Using SimpleEye Bluetooth Pulse Oximeter
Thank you for using SimpleEye Bluetooth Pulse Oximeter, the quick and easy way to get pulse oximeter data from your compatible Bluetooth-enabled pulse oximeter. Help information can be viewed at any time by clicking on the Help button on the bottom of the application.
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Table of Contents:

Compatibility

SimpleEye Bluetooth Pulse Oximeter is currently compatible with the following Bluetooth pulse oximeters:

Android Device Compatibility: SimpleEye Bluetooth Pulse Oximeter has been tested and verified with Android 2.0 (Motorola® Droid on Verizon®), 2.1 (LG® Ally on Verizon® and T-Mobile® myTouch 3G Slide running HTC® SenseUI) and 2.2 (Google® Nexus One on T-Mobile®). Some minor issues that should not prevent measurements from being taken have been observed with Android 2.1 devices running the HTC® Sense UI: the Bluetooth implementations on these devices have unresolved errors.

Setting up the connection between your pulse oximeter and your mobile device.

When the application is first started, it will check if this is the very first time the application has started or if the application has been updated since it was last started: if either of these is true, it will display a list of changes as shown in Figure 1 below. Tap OK to continue.

Figure 1: application changes and new features

The application will then check to see if Bluetooth is enabled. If not, it will request that Bluetooth be turned on, as shown in Figure 2 below. Bluetooth must be activated to use the Bluetooth features of the software.

Figure 2: Bluetooth activation request

Tap Yes to approve the request: Bluetooth will turn on as shown in Figure 3 below.

Figure 3: Bluetooth successfully activating

If this is the first time the application is started, the help screen will show as in Figure 4 below.

Figure 4: initial Help screen display

Tap OK to close the help screen: you can tap the Help button at any time to access this screen.
The main measurement recording screen will show. Tap the Menu button to show the application menu as seen in Figure 5 below.

Figure 5: main application menu


Nonin Onyx II® 9560 Bluetooth pulse oximeter:

  • Put your finger into your pulse oximeter to activate it: wait until the indicator light on the front is flashing green.

ChoiceMmed MD300C318 Bluetooth pulse oximeter:

  • Press the power button on the front: wait until the oximeter display turns on, then put your finger into your pulse oximeter to activate it. Once activated a Bluetooth symbol will flash next to the battery indicator.

Once the pulse oximeter is ready, tap the Select button as shown in Figure 5 above, then tap the Find item as shown in Figure 6 below.

Figure 6: finding the Bluetooth pulse oximeter

The Android Bluetooth settings screen will open up and a scan will be performed: the phone should now find the pulse oximeter as shown in Figure 7a and 7b below. The caption on the item will show Pair with this device to indicate that the pulse oximeter is not paired.

Figure 7a: finding the Nonin pulse oximeter

Figure 7b: finding the ChoiceMmed pulse oximeter

Tap the pulse oximeter item to start the pairing process: a pairing key dialog will be shown as in Figure 8a and 8b below. Enter the proper pairing code:

  • For the supported Nonin pulse oximeters the code is the last 6 digits of the Bluetooth name: in Figure 7a above the pairing code is 902390 as shown in Figure 8a below.
  • For the supported ChoiceMmed pulse oximeters the code is 0000 as shown in Figure 8b below.

    • Figure 8a: pairing code input for Nonin pulse oximeters

    Figure 8b: pairing code input for ChoiceMmed pulse oximeters

    Tap OK: the pairing process will complete and the pulse oximeter caption will change to Paired but not connected to indicate that the pairing process is complete, as shown in Figure 9a and 9b below.

    Figure 9a: pairing completed for the Nonin pulse oximeters

    Figure 9b: pairing completed for the ChoiceMmed pulse oximeters

    You are now ready to go! Tap the Back button to return to SimpleEye Bluetooth Pulse Oximeter.

Collecting measurements from your pulse oximeter.

Press the Back button to return to the application: it will automatically detect that a new pulse oximeter has been added and will prompt you to add it to the list of saved pulse oximeters as shown in Figure 10 below.

Figure 10: prompt to save the Bluetooth pulse oximeter

Tap Yes to accept it: you will then be prompted to set this pulse oximeter as your default pulse oximeter if an existing pulse oximeter is saved, as shown in Figure 11 below. Tap Yes to do so.

Figure 11: prompt to choose selected Bluetooth pulse oximeter as the default pulse oximeter

The oximeter will now be selected and the Connect button will now be enabled as shown in Figure 12 below.

