Large Networks
Software Installation & Configuration
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Server is responsible for maintaining the Patient List. There is no message on the
Information Centers connected to the non-master Database Server that the Master is
offline.
Time
Synchronization
All patient monitoring network components are time synchronized. Single synchronization is
supported from a master time source located either within the Clinical Network or provided
externally by the hospital. The external time source is added as a network device as part of the
Equipment Setup configuration window. The following table illustrates the supported
configurations and the time synchronization rules:
Table 6-1. M3150 Information Center (Local Database) without External Time Source
System Component
Can Date/Time be set on this
component?
Expected Behavior on Time Change
Information Center Yes Immediate Synchronization
Bedside No Synchronized within 5 minutes
Table 6-2. M3150 Information Center (Local Database) with External Time Source
System Component
Can Date/Time be set on this
component?
Expected Behavior on Time Change
Information Center No Synchronized 0-15 minutes
Bedside No Synchronized within 5 minutes after Information
Center synchronization
Table 6-3. Database Server System without External Time Source
System Component
Can Date/Time be set on this
component?
Expected Behavior on Time Change
Database Server Yes Immediate synchronization
Information Center No Synchronized within 1 minute
Information Center Client No Synchronized within 1 minute
Bedside No All bedsides synchronized within 5 minutes after
Information Center synchronization
Table 6-4. Database Server System with External Time Source
System Component
Can Date/Time be set on this
component?
Expected Behavior on Time Change
Database Server No Synchronized 0-15 minutes
Information Center No Synchronized within 1 minute after Database Server
Information Center Client No Synchronized within 1 minute after Database Server
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