .

To go back to the diseases’/points’ list, press the button located above the list of diseases (points).

This panel is supposed for creating templates of diagnostics and treatment.

Basic functions of the Templates tab

The dropdown list of templates

If there are no templates kept, the list is empty.
To choose the template, press down arrow button. Press on one of the lines in the appeared list.

New Template - this is command button for adding a new template.

When adding the new template, the software’s window has a following view:

Enter a name for the new template in the field

Adding a point in the template

Press the button to add a point in the template. In such way, you will be shifted to the Point’s’ Info tab

You can perform all actions described in the previous section (see Point’s Info)

However, Menu (located in the left part of the window) becomes inactive when you add a new point.

Choose a point from the list

and press the button . The point will be added in the template and you will be directed to the templates’ editor.

To go back to the templates’ editor without adding a new point, press the button .

The added point will be displayed in the beginning of the table and also will appear on the picture from the right.

Let us view the points’ table:

To make changes in the table, choose a point pressing the corresponding line of the table.

This line will be highlighted by a green color.

In the same manner it is possible to choose the necessary point on the picture (to do that just clicking with the mouse on it). The corresponding table line to this point will be marked automatically.

Changing the point’s color. Press . Choose a color in the opened palette and press OK.

Deletion the point from the template . Confirm or cancel deletion of the point:

Edit the point’s receipt . Pressing the button you open the panel for editing the point’s receipt.

- adding a new line for color correction.

Preset the correction time, color and frequency of the color.

- adding a new line for frequency correction.

Preset the frequency and correction time.

- removal of the chosen line for color or frequency correction (choose the necessary line before deletion).

- all lines deletion.

- saving the changes in receipt.

- closing the receipt editing tab.

- you can enter here any information about a point, its location, indication, etc.

After closing the receipt tab we go back to templates editor.

- saving a new or changed template.

- undo of all changes made in the template including the points’ receipts

- deletion of the template (this command is equal for the button which is near the list of templates)

Press Next and Back to view the pictures of a chosen template

Picture’s name .

- testing according to the chosen template.

- treatment according to the chosen template.

Testing.

This function of the software helps you to examine, assess health state evaluating measurement values of meridians of the body (the electrical conductivity of acupuncture points on the skin).

Characteristics of diagnostics displaying and data entry.

To start a testing prepare the device as follows:

● Check the connection of the passive electrode, detecting probe in dedicated jacks
● Connect USB-cable to the device and computer.
● Run the software
● If the card’s list is empty, create a new card
● If the list with templates is empty, create a new template for testing
● Press the button
● Choose a template from the templates’ list

Choose a client from the list

Set testing parameters, what functions of the software you want to choose. It can be either testing function, or testing with color treatment, or test or frequency therapy, or all together, test, color and frequency therapy.

Test – testing function of the software (window with receipts is empty)

Test and color – testing and color correction function inbuilt in the software
(the receipt window displays only the lines for color correction)

Test and frequency – testing and frequency correction function inbuilt in the software (the receipt window displays only the lines for frequency correction)

Test, color and frequency – testing, color and frequency correction functions (all lines are displayed)

Choose the time for an automatic shift to a next point testing.

Lower section of the Testing window displays the template points (use scroll to view all of the points). Active point is marked with a green color. Index, name and description of the active point are shown above the list.

On the left picture the active point is blinking red.

Upper part of the window Теsting shows the scale with values of skin conductance.

The scale consists of the numerical values of the skin conductance and a dynamic line. The line is a real time graphing of your skin conductance received from the organs’ representative points in the process of testing.

Red line – displays the testing process of a point in a current moment.

The lower part displays the graph of the all test according to the template.

The vertical line of the graph displays numerical values of skin conductance level, horizontal line shows points’ numbers.

Let us go to the ТЕSTING process.

Place the active/passive measuring probe with moistened cotton over the examinee’s test point, you will hear a short beep. The reading begins at that moment.

When the process of testing began, the Menu tab (which is located in the left part of the software’s window) becomes inert. A user can’t shift to the other tab until testing will not be completed or aborted (the button )

After 3 seconds the running red line stabilizes and reaches the end of display scale, you will hear a short beep and measurement value will be displayed on the lower graph.

To go to the next measurement place the electrode on the examinee’s skin in accordance with the next point’s illustration.

Для повтора той или иной точки, нажмите кнопку Вперед - чтобы перейти к следующей точке или кнопку Назад – чтобы перейти к предыдущей точке.