Figure 12: Connect button enabled

If your pulse oximeter is not currently on, turn it on now (as discussed here) and once the pulse oximeter is ready tap the Connect button to connect to the pulse oximeter. A connection will be initiated to the Bluetooth pulse oximeter as shown in Figure 13 below.

Figure 13: connecting to the pulse oximeter

Press the Back button to return to the application: it will automatically detect that a new pulse oximeter has been added and will prompt you to add it to the list of saved pulse oximeters as shown in Figure 10 below.

Figure 10: prompt to save the Bluetooth pulse oximeter

Tap Yes to accept it: you will then be prompted to set this pulse oximeter as your default pulse oximeter if an existing pulse oximeter is saved, as shown in Figure 11 below. Tap Yes to do so.

Figure 11: prompt to choose selected Bluetooth pulse oximeter as the default pulse oximeter

If the pulse oximeter selects automatic connections you will be prompted to turn on automatic pulse oximeter connections as showin in Figure 12 below.

Figure 12: prompt to allow automatic connections to the active Bluetooth pulse oximeter

You will then be asked if you wish to connect to the pulse oximeter right now as shown in Figure 13 below. Also, if you enabled automatic connections then a notification will appear.

Figure 13: connection dialog and automatic connection notice

If the pulse oximeter is a ChoiceMmed MD300C318 you will see a notification to ensure that the pulse oximeter is showing the Bluetooth connection icon on the oximeter screen, as shown in Figure 14 below.

Figure 14: ChoiceMmed connection information

The Connect button will now be enabled as shown in Figure 15 below.

Figure 15: Connect button enabled

If your pulse oximeter is not currently on, turn it on now (as discussed here). If automatic connections are enabled and supported by the oximeter (the Nonin 9560 II BT supports automatic connections) then as soon as the pulse oximeter is ready the connection will be established; otherwise tap the Connect button to connect to the pulse oximeter as shown in Figure 16 below.

Figure 16: connecting to the pulse oximeter

Once connected, the select button will be disabled and the Connect button will switch to Disconnect. To disconnect from the pulse oximeter before a measurement is taken, you can tap the Disconnect button. As soon as a measurement is available, the pulse oximeter will transmit it and the pulse and blood oxygen level will be displayed. This is shown in Figure 17 below.

Figure 17: connected pulse oximeter with captured pulse and blood oxygen measurements

If voice reports are enabled (they are enabled by default) the application will read out the most recent measurement values at this time.
Note: the supported pulse oximeters can save multiple measurements even when no Bluetooth connection is present: when a connection is then established using SimpleEye Pulse Oximeter all the measurements will be automatically transmitted to the Android device and saved (see Application settings and preferences for more options) for future review. Only the latest measurement will be displayed on this screen: to see older measurements tap History.

Tap the Disconnect button to disconnect from the pulse oximeter when the measurements have been captured. The connection will be automatically closed when the pulse oximeter turns off.

Manual measurement entry

To manually record a measurement, tap the Select spinner to select a pulse oximeter. Once the popup menu appears, tap the Enter measurement… option as shown in Figure 18 below.

Figure 18: enter measurement option

As before, you will be prompted to choose whether or not this will be your default entry method. Once this is done the spinner will reflect your choice and the button will change as shown in Figure 19 below. Any visible values will be cleared.

Figure 19: record a pulse oxygen measurement

Tap Record to open up the manual entry screen as shown in Figure 20 below.

Figure 20: measurement recording screen

Enter the pulse oxygen measurement details into the form: the pulse and the blood oxygen are required, must both be numbers, and the blood oxygen must be between 0 and 100. You can set the date of the measurement and also enter a short note with the measurement: example values are shown in Figure 21 below.

Figure 21: measurement values

Tap Save to save the measurement. The measurement will be saved and the application will return to the measurement capture screen as shown in Figure 22 below.

Figure 22: saved measurement with confirmation
Reviewing historical measurements and manual measurement entry

To review saved measurements or to manually record measurements, tap the History button on the measurement capture screen. This will open the History screen as shown in Figure 23 below. A chart of recorded blood oxygen and pulse measurements are displayed. This chart initially shows 1 month of measurements at a time.

Figure 23: chart of recorded pulse and blood oxygen measurements

The chart can scroll to show previous measurements as shown in Figure 24 below.

