Welch Allyn Mobile Acuity LT - Installation Guide - Manual (Page 6)

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Identify or change a monitor’s
network name (ESSID)
This section describes how to identify or change
the extended service set identifier (ESSID) for
each type of wireless patient monitor that can
connect to an Acuity System wireless local area
network (WLAN).
This information is useful if you want to do
these things:
• Set up a Mobile Acuity LT System network.
• Move a patient monitor from one Acuity
System network to another.
• Add a patient monitor to an Acuity System
network.
• Especially among networked Acuity
Systems, verify a monitor’s ESSID.
An Acuity System’s network name appears on a
label in these places:
• For a Mobile Acuity LT System: on the
system case
• For an Acuity System: on the CPU
Identify or change a Micropaq monitor
network name
To identify a Micropaq monitor network name
1. Press to highlight
SYSTEM INFORMATION, and then press
.
The System Information menu appears.
2. Press to highlight NETWORK STATUS,
and then press .
The Network Status screen appears.
3. Locate the Network Name in the list.
4. Press to exit.
To change Micropaq monitor network name
1. Press repeatedly until SERVICE MENU
is highlighted, and then press .
The Service menu appears.
2. In this sequence and not too rapidly, press
and hold these keys:
, and .
An ARE YOU SURE? prompt appears.
3. Press to highlight YES, and then press
.
A Network Name menu appears.
4. Press or to highlight the desired
network name.
5. Carefully confirm that the highlighted name
matches the appropriate Acuity System
network name.
6. Press .
The Micropaq monitor turns off and on again,
and then it attempts to connect to the Acuity
System network.
Note Changing a monitor’s network name causes the
monitor to restart, erase all patient data and
restore the monitor settings to default settings.
WARNING Do not attempt to change a
monitor’s network name unless you are a
qualified biomedical service engineer or
technician.
Confirm that the network name that you select
matches the network name of the appropriate
Acuity System. When you select a new ESSID,
the patient monitor seeks a connection with any
nearby Acuity System network with that same
ESSID.
If you select a wrong network name, patient
alarms and data for any patient connected to the
monitor would occur at an unexpected Acuity
Central Station.