Setting Up the Humphrey HFA3 Equipment

Before using the Humphrey equipment interface on your network, do the following:

  • Ask your certified technician to set up the Humphrey Field Analyzer HFA3 Series equipment on your network with help from Zeiss customer care.

  • Configure your Humphrey equipment to send visual field reports as TIFF files.

For setup help, contact Zeiss customer care at 800.341.6968.

The equipment interface requires the HFA3 equipment to be set up for a "non-DICOM EMR." Tell Zeiss customer care about this requirement when you ask them for assistance.

Getting Started

Before setting up the HFA3 equipment, perform the following steps:

  1. Create a shared folder on your network to temporarily store data from the HFA equipment. The folder must be shared so that all users can read and write to it.

    The shared folder should not be used for any purpose other than temporarily storing the HFA3 data. The contents of the folder are deleted at the beginning of each HFA capture. If you have multiple HFAs in your practice, you may need a shared folder for each unit.

  2. Ensure that the HFA3 equipment is connected to your network with a network cable.

The following topics were adopted from the Humphrey HFA3 Series User Manual, which is available through Zeiss customer care.

Connecting the HFA3 Equipment to the Shared Folder

  1. Using the operator touch panel on your HFA3 equipment, log on as the administrator.
  2. Tap the Wrench icon, and tap the Networking tab.
  3. Select DHCP, and tap Enable to automatically obtain an IP address.
  4. Under Connection Configuration, ensure DICOM is disabled.
  5. Set your Network Drive Configuration settings:
    1. Tap Map Network Drive.
    2. Enter the Path of the shared folder you created in Getting Started.
    3. Select a Drive Letter.
    4. Enter the Username and Password of a network user who has read/write access to the shared folder, and tap Map.
  6. Ensure the Drive Letter and Network Path are correct.

Configuring the Non-DICOM Export Settings

  1. Using the operator touch panel on your HFA3 equipment, log on as the administrator.
  2. Tap the Wrench icon, and tap the Advanced Settings tab.
  3. Tap the Non-DICOM EMR button.
  4. Tap the EMR Mode toggle to On.
  5. Set the Export settings:
    1. Tap the Folder drop-down list, and select Shared Folder.
    2. Tap the Format drop-down list, and select TIFF.
    3. In the Export Location field, enter the path of the shared folder you created in Getting Started.
    4. Tap the Test Connection button to verify that your HFA3 equipment can read and write to the shared folder.
  6. Set the Work List settings:
    1. Tap the Folder drop-down list, and select Shared Folder.
    2. Tap the Work List Mode drop-down list, and select Retrieve.
    3. In the Work List Location field, enter the path of the shared folder you created in Getting Started.
  7. Tap the Back button to return to the Advanced Settings screen.

Setting the Report Output Format and Location

  1. Using the operator touch panel on your HFA3 equipment, log on as the administrator.
  2. Tap the Wrench icon, and tap the Advanced Settings tab.
  3. Tap the Report Output button.
  4. Tap the Report File Type drop-down list, and select TIFF.
  5. In the Report Export Location field, enter the path of the shared folder you created in Getting Started.
  6. Tap the Back button to return to the Advanced Settings screen.

Setting up the Work List Function

Although the equipment interface does not support HFA3 in DICOM mode, some of the HFA3 internal DICOM settings must be enabled for the Work List feature to function properly.

  1. Using the operator touch panel on your HFA3 equipment, log on as the administrator.
  2. Tap the Wrench icon, and tap the Network tab.
  3. Tap the Enable DICOM Network button.
  4. Under Local Application Entity, disable Automatic MWL Update.
  5. Under Remote Application Entity, manually disable Storage, Retrieve, Query, and Storage Commitment services;
    1. Tap Storage, and select Manually Connect.
    2. In the next screen, disable the service and tap OK.
    3. Repeat steps a–b for all services except MWL.

      Leave the DICOM services radio option unselected.

  6. Tap the MWL service, and select Manually Connect.
  7. Enable MWL, and enter the following connection values:
    1. For AE Title, enter EmrSCP.

      This entry is case sensitive.

    2. For Host Name, enter localhost.
    3. For Port, enter 2112.
  8. Tap OK.
  9. Tap the Test Connection button to verify successful connection.