GE CARESCAPE - Peripheral device limit alarms; Peripheral device parameter data

Interfacingwithperipheraldevices
1.Indicatorlights
2.Serialports
GreenindicatorYellowindicatorSerialportstatus
Description
OffOff
Noconnection
Nothingisconnectedtothe
associatedserialportorthe
interfaceconnectorisnot
operational.
Off
On
CommunicationpendingCableandinterfaceadapterare
connected,butthesupported
devicecommunicationisnotyet
established.
OffSlowblinking
(onceevery2
seconds)
Communicationerror
Connected,butcommunications
errorwithsupporteddevice.
OffFastblinking
(twiceevery
second)
OthererrorsIndicates:
●Toomanysupporteddevices
ofonetypeareconnected.
●Interfaceadapteris
malfunctioning.
●Supporteddevicesoftware
isnotcompatiblewiththe
monitorsoftware.
●Interfaceadapterisnot
supportedbythemonitor
software.
.
On
OffWorkingCommunicationwiththe
supporteddeviceisgood.
Peripheraldevicelimitalarms
Thelimitalarmsarenotadjustablewhenthemeasurementsourceisfromanexternal
deviceconnectedtotheUnityNetworkInterfaceDevice(ID).Limitalarmscanbe
turnedonoroffonly.
Alarmlimitsorguardlimitssetforanyparameterhavenoeffectasonlythelimit
alarmsfromtheinterfaceddeviceareshown.Inaddition,theyareshownonlyfor
thoseparametersthathavetheirAlarmOnactivated.
Itshouldalsobenotedthatifaventilatorandagasacquisitionmoduleare
simultaneouslyconnectedtothemonitor,themonitorwillusethemodule’salarm
limitsandnotthoseoftheventilator.Inaddition,themonitorusesthemeasurement
dataoftheconnectedmodulesasthebasisforitsalarms.
Peripheraldeviceparameterdata
Thedatafromaperipheraldevicethatisdisplayedatthemonitorvarieswitheach
device.Thechartbelowgivessomegeneralinformationastowhatdataisavailable
tothemonitoringsystemandhowitishandled(trending,alarmbroadcast,etc.).
SeetheUnityNetworkInterfaceDevice(ID)operatorandservicemanualsformore
detailedinformationregardingwaveformsandalarms.
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