Product Manual

Using the N-560

N-560 Operator’s Manual 29

Setting Alarm Silence Duration

Discussion

WARNING: Do not silence an audible alarm or decrease its

volume if patient safety could be compromised.

Alarms can be silenced for a preset period called alarm silence

duration. To view the current setting, press and hold the

Alarm

Silence

button until 30 SEC, 60 SEC, 120 SEC, or OFF is displayed.

To adjust the settings, press and hold the

Alarm Silence button until

30 SEC, 60 SEC, 120 SEC, or OFF is di

splayed. Continue holding the

Alarm Silence button, and use the Adjust Up button or Adjust Down

button to increase or decrease the value. Possible values are 30, 60,

90, or 120 seconds, or OFF. The OFF selection is discussed under

Disabling Audible Alarms on page 31.

If the

Alarm Silence button is pressed during the alarm silence

duration, the alarm silence duration is ended and the audible alarms

are re-enabled.

Visual indications of an alarm condition cannot be turned off. For

exam

ple, if the %SpO

2 lower alarm limit is exceeded, the alarm can

be silenced for the alarm silence duration, but the %SpO

2 value will

continue to flash.

If the alarm condition is still present when the alarm silence duration

has elapsed, the alarm will sound.

he power-on default setting for audible alarm silence duration is set

at the factory to 60 seco

nds. The default setting can be adjusted by

service personnel as described in the N-560 service manual.