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7.2 Monitoring
During monitoring, the Movement Indicator Light (3) provides information about your baby’s
abdominal movements, while the Alarm Indicator Light (4) alerts you to potential problems.
The Movement Indicator Light (3) flashes with each abdominal movement:-
Green Normal abdominal movements.
Orange Very small or weak abdominal movements (eg very shallow
breathing).
Orange and Movement rate below 8 abdominal movements per
Movement-rate minute. If the abdominal movement rate increases to over
Warning sounds 8 movements per minute, the Movement Indicator Light
(dual-tone beep will reset to green (normal) and the warning will stop. To
every second) disable this function, see Section 8.3 Movement-Rate
Warning.
Red There has been at least one incident of no abdominal
movement for 15 seconds, where abdominal movement
was again detected after the vibration (see below).
Red and Rouse The Rouse Warning indicates that there have been 3
Warning sounds (beep vibration/rousing incidents. To disable this function, see
every 2 seconds) Section 8.2 Rouse Warning.
The Alarm Indicator Light (4) signifies the following:-
Flashes red with If no abdominal movement at all is detected for 15 seconds,
vibrating stimulus Hero gently vibrates in an attempt to rouse the baby. The
Alarm Indicator Light (4) flashes red simultaneously. If
abdominal movement is detected again within the next 5
seconds, the Movement Indicator Light (3) will flash red on
each subsequent abdominal movement. This is an
indication that there has been an incident of no abdominal
movement for 15 seconds.
Flashes red and If no abdominal movement at all is detected for a further 5
alarm sounds seconds after the vibration stimulus (20 seconds in total),
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