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IntelliVue Smart-hopping 1.4 GHz Access Point Installation Guide
infrastructure used in a routed topology to connect IntelliVue Smart-
hopping Infrastructure devices.
• Partnered APC - Configurable element within an AP Group used to
determine which APC will manage the operation of the AP members of
a particular AP Group.
• Power over Ethernet (PoE) Switch - The Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Switch is a 24-port Power-over-Ethernet device that provides 48 VDC
power to IntelliVue Access Points (and also remote Sync Units if
connected) via 100-Base-TX Ethernet LAN cabling. For systems using a
Power over Ethernet Switch, the ITS4844A Tele Synchronization Unit is
required to use the PoE feature of the PoE Switch.
• Power over Ethernet (PoE) Unit - The Power over Ethernet (PoE) Unit is
a 6- or 12-port Power-over-Ethernet device that provides 48 VDC power
to IntelliVue Access Points (and also remote Sync Units if connected)
via 100-Base-TX Ethernet LAN cabling.
• RF Access Code - Configurable element in the IntelliVue Smart-
hopping AP defaults shared among APs and IntelliVue Patient Monitors
to control wireless access to the monitoring network. Portable devices
will only connect to access points with which they share access codes.
The RF Access Code allows a specific wireless client that is
programmed with a matching Access Point RF Access Code to connect
to that Access Point.
• Synchronization (Sync) Unit - The IntelliVue Smart-hopping Sync Unit
provides a necessary common clock signal to synchronize all the
IntelliVue Access Points in the system. As patients ambulate around
the hospital coverage area their transmitted data are handed over
from one AP to another seamlessly without interruption or data loss.
The ITS4844A (866212) IntelliVue Smart-hopping Synchronization
Unit provides the same features as the M4844A (862114) Sync Unit,
but is required to use the PoE feature of the PoE Switch.
• System ID - Configurable element in the APC Configuration to logically
associate Access Points and Access Point Controllers operating within
the same IntelliVue Smart-hopping Infrastructure.
• Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) - The UPS supplies backup power
to protect against hospital generator changeover interruptions, and
short power line transients.
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