Elpas RTLS Now Includes Wireless Temperature Monitoring

The new Elpas Temperature Monitoring Solution provides hospitals with a cost-effective, automated way to remotely monitor environmental sensitive medical assets or environments that require strict temperature range compliance for patient care and safety.

Elpas Temperature Monitoring enables hospitals to automate their temperature reporting protocols and practices (including the storage of temperature readings, triggered alerts and staff response logs). The solution supports automatic temperature-triggered alert notification options plus user customizable reports for analyzing temperature and deviation trends.

The Elpas Temperature Monitoring Solution utilizes the all new IP-64 water-rated, refrigerator mountable Elpas Temperature Sensor, which features an internal thermistor for the wireless monitoring of ambient temperatures. The sensor transmits real-time, location defined temperature readings through the Elpas Ethernet enabled RTLS infrastructure using standard wired or wireless Ethernet technologies to VT’s Eiris Active RFID/RTLS Monitoring Platform or to other networked hospital management systems. The sensor also features wireless call-button functionality to report preconfigured maintenance messages plus remote device supervision to ensure complete field reliability.

VT’s Presence at HIMSS11

Visonic Technologies’ sales and management teams have recently returned from the HIMSS11 (Healthcare Information and Management Systems) conference where VT exhibited Elpas solutions at the conference’s new RFID and RTLS Showcase pavilion. The pavilion was designed by the RFID in Healthcare Consortium in conjunction with HIMSS. Visitors to this pavilion were able to learn more about the benefits of implementing RFID & RTLS solutions in their healthcare facilities.

The Hospital Smart Room was the main attraction of the pavilion, created to simulate a real patient room, exhibiting these technologies. VT’s BabyMatch Infant Protection Solution was among the solutions demonstrated. Visitors were able to see the full functionality of the infant protection solution including baby-mother match tests and exit and matching alarms. Pavilion visitors were also invited to visit VT’s kiosk where they were able to receive further information on other Elpas Active RFID & RTLS Healthcare Solutions.

VT adds sub-room location accuracy with new Elpas2 High-Definition IR Reader.

 Visonic Technologies announces the immediate availability of its new Elpas2
High-Definition IR Reader. The device is designed to detect and relay Sub-Room Location data from Elpas IR-Enabled Active RFID Asset, Personnel or Infant Protection Tags to host applications; facilitating the real-time tracking of valuable fixed and mobile assets, high-risk patients as well as personnel or visitors 24 hours a day with pin-point accuracy.

“The new Elpas2 High-Definition IR Reader enhances RTLS performance in healthcare, senior living and general office environments by providing reliable, yet low-cost sub-room location accuracy” said Michael Wasserstein, CEO of Visonic Technologies. “As example, our new IR reader provides hospital administrators with the ability to accurately identify different patient-beds within the same medical ward; enabling the automatic logging of patient and caregiver interaction.”
The Elpas2 High-Definition IR Reader is plug and play compatible with the Elpas2 RF Ethernet Reader, making possible the leveraging of legacy wireless or wired Wi-Fi or Ethernet Networks plus XML messaging for integration with 3rd party applications.

The Elpas2 High-Definition IR Reader complements and adds to VT’s growing portfolio of Ethernet and LonWork network Active RFID/RTLS fixed topology devices; and is to be marketed through the company’s worldwide network of qualified partners.

For more information about the Elpas2 High-Definition IR Reader, contact Barry Insell at: Barryi@visonictech.com.

EIRIS – For Security Monitoring and Control

Here are some words about one of our products – EIRIS:

EIRIS Visibility & Security Management Software from Visonic Technologies is an affordable, end-to-end solution; providing real-time monitoring, command and control in a single unified system for today’s most demanding security and safety applications.

 

EIRIS is ideally suited for today’s organizations that are seeking to effectively and reliably self-monitor and manage their security and safety operations. Out-of-the-box, EIRIS enables seamless integration of access control, intrusion detection, digital video surveillance, patient protection, duress alarm monitoring and asset tracking into one, easy to use, enterprise-class security platform.

