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For some measurements, the “Illumination“, “Magnification Changer“
and “Camera” groupboxes appear. You can set values for illumination,
magnification changer and camera. You can save the settings as a pro-
gram.
Proceed as described in Chap. 17.5, page 59.
10.8 Manual measurement
In rare cases, for example when highly irregular corneas are present, the
measurement cannot be triggered automatically.
Press the spacer bar to disable the automatic triggered measure-
ment.
Press the Enter key to trigger the measurement manually.
or
Press the spacer bar and then the foot switch.
The measurement is triggered manually.
A manually initiated measurement may not be reproducible in
some circumstances.
10.9 Image Capture with the Foot Switch
For measuring functions in which a single image is to be captured (snap
shot), or a video is to be recorded (e.g. measurement of the tear menis-
cus height, R-Scan, Meibo-Scan, etc.) for the purpose of documenting
the findings, you can simplify the process by using the foot switch.
Capture (Grab) Image: Briefly press the foot switch.
Record a video: Press the foot switch and hold it down for the du-
ration you want to record the video.
To end the video recording, take your foot off the foot switch.
10.10 Finishing the Exam
Ask the patient to remove his or her head from the chin-forehead
rest.
In the menu bar select the “Patient” menu and click on [New Pa-
tient/End].
If necessary, make preparations to examine another patient (see
“10.5 Preparing the Examination” on page 32).