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CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................3 Warnings .....................................................................................4 Product Overview ........................................................................6 Equipment Guide – axiom Player Unit ..........................................9 Battery Care ............................................................................................... 9 Controls and Indicators ......
Equipment Management ........................................................................... 43 Maintenance ............................................................................. 44 Cleaning InSite Equipment ...................................................................... 44 Battery Care ............................................................................................. 45 Long-Term (End-of-Season) Storage .......................................................
INTRODUCTION For over 80 years, Riddell has been the recognized leader in helmet technology and innovation. Founded with the mission to make sports equipment safer, better and easier to use, Riddell continues to address the evolving protective equipment needs of the athlete. Today, Riddell equipment is seen on football fields from coast-to-coast, protecting every level of player—from youth athletes to NFL professionals. Riddell is always working on the next generation of helmet technology.
WARNINGS • Contact in football may result in CONCUSSION-BRAIN INJURY which no helmet can prevent. Symptoms include: loss of consciousness or memory, dizziness, headache, nausea or confusion. If you have symptoms, immediately stop playing and report them to your coach, trainer and parents. Do not return to a game or practice until all symptoms are gone and you have received MEDICAL CLEARANCE. Ignoring this warning may lead to another and more serious or fatal brain injury.
Disease Control (CDC, www.cdc.gov/concussion) and USA Football (http://usafootball.com/health-safety/concussion-awareness) offer concussion management guidelines. • Riddell InSite must be properly installed and configured by the user to allow for correct function and transmission of impact Alerts (see Setup Summary for installation instructions).
PRODUCT OVERVIEW The InSite Impact Response System for Axiom is composed of the following components: 1. InSite Axiom Player Unit (included with new helmet purchase, or retrofit package sold separately) 2. USB Cable and AC Charger 3. Riddell Sideline Monitor INSITE AXIOM PLAYER UNIT Player Units installed within Riddell helmets measure impacts as they occur on field.
Power is provided by a non-rechargeable battery through an advanced power management system that automatically puts the unit into sleep mode when it is motionless, and into active operation once it detects motion. This functionality enables a typical battery life of approximately one year depending on usage. The Player Unit’s battery must be replaced once each year during reconditioning by a Riddell factory-authorized reconditioning center.
The USB cable connects the Riddell Sideline Monitor to a laptop or desktop, which functions to charge the Sideline Monitor batteries. An AC Charger is also included, that plugs into any 110V AC wall outlet. When used together with the USB cable, the AC Charger supplies electricity to recharge the Sideline Monitor batteries. P/N XXXXX vX.
EQUIPMENT GUIDE – AXIOM PLAYER UNIT BATTERY CARE InSite Player Units are powered by a factory installed non-rechargeable battery. The Player Unit’s battery must be replaced once each year during reconditioning by a Riddell factory-authorized reconditioning center. Please call Riddell Customer Service at (800) 275-5338 for the factory-authorized reconditioning center nearest you. Failure to replace the battery each year will result in loss of power and the Player Unit will become inoperable.
3) Identification Number (Serial Number) – 10-digit number that identifies a particular Player Unit. This number will appear in the Riddell Sideline Monitor application when the Player Unit is added. This number is used to assign individual Player Unit hardware to a Player. INSTALLATION INTO HELMETS Proper installation and setup of the InSite Impact Response System is required for correct product operation.
LOG-IN AND MAIN RSM DASHBOARD After launching Riddell Sideline Monitor (RSM), a log-in screen will be displayed as shown below. Enter your email, password, and select the appropriate environment. Press on the “SIGN IN” button. RSM log-in screen RSM Dashboard After logging in, you will be brought to the RSM Dashboard (see above). This is the main screen for displaying activity from connected PUs. P/N XXXXX vX.
Selecting the “hamburger menu” ( ) in the upper right corner of the application displays the menu shown below. The current RSM version is shown at the bottom of this window (“5.0.0.(70)” in this case). jsmith@email.com RSM application menu ADDING / ADOPTING A PLAYER UNIT P/N XXXXX vX.
To add Player Units (PUs) to your team, you will first Adopt the PU and then Assign the PU to an existing player on your team. (Setting up and managing players on your team are functions performed using the Riddell Insite Training Tool website, not covered in this RSM user guide.) To Adopt and Assign a PU: 1. 2. Select “Equipment” from the RSM application menu (see the “RSM application menu” screenshot above). Select the “AVAILABLE” tab to see a list of PUs which can be adopted.
3. 4. From the list of available PUs, select one which you would like to adopt into your team. Note that you should press on the text of the desired PU, not on the cog wheel icon button (which will request that RSM connect with the PU). After clicking on the desired PU, a popup screen such as the one shown below pops up. Verify the serial number and then click on the “Adopt” button. Adopting a PU 5. After adoption, the PU will show up under the “UN-ASSIGNED” tab (see below).
PUs ready to assign to a team player. 6. Assigning the PU to a team player. After adopting the PU and assigning it to a player, this PU will be displayed in the “ASSIGNED” tab along with other previously assigned PUs on your team. P/N XXXXX vX.
