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Welch Allyn Propaq CS User Manual

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EXHIBIT L – User Manual Addendum for Radio
FCC ID# PGU3021-100

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  • Page 1 EXHIBIT L – User Manual Addendum for Radio FCC ID# PGU3021-100...
  • Page 2 UPDATE ® Propaq CS Directions For Use Update for Software Version 3.4X Keep this update in the back pocket of your manual.
  • Page 3 • All rights are reserved. No one is permitted to reproduce or duplicate, in any form, the whole or part of this manual without permission from Welch Allyn Protocol, Inc. • Welch Allyn Protocol, Inc. will not be responsible for any injury to the user or other person(s) that may result from accidents during operation of the Propaq monitor.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Transfer a Monitored Patient to a New Room in a Different Unit ..18 Reassign the Wireless Propaq CS to a New Patient ....19 Switch from Wireless to Hardwired Monitoring .

  • Page 5: About This Update

    Department. Make sure the Acuity network cable is not damaged. If the wireless connection is not an option or not available, the Acuity network cable is the sole link between the Propaq CS monitor and the Acuity Central Station. When considering a treatment protocol that involves wireless communication of patient data, be sure to recognize some limitations inherent in wireless communications.
  • Page 6 être utilisé à l’intérieur et devrait être placé loin des fenêtres afin de fournir un écran de blindage maximal. Si le matériel (ou son antenne d’émission) est installé à l’extérieur, il doit faire l’objet d’une licence. Update Propaq CS DFU 3.4X...

  • Page 7: Understanding The Propaq Cs, Acuity, And The Flexnet

    Networks (WLANs). The Acuity Central Station provides central patient monitoring for monitoring devices connected to the network. As shown below, the Propaq CS can communicate through a hardwire Acuity connection. In addition, the Propaq CS can also be equipped with the Wireless option which allows two-way wireless communication with an Acuity Central Station through an access point in the FlexNet network.
  • Page 8 A Propaq CS with the Acuity hardwire connection can be identified by the Acuity connector on the right side panel. A Wireless Propaq CS can be identified by the blue antenna cap on the top right corner of the monitor in front of the carrying handle. Every Wireless Propaq CS also has the Acuity hardwire connection.

  • Page 9: The Acuity Menu

    The Acuity Menu The Acuity Menu on the Propaq CS allows you to control some of the interaction with the Acuity network. The Acuity Menu is only accessible while the monitor is connected to the Acuity network. The Acuity Menu for the Wireless Propaq CS provides additional functions that allow you to manage the patient assignment and patient location from the monitor.

  • Page 10: Hardwired Connection To Acuity

    Hardwired Connection to Acuity Connect the Monitor to the Acuity System 1. If the Propaq CS monitor has already been connected to the patient, save the patient’s Trends and Alarm Limit settings by keeping the monitor turned on. The monitor transmits up to five hours of trend information when you connect it to the Acuity network.

  • Page 11: Disconnect The Hardwired Monitor From The Acuity System

    Note When a Propaq CS monitor in Adult or Pediatric Mode is connected to an Acuity System, the audible alarms at the bedside Propaq CS monitor can be delayed up to 4 minutes and 15 seconds. The delay time is selected in Acuity software at the time of Acuity installation. Visual alarm indications are not delayed.
  • Page 12 Follow these steps to switch a Wireless Propaq CS monitor from a hardwired Acuity connection to a wireless Acuity connection. 1. Press the key on the upper left corner of the monitor display to NET OFF disconnect from Acuity. (From the Main Menu you can also press SETUP, ACUITY, END TELE 2.

  • Page 13: Wireless Connection To Acuity

    Scroll up or down to highlight the desired Acuity Unit, then press Select 5. The Wireless Propaq CS displays a list of possible patients. If your patient has been pre-admitted to the selected Acuity unit, they will be included in the list.
  • Page 14 The patient name will need to be entered later at the Acuity Central Station. Warning If you do not select the patient name at the Wireless Propaq CS at this time, do not adjust any alarm limits until after the patient name and ID are confirmed at Acuity. When the patient name...

  • Page 15: Monitor A Patient Out Of Range Of Acuity

    While out of range of Acuity, the Wireless Propaq CS continues to monitor the patient and provide local alarms or alerts at the Propaq CS as needed. When the patient with the Wireless Propaq CS goes out of range of Acuity, do the following: 1.

  • Page 16: Stop Monitoring A Patient

    Acuity Central Station generates a DROPOUT equipment alert at Acuity. If you want to monitor this same patient at a later time, you will need to re- select the patient name from Wireless Propaq CS or confirm the patient ID at Acuity. Update...

  • Page 17: Reconnect A Recently Monitored Patient

    Reconnect a Recently Monitored Patient 1. Turn on power to the Wireless Propaq CS and confirm that the monitor displays the powerup screen. 2. The Wireless Propaq CS will then present a series of menus and messages requesting you to provide information about the connection and patient.

  • Page 18: Reassign A Monitored Patient To A New Room In The Same Unit

    1. From the Main Menu, press SETUP, ACUITY, CHANGE PATIENT, NEW ROOM Within a few seconds the Wireless Propaq CS displays a list of all available rooms, including the patient’s current room. • If you decide not to change the patient’s current room assignment, press (the patient’s current room is the default selection in the...

  • Page 19: Transfer A Monitored Patient To A New Room In A Different Unit

    3. After the patient is assigned to the new unit, the Wireless Propaq CS displays a list of unassigned rooms. (The patient’s previous unit and room assignment is cancelled.)

  • Page 20: Reassign The Wireless Propaq Cs To A New Patient

    System Reference Guide or Acuity Directions For Use for more information. Switch from Wireless to Hardwired Monitoring 1. Plug the Acuity network cable into the Wireless Propaq CS Acuity connector and an Acuity bedside network jack. The Wireless Propaq CS will automatically switch to a hardwired Acuity network connection.

  • Page 21: Equipment Alert Messages

    Equipment Alert Messages The following equipment alerts can occur when operating the Propaq CS monitor with the Acuity network. CHECK ACUITY/SERIAL CONNECTION. The Propaq CS detects a problem in the hardwired (serial) communication with Acuity. Check the Acuity network cable to be sure it is plugged into the side panel and the bedside Acuity jack.

  • Page 22: Specifications

    Specifications Wireless Propaq CS Radio Specifications Characteristic Specification FlexNet Network 2.4 GHz Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and 10/100 Base-T Ethernet network Frequency 2.402 to 2.480 GHz Modulation GFSK, Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) Output Power 112 mW (maximum) IEEE 802.11 compliant Wireless Propaq CS monitors 7 (max.)
  • Page 23 Welch Allyn...

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