GE CARESCAPE - Compatible peripheral devices; Unity Network Interface Device (ID); Software compatibility; About the Unity Network Interface Device (ID)

Interfacingwithperipheraldevices
CAUTION
—INSTALLATION—Qualiedtechnicalpersonnelmust
connecttheinterfaceadaptertotheperipheraldeviceand
makeanynecessaryadjustmentstotheperipheraldevice
(baudrate,parity,etc.)asdescribedinthespecicinstallation
instructionsfortheinterfaceadapter.Insertcablingfrom
theconnectivitydeviceonlyintospeciedinterfaceadapters
andspeciedperipheraldevices.Toavoidinadvertent
disconnection,routeallcablesinawaytopreventastumbling
hazard.Wrapandsecureexcesscablingtoreduceriskof
entanglementbypatientsandpersonnel.Donotinstallina
locationwherethedevicemaydroponaperson.
CAUTION
Theuseofthewronginterfaceadaptermaycauseimproper
operationofthesupportedperipheraldevice.
CAUTION
—TREATMENT—Donottreatthepatientbasedsolelyonthe
alarmmessagesand/ornumericspresentedviatheUnity
NetworkInterfaceDevice(ID).Youmustverifytheaccuracyof
thealarmmessageand/ornumericsattheperipheraldevice
itselfbeforeinitiatingtreatment,treatmentshouldbebased
ontheinformationpresentedattheperipheraldevice.
Compatibleperipheraldevices
Foralistofcompatibleperipheraldevices,seetheUnityNetworkInterfaceDevice
(ID)Operator'sManual.
UnityNetworkInterfaceDevice(ID)
Softwarecompatibility
Forsoftwarecompatibilityinformation,seetheUnityNetworkInterfaceDevice(ID)
manuals.
AbouttheUnityNetworkInterfaceDevice(ID)
Themonitorcaninterfacewithperipheralmedicaldevices,suchasventilatorsandgas
deliverysystems,tocentralizepatientdataononedevice.AUnityNetworkInterface
Device(ID)isusedwiththemonitortocommunicatewithperipheraldevices.It
acquiresdigitaldatafromeightindividuallyisolatedserialports.Thedataiscollected
fromuptoeightperipheraldevices(notnecessarilymanufacturedbyGE),andthen
theinterfacedevicetransmitstheformatteddatatothemonitor.
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