The Nurse Call Relay - Philips V24CT User's Reference Manual

The Nurse
Note—
Call Relay
The nurse call relay is a paging system which warns the nurse if an alarm
occurs on a monitor. It becomes active in one of four situations
depending on the way it has been configured:
The nurse call relay is not active when the monitor's alarm capability is
switched off.
Note—
When an alarm has been silenced using the
audible 2 or 3 minute alarm reminder is configured to be either On or Re-
alarm, the nurse call relay signals will behave as follows:
The nurse call relay is not available for the V24CT and V26CT.
• Red only alarms
• Red and Yellow alarms
• Red and INOP alarms
• Red and Yellow INOP alarms.
The delay time to the nurse call relay output is max. 1 sec.
Alarm Reminder
Reminder Time
On 2 or 3 mins
Re-alarm 2 or 3 mins
Silence/Reset
Nurse Call Relay Signal Behavior
The nurse call relay signals are repeated
for a duration of 6 seconds every 2 or 3
minutes unless the alarm condition is
eliminated
The nurse call relay signals are activated
after 2 or 3 minutes. The alarm tone and
relay signals run continuously until they
are interrupted by pressing the
key.
Silence/Reset
Alarm Setup
key, and the
Alarm Functions 5-15