EDAN iM8 Series User Manual page 57

Patient Monitor User Manual
MAINTAIN > ALARM SETUP. See as follows:
ALM SILENCE TIME: Set up the duration of Alarm Pause status, it can be set to 1 minute,
2 minutes and 3 minutes.
ALARM SILENCE: When it set to ON, hold the Silence button on the front panel for 3
seconds, and the alarm system will be silenced. In the alarm silence mode, the monitor gives
a Low alarm for the silence state per 3 minutes. Press this button again to turn on the alarm
system.
ALARM TWINKLE: Set it to FONT FLASH or BK FLASH. When the measured
parameter exceeds the alarm limit, the monitor gives an alarm by font flash or background
flash.
FONT FLASH: When the measured parameter exceeds its alarm limits, the font of the
parameter and the alarm limit flashes. For example, if the parameter exceeds high alarm
limit, the parameter and the high alarm limit flash at the same time.
BK FLASH: When the measured parameter exceeds its alarm limits, the background of the
parameter and the alarm limit flash. For High alarm, the background flashes in red; for
Medium alarm, and the background flashes in yellow; for Low alarm, the background
displays in yellow without flash.
SENSOR OFF ALARM: Turn on or off the sensor off alarm. When this item is set to ON,
pressing the SILENCE button on the front panel can pause the audio alarm. Press again to
resume the audio alarm; when the alarm is in pause state, it will give an alarm if sensor off
alarm condition is active.
ALM LATCH: Users can set it to LATCH or UNLATCH.
If it is set to LATCH, when alarm occurs, the monitor will give an audio prompt and a light
prompt (the FONT FLASH and BK FLASH are not active). After this alarm event is over,
for example, the measured parameters resume to normal conditions, the monitor will still
give the alarm prompt continuously. Press the Silence button or set UNLATCH in menu to
stop this alarm prompt.
Figure 6-2 Alarm Setup in User Maintain
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