Performance Verification
ARGUS VCM
Printer Test
If Printer option installed, the following test procedures will verify printer performance.
1. Connect the monitor to an AC power source.
2. Press Power button to turn the monitor on.
3. Connect all necessary simulators to the monitor.
4. Press Printer button when the monitor displays the measurements.
5. Verify the measurement values are printed out correctly.
6. Press the mode button over 3 seconds (configuration mode) to select Stream print.
7. Kink NIBP cuff hose connector of the monitor and then press NIBP start/stop button.
8. Verify that the monitor ‘E23’ displays and also prints out.
9. Open the printer door, and then press Print button.
10. Verify that the monitor sounds ‘invalid button tone’.
Flash Memory
Perform the following procedure to test the flash memory.
1. Connect the monitor to an AC power source.
2. Press Power button to turn the monitor on.
3. Change alarm limits and other settings.
Temperature mode
C M
Alarm Limit, SYS HI
160
Alarm Limit, DIA LO
15
Alarm Limit, PR HI
180
Alarm Limit, SpO
2
LO
85
4. Kink NIBP cuff hose connector of the monitor to generate an error ‘E23’.
5. Turn the monitor off.
6. Press Power button to turn the monitor on again.
7. Verify that previously changed alarm limits and settings are saved/displayed.
8. Press Review button. Verify that ‘E23’ event is saved/displayed.
9. Turn the monitor off.
10. Press Power button & NIBP start/stop button simultaneously to enter Service mode.
11. Set ‘DEFAULT RESET’ to ‘YES’. The monitor will return to the factory defaults.
12. Turn the monitor off.
13. Press Power button to turn the monitor on again.
14. Verify that alarm limits and settings of the monitor are set to the factory defaults.
Refer to Table 8 Factory defaults.
15. Press Review button. Verify invalid button tone sounds and all events of trend data
has been removed.
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