GE CIC Pro, Service Manual

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WARNING
During the timeframe that GE patient monitoring devices are
connected to a non-validated network, customers must be aware that
they are operating this system with increased risk, especially for
devices that rely specifically on the network for real time
transmission of alarms and other monitoring data. This increased
risk comes about because GE has not been able to review/approve
the proposed network design and/or commission the implemented
network to ensure it meets required performance specifications.
The devices at increased risk include, but are not exclusive to,
medical telemetry and all patient monitoring done from the CIC Pro
center.
Since monitoring data flows to and from central stations, telemetry
servers, and other medical devices, the lack of a commissioned
network can affect the performance of the overall system. Further,
the lack of a validated network may result in limited technical
support for troubleshooting product issues on products that rely on
the CARESCAPE Network.
8. Investigate if there are any spare (un-connected) CIC Pro centers in the biomed
shop and/or if there are any CIC Pro centers in the care area that are designed to
work on customer demand (e.g., connected to the network, currently switched off
and used only when needed). Before introducing such CIC Pro centers to the
existing network, do the following:
a. Make sure that those CIC Pro center hardware and software versions are
compatible (as listed in step
5 ):
 The time zone settings are the same.

The Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes check
box must remain UNCHECKED at all times.
 All MC IP addresses must be in the same IP scheme with the same
subnet mask.

All IX IP addresses must be in the same IP scheme with the same subnet
mask.
b. Inform the biomed about the following Caution:
CAUTION
NETWORK DEVICE TIME SYNCHRONIZATION — When
adding a new device (e.g., CIC Pro center) to the CARESCAPE
Network, the existing devices on the CARESCAPE Network will
synchronize to the new device’s time. To prevent potential time
synchronization issues, you should set the new device’s time to be as
close as possible to the time (within one minute or less) used by the
existing GE devices on the CARESCAPE Network.
9. Make CIC v5.1.x (or the highest CIC Pro center software version) the Time
Master.