Welch Allyn CardioPerfect Workstation Exercise ECG Module - User Manual - Manual (Page 65)

CardioPerfect Workstation
Exercise ECG Module - User Manual
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10. Before installing the Exercise ECG software
In this chapter, you will find information about the structure of the Welch Allyn CardioPerfect
Exercise ECG software.
10.1 Structure
The workstation consists of two elements:
Hardware: the recorder and the interface to the computer.
Software: the Exercise ECG module that runs in the Welch Allyn CardioPerfect
Workstation.
The recorder must be connected to the computer that runs the module.
Software
The Exercise ECG module is automatically installed with Welch Allyn CardioPerfect
Workstation. For instructions on how to install and configure Welch Allyn CardioPerfect
Workstation, please refer to the Installation and Configuration manual.
Hardware
Two different types of recorders are available, the MD recorder and the Pro recorder. The
recorder with a patient cable, with which you record the ECG, is connected to the PC through
an interface; different types of interfaces are available:
The MD recorder communicates with the computer through an optical fiber which is
connected to a so-called Unilink (USB or RS232 only with Stress light) or to a so-
called CPCOM card
The Pro recorder uses a Prolink USB or Prolink RS232 to communicate with the
computer
Install Unilink or CPCOM?
A Unilink is a small optical to electrical interface. There are two versions of the Unilink: the
serial or RS232 Unilink, only used with Rest ECGs or Stress light versions, and the USB
Unilink.
The Welch Allyn CardioPerfect ECG recording system can optionally be supplied with a
CPCOM card. This is an expansion card which either plugs into a PCI expansion slot or into a
PCMCIA socket. This card essentially takes over the function of the Unilink but, compared to
the RS232 version, it has an additional capability to buffer the incoming measurements.