Operating the Bed Sensor
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Care@Home™ Bed Sensor User Guide
3.
Operating the Bed Sensor
The bed sensor monitors certain events, and reports them by:
LED indications
Sending notifications to the CP
3.1.
LED Indications
The bed sensor LED lights for the following events:
Red – Battery replaced
Green – Pad pressed
3.2.
Notifications
The bed sensor sends notifications to the control panel for the following events:
Pressure is applied to the pad
Pressure is released from the pad
The battery is low
The tamper switch is activated
3.3.
Supervision
The bed sensor is a supervised device. The bed sensor periodically transmits its status to the control
panel. If after a pre-defined time the control panel does not receive a status message, the control
panel sends a supervision lost message to the monitoring station.
The bed sensor's state, pressed or not pressed, is included in periodic updates.
