Vitrolife EmbryoScope - Control Unit Responses to an Incubator Malfunction Alarm

EmbryoScope time-lapse incubator
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9.2.1 Control unit responses to an incubator malfunction alarm
When an incubator malfunction alarm has been activated, the control units will respond as follows:
Control unit
Response when an incubator
malfunction alarm is
activated
Response when the
problem is solved
Incubator control panel
A beeping signal will sound for
one second followed by a 10-
second break. The signal is
then repeated.
The blue LED in the display will
flash.
No information about the
running conditions (temperature
etc.) will appear in the display.
The beeping signal will be
switched off.
The flashing blue LED will be
switched off.
External alarm
The event will be
communicated to the external
alarm system after two minutes
if the EmbryoScope time-lapse
incubator cannot be returned to
normal operating conditions
within this time delay (see
section 9.5.1)
No response.
Connected EmbryoViewer
software
10 minutes after the external
alarm is set off, the touch keys
that display the current
temperature, CO
2
concentration
and O
2
concentration inside the
incubator will all be coloured
red.
No response.
PC integrated in the
EmbryoScope time-lapse
incubator
10 minutes after the external
alarm is set off, the touch keys
that display the current
temperature, CO
2
concentration
and O
2
concentration inside the
incubator will all be coloured
red.
The touch keys that display
the current temperature, CO
2
concentration and O
2
concentration inside the
incubator will all be coloured
yellow.
When the alarm has been
reset, the colour of the touch
keys changes from yellow to
grey.