MaximEyes® Equipment Interface (MEI)

This interface allows the user to import data from third-party equipment into MaximEyes® SQL as part of the Patient Encounter process. This data that has not yet been applied to an Element is treated as Unprocessed Data.

• How to Use MaximEyes® Equipment Interface (MEI)
• Import Data from Equipment
  
  
  • Data included in each Equipment Reading
• Supported Equipment

How to Use MaximEyes® Equipment Interface (MEI)

To use the MaximEyes® Equipment Interface, MEI.exe must be running, indicated by the purple MEI icon located in the Taskbar. If this icon is not displayed:

1. Click the Equipment Link Service shortcut on the desktop. The MEI icon displays in the Taskbar.
2. Right-click the MEI icon and select the Configuration option.
3. Click the E icon for the first item in the list and click OK.
4. Click the Save & Close button.

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Import Data from Equipment

Encounter Elements that can import this unprocessed data display the Import Equipment Data button . When the user clicks this button, a popup window opens, displaying all the unprocessed data relevant to the Element.

For example, a Patient Encounter may include the Auto-refractor Element on the Refraction page of the Encounter:

Click the Import Data from Equipment icon to open a popup window that displays all the readings that were exported from an Auto-Refractor, but have not yet been processed.

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Data included in each Equipment Reading

• Equipment Name (on which the test was performed).
• Reading Id (a unique identification number that gets printed when a reading is printed directly from the equipment; not all equipment support this feature).
• Date and time of when the test was performed on the equipment.
• Workstation Name to which the equipment is connected directly.
• Data relevant to the Element.

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Supported Equipment

The following table lists the equipment and the Element(s) each supports.
Click the S button next to a reading to populate the Element with the data from that reading.

Equipment	Element(s)
Canon RK-F1 Full Auto Refractor-Keratometer	AutoRefractor K's
Canon TX-F Full Auto Tonometer	Tonometry
Reichert AL500 Auto LENSOMETER	Previous Spectacles - Detailed & Brief Final Spectacles Rx's - Detailed & Brief
Marco RT 2100 Auto Phoroptor	Previous Spectacles - Detailed & Brief Final Spectacles Rx's - Detailed & Brief AutoRefractor K's Tonometry Refractions - Detailed & Brief Unaided VA Visual Acuities (if Type = Unaided) Vergences Pupillary Distance NRA/PRA NPC Stereopsis

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