Fluke Biomedical medTester 5000C - Manual (Page 14)

medTester 5000C
Operators Manual
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Introduction
This manual is written for the biomedical technician or clinical engineer
responsible for testing hospital equipment, or the plant maintenance
technician responsible for maintenance records.
The medTester 5000C is an automated biomedical equipment test system and
a portable data acquisition unit that can be controlled with a computer. You
can expand the capabilities of the base model by adding modules that let you
store test records to memory and print them out.
The medTester 5000C is designed to measure electrical current and resistance
as they relate to electrical safety. It measures conditions that might cause
injury for compliance with the specifications set forth by ANSI, NFPA, and
AAMI.
The medTester 5000C base model automates repetitive tasks with safety
autosequences for medical equipment, including lead tests on patient
monitors, as well as general electrical devices. You can customize
autosequences to meet your specific testing needs.
With the addition of optional modules (for example, the RS-232/Printer
module, 100 Record Memory module, Expanded Memory module, and the
Waveform/Extended Testing module) your medTester 5000C becomes even
more powerful. The Waveform/Extended Testing module gives you
additional safety autosequences and performance wave and arrhythmia
generation capabilities. Individual defibrillation and IV pump modules offer
safety and performance testing autosequences for those devices.
With the Data Transfer module, you can transfer stored equipment test
record files to a compatible database program, Computerized Maintenance
Management System (CMMS) or Equipment Management System (EMS).
The medCheck module enables the downloading of test checklists and the
uploading of data to your database, CMMS, or EMS.
Finally, in addition to operating your medTester 5000C in the local mode
from the keyboard, bar code port, or the optional external keyboard, you can
also operate it from a remote location. Remote operation can take place from
a remote personal computer or from a compatible terminal device.
With the Wedge adapter, you can expand the number of serial ports to
control several external instruments without changing setups. In addition, you
can connect a PC-style keyboard to the Wedge adapter for entering data more
easily.