Operator's Manual
Table Of Contents
- What is new in publication version 7.2?
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Before you start
- 1.2 Important safety instructions and additional information
- Important information regarding safety
- Disposal of the system
- Product safety
- General care
- Accessory box
- Meter
- Power off meter
- Automatic power-off
- Shut down meter
- Automatic shutdown
- Battery Pack
- Touchscreen
- Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
- Wireless connectivity
- Radiofrequency radiation exposure information
- Local Area Network: protection from unauthorized access
- Wired network connection
- 1.3 System components
- 1.4 Overview of the meter
- 1.5 Overview of the code key reader
- 1.6 Overview of the Accu-Chek Inform II Base Unit
- 1.7 Overview of the Accu-Chek Inform II Base Unit Hub
- 1.8 Overview of the accessory box
- 1.9 Reagents and consumables
- 1.10 Instructions for initial setup
- 2 Powering Up and Entering an Operator ID
- 3 Patient Glucose Testing
- 3.1 Information regarding blood glucose testing
- 3.2 Performing a patient glucose test
- Overview of test procedure
- Entering or selecting the patient ID
- Entering the patient ID manually
- Selecting the patient ID from a list
- Entering a patient ID with barcode scanner
- Confirming or selecting the test strip lot
- Patient identification information
- Inserting test strips
- Obtaining a blood sample
- Applying a blood sample
- Results screen
- Adding comments
- Add barcode content to a result
- Additional Patient Test
- 4 Glucose Control Testing
- 5 Review Results
- 6 Storing Test Strip, Control Solution, and Linearity Solution Information in the Meter
- 7 Linearity Testing
- 8 Proficiency Testing
- 9 Initial Startup
- 9.1 Connecting the base unit
- 9.2 Installing or replacing the battery pack
- 9.3 Docking the meter
- 9.4 Initial setup on the meter
- 9.5 Opening the Setup Menu
- 9.6 Date and time format
- 9.7 Display options and optional tests
- 9.8 Options for test strips
- 9.9 Options for glucose control tests
- 9.10 Value ranges (normal, critical, reportable)
- 9.11 Options for Operator ID Entry
- 9.12 Patient ID options
- 9.13 Creating a setup password
- 9.14 Setting the date and time
- 9.15 Beeper options
- 10 Maintenance and Care
- 11 Troubleshooting
- 12 General Product Information
- A Appendix
- B Appendix
- C Supplement for Other Test Entry
- D Supplement for Observed Test Sequence
- E Supplement for Enhanced Workflows
- F Appendix for Accu-Chek Inform II Base Unit (legacy version)
- G Limited Warranty
- Index
Appendix • B
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B Appendix
B.1 Option: Wireless network (WLAN)
Preliminary note Appendix B has been developed to explain the wireless
communication principles of the Accu-Chek Inform II
system
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and to help your facility’s information technology/
management team(s) in effectively deploying the
Accu-Chek Inform II system on your wireless network.
Whether your meter has wireless capability or not
depends on the system configuration that you purchased.
Background The Accu-Chek Inform II meter can only be configured
through a data management system to communicate wire-
lessly. The data management system is also used to set-up
and configure the meter to connect to one hospital specific
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN
2
). WLANs use electro-
magnetic waves in the 2.45 GHz and/or 5.15 - 5.25 GHz
and/or 5.725 - 5.850 GHz frequency range to wirelessly
transmit data
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. The Accu-Chek Inform II system adheres to
IEEE Standard 802.11g (2.45 GHz range)
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. The system is
backwards compatible to 802.11b. During wireless com-
munication to an Access Point (AP), the Accu-Chek Inform
II meter recognizes the existent AP WLAN protocol config-
uration (802.11b or 802.11g) and automatically transmits
data using the appropriate communication protocol
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.
1. The Accu-Chek Inform II system is certified by the Wi-Fi
Alliance.
2. WLAN is also commonly referred to as wireless LAN or
Wi-Fi.
3. For the wireless functionality to work properly, the wire-
less module must first be configured by your system
administrator.
4. While the Accu-Chek Inform II system adheres to the
802.11g standard, it uses only channels 1-11. Channels
12-14 are not used by the system.
5. WLANs are organized in cells. A typical WLAN cell con-
sists of Access Point(s) that are connected to the (wired)
Local Area Network and one or more clients, e.g.,
Accu-Chek Inform II meters along with other clients such
as portable computers.