Alarm Watch Troubleshooting Alarm Watch
23 - 8 V Series Operating Instructions
23.4 Alarm Watch Troubleshooting
The A-W tile area displays messages indicating the current state of the alarm watch beds. If there is
more than one message to display, the messages scroll.
MESSAGE/ISSUE REASON SOLUTION
Do not see the A-W tile in
display.
Tile not configured to display. Refer to "Display Options Dialog" on
page 3-2 for additional information.
Cannot remove bed from
Alarm Watch Setup dialog.
Bed is locked and can only be
removed by the System
Administrator.
Refer to "Removing a Bed" on page
23-4. If the bed is locked, contact the
System Administrator.
See bed at the central station
but do not see in Alarm
Watch Setup dialog.
Only locations where room/bed
information was entered are
available in the list.
Add a room/bed to the location.
Incoming Alarms Blocked One of the following dialogs is open
at the Host monitor: C.O. Run, PAWP,
PA Insertion, Hemo Calculations,
Drug Calculations, or VAccess.
Close the dialogs at the Host
monitor to unblock alarm watching.
Cannot add any more beds. The V 12/V 21 can only watch up to
16 beds.
No solution needed.
The system is only watching
lethal alarms.
Only lethal alarms are included in
the Watched Alarms list.
Refer to "Adding Alarms to Watched
Alarm List" on page 23-4.
AW Comm Lost Displays when the A-W tile is not
configured for display and there is a
communications loss with the
Source monitor.
Contact the System Administrator.
* Display messages are shown in bold text.