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4How to use
This ventilator and its accessories must be operated in a dust-free
environment and kept away from direct sunlight.
The ventilator is a medical device. To ensure smooth operation, keep the
ventilator out of reach of pets, and ensure children do not have
unsupervised access to it.
You can:
• Turn your device on and off
• Switch from one ventilation program to the other, if your treatment
includes two different programs
• Display data for each ventilation program: the settings and alarm
thresholds entered by your physician, measurements for the
current ventilation program, technical data, and the Event and
Alarm Log.
• Set the date and time.
4.1 Starting ventilation
Figure 12: Turning the device on: self test performed and ventilation start
screen displayed with one program (lower left screen) or two programs
(lower right screen)
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PS.Vs
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Regardless of whether the
device is running on battery or
mains power, press .
The device performs its self
test.
The main screen is displayed.
• Either press to start
ventilation
• Or use to select
“Prog1” or “Prog2”, then
press to start ventilation.
1 program 2 programs