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2 Overview
2.1 Notes on the instru tion manual
These instru tion manual des ribes the use of the BlueFox ST1, the installation and use of the BlueFox Control software
and the onfiguration of the monitoring bra elet.
You an download this instru tion manual from www.bluefox-swiss. om as a PDF file. The hyperlinks, bookmarks and
sear h fun tion of the PDF version allow you to qui kly find topi s. The BlueFox ST1 is under ontinuous development.
Pi torial and graphi al examples in this instru tion manual may deviate from the equipment supplied.
2.2 Operating prin iple
For ea h bather, a monitoring bra elet is pre-programmed with a personal alarm depth and alarm time – a ording to
the user’s swimming ability. Programming is arried out using the PC program BlueFox Control. When the user enters
the water the BlueFox ST1 monitoring bra elet automati ally swit hes on. This ele troni high-te h mini omputer gives
an early alarm should somebody be in danger in the water and helps to prevent from drowning. BlueFox ST1 is not only
meant for sportive people, but also for all kind of aging groups, starting from the toddler up to seniors. BlueFox ST1
monitors onstantly the depth of the person in water. If this person remains too long under a defined depth, a balloon
will release the alarm apsule from the monitoring bra elet and goes up to the water-surfa e
. The gas used is neither
flammable nor environmentally hazardous or dangerous in any kind. When an alarm ignition starts, the valve in the
apsule will be opened and the previously liquid gas evaporates and fills up the balloon. The enlarging balloon presses
the alarm apsule out of the bra elet holder and goes immediately up to the water surfa e, where the alarm siren in the
balloon starts.
An a ousti siren in the balloon will make a approx. 100 de ibel loud sound, this sound orresponds to a noise level in a
dis o, and will alert all people around. The alarm will sound for at least 3 minutes. Three se onds before the alarm
ignition o urs, the power LED will start flashing
. This gives you the opportunity to move to a lower depth in order to
prevent triggering an alarm. The bra elet holder
remains on the wrist and an integrated power LED points to the
drowned person, even in turbid water. Lifeguards, trainees, parents et . lose to the a ident an now rea t
immediately and start the res ue operation. The used apsule has to be repla ed after an alarm and annot be reused
again. This an be done easily by slightly pressing a new apsule into the holder.
Alarm-Balloon
approx. 100 de ibel
a ousti Alarm
