User guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- The basics
- Entering your settings
- Basic steps
- Setting the time and date
- Selecting the language
- Setting your Alarm/Alert Type
- Entering your glucose monitoring settings
- Turning on the sensor
- Selecting the BG units
- Turning on the Glucose Alerts
- Setting the Glucose Limits
- Setting the Glucose Limits start time
- Setting the High Snooze
- Setting the Low Snooze
- Setting the Predictive glucose alert
- Setting the Rate Alerts
- AUC calculation
- Setting the Alarm Snooze
- Setting the Cal Reminder
- Entering the transmitter identification number
- Setting up the Missed Data option
- Setting the sensor glucose graph timeout
- Reviewing your settings
- Setting up your transmitter and sensor
- Meter option
- Using your system
- Utilities
- Therapy management software
- Troubleshooting and alarms/alerts
- About alarms and alerts
- What to do when you get an alarm/alert
- Sensor alerts
- Viewing your sensor alert history
- System alarms
- Viewing your system alarm history
- Understanding your transmitter, tester, and charger
- Troubleshooting the transmitter
- Troubleshooting the monitor
- My monitor will not display my BG measurement from my meter
- Reconnect old sensor
- Find lost sensor
- What happens if I leave the monitor battery out for more than ten minutes?
- Why doesn't my monitor battery last very long?
- What is a CHECK SETTINGS alarm?
- My screen looks distorted
- I dropped my monitor
- I submerged my monitor in water
- I cannot get to the User Settings screen
- System maintenance
- System specifications
- Alarm/alert types
- Alarm/alert messages and codes
- Alarm/alert history
- Backlight
- Screen and menu timeout
- Sensor glucose graph timeout
- High and low Glucose Limits (CSS7100)
- High and low Glucose Limits (CSS7100K)
- Daily totals
- Default screen
- Default settings
- ENTER BG meter values
- Meter ID entries
- Power supply
- System safety checks
- Radio frequency (RF) communication specifications
- Quality of service
- Data security
- Monitor size
- Monitor weight
- TIME/DATE SET screen
- STATUS screen
- Guidance and manufacturer's declaration
- MiniLink specifications
- Warranty
- Icon table
- Sensor accuracy
- Performance results in adults
- Accuracy of Guardian RT readings
- Precision of Guardian RT readings
- Low and High Alerts in adults
- Guardian RT Sensor Performance and Calibration Stability As a Function of Time
- Effects of calibration frequency
- Performance results in children and adolescents
- Low and High alerts in children and adolescents
- Glossary
- Index
Conventions used in this guide
The conventions used in this guide are defined in the following table.
Conventions Meaning
Press Push and release the button.
Hold Press and keep pressure on the button.
Press ESC, ACT
Press the ESC button, then press the ACT button. When two buttons
are separated by a comma (,) it means to press the first button, then
press the next button.
Select
Choose an item or a value from a menu or screen. Use the
and
buttons to make your selections.
Button names Always bold and uppercase; for example, UP, DOWN, ACT.
Screen and menu names Always uppercase; for example, MAIN MENU, STATUS screen.
Menu items Always bold; for example, 12-Hour Setup, On, Off
CAUTION
A potential hazard that, if not avoided, may cause damage to your
Guardian REAL-Time CGM System.
WARNING
A potential hazard that, if not avoided, may cause death or serious
injury. It may also describe potential serious adverse reactions and
safety hazards.
Menu item selections
The items on a menu you need to select to go to another menu or a
screen. Each menu item is separated by the (>) symbol. For example:
MAIN MENU > Utilities > Alarm
The actual steps used to complete menu item selection shown above
are:
1 Open the MAIN MENU.
2 Select Utilities, press ACT.
3 Select Alarm, press ACT.
To make the steps for getting to a specific menu or screen easier to
understand, the menu item selections do not include the steps for
pressing the ACT button.
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