High-Level Its Installation And Configuration Procedure - Philips IntelliVue Telemetry System Infrastructure Installation And Service Manual

Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring the ITS

High-level ITS Installation and Configuration Procedure

The following high-level procedure lists the steps you must follow to install and
configure the IntelliVue Telemetry System. Detailed procedures for each of these
steps is provided in the sections that follow.
To install and configure the ITS:
1. Photocopy and complete the ITS Installation Worksheets provided in Chapter 2.
(page 2-25)
Note the location, IP address, MAC, etc. of ITS infrastructure devices before you
physically install them. Be sure to complete the APC and AP configuration
worksheets prior to attempting to configure the ITS Access Point Controller.
2. Physically install, but do not power up, the ITS infrastructure components.
(page 3-4)
At this time complete all inter-component cabling connections with the
exception of connecting the APs and APCs to the network. Do not connect the
APs and APCs to the network until you have configured the APCs.
3. Set up your Service PC so that it may be used to connect to the ITS Wireless
Subnet. (page 3-7)
4. Perform initial configuration of each APC. (page 3-12)
5. Add the APCs to the network. (page 3-14)
6. Run the Philips Upgrade Wizard to verify that the newly installed APCs have the
same firmware revision. (page 3-16)
7. Using the APC web interface, verify and configure these settings: (page 3-21)
• Verify Filters
• Verify BootP Address Ranges
• Verify AP Defaults
• Configure AP Groups
• Configure Basic Settings for each Group
• Configure Alerts for each Group
8. Perform the configuration check and replication procedure using the Philips
Upgrade Wizard to verify that the APCs have the same firmware revision and
proper configuration settings. (page 3-33)
9. Add each Access Point to the ITS, wait for a period of 60 seconds, and then
configure it via the APC web interface. Ensure that you have connected each
Core AP to its installed Remote Antennas before connecting the Core AP to the
ITS. (page 3-37)
For each Standard and Core AP you will need to:
a) Configure the AP Name, IP Address and Group membership.
b) Verify the AP Subnet mask, and Default gateway settings.
c) Assign descriptive meaningful names to Core AP Remote Antennas.
d) Save the AP configuration settings.
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