Enhanced Elpas Reusable Tag for Infant Protection & High-Risk Patient Applications

VT announces the availability of its enhanced Elpas Active RFID/RTLS Reusable Tag.  The tag’s unique form factor and comfort makes it ideal  for protecting infants from abduction in maternity units or for the monitoring and tracking of high-risk patients who wander.

The tag’s dual technology transmitter emits  radio frequency (RF) messages plus infra-red (IR) messages that can be used to determine the location of the infant or patient to room level and sub-room level precision in open and enclosed indoor spaces without EMF interference to hospital equipment. The tag also has  a low frequency (LF) receiver that supports chokepoint area detection.

The Reusable Tag  supports Elpas2; VT’s new, innovative topology for backhauling RFID/RTLS security and safety solutions over wired or wireless Ethernet/Wi-Fi networks and also complements VT‘s growing portfolio of 433MHz Active RFID/RTLS tags for asset security and utilization, personnel and patient safety and remote sensor applications.

VT Updates EIRIS – Now Supports Elpas2

To encourage the continued growth and broad adoption of Elpas Active RFID/RTLS security and safety solutions, EIRIS Visibility & Security Management Software  now supports Lontalk as well as Ethernet network protocols. This gives EIRIS the flexibility to simultaneously receive and process RF and IR sub-room location data from Elpas Active RFID Asset, Personnel or Infant Protection tags over wired/wireless IT backbones or via Lontalk networks. 

EIRIS V4.6.3 now seamlessly handles hybrid network infrastructures that are comprised of Elpas1 LonWork fixed readers and devices and/or Elpas2 Ethernet enabled fixed readers and devices leading to the transparent utilization of these heterogeneous network types within the same facility. EIRIS V4.6.3 also contains all the functionality from any of the previous versions of V4.6 as well as major user enhancements in EV2. If your legacy Elpas installations have never elected to update before, now may be the perfect time.

 EIRIS V4.6.3 is available for immediate download from the Visonic Technologies web site. Consult your VT Professional Services Representative for further details:

VT Expands, Enhances QA Department

In conjunction with our growing Elpas2 Active RFID/RTLS product line, Visonic Technologies has expanded and enhanced our in-house Quality Assurance Department in order to support the continued goal of providing VT customers with the highest quality hardware and software products.

VT’s expanded in-house Quality Assurance Department is more than doubled its original physical operating space. “We have created a secure QA testing facility with state-of-the-art hardware capable of simulating real deployment conditions and to recreate difficult radio network conditions caused by different types of building construction or ambient RF noise” says David Fensterheim VP – Professional Services Group. ‘With our expanded facility, we are able to take a much more rigorous approach to quality assurance and are also able to dedicate more time to testing products before they are released for mass production.

VT is also on a mission to “Create Awareness” among our customers and partners of the important role they can play in our overall quality assurance process. “There’s nothing more valuable than having one of our partners be an on-site Beta tester,” says Fensterheim.” And as such, VT is eagerly seeking more partners to participate in our ongoing Beta testing programs”.

For more information about VT’s Quality Assurance Program or to find out how to participate in future Elpas2 Beta Testing, contact David Fensterheim at fensterheim@visonictech.com.