iLife Systems 319 HealthSensor 100 User Manual
iLife Systems Inc HealthSensor 100
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iLife Systems
HealthSensor 100
Fall Detection and Help Button
User's Guide
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HealthSensor 100 Fall Detection and
Personal Help Button
Calls for Help Even When You Cannot
The HealthSensor 100 Fall Detection and Personal Help Button provides you with
assistance that no other personal help button product can offer. Your HealthSensor
pendant will alert your emergency monitoring service automatically when it detects a
fall, even if you are unable to push the help button on the pendant. The HealthSensor
pendant provides you with a help button but contains the added safety of automatically
calling for help when it detects the conditions of a fall. This unique added protection is
only available with the HealthSensor 100 Fall Detection and Personal Help Button
pendant.
The HealthSensor 100 Fall Detection and Personal Help Button Pendant is designed
to work in and immediately around your home. The pendant must be close enough
to the receiver for a help signal to be transmitted. The coverage area for the
pendant will vary from one home to another. It is important for you to know the
effective range of your pendant.
The HealthSensor 100 Fall Detection is designed to detect falls that meet certain
criteria. It may not detect every fall, especially slight falls that are generally not
disabling. The HealthSensor 100 Fall Detection device may also generate a fall
alarm when you have not fallen. For example, dropping the pendant on the floor
may cause the device to send an alert to the monitoring center that you have fallen.
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How to Wear the HealthSensor 100
The HealthSensor Fall Detection pendant is designed to automatically sense the
conditions of a fall and send an emergency alert when a fall occurs. To send an alarm that
you have fallen the pendant must be worn by you.
The Fall Detection pendant must be worn on your torso in an upright manner. Wearing
the pendant on your arm or leg may cause the device to false alarm or to fail to alarm
upon a real fall. Wearing the pendant so that it is not right side up may cause the device
to not function properly.
Some typical wearing suggestions are as follows:
On your waist
The HealthSensor can be worn on your waist either attached to your belt or the
waist of your pants. The HealthSensor pendant comes with a belt clip that is
specifically designed to be easy to attach to a belt.
Correct
Incorrect
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The pendant can be attached by holding the clip and putting it on (figure 1) or by
rotating the pendant on and off of the belt (figure 2). Remember to have the
picture show the proper final position of the device - upright on the belt.
Rotate
into
Place
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In a shirt pocket
The HealthSensor pendant can be worn clipped to a shirt pocket. It generally
works best with the pendant resting on the inside of the pocket.
Fabrifoam Belt
The pendant can be attached to a fabrifoam belt accessory that is worn on the
inside or outside of your clothing. This belt is purchased separately.
Brassiere/Garment Clip
A factory installed, optional brassiere/garment clip can be attached to the front of
the HealthSensor unit and the belt clip may be removed. You may use the
brassiere/garment clip to attach the unit to a brassiere. The unit may also be
clipped to the fabrifoam belt with a smaller profile than the belt clip.
Battery Life of the HealthSensor 100 pendant
The battery life of the HealthSensor pendant is approximately forty-five to sixty days.
The HealthSensor pendant is always on and alert while you are wearing it - the Fall
Detection sensor is constantly monitoring your position to determine if a fall has
occurred.
Pocket
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Low Battery Warnings
When the HealthSensor pendant senses that the triple A batteries inside the unit are low,
the LED on the top of the unit will begin to blink about once per second until the battery
is completely out of power.
The pendant will also send three low battery warnings to the base station in your home.
The first low battery warning is sent when there is about four days of battery life left in
the unit. The second warning comes when there is about two days and the final warning
is sent when there is one day or less of battery life left in the pendant.
CAUTION: If the HealthSensor pendant is not in range of the base station when the
battery is low, the base station will not receive the low battery signal and will not be able
to alert the monitoring center.
The base station will send a silent alarm to the monitoring center when a low battery
condition is received from the pendant. The monitoring center will then call you at a
convenient time to remind you to change the batteries in the pendant.
Installing the HealthSensor 100 Pendant Batteries
The HealthSensor pendant takes two triple A alkaline batteries.
CAUTION: Only use fresh batteries of the required size and recommended type and
follow all instructions to install them properly.
Blinking means Low Battery
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Follow these instructions to install the batteries:
1. Open the battery door in the direction of the arrow to remove it.
Remove the existing batteries from the pendant.
2. Install the batteries in the direction indicated on the back of the cabinet
Close the battery door on the pendant.
3. The LED light on the front of the unit will stay on for about ten seconds after the
batteries have been installed to indicate the pendant has power.
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4. Test the operation of the device by pushing the help button. This should alert the
monitoring center so be sure to respond to the monitoring center when they call that
you were testing the device after a change in batteries.
Cleaning the HealthSensor Fall Detection Pendant
If the HealthSensor pendant needs to be cleaned simply wipe the unit with a damp cloth.
