Bionet BM Elite Series, Instructions For Use Manual

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Alarm Management
You can use the lock key on the front of the monitor to hold the alarms.
To change Alarm Mode: A short press of the alarm control key circulates through the Normal /
Audio_Paused / Alarm_Paused alarm modes. Press and hold the key for more than 3 seconds to
switch to Alarm_Off / Audio_Off mode using the mode selection dialog regardless of which alarm
mode the monitor is currently in.
Audio_Paused: Stop the audible alarm for 1 minute but the visual alarm is activated still. Banner
with the message Audio Paused and countdown timer are displayed on the screen. After the user
switches to another alarm mode or after the timeout period has elapsed if the alarm occurs still,
visual, and audible alarms will be activated again.
Alarm_Paused: Stop visual and audible alarms during user defined time. Banner with the message
Alarm Paused and countdown timer are displayed on the screen. After the user switches to another
alarm mode or after the timeout period has elapsed if the alarm occurs still, visual, and audible
alarms will be activated again.
Alarm_Off: Stop visual and audible alarms. A banner with the message Alarm Off is displayed on
the screen. The monitor maintains Alarm Off mode until user switch to another alarm mode.
Audio_Off: Stop the audible alarm. A banner with the message Audio Off is displayed on the screen.
The monitor maintains Audio Off mode until user switch to another alarm mode
Alarm control
Various alarm functions, such as alarm hold, validity, and alarm limit indicators, can only be
configured in the alarm control menu, accessible only through the password protected unit manager
menu.
Nurse call
If the monitor is sounding an alarm, the nurse call system is signaling.
When an audible alarm is silenced (Audio Pause or Audio Off) at the bedside unit, the nurse call
system will not alarm.