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9.5 External alarm system
The external alarm system will only be activated when a number of pre-defined errors occur.
Below, you find a list of the errors that will activate the external alarm.
Errors that are not included on this list will not set off the external alarm.
Warning alarms:
• Temperature alarms
• CO
2
concentration alarms
• CO
2
pressure alarms
• O
2
concentration alarms
• N
2
pressure alarms.
Incubator malfunction alarm:
• There is an incubator malfunction or power failure of the unit that controls the running
conditions of the EmbryoScope time-lapse incubator.
Technical alarm:
• The power to the entire EmbryoScope time-lapse incubator is completely cut off.
Malfunction information signals:
• Motor errors, e.g. if the motors are incorrectly positioned
• Camera errors
• The user has failed to respond to a displayed dialogue box for more than 15 minutes (the
time delay can be defined by the user)
• An error occurred while initialising the Hall sensor.
See also sections 9.1.1, 9.2.1, 9.3.1 and 9.4.2.1 for an in-depth description of which alarms and
information signals will set off the external alarm.