Connecting A Local Printer To The Ix Connector - GE CARESCAPE B850 Service Manual

NOTE: Use the ATEN UC232A USB-to-serial Converter and PC serial interface cable to connect
iCollect and the other data acquisition systems to the patient monitor.
NOTE: Refer to the iCollect User's Manual for more information about the iCollect.
NOTE: Contact GE Healthcare Service to get more information about interfacing other data
acquisition systems to the patient monitor.

6.11 Connecting a local printer to the IX connector

You can connect a local laser printer directly to the patient monitor's IX connector with a
crossover cable.
1. Connect the Ethernet cable to the IX connector labelled as "IX" in the rear panel of the
patient monitor.
2. Connect the other end of the Ethernet crossover cable to the connector in the laser
printer.
NOTE: If the local printer is used within the patient environment it must always be powered
from an additional transformer providing at least basic isolation.
NOTE: Refer to the printer manual on how to install and configure the printer. The printer shall
be configured to communicate in the same subnet with the patient monitor's IX Network
settings.
WARNING EXCESSIVE LEAKAGE CURRENT - Laser printers are UL 60950/IEC 60950
certified equipment, which may not meet the leakage current requirements
of patient care equipment. This equipment must not be located in the
patient environment unless the medical system standard IEC 60601-1 is
followed. Do not connect a laser printer to a multiple socket outlet
supplying patient care equipment. The use of multiple socket outlet for a
system will result in an enclosure leakage current equal to the sum of all the
individual ground leakage currents of the system if there is an interruption
of the multiple socket outlet protective earth conductor.
WARNING Non-medical equipment does not provide the same level of protection
against electrical shock. Do not touch the patient and any part of
non-medical equipment at the same time. Some examples of non-medical
equipment are laser printers and non-medical computers.
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