Philips received a complaint on the patient information center ix, indicating that the alarms from the monitors were not displayed on the control panel.A good faith effort (gfe) was performed to further clarify the allegation, and it was provided that the issue was specifically related to the unexpected shutdown.The device was in use on patient at time of event, there was no adverse event reported.The remote service engineer (rse) spoke to the customer and found that there was a control center failure and restart.The rse determined that the control panel shut down unexpectedly during operation and explained that in most cases, this is a result of problems with the power supply.The rse was unable to find any entries about a hardware problem with the pc itself.Based on the information available and the testing conducted, the cause of the reported problem is unknown.The reported problem was not confirmed.The rse advised the customer to check the wiring of the power supply as well as the ups.It is unknown what caused the issue, as the customer did not call back for further assistance.
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