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7.5.3 Setting Alarm Delay Time
You can set the alarm delay time for over-limit alarms of continuously measured parameters. If the alarm-triggered
condition disappears within the delay time, the patient monitor will not give the alarm.
To set the alarm delay time,
1. Select [Main Menu]→[Maintenance >>]→[User Maintenance >>]. Enter the required password and then select
[Ok].
2. Select [Alarm Setup >>]→[Alarm Delay].
Alarm delay is not applied to the following physiological alarms:
Apnea
ST alarms
Arrhythmia alarms
ECG weak signal
Resp artifact
No pulse
HR over alarm limits
Measurements of noncontinuous parameters over alarm limits
You can set [Apnea Delay] and [ST Alarm Delay] separately.
7.5.4 Setting SpO
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Technical Alarm Delay
You can set the [Tech. Alarm Delay] in the [Others] tab of the [Alarm Setup] menu. The options are [Off], [5s], [10s] and
[15s]. The delay is effective to the following technical alarms: SpO
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Sensor Off, SpO
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Too Much Light, SpO
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Low Signal
and SpO
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Interference.
7.5.5 Setting Recording Length
You can change the length of the recorded waveforms. In the [Others] window of the [Alarm Setup] menu, select
[Recording Length] and toggle between [8 s], [16 s] and [32 s]:
[8 s]: 4 seconds respectively before and after the alarm or manual event trigger moment.
[16 s]: 8 seconds respectively before and after the alarm or manual event trigger moment.
[32 s]: 16 seconds respectively before and after the alarm or manual event trigger moment.