Performance Characteristics
9-4 ForceTriad User’s Guide
Activation Tone
The audio levels stated below are for activation tones (cut, Valleylab, coag,
bipolar, and LigaSure modes) and alarm tones (REM and system alarms) at a
distance of one meter.
Alarm Tone
Volume (adjustable) 45 to 65 dBA
Frequency Cut: 660 Hz
Valleylab: 800 Hz
Coag: 940 Hz
Bipolar: 940 Hz
LigaSure: 440 Hz
Duration Continuous while the system is activated
Volume (not adjustable) >65 dBA
Frequency REM: 660 Hz
Regrasp: Two tones: High = 985 Hz, Low = 780 Hz
Seal Complete: 985 Hz
Error/System Alert: Beep tone = 1400 Hz
Duration REM: Two 1/ 2 second tones separated by 1/2
second for each REM event
Reactivate/Regrasp: Four 175 msec tones -- high,
low, high -- low separated by 1/2 second
Check Instrument: Six 175 msec tones -- high, low,
high, low, high, low
Seal Complete: Two 175 msec tones separated by
175 msec for each Seal Complete event
Error/System Alert: Two 1/ 2 second tones separated
by 1/2 second for each Error/System Alert event