Expanding An Installed Intellivue Telemetry System - Philips IntelliVue Telemetry System Infrastructure Installation And Service Manual

Chapter 4: Expanding or Modifying an Installed ITS

Expanding an Installed IntelliVue Telemetry System

This section describes the IntelliVue Telemetry System expansion scenarios and
procedures. We assume that you will execute these procedures only on an installed
and fully functional ITS.
Expanding an installed ITS has three facets:
• Adding APs to the ITS - The presumption is that all system expansion scenarios
will include AP additions. Given the current design rules, APCs would not be
added to an installed ITS if the system AP count were not increasing.
• Adding APCs to the ITS - APCs will need to be added to the system if APs are
added beyond the current supported APC capacity. Given the current design
rules, APCs would not be added to an installed ITS if the system AP count were
not increasing.
• Adding AP Groups to an ITS Configuration - While this isn't a hardware
expansion, adding additional AP Groups to the system configuration might be
common in a system where APs were being added. AP Group additions to the
configuration without the addition of APs is considered a re-configuration
exercise and is not covered in this document.
The scope of the system expansion needs to be analyzed to determine the proper
sequence of events. The flow chart below identifies and facilitates the approach to
system expansion and the order the tasks that must be completed.
Prior to expanding an installed ITS, be sure you have properly documented the
expansion by modifying the ITS Installation Worksheets for the site.
The general flow of tasks associated with an ITS expansion is shown in Figure 4-1.
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