Installation guide

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Wi-Fi Location-Based Services—Design and Deployment Considerations
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The SOAP/XML Application Programming Interface
process solutions to enable location-based workflow optimization and better asset use. PanGo Locator
recognizes industry-standard 802.11 active RFID tags and WLAN clients, but is especially optimized to
take full advantage of the specialized features found in PanGo Locator LAN tags types 1 and 2.
PanGo Locator is designed for business and operational asset owners and users whose main goal is to
locate the assets they need quickly and efficiently. After being configured for the technical details of
asset tracking via the Configuration module, assets are represented and displayed using the information
that matters most to the owners and users of those assets. Information such as serial and model numbers,
manufacturer and asset owner name are used to identify assets in visual displays. Especially in
healthcare environments, PanGo Locator provides very rich information designed to convey details
about the assets to which the asset tag is attached.
Consider the case of a nurse in a busy hospital emergency room attempting to locate the nearest
glucometer or EKG machine. Because all these assets have been equipped with PanGo Locator LAN
asset tags, PanGo Locator (shown in Figure 77) can be used to show the nurse precisely where the nearest
instance of such equipment is located. This can be performed via a rich, intuitive map with an icon
specific to the equipment type; or an easy-to-use lookup table where the nurse can filter out all
non-interesting equipment. In addition, the software can alert the nurse if equipment specifically
designated for the emergency department has left the area to which it is authorized and where it is
currently headed.
Figure 77 PanGo Locator
Another example can be found in the case of a biomedical engineer that must perform preventative
maintenance and lease termination inspections on a large number of infusion pumps. This engineer
knows how the equipment was first allocated but not what building, floor, or zone in which the
equipment is located at the current time. Because the infusion pumps were all equipped with PanGo
Locator LAN asset tags when they were distributed, the engineer can use PanGo Locator to determine
their location by serial number, manufacturer, and model number. PanGo Locator can provide the
engineer with real-time updates as to the status and location of the devices in which he is most interested
throughout the day.
PanGo Locator is a modular web-based client software application consisting of five key asset tracking
components: