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Glossary
Manual 41018v0800
SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System
Revision B
Operator’s Manual
RFI
Radio Frequency Interference
RFID
Radio-frequency identification
RTC
Real Time Clock
RTLS
Real Time Location Services
Rx
Prescription
S
Secondary
SD
Secure Digital
SDS
Simple Data Structure
sec
Seconds
Sharp
Primary processor: (Processor Board – 60087-1) SHARP LH79520 micro-controller
with on-chip A/D convertor used for user interaction and infusion programming.
SIGMA
SIGMA International General Medical Apparatus
SIR
Serial Infrared
Single Error Event
An event (or an error) which occurs once, is cleared and the user is not able to
duplicate the event.
Soft Keys
Non-labeled keys at the top of the Pump keypad with various functions, depending on
what is displayed on the screen directly above them.
Soft Limit
Limits that, if exceeded, will generate an alert notifying the user and requiring the
user to reject or accept the value entered.
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface
SSID
Service Set Identifier. The name of an individual wireless local area network. Can be
public, in which the SSID is broadcast for all to see on the WLAN, or private, in which
the SSID is not broadcast. A private SSID requires that each connecting device must
know the SSID ahead of time.
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. Used for WPA/WPA2 Security.
TLS
Transport Layered Security
TPN
Total Parenteral Nutrition: A way of supplying all the nutritional needs of the body by
bypassing the digestive system and dripping nutrient solution directly into a vein.
TSB
Technical Service Bulletin. External communication of technical information updates.
TTLS
Tunneled Transport layered Security
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UL STD
Underwriters Laboratories Standard
US
Upstream
USB
Universal Serial Bus
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
V
Version
V/m
Volts per meter
VAC
Volts of Alternating Current
VDC
Volts of Direct Current