User's Manual
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CenTrak MonitorIT‐313*
• CenTrak Gen2IR™Technologyforaccurateroom‐level
locationand2‐waycommunicationwithStarbasestations
• BatteryOperated– Standard5+yearstypical
• BatteryOperated– ExtendedLifeOption10+yearstypical
• Canbeconfiguredandmonitoredbycentralserverfor
superiorcontrol
• Simpletoinstallceilingtilemountingbracket,noin‐room
wiringrequired
TheMonitorisanIR(infrared)signalingunitusedwithIR‐enabledtagsto
provideamethodoflocatingtaggedassetsorpeople.EachMonitortransmits
aninfraredpulsepatterncontainingauniquelocationcode.TheCenTrak
proprietaryIRprotocolachievesamarkedimprovementoverconventionalIR
protocolsthatweredesignedforremotecontrolapplications.Itprovides
superiorresiliencetofluorescentandothercommonindoorinterference
sources.Coveragezonesarelimitedbysolidphysicalstructuressuchaswalls;
however,contrarytopopularbelief,IRdoesnotneedlineofsightforeffective
communication.IRsignalsbounceeffectivelyfromstructuresandwallsflood
theentireroomincludinglocationsthatarenotindirectlineofsighttothe
Monitor.
Thebatteryoperationandtheextremelysimplemountingmechanismallow
forthequickandlowcostinstallationofthemonitor.
AboutCenTrak Gen2IR™Technology
SecondGenerationInfrared(Gen2IR)Monitorscanbepositionedwherever
accuratelocationdataisneededincludingrooms,hallways,andevenbays.
Similartolight,Gen2IRwillnotpassthroughwalls,anditdoesnotsufferfrom
traditionalinfraredandultrasoundline‐of‐sightlimitations.Therefore,whena
tagreadsaroomnumber,therearenoerrors.Thisiscertainty‐basedRTLS, a
requirementfortoday’shealthcareautomationandworkflowapplications.
*IT‐313isforusewiththeCenTrak 2.0system.OrderIT‐311forusewiththe1.0system.
IT‐313CenTrak Monitor
IT‐313MountedtoCeiling