Figure 24: scrolling the chart to review older measurements

Tap on any point in the chart to see the measurement detail and the associated date as shown in Figure 25 below.

Figure 25: tap to show measurement detail

A long-press on the chart will open the chart options menu as shown in Figure 26 below: this allows the number of displayed measurements to be changed.

Figure 26: chart options menu

Figure 27 below shows the chart but with 1 week of measurements at a time.

Figure 27: chart of recorded weight measurements at one week resolution

When the orientation is changed to landscape the chart will enlarge to fill as much space as is available, as shown in Figure 28 below.

Figure 28: landscape view of chart

Tap the List button to show a listing of all measurements as shown in Figure 29 below. The measurements are ordered with the most recent measurement at the top.

Figure 29: listing of all measurements

Tap on any entry in the listing to view the details of the measurement, including the note attached to the measurement (if any), the time it was saved and last modified and the timestamp provided by the oximeter (if available), as shown in Figure 30 below. Tap OK when done.

Figure 30: measurement detail

A long press on any entry in the listing will open its menu, as shown in Figure 31 below.

Figure 31: measurement options menu

Tap the Edit Note menu item to change the note attached to the measurement as shown in Figure 32 below.

Figure 32: selecting Edit Note

You can then enter and changes into the provided input field as shown in Figure 33 below.

Figure 33: editing the note

Tap OK to save the changes as shown in Figure 34 below.

Figure 34: note saved

Tap the Delete menu item to remove a measurement, as shown in Figure 35 below.

Figure 35: deleting a measurement

A confirmation prompt will appear as shown in Figure 36 below. Tap OK to delete the measurement. This action is permanent: deleted measurements can never be recovered.

Figure 36: delete confirmation

The measurement will be permanently deleted.

You can also tap the Add button () at the bottom of the screen to open up the manual measurement recording screen as shown in Figure 20 above.

Share measurements

From the History list screen, measurements can be shared over SMS, email, or any other installed sharing option: each individual measurement has a Share menu option, shown in Figure 37 below.

Figure 37: individual measurement share

Tapping the Share menu item will open up the Android share menu, similar to what is shown in Figure 38 below.

Figure 38: sharing menu screen for an individual measurement

Select the desired share option and it will be passed the measurement data, as shown in Figure 39 below.

Figure 39: sharing a measurement via SMS

To send all measurements by email tap the Email button () at the bottom of the screen. This will open up the Android share menu as shown in Figure 40 below.

Figure 40: sharing menu screen for all measurements

Tap Gmail to email all measurements: it will open up a new email message with an attachment as shown in Figure 41 below. You can then enter the recipient(s) email address(es), edit the body of the email and send the file.

Figure 41: sending all measurements as an email

The attachment is a comma-separated values (CSV) file that can be opened up in Microsoft® Excel® or Google® Docs, and will include the time the measurement was taken by the pulse oximeter (from the pulse oximeter’s internal clock), the time the measurement was saved by the Android device, the pulse and blood oxygen values, the note that was attached (if any), and information about the specific pulse oximeter that the measurement was taken from; this last bit of information is useful to be able to separate out measurements that may be saved from multiple pulse oximeters to the same Android device.

Measurement data backup and recovery

To safeguard your data against the loss of your phone, or to move your data from one Android device to another you can export and import the data stored by the application. This requires an SD card be plugged in and that the SD card not be mounted on a host computer. From the History chart view tap the Menu button to show the history import/export menu as shown in Figure 42 below.

Figure 42: history import/export menu

Tap Export to export the data. A new export data file will be created in the top level of the SD card with all the data saved to it. The name of the file will be displayed as shown in Figure 43 below. The export data file will have the date and time saved into the name and will have a suffix of pulseoximeterdata.csv, and this file can be copied off the SD card and stored elsewhere for safekeeping or transferred to another Android device.

Figure 43: successfully exported data

To import an export data file, copy the file to the top level of the SD card and then select the Import option from the History chart view menu as shown in Figure 44 below.

Figure 44: import menu option

The application will search the top level of the SD card for all files named with the same suffix pulseoximeterdata.csv and will display a list of possible data files as shown in Figure 45 below.

Figure 45: possible import data files

Tap the desired file to select it and start the import process as shown in Figure 46 below.

Figure 46: import in progress

Once the import is completed a confirmation will show with the number of measurements imported as shown in Figure 47 below. Tap OK to refresh the chart and show the newly imported data.

