Quick start guide

Preparing the installation

  • Determine the operating mode in which you will deploy QAWeb Enterprise agent (See Agent operating mode).

  • For online mode:

    • The workstation outbound network requirements must be met (See Workstation networking requirements).

    • You need a valid login account for the QAWeb Enterprise Portal. If you do not have an account:

      • If your organization is already registered in QAWeb Enterprise, ask an existing member of your QAWeb Enterprise organization to create a user account for you.

      • If your organization is not yet registered in QAWeb Enterprise, submit a sign-up request at https://qaweb.healthcare.barco.com.

    • Documentation on how to use the Portal is available here: QAWeb Enterprise Portal user guide

    • Locate your organization ID and registration key, which you will need in the installation process (in the Portal, navigate to My organization in the Administration header menu)

  • It is recommended to connect all Barco displays to the workstation with a USB cable.

  • It is recommended to update the driver for Barco MXRT graphics controllers to the latest available version.

  • For more details, see Agent System requirements

Agent installation

  • Run the qaweb agent installer executable. The graphical installation wizard will guide you through the installation process. For more details, see Installing the QAWeb agent

Verifying the installation

After succesful installation of the agent, the expected behavior is the following:

  • The QAWeb status icon is present in the Windows taskbar notification area. Initially, the icon will indicate that a number of tasks (calibration and QA tests) are running. You may see gray or color patches appear under the I-Guard optical sensor of the display(s). Eventually all tasks should complete and the icon changes to indicate a compliant QA status (See User interface overview).

  • The following important default setting are applied:

    • Supported Barco displays are assigned a default use depending on the display model (general radiology, mammography, digital breast tomography, reviewing, dentistry or pathology). The use determines which calibration and QA tests will be applied to the display, and at which frequency the will be scheduled. Other (non-Barco) displays are assigned a non-clinical use by default.

    • This means that for these supported Barco displays with an I-Guard sensor, automatically the calibration will be started, followed by one or more QA tests.

    • For DICOM GSDF calibration, a default ambient light of 35 lux (CT/MR/NM reading room) is used to calculate the amount of reflected ambient light.

    • Barco displays are calibrated to the default white luminance target (brightness) of the display model.

    • For Barco mammography displays,the default Barco mammography compliance test will request to complete a visual test as part of the acceptance test.

    • The on-screen display menu is automatically locked to prevent end-users from modifying settings applied by the agent. (see Unlocking the display menu)

  • It is recommended to configure the Windows taskbar area to always show the QAWeb icon in order to make the current QA status always visible to the user of the workstation.

How to verify or manually start display calibration

  1. Click the QAWeb status icon in the windows taskbar ( ).

  2. Click the icon to open the Workstation detail window.

  3. In the Task Overview window, click on the Calibration task.

  4. For each display, the timestamp of the last calibration is indicated.

  5. Click on the timestamp to view the details of the calibration.

  6. To manually start the calibration, click the Run task button.

How to modify calibration and display settings

In online mode, the agent receives the calibration- and QA policies as they are defined in the QAWeb Enterprise Portal. The settings cannot be modified locally. Refer to the Portal user guide for more information on this topic.

In stand-alone mode, the calibration and QA policies can be modified using the agent user interface. See Using the policy editor

How to verify or manually start a QA test

  1. Click the QAWeb status icon in the windows taskbar ( ).

  2. Click the icon to open the Workstation detail window.

  3. In the Task Overview window, click on the QA test.

  4. For each display, the timestamp and result of the last execution of the QA test is indicated.

  5. Click on the timestamp to view the detailed results of the QA test.

  6. To manually start the QA test, click the Run task button.