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How RTLS Works
Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) is a locating system that uses active radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to help you quickly and easily locate people and equipment within your facility.
Identification of People and Equipment
Small, lightweight badges worn by people or attached to equipment emit signals containing each badge's unique ID code. Depending on your needs (e.g., patient/resident/staff locating, nurse call integration, etc.), select from IR badges for simple locating applications or select IR/RFID badges for applications requiring call/alert notification.
Reception and Transmission of Location and Event Data
As people and equipment move with a facility, ceiling-mounted sensors installed in rooms and hallways (i.e., "sensed zones") receive each badge's unique ID signal. The sensor receiving the badge ID identifies the badge location. The sensor converts and routes the data through RTLS.
Accessing the Location Data
There are several unique software "views" to fit your specific needs (i.e., Floorplan View, List, QuickStat™ and History List) available to access the location data. Simply glance at a workstation or personal digital assistant (PDA), or dial into the system from a telephone.
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