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Repair Information Troubleshooting Menus
1.25.4 Temperature Troubleshooting
1.25.5 Respiration and CO
2
Troubleshooting
MESSAGE/PROBLEM REASON SOLUTION
Temperature Probes not
Working
Poor contact from probes to body Check the body surface contact
at the probe tip
Reposition or apply
thermoconductive gel
Temperature not displayed Improper display setup Check display setup in Monitor
Setup Menu and change as
desired
Cable not plugged in Check the cable
MESSAGE/PROBLEM REASON SOLUTION
Resp. Waveform Too Large Scales set inappropriately. Change lead selection.
Change Respiration scale.
Resp. Waveform Too Small Patient breathing is shallow or
patient is turned on side.
Change lead selection.
Scale set inappropriately. Change respiration scale.
False Apnea Alarm Apnea delay may be
improperly set.
Choose an.other apnea delay
Patient may be having frequent
episodes of CVA.
Reposition electrodes to better
detect respirations.
Scale size may be too low. Change Respiration scale
No Resp. Waveform or Rate
Displayed
Respiration turned Off. Turn respiration On (Off will be
displayed in Resp. window).
Patient connected using ESIS
choke cable.
Check that proper patient cable
is used. Use non ESIS patient
cable.
Cable not connected. Check cable.
CO
2
: FilterLine
®
Disconnected The FilterLine is not connected
to the monitor.
Connect the FilterLine.
CO
2
: Warming Up The CO
2
sensor has not
reached its operating
temperature.
Wait for the message to go
away.
(The monitor was just turned
on).
It takes typically 30 seconds for
the sensor to warm up.
CO
2
: Auto-zero In Progress The CO
2
sensor is. performing
an auto-zero
Wait for the auto-zero to
complete.
CO
2
: Auto-zero Requested An Auto-zero was
automatically requested by the
system.
Wait for the auto-zero to
complete.
CO
2
: Failure CO
2
system failure. Contact Technical Support.