User's Manual

Elpas Handheld LF Exciter – Configuration & User Guide
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Step 2- Define a Failure Alert
The Failure alert is the same as the Success Alert except that you
select all the other baby tags and not the associated baby tag.
1. Using the Location Alert, on the Inputs form select all the
non-associated baby tags and the specific HHLF that this
failure alert is for. Also choose All Status Types.
2. Enter 10 in the ‘Automatically Close After’ time value field.
3. On the Outputs form, select the Failure Outputs that will
trigger the red lamps on the corresponding visual indicators.
4. Double-click on the chosen Failure Outputs and for each
one, set the output duration to 10 Seconds.
5. Repeat Steps 1-4 for each additional Baby Tag/HHLF pair.
Directing Test Results to Specific Rooms
The above configuration procedure is designed to have EIRIS first validate whether or not the mother is in fact with the correct baby and
second trigger the correct green or red lamps on the installed visual indicators. In other words, if a number of visual indicators are installed
throughout the facility, they will all simultaneously indicate the results of the match tests regardless of where they are.
Should it prove necessary to segregate the outputs such that each room has its own visual indicator, then the following Elpas hardware,
EIRIS software extension and EIRIS alerts are needed:
Each room must be equipped with an Elpas IR reader with local processing, an Elpas External Box (EXB) and a visual indicator (such
as an Elpas Signal Tower).
Using the optional Elpas Extension (since it supports the ability to associate LF exciters with particular IR or RF readers) combined
HHLF/IR locations need to be defined for each room in EIRIS.
Additionally, subsequent Success and Failure alerts need to be defined for each room in EIRIS.
Having Caregivers Perform Match Tests using the Handheld LF Exciter
In this scenario, upon admission to the maternity unit, each mother-to-be is issued an Elpas tag (such as a Healthcare Positioning
Tag) that a companion relationship has been pre-defined in EIRIS with the Elpas Infant Protection Bracelet that is-to-be affixed to
her baby at birth. Random Match Tests can be performed by simply having a caregiver press the match-test button on his/her HHLF
while physically within a 40cm/1.3ft radius of the baby in question; making sure that the baby’s tag was excited by seeing that the
green lamp of the nearby visual indicator (such as the Elpas Signal Tower) flashes for about two seconds. Within 5 seconds, the
caregiver repeats this procedure near the mother, again making sure that the mother’s tag was excited by seeing that the green
lamp again flashes for about two seconds.
EIRIS will immediately validate whether or not the mother is in fact with the correct baby. If the match test proves successful, (the
mother is with the correct baby), the green lamp of the visual indicator will illuminate for approximately 10 seconds. Should the
match test fail, (the mother is with a baby other then her own) the red lamp will light for about 10 seconds.
Configuration Prerequisites
Before configuring EIRIS to support caregiver initiated Mother/Baby Match Tests using the HHLF, verify that the following software
prerequisites are satisfied:
Make sure that the BadgeMatch.dll (Badge Match extension) is installed in the EIRIS Extensions folder (typically:
C:\Eiris\e41srv\Data\Extensions) and that a proper license for the extension have been acquired.
Register the needed Handheld LF Exciters (HHLFs) in the EIRIS database. Ensure that their chosen Names can easily symbolize the
particular caregivers that will use them.