168 Glossary
Manual 41018v0800 SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System
Revision B Operator’s Manual
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
RFID Radio-frequency identification
RTC Real Time Clock
RTLS Real Time Location Services
Rx Prescription
S Secondary
SD Secure Digital
SDS Simple Data Structure
sec Seconds
Sharp Primary processor: (Processor Board – 60087-1) SHARP LH79520 micro-controller
with on-chip A/D convertor used for user interaction and infusion programming.
SIGMA SIGMA International General Medical Apparatus
SIR Serial Infrared
Single Error Event An event (or an error) which occurs once, is cleared and the user is not able to
duplicate the event.
Soft Keys Non-labeled keys at the top of the Pump keypad with various functions, depending on
what is displayed on the screen directly above them.
Soft Limit Limits that, if exceeded, will generate an alert notifying the user and requiring the
user to reject or accept the value entered.
SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
SSID Service Set Identifier. The name of an individual wireless local area network. Can be
public, in which the SSID is broadcast for all to see on the WLAN, or private, in which
the SSID is not broadcast. A private SSID requires that each connecting device must
know the SSID ahead of time.
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. Used for WPA/WPA2 Security.
TLS Transport Layered Security
TPN Total Parenteral Nutrition: A way of supplying all the nutritional needs of the body by
bypassing the digestive system and dripping nutrient solution directly into a vein.
TSB Technical Service Bulletin. External communication of technical information updates.
TTLS Tunneled Transport layered Security
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UL STD Underwriters Laboratories Standard
US Upstream
USB Universal Serial Bus
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
V Version
V/m Volts per meter
VAC Volts of Alternating Current
VDC Volts of Direct Current