B Appendix; Option: Wireless Network (Wlan); Preliminary Note - Accu-Chek Inform II Operator's Manual

B Appendix

Option: Wireless network (WLAN)

Preliminary note

Background
Appendix B has been developed to explain the wireless
communication principles of the ACCU-CHEK Inform II
system and to help your facility' s information technology/
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management team(s) in effectively deploying the
ACCU-CHEK Inform II system on your wireless network.
Whether your meter has wireless capability or not depends
on the system configuration that you purchased.
The ACCU-CHEK Inform II meter can only be configured
through a data management system to communicate
wirelessly. The data management system is also used to
set-up and configure the meter to connect to one hospi tal
specific Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN
use electromagnetic waves in the 2.4 and/or 5.0 GHz
fre quency range to wirelessly transmit data
ACCU-CHEK Inform II system adheres to IEEE Standard
802.11b (2.4 GHz range)
compatible to 802.11b. During wireless communication to
an Access Point (AP), the ACCU-CHEK Inform II meter
recog nizes the existent AP WLAN protocol configuration
(802.11b or 802.11g) and automatically transmits data
using the appropriate communication protocol
1 The ACCU-CHEK Inform II system is certified by the Wi-Fi
Alliance.
2 WLAN is also commonly referred to as wireless LAN or Wi-Fi.
3 For the wireless functionality to work properly, the wireless
module must first be configured by your system administrator.
4 While the ACCU-CHEK Inform II system adheres to the 802.11g
standard, it uses only channels 1-11. Channels 12-14 are not used
by the system.
5 WLANs are organized in cells. A typical WLAN cell consists of
Access Point(s) that are connected to the (wired) Local Area
Network and one or more clients, e.g., ACCU-CHEK Inform II
meters along with other clients such as portable computers.
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