RKI Instruments 01 Series Manual - Manual (Page 18)

13 • Operation 01 Series Operator’s Manual
Alarms
This section covers alarm indications. It also tells you how to reset the 01
Series after an alarm has occurred and how to respond to an alarm
condition.
Alarm Indications
The 01 Series will sound an alarm, flash its alarm lights, and vibrate when
the target gas concentration rises above the low alarm point. The 01 Series
also sounds an alarm, flashes its alarm lights, and vibrates when the high
alarm point is reached. In addition, the 01 Series also has a low battery
warning, a dead battery alarm, an over range alarm, a sensor failure alarm,
and a system failure alarm. See Table 3 below for a description of each
alarm indication.
Table 3: Alarm Types and Indications
Alarm Type LCD Indications Other Indications
Low Alarm
Concentration of gas
rises above the low
alarm point, or for the
OX-01, falls below the
low alarm point.
• Gas reading
flashes.
• Back light turns on.
• Pulsing tone occurs
once per second.
• Unit vibrates once
per second.
• Alarm lights flash
once per second.
High Alarm
Concentration of gas
rises above the high
alarm point.
• Gas reading
flashes.
• Back light turns on.
• Pulsing tone occurs
twice per second.
• Unit vibrates twice
per second.
• Alarm light flashes
twice per second.
TWA or STEL
(CO-01 & HS-01 Only)
Concentration of CO
or H
2
S rises above the
TWA or STEL alarm
point.
• Back light turns on.
• Gas reading
flashes.
• TWA or STEL
blinks to the left of
the battery icon.
• If the unit is in both
TWA alarm and
STEL alarm, both
TWA and STEL will
be displayed.
• Pulsing tone once
per second.
• Unit vibrates once
per second.
• Alarm light flashes
once per second.