Operator's Manual

Rad-97 Chapter 13: Alarms and Messages
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Pi Delta
From the Pi Delta menu screen, change any of the following options:
Options Description Factory
Default
Settings
User Configurable
Settings
Set
Baseline
Sets the Perfusion Index (Pi) value to be
used as the baseline.
Off On or Off
Percent
Change
The change in Pi from the baseline that,
if maintained for the Timeout length,
will trigger audible and visual alarms.
50% 10% to 99%, in steps of
1%
Timeout The length of time over which the
percent change in Pi is monitored.
None None or 1, 5, 30
minutes, 1, 4, 8, 12, 24,
36, 48 hours
Rad-97 Messages
The following section lists common messages, their potential causes, and next steps.
Message Potential Causes Next Steps
(Pulse CO-Ox)
Replace Cable
or
(RAM) Replace Cable
• The patient cable is
non-functional or the patient
monitoring time of the cable
has expired.
• Replace the patient cable.
(Pulse CO-Ox) Cable
Near Expiration
or
(RAM) Cable Near
Expiration
• Patient cable has less than
10% of patient monitoring
time remaining.
• Replace with new patient
cable.