Introduction Alarms and Messages
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6.1.3 Alarm Indicators
The A5/A3 provides the following alarm indicators:
• An alarm LED located on top of the LCD monitor. The LED can illuminate red, yellow, cyan, or
OFF depending on the alarm condition.
TABLE 6-1 describes the alarm behavior of different alarm types and different alarm priority labels.
If multiple alarms occur simultaneously, the audio and LED behavior will follow the highest
priority active alarm.
• Colored alarm messages displayed on the Main Screen. High priority messages are red.
Medium priority messages are yellow. Low priority messages are cyan. Prompt messages are
black text, white background. Messages are displayed according to priority and time. (See
‘‘Displayed Order of Alarm Messages’’ on page 6-6.)
• Alarm audio through the system alarm speaker. TABLE 6-1 lists the audio behavior for each
type of alarm.
TABLE 6-1 Alarm Indicators (Audio and On-screen Messages)
ALARM TYPE
ALARM
PRIORITY AUDIO BEHAVIOR MESSAGE BEHAVIOR
ALARM
LED
COLOR
Physiological
Alarm
High Play high priority alarm
sound, the interval between
each play is 5 ± 1 sec.
white text red
background, high
priority icon.
Red
Medium Play medium priority alarm
sound, the interval between
each play is 5 ± 1 sec.
black text yellow
background, medium
priority icon.
Yel low
Low Play low priority alarm sound,
the interval between each
play is 17 ± 1 sec.
white text cyan
background, low
priority icon.
Cyan
Technical
Alarm
High Play high priority alarm
sound, the interval between
each play is 5 ± 1 sec.
white text red
background, high
priority icon.
Red
Medium Play medium priority alarm
sound, the interval between
each play is 5 ± 1 sec.
black text yellow
background, medium
priority icon.
Yel low
Low Play low priority alarm sound,
the interval between each
play is 17 ± 1 sec.
white text cyan
background, low
priority icon.
Cyan
Prompt
Message
None None black text with white
background
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