Pulsar STARwatch-BD1, User Manual

Page 1: ...2016 Pulsar Informatics Inc User Manual Model STAR WATCH BD1 Rev 0 10...

Page 2: ...ation 8 Device management 8 Firmware updates 9 Configuring a device for recording 9 Stopping a Recoding and Downloading data 10 Data management 13 Raw files 13 Worksheets 14 Creating worksheets 14 Imp...

Page 3: ...d void the user s authority to operate this equipment Industry Canada This device complies with Industry Canada license exempt RSS standard s Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 thi...

Page 4: ...link to download STAR software will have been provided to you by Pulsar after your purchase Run the installation program on a computer that meets the minimum requirements Start the software after ins...

Page 5: ...measure irradiance the light power within each of the spectral ranges The white channel measures overall illuminance which is an indicator of human brightness perception Light channel Description Red...

Page 6: ...worn loosely it may result in intermittent spuriuous off wrist measurements Accelerometer A three axis accelerometer measures motion of the band along the X Y and Z axes as shown in the figure below...

Page 7: ...ry but a full charge from empty to full will complete within 1 5h A battery full indicator is shown on the band display and within the software when a full charge has been achieved Dock Charge only us...

Page 8: ...are requires a computer that meets the following requirements Requirement Description Operating system Windows 7 8 8 1 RAM 4 GB Disk space 100GB recommended for initial use Device management The Devic...

Page 9: ...llow these steps to apply an update 1 Check that a good internet connection is available 2 Ensure the device is in Configure mode data has been erased and it is not currently recording 3 Click on the...

Page 10: ...ing to put the device into recording mode Stopping a Recoding and Downloading data When a device that is recording is placed on the dock information about the device s current recording session is sho...

Page 11: ...ar Informatics Inc Page 11 of 26 The download screen will then show an option to Download Now or Skip and Erase The Skip and Erase option will bypass the download step and permanently delete the data...

Page 12: ...Software 2016 Pulsar Informatics Inc Page 12 of 26 Initiating the Download process will show a download progress bar Once the download is complete a new raw data file is available in the Data tab...

Page 13: ...s contain data streams at variable sampling rates Each time a download from a device is completed a new Raw file is created and cannot be modified after it has been created The fields in the raw files...

Page 14: ...ements in the epoch Red Light uW cm 2 Mean value of all raw red light measurements in the epoch Green Light uW cm 2 Mean value of all raw green light measurements in the epoch Blue Light uW cm 2 Mean...

Page 15: ...ing a worksheet will also copy over all in bed and sleep estimates that have been added to the existing worksheet To process a duplicate an existing worksheet 1 Select a worksheet 2 Select the menu op...

Page 16: ...ary statistics about the measurements during each contiguous active interval Daily Interval Statistics summary statistics about the amount of time spent in each classification state grouped by day Off...

Page 17: ...taken at a particular time instant Raw File Export and Import options The STARwatch Raw rstar file format is a compressed binary format used exclusively for archiving data or transporting data betwee...

Page 18: ...The worksheet editing view allows detailed navigation of the timines reviews of summary statistics and editing of sleep scoring The view includes 1 View mode selection options 2 Worksheet visualizatio...

Page 19: ...wo algorithms that are available as options for the sleep analysis Sadeh1 or Cole2 Both generally apply a window function to the activity count values then compare the resulting values to a threshold...

Page 20: ...owing Raw file field Description In Bed Onset Trigger min Number of consecutive Inactive epochs that mark the possible beginning of an In Bed period The In Bed period would start at the first epoch of...

Page 21: ...ng over an interval and clicking the X symbol in the upper right corner ADJUST START or END of an In Bed period by clicking and dragging an edge CREATE a new In Bed period by clicking once on the time...

Page 22: ...bed interval are calculated based on the Wake and Sleep periods as shown in Figure 1 Sleep and wake metrics for an in bed interval Sleep and wake metrics for an in bed interval with an unknown period...

Page 23: ...h of time asleep while in bed calculated by the sum of all sleep periods TST Sum of all epochs scored as wake within the InBed interval Time In Bed TIB The length of time in bed as calculated TIB Diff...

Page 24: ...which the In Bed interval starts The interval associations corresponding to Figure 2 are listed in Table 1 Example in bed intervals on a 24 hour raster plot with a Day Start Time of 8 00am Example as...

Page 25: ...erval associated with the day In the case where the longest interval occurs in two or more intervals having the same length the interval occurring first is used A value of NaN if there are no interval...

Page 26: ...gical issues Sleep 1994 17 3 p 201 207 2 Cole R J et al Automatic sleep wake identification from wrist activity Sleep 1992 15 5 p 461 469 3 Tudor Locke C et al Fully automated waist worn accelerometer...