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Gas supply DRÄGER ALARM

secure at a glance
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
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Alarm Management System

The central gas supply is one of the hospital‘s

life support systems, and as such is subject to
special safety requirements, which are defined
in the international EN ISO 7396-1/-2 stan-
dards, among others.

Redundant systems and complex controls ensure

that the supply of medical gases remains uninter- Area Control Units
rupted. Providing technical and clinical staff
up-to-the-minute information on the system‘s
operation is also key.

Dräger‘s Alarm Management System is a monitoring

system that presents all the medical gas supply data
clearly and concisely to personnel. The Dräger
Alarm Management System receives operational
and alarm messages from the control centers and
distribution system nodes and can then display
them at selected locations in the hospital or in the
Building Management System (BMS).

Building Management System

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Information
ST-6168-2007_1000

Medical Air Guard

Compressed Air Systems
Gas Control Station
Vacuum Systems
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Intelligence MT-0009-2006
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Intelligent components
The system consists of a number of independent
components that communicate with one another via
data line. Each component has a special function
and can independently process the required mes-
sages from the system.
Data collector
To receive operational and alarm signals from the
supply control centers, the Alarm Management
System has data collector modules which can
directly switch the supply system signal output via
input terminals. The system is able to process
signals from any device that is equipped with
potential-free alarm contacts. A data collector
can receive 16 – 64 signals.
Area Control Units
The area control units monitor the gas supply in
the individual areas of the hospital. A special alarm
system interface collects the data from the pressure
monitor and the optional gas consumption reader
and provides this data to the Alarm Management
System. If the gas pressure should become too low
or too high, additional signals can carry the alarm
message to Monitor 6G at the nurse‘s station or
forward the alarm and measurement values to a
Building Management System.
MT-0019-2007
Operating Alarm Panels
System alarm and operational messages are dis-
played on the Monitor LLT consisting of 48 labelled
light displays or a text display.
The more basic displays feature the Monitor LL,
with 46 light displays and the Monitor L with 22
light displays. The type of alarm, e.g., operational
message or emergency alarm, can be configured
as needed.
Interface modules
A GMS gateway is used to transmit all signals
and readings from the Alarm Management System
to a Building Management System. The gateway
translates the signals from the Alarm Management
System into standard LONWorks® signals that
conventional control systems can directly process.
This allows all the functions of the control system
to be utilized for transmitting alarms and analyses,
such as alarm notifications by phone or e-mail,
alarm lists, or trend analyses. The relay module
Monitor R is also available for transmitting multi-
messaging signals via potential-free contacts to
external alarm systems.
In this module, up to 200 messages can be
configured on each of the eight relay outputs for
transmission, regardless of the data transmission
protocol.
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MT-947-2002
MT-7508-2004 | D-9279-2009

Mt-12-2003 | Mt-26-2006
ST-586-98 | ST-588-98

Area control unit and Emergency alarm panels Operating alarm panels
VoluCount™
MT-33-2003 | MT-2091-2005

Alarm Management
System
D-9273-2009

Interface modules Building Management

System
MT-5073-2004 | D-9280-2009
MT-5162-2004 | D-9280-2009

MT-10946-2006
ST-606-2006
D-16851-2009

Cylinder manifold systems Vacuum systems Compressed Medical Air Guard

air systems
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Custom configuration
Due to the modular design, the Alarm Management
System can be adapted to ambient conditions. De­­
pending on the number of signals, more or fewer
data collectors or displays are used. Communication
is established through a simple connection using a
two-core network line. Confi­guration software is
used to define how the com­ponents interact. This
decentralized structure allows the addition of new
components or changes to existing configurations at
any time. This allows the system to expand, along
with the monitored facility.
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Safety through independent monitoring
In a monitoring system, no message should ever
get lost. To ensure that every single message is
displayed, the Alarm Management System works
as a closed network that does not allow any other
messages in its network system. Furthermore, the
components of the Alarm Management System
monitor each other by querying the data collector
at regular intervals and reporting a communication
error if they do not receive the correct response.
The Monitor LLT or the Building Management
System can then directly display from which
module the error is coming from.

Control
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Cost benefit from network technology
The use of network technology makes very flexible
and easily expandable solutions possible. In parti­
cular, where a large number of messages need
processing, a data network offers outstanding
price/performance ratio as compared to conven-
tional wired systems. A programmable system
delivers even more benefits when existing systems
need to be changed or expanded. A simple recon-
figuration of components may be all that is needed
to make small changes. If new areas need to be
added, the new components can be linked to
the existing system and the system configuration
modified accordingly. There is no need to change
the existing cabling!
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A great investment –
for today and tomorrow
Dräger works continually on further developing its
Gas Management System, and existing facilities
can benefit from the Alarm Management System.
Due to the use of a standard data transmission
protocol, new or enhanced components will
always be able to communicate with existing
ones, and because each component brings its
own functionality, even an existing facility can
utilize the new functions. This keeps your Gas
Management System at the cutting edge without
major restructuring.
MT-8775-2006
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