To confirm the wristband is on, check the battery indicator light. To test alerts you can use a safe known source or the Proxxi Voltage App
Confirming the Wristband is On
You can tell the wristband is on by checking that the battery indicator light is pulsing. Any time that the wristband is powered on, the battery light will pulse. If connected to a charger, a different light pattern will occur. If powered off the battery status light will be off.
More information about the battery indicator light can be found here.
Self-Testing with a Known Source
To check wristband is detecting energized equipment, you can approach a non-hazardous known electrical source of a minimum of 110V (such as an electrical outlet) while the wristband is set to the default 480V setting. If the known source is shielded and/or grounded the wristband will not alert; the wristband will still alert if it is insulated.
The wristband will alert as it nears the source, as this low voltage source has a strong enough electric field that it will trigger the wristband to alert when the wristband is close enough to it (while on the 480V default setting).
If your organization has custom settings, the 480V setting may have different alert thresholds or may not be available for your wristband.
More information about custom settings can be found here.
Using the App to Test Alerts
You can trigger the wristband to perform an alert (to test that the flash, vibration, and beep functions are working as expected) by using the “Test Alerts” button on the Home tab of the Proxxi Voltage App.
Test Alerts is not available in the Proxxi Hub App.