Function Summary

Robust Client/Server architecture

Intuitive Tools for alert Configuration

Intuitive alarm handling screens

Interactive, multi-layered graphical map displays

Dynamic graphic monitoring & control

Live CCTV alarm/event integration

Automatic event/alarm recording

Detailed event and tracking reports

Integration with third-party applications

Web and PDA client support

Windows & XML based Web Services APIs

Standard Features:

Network Configuration Tools

EIRIS’ intuitive configuration tools enable commissioning and database enrollment of all wired and wireless system devices without the need for programming experience.

Automated Security Processes

Enables user definable, rule-based events and alarms, (triggerable by location and status), for automating and enhancing monitoring and response processes.

Dynamic graphic monitoring & control

Supports real-time interactive, multi-layered graphical map displays for monitoring and controlling device status, system events and all security/safety alarms.

Bundled Localization Editor

EIRIS’ bundled language localization editor customizes user interfaces and menus for different locales Supports Asian languages and right-to-left scripts (Hebrew and Arabic).

Scalable System Expansion

Modular, multi-site, client/server architecture supports easy system expansion without interruption of service as needs grow.

Open APIs Extend Functionality

Open Application Program Interfaces (APIs) offer real-time,
bi-directional alarm/event processing and control with legacy security, life safety and back office systems.

Integrated Incident Reporting

EIRIS’ integrated report generator creates historical reports of alarms, tag movements, device status and event times for enterprise-wide information delivery.

for more information about our products please visit our home website.

 

Active RFID summit, 2006

Almost 3 years ago,  in the Active RFID summit (Atlanta, USA), we had a decent representation for Visonic Technologies – Tuviya Katz.
This is his presentation summary:

“Active RFID is in wide usage in health care. Till now, the trend has been to deploy single-focus, stand-alone safety solutions.

And, recently, asset tracking products are being both considered and deployed.

As a consequence of this a-little-at-a-time approach, senior healthcare management has failed to realize the full potential of Active RFID.

Healthcare is now starting to view Active RFID as a scaleable enabling technology rather than single purpose products or solutions.

This rethinking is shaping the worldwide drive to leverage the already in-place applications, the push to build-out existing infrastructure and the motivation to put into place new backend ERPs, patient care and other third-party options. As result of these international advances; unified risk mitigation and asset tracking solutions, built upon Active RFID has become both technically and financially feasible for the majority of healthcare facilities“.

Visonic Technologies’ Annual Partners forum

Hi All,

Visonic Technologies will hold its annual Partner forum in January in Budapest.
We will be unveiling a number of significant developments that have been under development for the past year or two.

VT’s new IP and RS-485 based infrastructure to be released this spring, a multi-site architecture for Eiris, temperature sensing tags and more.

Whether you specialize in access control, staff security, asset tracking, nurse call, wandering patient or infant protection, I strongly recommend that you join us to see these developments for yourself  and enjoy the sites of Budapest.

For additional information see our web site at www.visonictech.com

“An All Weather Asset Tracking Tag”

This is what IDS-Packaging INDIA wrote about Visonic Technologies:

“Tel Aviv-based Visonic Technologies has released an All Weather Asset Tracking Tag that provides a robust tag for tagging and monitoring heavy industrial mobile assets and has significantly reduced the needed infrastructure by greatly increasing the tag’s radio range.
It is capable of communicating using a number of standard radio protocols that are in use in both the supply chain and security industries. The new tag features continuous long range RF communication with the control network; an LF receiver for reporting when the tag passes a particular gate; a motion sensor; a tamper sensor; and an optional temperature sensor.”

VT’s products mission

Visonic Technologies offers integrated active RFID/RTLS solutions to enhance security and safety throughout the enterprise.
Offering a wide range of products from niche-market applications to high-end unified visibility and safety solutions, Visonic Technologies caters to the needs of industries and institutions where the identification, location, security and safety of people and assets is mission critical to business performance.