Summary of Contents for SensLab Lactate Scout Assistant
- Page 1 Product information about the „Lactate Scout Assistant“ analysis software (release 1.03, for Windows operating system) for correct use with the Lactate Scout - analyzer to determine lactate in whole blood...
- Page 2 INTENDED USE The Lactate Scout Assistant analysis software is only to be used with the Lactate Scout analyzer for data import and sports medical analysis, connec- ted by a special certified cable or Bluetooth adaptor (both manufactured by SensLab GmbH) with a regular Windows-PC (Minimum system require- ments: Windows 95b, Pentium 90 MHz, 64 MB free memory capacity, 200 MB free hard disk capacity).
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
CONTENT 1. General features 2. Software installation 3. PC connection 4. User interface 5. Buttons & menus 6. Graphs & curves 7. Data management 8. Analysis 9. Protocol print 10. Special options 11. Third party solutions... -
Page 4: General Features
But it‘s also a helpful tool for professionals, focussed to a „pure“ data collection: In contrary to some other software solutions, the Lactate Scout Assistant doesn‘t interpret the transmitted data and is intentionally limited to a few calculation models in its analysis method. - Page 5 6. Step test types: Treadmill, bike ergometer or field test 7. At field tests, the velocity at IANS for the manually defined distance and for 1000 meter standard distance is calculated additionally 8. Supported analysis models: Mader, Keul, Simon 9. Free Cursor positioning to calculate corresponding data as effort level and heart rate at each point of the displayed lactate curves 10.
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Page 6: Software Installation
Scout Assistant must be removed before installation, therefore select the system settings „Add/remove software“ from Windows operating system. Removing an old version of the Lactate Scout Assistant does not harm the stored LSA-files, they can also be read and edited continually by new soft- ware versions without any change. -
Page 7: Pc Connection
3. PC CONNECTION Using the Lactate Scout Assistant, it‘s possible to edit lactate values, effort levels and many other parameters manually. Anyway, the import of the origin data requires a connection of the Lactate Scout device to the PC to create new fi... -
Page 8: User Interface
4. USER INTERFACE Launching the Lactate Scout Assistant (by double click on the desktop icon or selecting from the Start menu), a new blank application window will appear without any data. At the beginning, please make familiar with the essential control elements and... - Page 9 Clicking in a data row, all related readings and values appear in the „value directory“ at the right side, added by additional columns as Selection, effort level, time, date, step length, effort unit, lactate, heart rate and temperature. Regardless the most values are given by the device memory automatically, the calculation of step length and effort level needs additional information, to enter manually by the option „test parameters“...
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Page 10: Buttons & Menus
5. BUTTONS & MENUS After loading a data file or importing stored data from Lactate Scout device, select test data from the test list in the left window. To select additional data sets, hold down the CTRL-key on the PC keyboard and click on data sets in the rows below or above. -
Page 11: Graphs & Curves
6. GRAPHS & CURVES To draw a lactate curve, select a step test (orange „S“), containing three data sets of measurements at least. Therefore click into the square beside the „S“ symbol in the test list (left window), and a little hook will appear. Single measurements (green „M“) cannot be displayed directly. -
Page 12: Data Management
7. DATA MANAGEMENT The Lactate Scout device stores up to 250 rea- dings in its internal memory, before the first readings will be overwrited automatically by the latest ones. Additionally, all readings get a uni- que ID, counting up to 65.536: This is used to relate automatically the imported device data with already existing data in the software file, especially if the file contains more than 250... -
Page 13: Analysis
(bpm). Ex- panded analysis models or automatically generated training plans are not scheduled in the future development of the „Lactate Scout Assistant“: Here we recommend commercial 3rd party solutions, as „Lactate Express“ or „Winlactat“... -
Page 14: Special Options
10. SPECIAL OPTIONS Graph display: Fitting function To connect step test values to a curve, polynomic functions are the usual method for calculation. This function is also the standard setting of the Lac- tate Scout Assistant, generating the typical shape of a lactate curve. Caused by natural differences between mathematical calculations and phy- sical data, the real measurement data does not match always the calculated, „ideal“... - Page 15 Reset to manufacturer settings / Reset device memory To reset the device memory and different settings of the Lactate Scout, there is a hidden function using the Lactate Scout Assistant: If the device is connected and switched on, hold down the CTRL-key and press „R“ on your PC keyboard.
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Page 16: Third Party Solutions
All named software solutions support the direct data import by the seri- al interface of the Lactate Scout, independently from the used hardware (Bluetooth or cable connection). SensLab GmbH and EKF diagnostic GmbH accept no liability for the functionality, efficiency or analysis results when software from third-party providers is used.
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