Setting up

1. GENEActiv station to any USB port on your computer

GENEActiv Station 

2. Charge GENEActiv by putting the device in the station as shown in Figure 2 (four connection points on the right side of the device should be downward)

Device in station

3. Open GENEActiv PC software by double-clicking on the icon shown in Figure 3

GENEActiv PC Software

4. Wait until the window of the software appears (see Figure 4). The battery and memory status can be seen on the topmost right corner of the application. Also, two LEDs (one red for charging and the one green for charged) on GENEActiv show the battery status.

The Software

5. To configure GENEActiv, click on Config. Setup

Click configure and setup 

6. Measurement frequency should be set based on study requirements

Measurement frequency 

7. Since GENEActiv station can configure up to four devices simultaneously, either all or any of those devices should be selected from the most bottom right corner section of the application

Device selection 

8. To start configuring connected and selected devices, click on Erase & Configure button

Erase and configure

9. A warning message appears to inform about the process about to start

Warning Message

10. The configuring process continues by showing the following progress bar

Configuring process 

11. If the configuration process is successful, the following message will be shown

Successful configuration 

Data Extraction

1. To extract data from GENEActiv, follow steps one to four in Setting Up section, and then click on Data Extractor

Data Extractor 

2. Click on browse to save extracting data

Browsing 

3. Select Z:\Research\dfuller\Walkabilly\studies\{StudyName}\GENEActiv\BIN_files as path and {StudyName}_{DeviceID}_{Date} {Time}.bin as name and click Save

Location to save extracted data 

4. Click on Start Extract to commence data extraction from GENEActiv

Extracting Data 

5. If the extraction process is successful, the following message will be shown

Successful extraction 

Data Converter

1. To convert the extracted data into CSV file, follow steps one to four in Setting Up section and steps one to five in Data Extraction section, click on Data Converter and then CSV Converter

Data Converter 

2. Click on Browse to select source BIN file

Select source 

3. Go to Z:\Research\dfuller\Walkabilly\studies\{StudyName}\GENEActiv\BIN_files and select the required BIN file and click on Open

Open source BIN file 

4. Click on the second Browse for choosing destination path

Selection destination 

5. Select Z:\Research\dfuller\Walkabilly\studies\{StudyName}\GENEActiv\CSV_files as path and {StudyName}_{DeviceID}_{Date} {Time}.csv as name and click Save

Location to save converted files 

6. Click on Start Convert to initiate the process

Converting data 

7.  If the converting process is successful, the following message will be shown

Successful Conversion