Passport 12/Passport 8 Operator’s Manual 2-3
1. Alarm lamp
When a physiological alarm or technical alarm occurs, this lamp flashes as defined below.
High level alarms: the lamp quickly flashes red.
Medium level alarms: the lamp slowly flashes yellow.
Low level alarms: the lamp lights yellow without flashing.
2. Display Screen
3. AC power LED
4. Power On/Off Switch
Pressing this switch turns the monitor on.
When the monitor is on, pressing and holding this switch turns the monitor off.
An indicator is built into this switch. It turns on when the monitor is on and turns off when the monitor is off.
5. Battery LED
On: when the battery is installed and the AC source is connected.
Off: when no battery is installed or the installed battery is malfunctioning, or no AC source is connected
when the monitor is powered off.
Flashing: when the monitor operates on battery power.
6. Alarm Reset: Press to reset the alarms.
7. Alarm Pause: Press to pause or restore alarms.
8. Freeze: Press to freeze or unfreeze waveforms.
9. Record: When a recording task is not started, pressing this button starts recording. When a recording task is in
progress, pressing this button stops recording.
10. NIBP: Press to start or stop NIBP measurements.
11. Menu
If no menu is currently displayed on the screen, pressing it enters the main menu. If a menu is currently displayed
on the screen, pressing it closes that menu.
12. Knob
Rotate the knob clockwise or counter-clockwise to move the cursor.
Press the knob to select one item, such as accessing a menu or confirming the selection.