THE QUANTEC CONCEPT
The Quantec addressable call system is ideal for nursecall,
general call and ‘staff attack’ applications.
In today’s healthcare environments, it is usual for staff in
nursing homes and hospitals to be responsible only for certain
areas of the building depending on factors such as layout,
type of care, staff to patient ratios, etc. Thus, in order to
create an effective call system, all call points and monitoring
points within the building need to have their messages
‘routed’ only to the Displays relevant to certain staff.
Quantec does this by setting all the call points within one part
of the nursing home as one ‘Area’, and all the call points
within another part of the building as another Area. Similarly,
Displays are set as members of different ‘Groups’, again
dependent on their location within the building. The object
of grouping devices in this manner is to allow simple routing
equations which describe how messages are directed around
the system by the Quantec Controller.
However, before being set as members of an Area or Group,
all network devices (except ancillary devices, e.g. slave
overdoor lights, ceiling pulls) need to be given a unique
address (ID) number so they may be identified by the Quantec
Controller.
The example illustration of a fictional nursing home (below)
explains how the Quantec concept can be applied. The method
of routing shown is one of several variations which may be set.
All calls made from Bedrooms 1 to 6 and Lounge 1 will be
dealt with by staff located in the West Wing. Therefore, all the
call points/monitoring points in the West Wing (devices 10-17)
are assigned as members of one Area (Area A) and all Displays
in West Wing (devices 2 and 3) are assigned as members of
one Group (Group 1). A similar scenario applies to the East
Wing, the Central Area and the South Wing.
Also, it is possible to program the addressable overdoor light
outside the West Wing (device 7) so it will indicate when a call
has been made from any calling devices in Area A. To do this
each addressable overdoor light needs to be assigned as a
member of a ‘Zone’. (If used, addressable sounders should also
be assigned as members of a Zone.)
By referring to the nursing home installation plans it is
possible to determine the Area, Group and Zone ‘sets’ for the
entire site, and plot them onto a Device Assignment Table,
similar to the one shown on the following page.
Note
: Templates for Device Assignment Tables are located at
the back of this document.
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