Charging Rechareable Battery In The External Recharge Compartment - Abbott i-STAT 1 System Manual

CHARGING A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WHILE INSTALLED IN THE HANDHELD
Placing a handheld containing the rechargeable battery in the DRC will automatically initiate charging of
the rechargeable battery. The indicator light on top of the DRC will be:
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green (trickle charge),
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red (fast charge), or
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blinking red (fast charge pending).
Note: No damage will be caused if a handheld with disposable batteries installed is placed in the DRC.
CHARGING A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY IN THE EXTERNAL RECHARGE
COMPARTMENT
Placing a rechargeable battery into the external recharging compartment will automatically initiate trickle
recharging. The indicator light near the recharging compartment will be green when a rechargeable bat-
tery is placed in the compartment.
1. The battery pack has 2 labels: one for orientation in the handheld and one for orientation in the
DRC. With the label with the Downloader facing up and the electrical contact end of the pack
facing the contacts in the battery compartment, insert the pack into the compartment as shown
on the label.
2. To remove the battery after it is charged, back the pack out of the compartment.
CONFIGURING THE i-STAT 1 DRC FOR NETWORK OPERATION
This section includes procedures to configure the i-STAT 1 DRC to transmit data between the i-STAT
1 handheld and the Data Manager PC running the i-STAT Central Data Station (CDS) or i-STAT/DE.
Successful programming of the i-STAT 1 DRC for network operation requires the completion of all of the
following steps in chronological order.
Note 1: Example screenshots were captured with Windows
appearance of your screens may differ.
Note 2: To perform the following steps, it may be necessary to log into the Windows PC with
Administrator rights.
Note 3: If the MAC address of the DRC is required, it will be displayed on the Current Settings screen,
shown below at Step 10.
Note 4: It may be necessary to increase the number of simultaneous connections allowed by your data
manager to 256 in order to maintain data transmissions to your data manager after installing a DRC-300
on your facility's network. This action does not apply when using a DRC-300 for USB serial communica-
tion.
The following instructions will increase the number of simultaneous connections allowed by your data
manager (Central Data Station or i-STAT/DE):
Central Data Station (CDS) Customers
1.
Shut down the Central Data Station program.
2. From your computer desktop, select Start and then Run.
3. In the Open field, type WCDS32 configfull then press OK.
4. At the i-STAT Central Data Station Customization window, select the Network tab.
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Art: 728690-01F Rev. Date: 14-Mar-14