To repeat currently measured or any other point, press the   button to go to the next point or the button to shift to a previous point. Shifting back and forth allows you to test a point which is displayed in the program. This function helps you to avoid erroneous data input.

To abort testing process, press the button

On completion of measuring the skin conductance level on all points of the template, the button becomes active. Press on it to view test results summary.

The first column of the test results shows the point’s number in the template.
Second column – the point’s index.
Third column – measurement value on the first and third seconds of testing.
Fourth columns displays the name of a point.
Fifth column – measurement value in a percentage.

The blue stripe on the chartdesignates an imbalance of a person’s energy state.

Green color means a physiological balance, ideal state. If the electric conductivity value exceeds the average state, it shows red color and it means that dysfunctions in the meridian are indicated.

The longer stripe is in either directions, blue or red, the worse the condition of the meridian and organ connected with it.

Date and time of the test are displayed above the measurement results table.

To save testing results and returning back to the diagnostics window, press the button . Confirm or cancel the command.

CORRECTION

After saving test results, the diagnostics window is ready for the process of correction (if a corresponding method is chosen). Correction of the body is performed either with the help of color or frequencies (or both).

In order to start correction process, place a probe on the skin in correspondence with a point’s illustration and press the button .

You will hear a short beep indicating that correction begins.

Having completed influencing on one point, place the probe according to the other point’s illustration and press the button

Press the button to shift automatically on points.

To suspend the correction, press . To interrupt the correction process, press the button .

On completion of the all points correction, the software will notify you that the process is finished.

Press and the information about correction done will be automatically saved in the database. After that the diagnostics window is ready for a new testing again.

RESULTS

The window Results keeps the records on previously done tests.

To review test’s results that you want you need:
Choose a client whose test results you want to view

Choose a template according to which the test was done

Choose date and time of a test

The test results will be displayed in the table below

The list with dates and time will be empty and test results will not be displayed in case if the test was not conducted on a given template.

Now some explanations of the table from our example:

The first column shows the point’s number in a template
Second – the point’s index
Third – measurement value on the first and third second of a point’s examination
Fourth – the point’s name
Fifth – measurement value in a percentage. Blue color means deficiency, green – ideal average value, red – excessive value.

The button removes a chosen test result.

CORRECTION (independent function)

Correction is a software’s option providing correction with frequencies and color without prior testing. It means that the frequencies and color may be used independently from the testing function.

There are several buttons generating frequency options that can help destroy pathologic frequencies and help to strengthen physiological functions.

To start the correction, do the following:

Choose a template from the list

Choose a client from the clients’ list

Set the testing parameters (correction with color or correction with frequencies, correction with both methods, color and frequencies)

Put the detecting probe on the skin in correspondence with points’ illustration and press the button

You will hear a short beep signifying that correction process began.

After that Menu tab (located in the left part of the program’s window) becomes inactive. You won’t be able to shift to another tab until correction process is ended or interrupted (the button )

Having completed correction of the active point, shift the detecting probe to another point in accordance with next point illustration and press the button again and so on.

The description of rest buttons you can find on the CORRECTION page.

Print

This function enables a user to print out the information about a client, test and correction results of a given client.

You can assign the print settings you want to be printed out or choose a template from the template’s list.

Defining Print

In order to open an empty template, choose Default from the template’s list

Check the boxes with information you want to be printed out.

Name – Name of the client will be printed out.
Birth date – if you check this box, client’s birth date will be printed out.
Registration date – the date when you registered a client’s card will be printed
Results – testing results.
Choosing this setting, you open the list with all tests for the given client saved in a software’s database.

Check the test results which you want to print out. If the testing was not conducted for a chosen client, the list is empty.

Treatment - gives you information about carried out correction.

Recommendations - shows treatment recommendations. Checking this setting, you open the list with the all recommendations.
You are able to choose previously saved recommendations or create new ones. To create a new recommendation, use the tab located in the upper right window corner.

Press the button . Enter a recommendation name in the line near it.

In the lower field enter a text for recommendation and press the button

You are also enabled to use this bar for viewing, changing and deletion of recommendations.

To view the recommendation, choose it from the list of recommendations.

Enter all necessary changes and click the button .

To remove the recommendation, press the button

Let us come back to defining the print settings.

After creating of your recommendations, check necessary ones on the panel located from the left.

You can also assign an order of data arraying on the paper. Use the panel which is in the lower part of the software’s window.

Mark one of the lines and move it with the help of up or down arrows.

To create Header and Footer use the tab located in the upper part of the software’s window.