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
Checking the status of the system
The system allows you to check its status (condition) in the following areas:
• Condition of the batteries.
• The age of the sensor.
• Connection and communication between the sensor and transmitter, and the transmitter and monitor.
• When the next meter BG measurement is needed to calibrate the system.
Checking the monitor battery status
The battery status shows you how much energy remains in the battery.
1 Make sure the HOME screen appears. If it does not, press ESC until it appears.
2 Press the ESC button until the STATUS screen appears.
One of the following status types is displayed:
Status Description
Normal The battery has enough energy to run the features of the system.
Low The battery is running low on energy. The battery should be replaced soon.
Off The battery is out of energy. The system shuts down automatically. The battery
should be replaced as soon as possible.
Checking the sensor status
The sensor status tells you when your next calibration is due, and how long the sensor has been used.
Before you begin
The sensor and transmitter must be connected, and the sensor must be turned on, before you can check
the sensor status.
To check the sensor status:
1 From the HOME screen, press ESC until the SENSOR STATUS screen shows the following status
information:
Using your system62