HANDBOOK (V
4.0)
COMPLETE CONTROL SYSTEM GEN2
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POWERING ON
The
Complete Control
System Gen2 takes about 1-2 seconds to start each time the prosthesis is powered on. It
will signal ‘readiness’ with a short beep and a synchronized green light flash on the
Complete Calibrate
button.
CALIBRATING PROSTHESIS CONTROL
Good prosthesis control depends on good calibration from you. This section has everything you will need to
know about performing a great calibration for the best prosthesis control.
Calibration is how the Coapt system learns your muscle signals patterns. Specifically, the patterns that you will
use to control your prosthesis. The better you calibrate, the easier it will be to control. Calibration should come
easy. You will be prompted (either by movements of your prosthesis or instructions on a screen) to make and
hold muscle contractions exactly the way you would to naturally replicate the motions of your prosthesis. As
you hold these contractions, the Coapt system listens and learns these signals in order to compute a memory
of what your patterns look like. After any calibration, the Coapt system uses these memories to understand how
you are controlling your prosthesis in real time.
If Coapt calibration is new to you, some helpful hints to keep in mind: make sure the
muscle contractions you calibrate with feel similar to the contractions you will want to use
it with; try to make sure you do each motion differently enough; and try to make the same
motion feel consistent each time.
Calibrating control with the press of a button
Somewhere on your socket, you should have access to the Coapt
Complete Calibrate
button. This oval unit has
one pressable button, a Coapt logo, and a multi-colored LED. It also makes a series of audio cues when pressed
for operation by ear (see below for the meaning of the audible tones and LED colors). This pressable button
serves a very important purpose. It lets you calibrate without the software or app. Use this any time you have a
desire or need to update and adapt your prosthesis control on-the-go.