Radio configuration guide Propaq LT vital signs monitor Overview This guide explains how to do the following: Configure your monitor radio card to your network. Customize your radio configuration. Reset your monitor radio. Set your SSID. It applies to new monitors or monitors returned from the Welch Allyn service department. Your network must be configured to use factory-supported SSIDs and authentication and encryption schemes. Caution The instructions in this guide must be performed only by a qualified biomedical service engineer or technician who is familiar with your facility s wireless network. If you are not familiar with your facility s wireless network, perform these tasks only with the assistance of a qualified technician. This procedure is for Propaq LT A monitors (802LTAN and 802LTAS) with software versions 1.60.XX or later. To make any changes to your monitor radio card, access the monitor service menu. The service menu is only available when the monitor is in adult patient mode. To access the monitor service menu From any main display screen (such as Large Numerics, Dual Waveform,...): 1. Highlight, HR/PR, SpO2, NIBP, Resp, or, and then press. 2. Highlight Setup (at the bottom of the screen) and press. The setup menu appears. 3. Scroll right ( ) to highlight Service, and press. The service menu appears, with NIBP and Show Info highlighted. When in the monitor service menu, you can set the authentication and encryption scheme and the network name through the monitor user interface.
2 80018988 Ver A WelchAllyn To set an authentication and encryption scheme 1. Scroll right ( ) to highlight Radio and press. 2. Press to select Show Info. The Show Info screen appears. Make sure the Firmware version reported by the radio card displays a version release number. If the monitor displays Version not found, wait for this field to change to a version number. This change indicates that the radio and monitor are communicating. 3. Scroll right ( ) to highlight Auth. and press. The radio authorization screen appears. The available authentication and encryption schemes are listed on the left of the screen. The highlighted item is the current scheme in use. 4. Scroll up ( ) or down ( ) to highlight your selection and press left ( ) and right ( ) simultaneously to make your selection. The selection of greyed-out items is not supported by the monitor user interface. Note An item will only be greyed out if the monitor was configured with an encryption scheme that is not approved or recommended for the monitor. Caution Pressing, navigating away from the radio authorization menu, or experiencing an equipment alarm causes the monitor to exit the menu without saving changes. Once a selection has been made and the proper key sequence has been pressed, the monitor configures the radio card to use the selected authentication and encryption scheme, and resets and restarts. All data on the monitor is lost. If further configuration is needed, follow the instructions in Radio configuration tool user interface on page 5.
Radio configuration guide 80018988 Ver A 3 Set the NetName on a Propaq LT monitor Use this procedure to change the network name assigned to the monitor (assuming that the current network name is one of the pre-set names listed in the monitor Net Name menu). To set a custom network name, see Set an SSID using the radio configuration tool on page 7. WARNING Do not attempt to change the network name unless you are a qualified biomedical service engineer or a Welch Allyn employee. Changing the monitor network name causes the monitor to re-start and seek to connect with the FlexNet network corresponding to the new name. WARNING Change the network name in a non-clinical environment only. To change the network name 1. Enter the Service menu. 2. Highlight Radio and press. 3. Highlight NetName and press. The NetName screen appears. 4. Highlight another network name. Simultaneously press and and hold for one second. The monitor shuts down, losing all stored patient data, and then restarts. If the current network name is a custom name, the monitor displays something similar to the following screen: You cannot change a custom network name using the Net Name menu. Press to return to the Service Menu. To set a custom network name, see Set an SSID using the radio configuration tool on page 7.
4 80018988 Ver A WelchAllyn Table 1. Propaq LT NetName examples Parameter Factory setting Possible values Radio SSID (NetName) com.protocol com.protocol, demo.protocol com1.protocol, com2.protocol com3.protocol, com4.protocol com5.protocol, com6.protocol com7.protocol, com8.protocol com9.protocol, com10.protocol com11.protocol, com12.protocol com13.protocol, com14.protocol com15.protocol, com16.protocol com17.protocol, com18.protocol Reset the Propaq LT monitor radio It may be necessary to return the radio card to its default settings if: A network security setting was enabled that is not supported by the network infrastructure. The network name was changed incorrectly. The default password was changed and forgotten. To reset your monitor radio 1. Enter the Radio menu under the Service screen. 2. Press simultaneously. 3. Select Yes and press.
Radio configuration guide 80018988 Ver A 5 Radio configuration tool user interface Note Accessing the radio configuration tool requires your monitor to be connected to a network. The radio configuration tool user interface is for users who do not want to configure their monitors through the monitor user interface. The tool allows for additional network setting customization that can not be configured through the monitor user interface. This interface is largely self-explanatory to anyone qualified to use it. This procedure covers only the fields that might raise questions. To configure a monitor through the radio configuration tool user interface 1. Navigate to the Service menu of your monitor as described. 2. Read the IP address from the monitor. 3. Enter the monitor IP address as a URL in your Web browser. A logon screen appears. 4. Log on to the radio configuration tool. a. User name: admin b. Password: webpassword1234. If you want to change your password, do the following: a. Click Web admin password from the options on the left. b. Enter a new password in the Enter new password field. c. Enter the same password in the Confirm new password field. d. Click Apply. Make sure you write down your new password. If the new password is lost or forgotten, it can not be recovered. 5. Click Authentication and Encryption from the options on the left. The Authentication and encryption screen appears.
6 80018988 Ver A WelchAllyn 6. Select the authentication and encryption scheme you want to use and click Apply. 7. If the change is accepted, a confirmation box appears. Note Do not force authentication of your radio. Follow all steps in this procedure in order and restart your monitor to authenticate.
Radio configuration guide 80018988 Ver A 7 8. Click EAP Settings from the options on the left. The EAP Settings screen appears. 9. Select the EAP type you want to use, enter an identity and a password, and click Apply. 10. If you are using a network with a pre-shared key (PSK), do the following: a. Click WPA2PSK from the options on the left. The WPA2PSK screen appears. b. Enter your WPA2PSK key or passphrase and choose your format. c. Click Apply. 11. Restart the monitor. Set an SSID using the radio configuration tool The radio configuration tool interface allows for SSID customization. To set an SSID through the radio configuration tool user interface 1. Log on to the radio configuration tool. 2. Click SSID and radio band from the options on the left. The SSID and radio band screen appears. 3. Enter your new SSID name in the SSID box and click Apply. 4. Restart the monitor.
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