B
I
PAP S
YNCHRONY
S
ERVICE
& T
ECHNICAL
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NFORMATION
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ROUBLESHOOTING
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IAGNOSTICS
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AGE
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L
OW
T
IDAL
V
OLUME
A
LARM
The Low Tidal Volume alarm is a high priority alarm. IT occurs when the calculated tidal volume is less
than 90% of the target tidal volume setting. When a Low Tidal Alarm occurs, the
Alarm
and
V
TE
symbols flash on the display and the LCD backlight is turned on. This alarm does not automatically
reset. Press the reset button to manually reset the alarm
P
OWER
A
LARMS
The BiPAP Synchrony power alarms are described below.
E
XTERNAL
B
ATTERY
D
ISCHARGED
This alarm occurs when the external battery is below 9.8V. This alarm does not occur if AC power is
available, but the Low External Battery alarm remains active. The red alarm LED flashes when this
alarm occurs and the power failure audible alarm beeps. The
Silence
and
Reset
buttons do not apply
to this alarm.
NOTE
A setting of zero disables the Low Tidal Volume alarm.