IMV Easi-Scan: Go Instruction Manual

Instruction
manual

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Contents

1. Scanner menu .................................................................................................................................................

2. LED sequence ..................................................................................................................................................

3. Activation ..........................................................................................................................................................

4. IMV Go Scan App .........................................................................................................................................

5. Usage les .........................................................................................................................................................

6. Factory reset ....................................................................................................................................................

7. Charging ............................................................................................................................................................

8. Care & maintenance ..................................................................................................................................

9. Specications ..................................................................................................................................................

10. Service centres ...............................................................................................................................................

Certication

Hereby, IMV imaging (UK) Ltd., declares that
the radio equipment type Easi-Scan:Go is in
compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU. The
full text of the EU declaration of conformity
is available at the following internet address:
https://www.imv-imaging.com/esg-doc/

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC
Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) This device may not cause
harmful interference, and (2) this device must
accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired
operation of the device.

If the user makes any modications not

expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance it could void the user’s authority to
operate the equipment.

This device complies with Industry Canada’s
licence-exempt RSSs. Operation is subject
to the following two conditions: (1) This
device may not cause interference; and (2)
This device must accept any interference,
including interference that may cause
undesired operation of the device.

Cet équipement est conforme et se soustrait
de Licence au Cahier des Charges sur les
Normes Radioélectriques (RSS) d’Industrie
Canada.

L’opération est soumise aux deux conditions
suivantes:

1. Cet appareil ne cause pas d’interférence;
et

2. Cet appareil accepte toute interférence,
y compris les interférence pouvant
provoquer un fonctionnement indésirable
de l’appareil

Contains IC4511-WL18DBMOD

Note: All IMV imaging products are for animal
applications only. The product shall not be
used outside its scope as declared by the
manufacturer.

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1. Scanner menu

Up button

• Adjust gain.

• Save videos.

Down button

• Adjust depth.

• Save images.

1.1 Scanner menu

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Power button

• To switch on/off the
scanner press and
hold until it beeps.

• Short press to freeze
the image.

• If on a congested Wi­Fi channel, double
press to change
channel when no
viewing devices are
connected.

In live scanning
pressing “Up”
button will bring
up the gain menu.

Once the gain or depth is visible, pressing the “Power Button” will select that setting. Use the Up
and Down buttons to adjust the selected settings.

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Pressing “Down”
button will bring
up depth menu.

1.2 Saving images and videos using the scanner buttons

Freeze the image
using “Power
button” Press “Up”
will bring up “Save

Cine”.

Once the desired option is visible, pressing the Power Button will select that option.

Note: The scanner will store the last 300 frames (10-12.5 seconds depending on the selected scan
depth) in its internal memory. To store on the scanner, the scanner must be Frozen. During save,
particularly cine save, the app will pause while frames are downloading and saving the data
while scanning. It is recommended that you save images and videos directly from the app where
possible. The cine loop must be downloaded by the app before switching off, otherwise it will be
lost. The scanner can store up to 100 images in it’s internal memory, these images are retained
after power off and can be downloaded by the app at a later time.

Freeze the image
using “Power

button” Press
“Down” will bring
up “Save Image”.

2. LED sequence

Power LED

Blue ashing Scanner turning on

Blue Scanner on and battery between 66–100% charge
Yellow Scanner on and battery between 33–66% charge

Yellow ashing Scanner on and battery between 0–33% charge

Wi-Fi LED

Scanner ready for smart device to connect,
nothing connected

Power LED

Wi- LED

Blue ashing

Blue Smart device connected

Both LEDs

Yellow ashing Software updating

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3. Activation

3.1 First time use

Download the IMV Go Scan app from Google Play or the App store.

You are likely to be prompted for a scanner software update on rst time use. Please see Scanner

Update section.
To activate the scanner, ensure that the scanner is charged and that you have a local Wi-Fi

internet connection. This is only necessary the rst time you connect the scanner.

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1. Press “Power

1. Press “Power

button” to switch

button” to switch
on the scanner.

on the scanner.
Open app on the

Open app on the
smart device. The

smart device. The
app will request

app will request
to connect to

to connect to
the scanner.

the scanner.
Click OK.

Click OK.

2. Select

2. Select

EASISCAN from

EASISCAN from
the Wi-Fi page

the Wi-Fi page
and return to

and return to
the app.

the app.
The app will

The app will
get the serial

get the serial
number from

number from
the scanner.

the scanner.

3. App requests

3. App requests

to connect to

to connect to
the internet.

the internet.
Click OK.

Click OK.

4. Select your
local Wi-Fi
network to
connect to the
internet.

5. App retrieves
the license from
IMV’s license
server and the
app will request
to connect
back to the
scanner.

6. Select your
EASISCAN from
the Wi-Fi page
and return to
the app.

After a few seconds, the ultrasound image will appear. Touch anywhere on the screen to bring up
the live scanning menu.

Note: If the Wi-Fi LED is ashing on the scanner it is not connected to any smart device.

3.2 Normal start up process

1. Switch on the

scanner and wait
until the Wi-Fi
LED illuminates.
Launch IMV
Go Scan App.
App requests
to connect to
scanner.

2. Select your
EASISCAN from
the Wi-Fi page.
Return to the
App.

3. It can take
up to 10
seconds to
connect and
start receiving
ultrasound. You
are now ready
to scan.

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3.3 Scanner Updates

The app automatically checks the IMV licence server for scanner software updates when
connected to Wi-Fi.

After connecting to an EASISCAN, you may be prompted to update the scanner software. The
scanner will only update if the battery is above 50% charge.

Press OK or Cancel. Pressing OK will cause the scanner LEDs to ash yellow - the scanner will take

roughly two minutes to update. Press cancel if you wish to update later.

Once the update is nished the scanner will switch off. The scanner software version number can

be checked in the User Settings section.

4. IMV Go Scan App

4.1 Live scanning

Wi-Fi channel quality*

Recording
indicator
and elapsed
time during
recording.

No probe
contact,
scanner enters
low-power
mode and the
screen will dim.

The scanner
battery
level

*Change the channel in Wi-Fi settings. No indicator: clear channel on the 5GHz band. This is the
recommended state. White indicator: clear channel, but is on 2.4GHz band, it is more prone to
interference. Orange/red indicator: channel has other networks or scanners on it. This is likely to
cause interference issues.

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The smart
device
battery level

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Touching the screen with two ngers

simultaneously will freeze the image.

Touching the screen with one nger
will open the main menu.

4.2 Main menu

Primary
device
indicator

Frame
averaging

Meat quality Adjust scanning depth

Start recording Open Settings

To enable frame averaging, touch the icon. To change the number of frames being averaged,
touch the icon (each touch increases the number of frames up to 4 then returns to 2). To disable
frame averaging, long press the icon.

Frame averaging combines the current frame with the previous 2, 3 or 4 frames, this produces a
smoother image with less noise, but at the cost of blurring when the probe is moving quickly.

Freeze ultrasound

Adjust gain

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4.2.1 Freeze menu

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Open Settings

Adjust
scanning depth

Unfreeze
and return
to live
scanning

Callipers to
measure
size of the
embryo

Notes

Go to
cine
mode

Save image on
smart device

Cattle

Sheep

Horse

Draw annotations
on the image

Note: Touch in the text area to type, up to 4 lines of text may be entered and will appear as red
text with may be dragged to a preferred location. This text will be present on any saved images.

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