UNASSIGNING / UN-ADOPTING A PLAYER UNIT If a Player Unit (PU) is currently assigned to a player on one team and you would like to switch this PU to a different team, you will need to unassign and then un-adopt the PU using the following steps. 1. 2. Select “Equipment” from the RSM application menu. Select the “ASSIGNED” tab to see a list of PUs which are currently assigned to your team. Assigned PUs on a team. P/N XXXXX vX.
3. Select the Player Unit serial number of the PU you wish to unassign from this team (Note: select the serial number, not the cog wheel button). The dialog shown below pops up. “UN-ASSIGN” dialog box. 4. 5. Verify the serial number of the PU you wish to unassign and then click the “UN-ASSIGN” button. As shown below, the selected PU is now moved to the “UN-ASSIGNED” tab. P/N XXXXX vX.
After unassigning a PU, it is moved to the “UN-ASSIGNED” tab. 6. Next, un-adopt the PU by clicking the small garbage can icon in the “Remove” column on the “UN-ASSIGNED” tab. The popup shown below is displayed, asking you to verify your action. P/N XXXXX vX.
RSM verification for un-adopting a PU. 7. The unassigned and un-adopted PU will now be listed under the “AVAILABLE” tab, indicating that it is available to be adopted by another team. REVIEWING ALERT INFORMATION RSM receives notifications from PUs when high impact “Alert” events have occurred. A popup window is displayed on the RSM Dashboard containing the player number, player name, and event time. P/N XXXXX vX.
RSM has received notification of a high impact event for a player. RSM uploads event data to the Riddell ITT database and website. At the bottom of the RSM Dashboard screen, a message will be displayed indicating the number of notifications and impacts yet to be uploaded. For example, in the screenshot below, the message at the bottom of the Dashboard indicates that 8 notifications and 15 impacts are pending upload to ITT. P/N XXXXX vX.
Enlarged view of the bottom of the RSM Dashboard, showing the “Pending uploads to ITT” message. Clicking on the “Notifications” area on the RSM Dashboard brings up the “Notification View” screen, which contains a list of notifications organized by player. To exit the “Notification View” screen, click the back arrow at the top of the screen. P/N XXXXX vX.
RSM Notification View RSM VERSION INFORMATION Selecting the “hamburger menu” from the upper right corner of Dashboard displays the menu shown below. The current RSM version is shown at the bottom of this window, “5.0.0.(70)” in this case. P/N XXXXX vX.
jsmith@email.com RSM main menu; RSM version is displayed at the bottom of the menu screen. PLAYER UNIT FIRMWARE VERSION PU firmware version number can be obtained by connecting to the PU and viewing its configuration information. P/N XXXXX vX.
1. 2. From the main RSM Dashboard, select the “hamburger menu” in the upper right corner of the screen and then select the “Equipment” menu item. From either the AVAILABLE, ASSIGNED, or UN-ASSIGNED tab, press a “cog wheel” icon for the PU to which you want to connect. For example, in the screenshot of the ASSIGNED tab below, the cog wheel icons are found on the right side of each PU row, in the “Manage” column. To connect to a PU, press the desired PU’s cog wheel icon in the Manage column. 3.
RSM “Device Settings” screen. 4. Click the “Configuration” button on the “Device Settings” screen. A list of configuration settings is displayed. Scroll to the bottom of this screen; the very last entry is “Firmware Version”. P/N XXXXX vX.
PU firmware version is shown at the bottom of the RSM “Configuration” screen. P/N XXXXX vX.
Enlarged view of the “Firmware Version” found at the bottom of the RSM “Configuration” screen. 5. Click the back arrow at the top of the “Configuration” screen to return to the “Device Settings” screen. Then, click the back arrow at the top of the “Device Settings” screen to disconnect from the PU. When disconnecting from the PU, RSM pops up the confirmation dialog shown in the screenshot below; click “Yes” to disconnect from the PU. P/N XXXXX vX.
RSM confirms that you want to disconnect from the PU. P/N XXXXX vX.
UPDATING RSM The installed version of RSM can be updated using the following steps: - Download the updated Android application file Uninstall the currently installed RSM Install the updated RSM This interim procedure will be streamlined in future releases. Instructions for performing the upgrade are detailed below. WARNING: Part of this upgrade procedure involves uninstalling the currently installed version of RSM on your Android phone.
RSM popup dialog offering an updated RSM version. 2. After clicking “YES” to upgrade RSM, you will be directed to a website to download the new RSM application file (an Android “.apk” file). Click the “Download” button to download the upgraded RSM application file. You may receive a warning that “This type of file can harm your device” (which you can ignore); proceed to download the file. P/N XXXXX vX.
Download an upgraded RSM application file. 3. Before installing the new version of RSM, you must uninstall the current installation. WARNING: Please be aware that any data pending upload to the Riddell ITT database and website will be lost once the currently installed version of RSM is uninstalled. P/N XXXXX vX.
