Hi hc1528,

I would recommend upgrading your XDS software whenever a new revision is available, as each release adds more enhancements.

Your IT department can perform any OS-related or .net framework related upgrades at any time they wish. XDS should not get affected by such upgrades (unless it is explicitly stated on the XDS website that a specific patch is not supported). XDS can co-exist with any of your in-house applications, so installing those will not be a problem at all.

Hi Chandana,
i have go through the document intellivue XDS appliaction Revision H.00.xx, found XDS software have several intrastructure-related services (eg. BootP, TFTP, TimeSync). could like to know can XDS software TimeSync all intellivue patient monitor on the ICN network (attached diagram picture)? if can how it work and any special configuration needs configure on XDS software. thanks for help

purpose for upper diagram is to let patient monitor (MP30) send print job via XDS software to printer P2055dn. then XDS software will keep a softcopy of printed document in pdf format.
sorry Chandana, more question for you.
-if more patient monitor connect to this network, can i add one more XDS box (with XDS software) for redundency purpose.
-what's the higher printing resolution can be generate by XDS software. thanks for help

Hi HC,

Regarding your question about TimeSync, the diagram you attached is not an ICN network. What we define as an ICN network is a dedicated patient monitoring network WITH a central station. The diagram you attached does not have a central station, and therefore, not an ICN network.

In such a non-ICN network, the XDS can sync all monitors on the network to the PC clock on the Master XDS. The PC clock can then be set to sync with your hospital's NTP server. You don't need to do any special configuration in order to use TimeSYnc - this service is started automatically on the XDS PC that you have designated as the Master XDS.

On an ICN network, the central station provides the TimeSync service, and therefore, XDS will automatically disable its own TimeSync service.

Hi HC,

-if more patient monitor connect to this network, can i add one more XDS box (with XDS software) for redundency purpose.

Yes, you can. The print services are supplied by the Master XDS, and the soft-copy print jobs are stored on the hard drive of the Master XDS. If you want one of the other XDS on the network to take over the Master XDS functions, you can set up the server priority in the XDS configuration (in the infrastructure section, General tab).

On a network, the XDS PC with the highest server priority number will take over as the Master XDS. If that PC stops providing services (SW/HW crash, cleaning lady unplugged the cable), the XDS PC with the next highest priority will automatically take over and start providing the Master XDS services (including print services, BootP, Directory services, TimeSync etc). If there are 2 or more PCs with the same priority, an "election" process will determine which PC becomes the new Master XDS.

If the previous Master XDS comes back online, and has a priority higher than the current Master, it will take back control.

One thing you need to look out for in this scenario is that the softcopy print reports are usually stored on the local disk of the Master XDS. Your network security protocols will probably not allow you to direct the print reports to a shared folder on the network - the service generating the printouts is designed as a local service (so that it can run even when no user is logged on), so it may not be allowed to access a network share. So, if the Master XDS status goes to a different PC, all the new print jobs will be stored on that PC.

-what's the higher printing resolution can be generate by XDS software.

I am not sure I understand the question. Do you want to know the graphical resolution, or the time resolution (the frequency at which print jobs can be accepted)?

thanks you for the above answer.

-what's the higher printing resolution can be generate by XDS software.

I am not sure I understand the question. Do you want to know the graphical resolution, or the time resolution (the frequency at which print jobs can be accepted)?

refer to above question.
i could like to know the graphical resolution can be capture to pdf file. refer to attached picture

-what is time resolution. will it affect the XDS printing system, that i going to setup. thanks for help

Hi HC,

The part of the IFU you quoted is not referring to the graphical resolution of electronic files. It is only referring to the fact that printed reports should not be used for making measurements. This is due to the fact that the printouts get executed via the drivers residing on the PC, and we have no control over those drivers - therefor, we can't guarantee the fidelity (especially the horizontal and vertical scaling) of the hard copy printouts. So, in this case, we advise clinicians not to use the printed reports for diagnostic purposes (ie. for making measurements).

However, when we print to a hardcopy printer directly from the monitor (ie. printer connected via USB cable to the monitor), we use our own PCL5 drivers that provide exact scaling. If you really must have diagnostic quality scaling (eg. if you need to make measurements on the paper printouts), you should connect a printer locally to the monitor (not via XDS print server), or print via the central station (where, again, we control the quality of the driver).

In any case, if you require the graphical resolutions, here they are (for each page of a report in each file format; file size is approximate and may differ depending on content such as graphical elements; a typical Vital Signs report used as an example):
PDF - A4 or Letter at 300 dpi
BMP - 2480 x 3507 pixels, 300 dpi, approx 25MB
GIF - 2480 x 3507 pixels, 300 dpi, approx 110 KB
JPG - 2480 x 3507 pixels, 300 dpi, approx 300 KB
PNG - 2480 x 3507 pixels, 300 dpi, approx 180 KB
TIF - 2480 x 3507 pixels, 300 dpi, approx 600 KB

Time resolution is the number of reports per minute that can be printed. With XDS print server component, such a limitation does not exist because the monitors buffer the print jobs in memory when the print server is busy and automatically queue them when the print server is free.

IntelliVue XDS Application revision H.15.1 (Build 403) is now available for download from the XDS website: http://intellivue.medical.philips.com/download

This release implements a new scaling algorithm. If you use the XDS remote display in window form, you may have noticed that the waveform movement can sometimes get jittery if you scale down the window. The new scaling algorithm ensures that waveform movement remains smooth regardless of the amount of scaling. The new algorithm also uses much less CPU resources than the old algorithm.