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62Chapter4:Moni toringSpO2989803173791 Rev 0.6
selected,the“AlarmsSilenced”message,flashinginred,willbedisplayedinthe
informationalmessagearea.Anewalarmconditionwillcausereactivationofthesound
andlightfunctions.
Warning
WAR N I N G
Anactivesilencedalarmmaynotbeaccompanied byan“ALARMSSILENCED”messageif
AlarmsPausehasbeenactivated,orifasubsequentadditionalalarmhasoccurredandwas
self‐corrected.
• AlarmsPausebutton:Allowsyoutotemporarilydeactivatethealarmfunctions(helpful,
forexample,whenpreppingapatientformonitoring).Whenselected,the“Alarms
Paused”messageanda2minutecountdowntimer,flashinginred,willbedisplayedinthe
informationalmessagearea.
NOTE
Alarmfunctionsarerestoredwhenthecountdowntimerreacheszero(0)orwhentheAlarms
Pausebuttonistouchedduringthecountdown.
System Messages
Thefollowingtablelists messagesthatcanbedisplayedbythesystemduringoperation,and
providesmeanings,probablecausesandrecommendedactions(ifneeded)forproblem
resolutions.Ifthemessagepersistsafterperformingtherecommendedaction(s),contactInvivo
TechnicalSupportorInvivo‐authorizedservicepersonnelforassistance.
Message Meaning ProbableCause RecommendedAction
Alarms
Paused
Alarmsarepaused
untilthecountdown
timerreacheszero.
TheAlarmsPause
buttonwastouched.
Noactionrequired.Normalalarmmonitoring
functionwillresumeuponexpirationofthe 
countdown(orimmediatelyifAlarmsPauseis
touchedagain.)
AlarmsSilenced
Alarmshavebeen
silenced.
TheAlarmsSilence
buttonwastouched.
TouchtheAlarmsPause
buttontwiceto
returnnormalalarmmonitoringfunctions.
BadProbe
Thesystemhas
detecteda
hardwarefailurein
thesensor.
TheSpO
2
sensoris
defective.
TryanotherSpO
2
sensor.
Erratic
Erratic
measurementsare
beingproducedby
thesystem.
TheSpO
2
sensoris
notproperlyapplied
tothepatient,isnot
properlypositioned,
ortheprobeisfaulty.
•Checkthealignmentoftheprobe.
•Tryusingadifferentprobe.