Alarm system
CNAP
®
Monitor 500
Page 6-9
Version 5.2.5,
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21-FHZU-10002
NOTE:
•
The operator can adjust alarm limits within the
Alarm defaults
menu. Alarm limit
settings for the patient categories
Adult
and
Pediatric
are to be performed sepa-
rately. The respective menu is located in a password protected area of the CNAP
®
Monitor 500 which can be accessed via the
Service
menu. The necessary password as
well as further information about configuring individual user settings or restoring facto-
ry settings can be found in the CNAP
®
Monitor 500 ”Service manual for users“.
•
The user can restore all adjusted
Alarm limits
back to factory settings. To do this,
the user has to select the function
Restore Factory Settings
which can be ac-
cessed via the password protected
Service
menu (see "Service manual for users").
STOP:
•
Setting the
Alarm limits
to extreme and thus unsuitable values results in the
alarm system becoming useless!
6.5
Alarm history
The
Alarm History
is displayed directly on the main screen and shows a list of up to 500 latest
released alarms and malfunction reports. In order to view the
Alarm History
,
use the click-wheel
control to first select
Trend frame
and then to open
Alarm History
.
Each report of the alarm
history includes the following information:
•
Date
•
Time
•
Priority:
**
(MEDIUM priority)
•
Alarm message
All entries in the
Alarm History
will be deleted either if the CNAP
®
Monitor 500 is switched off or
if there is a total loss of power supply (e.g. empty b no mains power supply).
Just for the case the maximum number of entries is exceeded, the latest entries are automatically
overwritten.
6.6
Alarm system function tests
When the CNAP
®
Monitor 500 is switched on, the alarm system automatically performs a self-test
in the course of which the operator has to check the functional reliability of all acoustic and visual
alarm signals.
STOP:
The automatic device self-test causes the system to release a technical alarm signal of
LOW priority (white alarm), the alarm message reading
Alarm Self-Test
.
Check the
functional reliability of the alarm system during start-up of the monitor and confirm it by
pressing
Alarm Pause/Off
:
•
Visual alarm signal:
* Alarm message:
Alarm Self-Test
•
Acoustic alarm signal: LOW PRIORITY
Distributed by BIOPAC Systems, Inc.
Manufactured by CNSystems AG
