M
EDEX
Medfusion 3500
Medex Operation Manual
Artwork GD000608 Revision 5
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PPENDIX
3:
S
ERIAL
C
OMMUNICATIONS
This pump contains an optically isolated (Infrared) serial communications interface. With an optional Medex conversion box,
this pump can be connected to a standard computer RS-232 serial interface.
This process is called
Configuration Cloning
, and it allows pump setting information to be copied from one pump to another
(see Configuration Manual). The interface provides capability for a remote computer to collect:
•
Pump Settings
•
Pump Libraries
•
Current Delivery Information
Serial Conversion Box
Another option is the Medex Serial Conversion Box, which allows direct connection between the Series 3000 pumps
and a PC running the PC Cloning software. This software provides a full-featured simulation of the functioning of the
Series 3000 pumps. This can be used as both a training tool and a configuration utility.
As a configuration utility, the simulated pump can be setup exactly as a unit or department needs to use it. Then these
configuration settings may be transferred
en masse
from the PC to actual pumps.
Specific details on the serial interface protocol are provided with the conversion box, (P/N 3000RS232).
Medex Cloning Block
Two pumps can be interfaced without the use of the conversion box. Depending on your working surface, it may be
difficult to perfectly align the infrared serial ports by hand.
Instead use an optional,
Medex Cloning Block
, (
P/N G6000200
) to physically align the two pumps. This is a specially
designed plastic plug which fits into the serial port notches on the backs of both pumps
−
providing simple alignment
for both pumps every time.
