If the end plate of the piston rod does not sit flush against the cartridge plunger,
remove the cartridge from the cartridge compartment. Hold the cartridge
and adapter next to the cartridge compartment. Press
a or s to move
the piston rod forward until its base plate and the cartridge plunger are
level. The displayed cartridge volume decreases accordingly. Re-insert the
cartridge into the cartridge compartment.
– If needed, repeat this step until the cartridge is correctly inserted (the
end plate of the piston rod sits flush against the cartridge plunger).
10. Press f after correctly inserting the cartridge.
Your pump performs a self test. See the section
“System Check Start-Up Process” (page 28).
11. Check that the infusion set luer-lock connector is still correctly connected
to the adapter
. Tighten the infusion set by hand c
lockwise until it sits tightly
in the adapter.
12. When the system check start-up process is finished, the PRIME THE INFUSION
SET screen is displayed.
See the section “Priming the Infusion Set” (page 53) for more information.
Start from the point in those instructions where the pump screen matches
the screen above.
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