Basic Service Documentation. Copyright General Electric Company.
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Date: Aug 29, 2019 1:52:59 AM
Unknown Coils Configuration Procedure
Prerequisites
Table 1. Personnel requirements
Required persons
Preliminary requirements
Procedure
Finalization
1
Not Applicable
30 minutes
Not Applicable
About this task
Each surface coil is supplied with a configuration data sheet
that will be used to help configure the coil. There is also online
help available at the bottom of the main coil configuration window
that will guide the Field Engineer through each data field in the
coil configuration process.
Last Update
11/30/2007
Procedure
Notice
Read the following for information when upgrading your system.
If upgrading from 8.x, 9.x and 10.x only, the [Use parameters] selection criteria can be used. After confirming all fields in the lower portion of the window are filled, only [Add to CoilConfig] will be enabled.
If upgrading from 11.x, all options in selection criteria can be used. [Add to CoilConfig] is activated only when one of the options is selected in selection criteria.
Launch the Common Service Desktop shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Start Config File Manager
Click CoilConfig on the left side of Config File Manager (shown in Figure 2), and click Manage Unknown Coils .
Figure 2. CoilConfig
Click the Unknown Coil pull-down shown
in Figure 3. The system will display the list of unknown
coils as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 3. Unknown Coil OptionsFigure 4. Unknown Coil List
Select the coil to be configured from the pull-down shown in Figure 4.
Select or Insert the ID from the coil manufacturer in the Mapping
criteria section of theManaging Unknown Coils window. (See Figure 3.)
Note:
The data fields in the lower portion of the window will
auto fill. If the Map GE Coil name selection
list becomes active, click on the selection list and choose the right
GE coilname from the list. If Map GE Coil name remains inactive, review the values that are auto-filled in the
lower portion of the window, making sure there are no empty fields.
If this is an unknown coil to GE that does not show up in the
list, select Use Parameters shown in Figure 2. (The coil manufacturer will need to provide the necessary information
for each data field, which should be provided in the documentation
provided by the coil manufacturer.)
Note:
Some non-GE coils have coil IDs that are recognized by
the system. In this case, select or insert the coil ID, Step 4.
When finished, click Add to CoilConfig shown in Figure 4.
When a message box displays with, Do you want to add
this coil to Coil Config NOW?, click Yes, Figure 5.
Figure 5. Message Box to Confirm Adding Coil Config
Repeat Step 3 through Step 6 for all coils in the list of
unknown coils.
When finished adding coils, click Quit in the bottom right corner of the Manage Unknown Coils page, Figure 4.
Click Save Changes in the bottom right
corner of the CoilConfigmain page, Figure 2.
Click Quit in the bottom right corner
of the CoilConfig main page shown in Figure 2.
Reboot the software by right-clicking the mouse in a background
window, and select Service Tools ⇒ System Restart, and click Yes.
Log back in when prompted with: Username: sdc Password: adw2.0.
To verify the system recognizes the coil, perform a quick scan
for all unknown coils without using geservice as the Patient ID.
Finalization
Refer to the Functional Checks in the documentation supplied
with the coil.
