General Requirements For Installing Multiple Itss At A Site - Philips IntelliVue Telemetry System Infrastructure Installation And Service Manual

Chapter A: Installing Multiple ITSs at a Single Hospital Site

General Requirements for Installing Multiple ITSs at a Site

Up to 22 totally independent IntelliVue Telemetry Systems can be installed per
hospital.
The basic design rules for using multiple ITSs at a single installation site are:
• Each ITS must use a different RF Access Code (1 - 254) to ensure that the
wireless clients (bedside monitors or patient-worn transceivers) connect to the
correct APs. Each ICN Database Domain can support only a single unique RF
Access Code.
• Each Database Domain can have a single isolated ITS or be connected to a
routed ITS subnet.
• Access Points on an isolated ITS cannot communicate with any other Database
Domains.
• Every wireless client in the hospital needs a unique Equipment Label (no
duplication of labels).
• A common Sync Network is required if the ITSs are on adjacent floors, or if the
linear distance between access points on the same floor is less than 300 feet.
• The ITSs do not have to be synchronized to each other if they are separated by
two or more floors, or if the linear distance between access points on the same
floor is greater than 300 feet.
Figure A-1 shows multiple ITSs installed at a single installation site.
In the topology represented in Figure A-1, note that there is no connection to the
routers for ICN DBS #2 or DBS #22 and that is why an ITS can be added to those
Database Domains.
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Figure A-1: Multiple ITSs at a Single Installation Site