User Manual

Chapter 3: Using the Software
44 Series 6.0 Software (0510-1065-A) - User Guide
Units
Upon admission, a patient or asset must be assigned to a Unit. A Unit represents a protected area in your facility
that is monitored as a unit, such as the Nursery or Intensive Care. All devices in the area are assigned to the unit,
and are identified on a map or floor plan specific to the unit.
Some units may have more than one patient or asset occupying the same room. It is important when admitting a
patient or asset to a double-occupancy room that you specify which bed or side of the room the patient or asset is
assigned, for example room 101-A or room 101-B.
If an alarm occurs, the relevant alarm information, such as the patient’s or asset’s name, the type of event, and the
location of the event, is displayed at any Client computer that has been configured to monitor the unit. Some
System Properties, such as the time allowed for the discharge and adjust function, are defined at the unit level.
Device Supervision
The Supervision feature applies to many devices such as the alarming band transmitters, Pendants, Fall
Monitoring and Incontinence devices. A supervised device is the system’s way of ensuring that devices are
communicating properly and within range of the receivers. When the Supervised transmitter function is enabled,
a Check Transmitter alarm will be placed in the Event List if the system does not receive a signal from the device
within a specified time interval. The supervision interval is configured in the Configuration-Units menu. The
Supervision function defaults ON.
Global Lockdown
A Global Lockdown is when all of the doors are automatically locked during a Cut Band alarm. If a door is
already open at the time a Cut Band alarm occurs or if a door is opened at any time while the system is in Global
Lockdown:
• an alarm sounds at the Exit Alarm Controller
• a message is displayed on the Client computer(s) in the unit configured to monitor the door
and on all Quick Look Displays for that unit
• the location of the Exit Alarm is indicated by a flashing icon on the map on the Client
computer(s)
If your facility has enabled the Lockdown on Cut Band Alarms feature, a Cut Band Alarm triggers a Global
Lockdown. You can configure the Global Lockdown feature to lock doors at All exits or By transmitter units.
However if a Cut Band alarm is triggered during an Escort or a Transfer, the system automatically locks All exits
and posts the alarms on all Client computer(s). This is because the transmitter in Escort or Transfer may be
outside of its protected unit.
NOTE: When a transmitter is configured as a low priority asset transmitter, a Cut Band
Alarm will not trigger a Global Lockdown. High Priority configured asset transmitters will
trigger a Global Lockdown.