GE Cardiocap 5 Service Manual

Installation and Functional Check 
ECG board test 
16. Enter the ESTP: ECG service menu: 
To return to the Service View menu, select Previous Menu as needed until you can select 
Modules and then select ESTP : ECG. 
or 
Press the ComWheel and select: 
Monitor Setup 
Install/Service (Password 16-4-34) -  
Service View (Password 26-23-8) 
Modules 
ESTP: ECG 
Check the Service Data: 
• The Timeouts, Bad checksums, and Bad c-s by mod values are not increasing faster than 50 
per second. 
• The ECG/RESP...

Cardiocap/5 Technical Reference Manual 
20. Check that the protection for temperature calibration is ON: 
Protect key in the menu should state OFF 
Protect mode should state ON. 
If necessary, change the Protection mode in the Calibrations menu. 
 
NIBP board test 
21. Press Previous Menu as needed to return to the Modules menu, then select NIBP to enter the 
NIBP service menu. 
Check that the Timeouts, Bad checksums, and Bad c-s by mod values are not increasing faster 
than 50 per second. 
Check that...

Installation and Functional Check 
Gas measurement and spirometry test 
25. Connect a sample line to the D-fend.  
If the monitor is configured with Patient Spirometry (N-XV option), press the ComWheel to enter 
the Main Menu and select: 
Monitor Setup 
Screen 1 Setup 
Waveform Field 
Field 2 (choose Paw) 
Field 3 (choose Flow) 
NOTE: If you just turned on the monitor, wait until the Calibrating gas sensor message 
disappears from the screen. Then, enter the Gas Unit – General service menu by pressing...

Cardiocap/5 Technical Reference Manual 
NeuroMuscular Transmission (NMT) test (if N-XNMT option is included) 
29. Cycle power to the monitor and wait until the normal monitoring screen appears. Then, configure 
the monitor for NMT measurement: 
• Press the ComWheel and select Monitor Setup. 
Select Screen Setup. 
Select Digit Fields, select a field, and choose NMT. 
• To preset the NMT measurement settings, press NMT.  
Select Stimulus Mode and choose TOF. 
Select Cycle Time and choose 10 sec. 
• Select...

Installation and Functional Check 
33. Start NMT measurement (TOF) by selecting NMT Setup and selecting Start-up. Press Previous 
Menu to return to the NMT service menu. 
In the digit field, when the “Supramax search” message changes to “Setting reference,” check 
that the detected supramaximal current is less than 70 mA (the Current set value on the service 
screen is less than 700).   
Check that four successive stimulus pulses are generated in 10-second intervals. During each 
stimulus pulse, a tone...

Cardiocap/5 Technical Reference Manual 
2.6.2 Performance checks 
1. Configure the monitor screen to display all parameter information. 
Press the ComWheel to enter the Main Menu and select: 
Monitor Setup – Screen Setup – Waveform Fields/Digit Fields 
An example is shown below: 
Waveform Fields Digit Fields 
Field 1 – ECG1 Field 1 – T1 (or Temp) 
Field 2 – Paw Field 2 – NIBP 
Field 3 – P1 Field 3 – Resp 
Field 4 – P2 Field 4 – Gases 
Field 5 – Pleth  
Field 6 – CO2  
Select Split Screen – None 
To...

Installation and Functional Check 
3. Set the invBP simulator to +100 mmHg (+13.3 kPa) static pressure. Push the ZERO button and 
check that: 
• The invBP waveforms set on the baseline. 
• The digital values go to zero. 
Set the simulator to 0 mmHg (0 kPa) and press ZERO. After the zeroing is completed, turn the 
simulator to dynamic mode and check that the waveform is normal. 
 
4. Check that the “No probe” message is displayed when an SpO2 sensor is not connected. 
Connect an SpO2 finger sensor to the...

Functional Check Form 
FUNCTIONAL CHECK FORM 
Datex-Ohmeda Cardiocap/5 
Customer  
Service  
Service Engineer  Date  
Monitor Configuration 
Monitor model: Hemodynamic model 
F-MX  Hemodynamic model with gas measurement 
F-MXG  
 
Measurement options Measurement options (SpO2) 
N-XP Two invasive pressure channels and 
second temperature (T2)  N-XOSAT Datex-Ohmeda enhanced pulse 
oximetry  
N-XC CO2  N-XNSAT Nellcor compatible pulse 
oximetry  
N-XCO CO2, N2O, Patient Oxygen  Data collection and data...

Functional Check Form 
Recorder test OK N.A. Fail 
7. Recorder message    
8. Recording    
Memory card (PCMCIA) test    
9. Memory    
10. Communication    
11. Memory card recognition    
Network test    
12. Connection to network    
13. Communication    
14. Data error counters    
15. Hardware error counters    
ECG board test    
16. Communication and memories    
17. Power frequency    
18. Resp measurement recognition    
STP board test    
19. Communication and memory    
20. Protection for...