Welch Allyn Acuity Directions For Use Manual page 169

Directions for use
Identify or change a monitor's network name (ESSID)
This section describes how to identify or change the extended service set identifier
(ESSID) for each type of wireless patient monitor that can connect to an Acuity System
wireless local area network (WLAN).
This information is useful if you want to do these things:
• Set up a Mobile Acuity LT System network.
• Move a patient monitor from one Acuity System network to another.
• Add a patient monitor to an Acuity System network.
• Especially among networked Acuity Systems, verify a monitor's ESSID.
An Acuity System's network name appears on a label in these places:
• For a Mobile Acuity LT System: on the system case
• For an Acuity System: on the CPU
Note
Changing a monitor's network name causes the monitor to restart, erase all
patient data and restore the monitor settings to default settings.
WARNING Do not attempt to change a monitor's network name unless you are
a qualified biomedical service engineer or technician.
Confirm that the network name that you select matches the network name of the
appropriate Acuity System. When you select a new ESSID, the patient monitor
seeks a connection with any nearby Acuity System network with that same
ESSID.
If you select a wrong network name, patient alarms and data for any patient
connected to the monitor would occur at an unexpected Acuity Central Station.
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