Welch Allyn Connex CS Central Station & Server - User Manual - Manual (Page 17)

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Overview and System Hardware
Overview
The Connex Central Monitoring Station (central station) is intended to be use by clinicians
for the central monitoring of neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients in health care facilities.
In addition to the central monitoring of patient data, alarms and alerts, the Connex
software can include optional modules to provide extended recording of patient data,
including full disclosure.
The Connex CS system consists of a central station that receives and displays information
from connected devices. In this configuration, continuous and episodic devices
communicate over the network to the central station. The central station contains all of
the software needed to monitor patients’ continuous parameters and episodic data on a
single computer.
The central station also monitors connected continuous devices for proper operation, and
displays an alarm if a continuous monitor stops working or is improperly disconnected.
Multiple central stations may be installed in a shared environment with a Connex server
(Hardware or Virtual) providing a central data repository for all information. In addition, the
Connex server may also be used to support integration with the facilities HIS to share
patient information and data.
A high-level topology with multiple central stations and a Connex server is shown
in
“Figure 3-1: Multiple Connex CS conceptual model” below. Although all devices are
shown with wireless communication, a wired-networking model may also be used.