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BPAro
ENG Revision A
Application
3.6
Switching ABPM Devices ON and
OFF
The ABPM devices have a power switch inside their
battery compartment. Open the battery compartment (see
Fig. 3.1) and turn the device on and off as follows, if
(rechargeable) batteries have been inserted:
To switch ON: Slide the switch to ON.
To switch OFF: Slide the switch to OFF
3.7
Performance Check
When turned on, the ABPM devices run a self-test that
includes all symbols and segments on the LCD (Fig.
3.5). Then, the version number of the device software is
displayed (e.g., “P 30” for version 3.0).
Afterwards, the device checks the inserted
(rechargeable) batteries and indicates the remaining
capacity (see Fig. 3.6). "A 100", for instance, means that
the rechargeable batteries have a capacity of 100%, i.e.,
they are fully charged. "b 50" means that the alkaline
batteries have a capacity of only 50%, i.e., they are half
depleted.
The minimum battery capacity for a 24-hour measure-
ment is 90%.
If the capacity is below 90%, new or fully charged
batteries must be inserted.
BP monitors that have passed the self-test and completed
the battery test will indicate the following information:
−
the time of day
−
the measuring phase (day / night ), and
−
whether data are stored in the BP monitor (
M
) (see
Fig. 3.7).
The BP monitor will also emit an audio signal if enabled.
Fig. 3.5 Test display on LCD
Fig. 3.6 Battery capacity of 80 %
3.8
Clock Display
Each time the device is started by the PC software, the
clock, which is integrated into the device, is auto-
matically set to the PC time (see Fig. 3.7). Manually
changing the time at the device is not possible.
Fig. 3.7 Example: Display after successful self-test
(M = BP data in memory, measuring
phase: day)