Figure 47: successfully imported data
Other measurements

SimpleEye Bluetooth Pulse Oximeter integrates with other applications in the SimpleEye suite to let you record additional measurements. From the main application menu, select the More measurements option as shown in Figure 48 below.

Figure 48: more measurements option

A menu will appear with the additional supported measurement types as shown in Figure 49 below. Tap the desired measurement: as shown below the Temperature option is selected.

Figure 49: additional supported measurement types

If the application is installed, then it will be launched as shown in Figure 50 below.

Figure 50: SimpleEye Bluetooth Temperature

Once the measurement has been recorded in the other application, press the Back button to return to the original measurement capture screen. You can then take additional measurements as shown in Figure 51 below, where Weight is selected.

Figure 51: additional supported measurement types

In this case the application is not installed so the Android Market listing is shown as seen in Figure 52 below.

Figure 52: Android Market listing for SimpleEye Bluetooth Weight Scale
Save measurements to an online health record

SimpleEye Bluetooth Pulse Oximeter lets your saved measurements be synchronized with an online health record using the SimpleEye Google Health application. From the main application menu, select the Save Online option as shown in Figure 54 below.

Figure 53: save online option

If SimpleEye Google Health is installed, it will be launched as shown in Figure 54 below. If not the Android Market listing will be shown.

Figure 54: SimpleEye Google Health

Please note: when using the SimpleEye Google Health application, any measurements that are deleted from SimpleEye Bluetooth Pulse Oximeter will also be deleted from the online health record. Please see the SimpleEye Google Health help information for more details.

Application settings and information

To adjust the application’s settings and preferences, tap the Settings button on the measurement capture screen. This will open the settings screen as shown in Figure 55 below. Options are available (you may have to scroll down) to review information about the software, terms of service and the privacy and content policies. If you do not wish measurements to be saved automatically, check the Manual Save option. You can also check or clear the Connect automatically option to enable/disable automatic connection to your preferred pulse oximeter. Check the Disable Voice option to disable the voice reports. Check the Disable Vibration option to disable the vibration that occurs when a measurement is successfully received from a pulse oximeter.

Figure 55: application settings and information

To clear all saved measurements, tap the Clear saved measurements item: this will prompt you for confirmation as shown in Figure 56 below.

Figure 56: initial confirmation to clear all saved measurements.

If you tap the Clear button, you will be prompted for confirmation a second time, as shown in Figure 57 below.

Figure 57: final confirmation to clear all saved measurements.

If you tap the Clear button a second time then the measurements will be deleted. This action is permanent: deleted measurements can never be recovered. After the deletion is done the Clear saved measurements item will be disabled, as shown in Figure 58 below.

Figure 58: successfully cleared all saved measurements

To clear all saved pulse oximeter information, tap the Clear saved oximeters item: this will prompt you for confirmation as shown in Figure 59 below.

Figure 59: clear saved pulse oximeter information.

If you tap the Clear button, all saved pulse oximeter details will be removed. Next time a pulse oximeter is connected its details will be saved once again. After the pulse oximeter details are cleared, the Clear saved oximeters item will be disabled, as shown in Figure 60 below.

Figure 60: successfully cleared all saved pulse oximeter information

To configure measurement reminders, tap the Reminder Interval item as shown in Figure 61 below.

Figure 61: measurement reminder interval

You will then be able to select an interval from the options menu that appears, as shown in Figure 62 below. Changes will take effect immediately.

Figure 62: reminder interval options
Reminders

SimpleEye Bluetooth Pulse Oximeter provides reminders that help you regularly record your measurements. These show up in the form of a notification as seen in Figure 63 below: notice the application icon in the notification area (the top left of the screen).

Figure 63: reminder notification

You can then open the notification panel to see the full detail as shown in Figure 64 below. Tapping on the notification will open the application.

Figure 64: reminder notification detail

By default notifications are sent if it has been more than 3 days since your last measurement: the reminder interval can be changed as discussed above.

Sending Feedback

We really want to hear from you about errors you encounter, features you would like to see or suggestions on how to improve the user interface. To send us feedback tap the Feedback button on the main recording screen, as shown in Figure 65 below.

Figure 65: selecting the Feedback option

Enter an email address (this is required, so we can get back to you about your requested change) and your comments and press the Submit button as shown in Figure 66 below to send it.

Figure 66: sending feedback

Your submission will be confirmed as shown in Figure 67 below, and that’s it. Thank you!

Figure 67: successfully submitted feedback