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Operating the Avant 9700
LCD Display Views
Plethysmographic Waveform View
The default view is the Plethysmographic Waveform. Approximately 3.4 seconds of data are
displayed on the LCD screen; new data is always displayed from the left edge of the screen.
Alarm limits and vertical scaling are shown at the bottom of the LCD display. (Vertical scaling is
a value. Shown with x1, x2, x4, x8, or x16 identifying the vertical scaling of the waveform.)
Figure 3: Plethysmographic Waveform
Switch 5
US / International Date Format
Up
—International Date Format
Down
—US Date Format
Switch 6
Power Saving During Battery Use (Dims Display)
Up
—Power Saving Disabled
Down
—Power Saving Enabled
Switch 7
Nurse Call Output
Up
—Continuous
Down
—One second audible alarm at 60 second intervals
Switch 8
Serial Data Output
Up
—Fast SpO
2
and pulse rate output
Down
—SpO
2
and pulse rate output, as determined by the position of option
switch 2
Table 5: Option Switches (Continued)
Switch
Function
