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Monitoring Station and Gateway on separate computers
In this configuration, the Gateway is installed on a computer which is typically located in
the network’s DMZ. It may be a dedicated system, but this is not required. More likely it
will be installed on an existing server. The Gateway will run as a windows service.
Figure 3: Monitoring station and Gateway on separate computers
To receive 12-lead data from the eSync PDAs, the gateway requires a fixed IP address and
two port assignments. This fixed IP address must be accessible to eSync on PDAs as a
public address on the internet or through a VPN. If network address translation (NAT) is
used the address may be assigned to a router rather than directly to the gateway. This is
the same IP address that is then entered in the Server Address field when adding the
Server to the eSync application’s Server list (see
“SmartLink Wireless Monitoring Station
on page 8). When installing the SmartLink Wireless software, ensure that the
IP address and ports are not blocked by any firewall. Contact your Network Administrator
concerning this subject.
The monitoring station will be installed on a system which may be on the local intranet in
the hospital’s Protected Health Information (PHI) zone. This system will be a dedicated
Internet
Server with
Gateway service
Workstation with
Gateway client
SmartLink Wireless
monitoring station
Modem for
paging
Printer
Laptop with
Gateway client