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AlphaNumericMode
TheQuidelTriageMeterProhasthecapabilityfortheoperatortoenterbothnumericandalphacharacters
fromthekeypad.Thekeypadoperatesinnumericmodeuntilalphamodeisactivatedbypressingthe
key.Themeterstaysinalphamode,indicatedbytheletters"ABC"shownatthetopof
thedisplay,untilthe
keyispressedagain.Wheninalphamode,pressinganykeycausesthealphacharactertobe
displayed.
1
Ͳ/#()*.\
7
PQRS
2
ABC
8
TUV
3
DEF
9
WXYZ
4
GHI
0 noalphacharacterisdispla yed
5
JKL
. noalphacharacterisdispla yed
6
MNO
Thefirstpressofabuttoncausesthefirstlettertobedisplayed.Thesecondpressofthesamebuttonwithin
threesecondscausesthesecondlettertobedis played.Thethirdpressofthesamebuttonwithinthree
secondscausesthethirdlettertobedisplayed.
Afterthe
lastcharacterinasequenceisdisplayed,thenextbuttonpressofthesamebuttonwithin3
secondsdisplaysthefirstcharacterandthesequenceisrepeated.
Ifmorethanthreesecondspasswithouttheoperatorpressingthebutton,thenextpressofthatbutton
causesthefirstcharacterto
bedisplayed.Ifanewbuttonispressed,thefirstcharacterofthenewbuttonis
displayedwithsubsequentpressesrepeatingthesequence.