Before you clean the unit, you may want to turn off the power switch on the base station
so that you will not mistakenly send a help call to the monitoring center. After you have
cleaned the unit, make sure that you turn the power switch on the base station back on.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1. Please read all instructions carefully.
2. Test the range of the pendant upon installation of the system
3. Test the operation of the device in connection with the monitoring companies
instructions.
4. The unit is not intended to be machine washed or dried.
5. Do not open the cabinet except to replace batteries. Modifying or tampering with the
inside of the pendant can cause a malfunction and damage the unit.
6. Use only fresh batteries that are triple A alkaline batteries.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Question Suggestion
The pendant LED light is blinking on and
off and will not stop. This is an indication that the batteries in the
pendant are running low. Replace the
batteries with fresh batteries. Be sure to
follow the instructions closely for replacing
the batteries.
The fall detection sensor may have
experienced a change in angle with enough
force to indicate that a fall has occurred.
Be sure to place the unit down gently when
you are taking it off so that the unit does
not send a fall alert.
The unit alarmed when I took it off and put
it down.
You may have pushed the help button by
accident.
Be sure that the base station has power.
The green power indicator will be on if the
unit has power.
The help button may be out of range. Test
the help button from a location that is
closer to the base station.
Nothing happens when I push the help
button.
The pendant has no power. Replace the
batteries in the pendant and then retest the
unit. The LED on the pendant should stay
on for ten seconds after good batteries have
been installed.
My pendant got wet and the batteries are
corroded. Replace the batteries.
When I put new batteries in the pendant
LED light on the pendant turns on. When the batteries are replaced the pendant
shines for ten seconds.
How do I know the fall sensor works? Use the fall detection sensor test procedure
(it is included in the instructions). Do not
try to test the unit by falling down on
purpose - you might get hurt!
I dropped the pendant on the floor and it
did not alarm. Why not? The pendant experiences different forces
when you fall as compared to when it is
dropped by itself on the floor. The pendant
is programmed to ignore most of the
shocks if you drop it on the counter or floor
to reduce false alarms. It may still alarm
for a fall some of the time when you drop
the unit - just not every time.
I cannot fix the problem. Call the Monitoring Center for assistance
as soon as possible.
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Testing the HealthSensor Fall Detection Sensor
DO NOT TEST THE FALL COMPONENT OF THE DEVICE
YOURSELF IF YOU ARE AT RISK FOR BROKEN BONES, IF YOU
HAVE OSTEOPOROSIS, ARTHRITIS, IF YOU HAVE ANY PAINS IN
YOUR HANDS, OR A HISTORY OF BROKEN BONES.
To test the fall detection sensor HealthSensor 100 pendant, you should take
the following steps:
(1) Place the HealthSensor 100 pendant in the palm of your hand so the
pendant is upright with the button facing outwards;
(2) Hold your hand up with the iLife HealthSensor 100 pendant in it. Your
arm should be upright - your palm holding the pendant should be
directly above your elbow (like you are taking an oath in court). Keep
your arm still for a period of two seconds;
(3) Hold the palm of your other hand out so that it is parallel to the floor (at
a 90 degree angle to your upraised hand);
(4) Making a chopping movement, bring your upraised hand with the iLife
HealthSensor 100 pendant down into the palm of your other hand to
simulate a fall. This step should be done with enough force to simulate
a fall. Leave your raised hand down in the palm of your lower hand for
at least two seconds so that the HealthSensor 100 pendant registers that
a fall has occurred.
(5) This movement should trigger the alarm. The pendant will continue to
send an alarm for approximately five seconds so wait that long before
resetting the alarm at the receiver (otherwise it may begin to alarm
again).
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Disclaimer Regarding Fall Detection
Warning: The SOS Industries, Inc. Fall Alert device assists in automatically detecting
conditions where the Fall Alert experiences a change in angle combined with a force
exceeding a certain G force measurement. This reduces, but does not eliminate the risk,
that an individual may experience an event where they require emergency assistance but
are unable to obtain assistance on their own. There is a risk that the Fall Alert may not send an
emergency signal in the event of a fall or a manual activation resulting in no emergency response
despite a true emergency. A false alarm from the Fall Alert system could summon emergency
help that is not needed and may result in false alarm fines or damage from forcible entry of
emergency personnel into your home.
The user recognizes that a properly installed and maintained personal security system may only
reduce the risk of events such as burglary, robbery, personal injury and fire. It does not insure or
guarantee that there will be no death, personal injury and/or damage to property as a result. SOS
does not claim that the Product may not be compromised and/or circumvented, or that the
Product will prevent any death, personal and/or bodily injury and/or damage to property
resulting from burglary, robbery, fire or otherwise, or that the Product will in all cases
provide adequate warning or protection.