User's Manual Part 7

Directions for Use Alarms and Alerts 91
To Respond at the Monitor to an Alert
1. Press to silence the tone for 90 seconds; press to clear the alert.
2. Troubleshoot and correct the problem. (See “Alert Messages and Status Messages”
on page 92.)
To Respond at Acuity to an Alert
For a monitor in communication with Acuity, alarms and alerts can be detected by either
the monitor or Acuity, and are displayed in both places. See Acuity Directions For Use.
About Battery Charge Status
Table 8. Battery Status Indicators
Display Status/Alert
Text
Battery Monitor Recommended
Action
Green
(none) Fully charged Okay None
Green
Partially full Okay None
Green
Partially full; charging Okay None
Yellow
EQUIPMENT ALERT
Low Battery.
Charge battery soon.
Low Can function for up to
30 minutes, but NIBP
is disabled.
Prepare to discontinue
monitoring. If possible,
insert the monitor into a
cradle.
Yellow
Low; charging Normal function. Do not remove the
monitor from the cradle.
Red
EQUIPMENT ALERT
Battery Too Low.
Shutting down.
Almost completely
discharged
Shutting down soon.
Can function for up to
5 minutes, but NIBP is
disabled.
Prepare to discontinue
monitoring. If possible,
insert the monitor into a
cradle.
If this indicator appears
when the monitor is in a
powered cradle, then
the battery is damaged
and must be replaced.
In this case, all stored
patient data will be
deleted when the
monitor is removed
from the cradle.
Red
Almost completely
discharged; charging
Normal function. Do not remove the
monitor from the cradle.