To uninstall RSM, press and hold your finger on the RSM program icon for the currently installed version of RSM on your Android phone. A popup selection screen will be displayed; select the “Uninstall” option from this screen. You will then see a verification screen asking if you want to uninstall “Riddell inSite”; select “OK”. Uninstall RSM by selecting the “Uninstall” option 4. Locate the new RSM application file, which will be located in the phone’s “Downloads” folder.
Samsung application group; select the “My Files” item and then press “Downloads”. Samsung application group; select the “My Files” item. P/N XXXXX vX.XX Samsung “My Files”; select the “Downloads” item.
5. From the “Downloads” list, press on the “apk” file for the RSM application that was downloaded. In our example, we downloaded “5.0.0.70.apk”. Samsung file downloads; to install the upgraded RSM, press on the “.apk” file that was downloaded earlier. P/N XXXXX vX.
6. After pressing on the “.apk” file for the new version of RSM, a popup dialog is displayed asking you to confirm installation of this application. Click “Install”. 7. Because the Android phone does not recognize the RSM developer, a further verification dialog similar to the one shown below may be displayed. Click “INSTALL ANYWAY”. 8. A popup dialog is displayed after installing the application; click either “Done” (to pop down the dialog) or “Open” (to launch the new RSM). P/N XXXXX vX.
9. After installation, when you first launch the new version of RSM, you must accept permissions for running RSM (as shown below). Accept permissions for running RSM application. P/N XXXXX vX.
UPDATING PLAYER UNIT FIRMWARE RSM can update a PU’s firmware to the latest version. 1. 2. From the main RSM Dashboard, select the “hamburger menu” in the upper right corner of the screen and then select the “Equipment” menu item. From either the AVAILABLE, ASSIGNED, or UN-ASSIGNED tab, press a “cog wheel” icon for the PU to which you want to connect/update. For example, in the screenshot of the ASSIGNED tab below, the cog wheel icons are found on the right side of each PU row, in the “Manage” column.
To connect to a PU, press the desired PU’s cog wheel icon in the Manage column. 3. After connecting to the PU, RSM will display the “Device Settings” screen. RSM “Device Settings” screen. 4. Click the “Device Firmware Update” button, which will bring you to the “Device Firmware Update” screen (see below). P/N XXXXX vX.
RSM “Device Firmware Update” screen, for updating firmware on the connected PU. Updated firmware being loaded onto the connected PU. 5. Click the “UPLOAD” button. Updated firmware will be loaded onto the connected PU. A status bar indicates the percentage of the file which has been transmitted (see screenshot above). 6. After successfully transmitting the updated firmware, a message is displayed on RSM, “Application has been transferred successfully.” P/N XXXXX vX.
The PU will then reboot, resetting the connection between RSM and the PU. Successful transfer of updated firmware file. P/N XXXXX vX.
USING INSITE BEFORE PLAY TBD DURING PLAY - USING ALERTS During a game, Player Units monitor and record significant impacts, and will transmit Alerts to the RSM when impact exposure thresholds are exceeded. If an Alert is generated while the Player Unit is out of communication range (50 yards), the Alert will be stored on the Player Unit until it is successfully transmitted to the RSM.
HITsp does provide for a more specific correlation of on-field injuries and impact exposure than single factors alone1. ALERT TYPES InSite provides two types of impact Alerts, “Single Impact” and “Multiple Impact”. Both Alert types indicate that atypically high head-impact exposure has been experienced by the player, and that clinical best practices should be used to conduct an assessment for potential head injury (concussion).
impacts may result in over-exposure and generation of a Multiple Impact Alert. VIEWING NEW ALERTS TBD ALERT RESPONSE Alerts (either single or multiple) are indicative of higher-than-normal impact exposure. When an Alert is received, you should deploy your program’s concussion and head injury assessment protocol immediately. For more information, see CDC concussion guidelines: http://www.cdc.
MAINTENANCE To keep your equipment in peak operating condition, perform these maintenance procedures at periodic intervals. CLEANING INSITE EQUIPMENT SIDELINE MONITOR Follow phone care guidelines Caution: Avoid use of strong detergents or cleaning solvents, as they could damage the Sideline Monitor and void warranty. Do not use rubbing alcohol or other solvents to clean the SidelineMonitor screen. Permanent damage may result.
BATTERY CARE SIDELINE MONITOR Follow standard phone instructions LONG-TERM (END-OF-SEASON) STORAGE The following steps should be followed after every season: 1) Return the instrumented helmets for reconditioning to a Riddell factory-authorized reconditioning center in advance of the following season. Please call Riddell Customer Service at (800) 275-5338 for the factory-authorized reconditioning center nearest you.
For Sales & Customer Service support, please contact: Riddell – Customer Support Group 9801 W. Higgins Rd, Suite 800 Rosemont, IL 60018 P: (800) 275-5338 insitehelp@riddellsports.com www.riddell.
The following statement applies to the InSite Player Unit and Sideline Monitor, as required by Industry Canada (IC): This device contains licence-exempt transmitter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s licence-exempt RSS(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause interference. 2. This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.
• The device covered by this warranty should be returned to Riddell, along with proof of purchase. P/N XXXXX vX.
