MSA ORION - Battery Management and Status

Heartbeat
Indicator (see
FIGURE 3-2)
•
The Heartbeat
Indicator flashes
once every 30
seconds to notify the
user the instrument is
ON and operating.
Battery Life
Indicator
(see FIGURE 3-2)
•
The battery
condition icon
continuously
displays in the
upper portion of
the screen, regardless of the selected page.
•
As the battery charge dissipates, segments of the battery icon
go blank until only the outline of the battery icon remains.
Battery Warning
•
A Battery Warning indicates that a nominal 20 minutes of
operation remain before instrument batteries are
completely depleted.
NOTE:
Duration of remaining instrument operation during
Battery Warning depends on:
•
Ambient temperatures
(The battery warning is likely to be shorter in
colder temperatures, particularly with
alkaline batteries)
•
Whether the battery warning is reset (it comes ON
again every five minutes).
•
When the Orion Multigas Detector goes into Battery Warning:
•
Battery Life indicator flashes
•
Alarm sounds
Figure 3-2. Battery and Heartbeat
Indicators
Operating Manual Chapter 3, Using the Orion Multigas Detector
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