Alarms
Setting the alarm light brightness
B650, B450: The monitor has an integrated alarm light.
B850: Some displays have an alarm light.
1.
Select
Alarm Setup
from the monitor’s main menu.
2.
Select the
Audible & Visual
tab.
3.
Select an
Alarm Light %
value.
The greater the value, the brighter the light.
Audible alarm signals
When more than one alarm occurs at the same time, the monitor will sound an
alarm tone for the highest priority alarm. Any lower priority audible alarm tones are
suppressed by the higher priority alarm tone.
The most recent of the alarms that has the highest priority level at this moment is the
alarm that is broadcast on the network. For example, if there is one medium-priority
alarm and a low-priority alarm appears, the medium-priority alarm is broadcast, not
the most recent (low-priority) alarm. If there is one medium-priority alarm and another
medium-priority alarm appears, the latest alarm that appeared is broadcast.
Alarm tones
The alarm tones may be configured to sound in one of two different tone patterns:
Legacy
or
IEC
.
IEC
tones are 60601-1-8 compliant.
Legacy
alarm tones match the
tones used on some previous GE monitoring devices.
For more information, see the CARESCAPE Modular Monitors Supplemental
Information Manual.
AVOA alarm tones may differ from the local monitor alarm tones. Both the highest
priority local alarm tone and the highest AVOA alarm tone will sound, but in a
sequence containing one local alarm tone pattern and one AVOA alarm tone pattern.
If the same tones have been selected for AVOA and local alarms, then only the highest
priority tone will sound.
Adjusting the alarm volume
The selections in the
Alarms Setup
menu vary according to what has been configured
in the
Care Unit Settings
>
Alarms
(password protected).
1.
Select
Alarm Setup
from the monitor’s main menu.
2.
Select the
Audible & Visual
tab.
3.
Adjust the volume according to what is available in the menu:
●
Adjust the
Alarm Volume
value. This is the volume for all alarms.
●
Adjust the
Alarm Volume for:
separately for
High & Medium Priority
and
Low
Priority
.
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