MariCare Elea, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...eLea Home Care Installation Manual ...

Page 2: ...e reproduced or duplicated without the prior written permission of MariCare The data published corresponds under reservation of all our rights to the most recent information at the moment of publication and is subject to future modification MariCare reserves the right to modify the contents of this document at any time No rights can be derived from this publication e Lea is a trademark of MariCare...

Page 3: ...om 3 32 CONTENTS 1 Introduction 2 Overview of the eLea System 3 eLea Smart Detector Working Range 4 Installing an eLea Smart Detector Unit 5 Communication Installations 6 Setting up the System 7 Activity Indicators 8 Appendices ...

Page 4: ...l Elderly Care Homes Nursing Homes Rehabilitation Homes and private Homes Retro fitting existing facilities which may will already contain fire detection sensors nurse call systems phones etc but still requires a fall detection system e Lea Activity Sensing is a wireless solution and the installation of the devices requires accurate positioning to allow the sensor to function perfectly and always ...

Page 5: ... SYSTEM All e Lea products are based on wireless EnOcean technology The e Lea components communicate and send the fall burglar or fire alarm to the e Lea Gateway which is connected to the e Lea Server via internet or 3G Figure 2 1 Overview of the e Lea Home Care System ...

Page 6: ...ignal when both sensors see movement by an infrared source and no prior activity has been detected for a specified time configurable by software Door Monitor Sends a signal when the door is open Switch Alarm button eg toilet bed eLea Bracelet Alarm Bracelet for Summoning Help Lighting Control Switches on the lighting when movement indicates the resident is out of bed Burglar Alarms Optional Specia...

Page 7: ...itters can install the detector with an in depth understanding of the necessity to position the detector with the utmost accuracy The e Lea Activity Sensing have a specific operational range and direction The vertical detection angles of the e Lea Activity Sensing two PIR sensors are shown in Figure 3 2 Figure 3 2 Vertical Detection Angles The detector must be positioned so that the detection angl...

Page 8: ...rect position The range of the horizontal detection angle is 94 as shown in Figure 3 3 Figure 3 3 Horizontal Detection Angle The detector should be rotated so that this range of 94 encompasses the area of the room or space that is required to be surveyed Other points when deciding on the location of the eLea Activity Sensing The sensitivity of PIR sensors decreases with distance which in practice ...

Page 9: ...erson When a person enters the surveyed area both sensors pick up the presence viz IR and movement of the person as shown in Figure 3 4 Figure 3 5 Only the Bottom PIR Sensor now detects the Person triggering an Alarm If a person falls while still within the range of the device as shown in Figure 3 5 the top sensor cannot now detect the presence of the person while the bottom one can which causes t...

Page 10: ...the WC and one or more in each living space Figure 3 6 Example of an Accommodation Unit Typically the WC will include a washbasin toilet and shower The e Lea Activity Sensing detectors should be placed in a position so that neither the toilet bowl nor washbasin becomes an obstruction to the e Lea Activity Sensing s field of view Figure 3 7 Positioning an e Lea Activity Sensing in a WC ...

Page 11: ...t is seldom the case Figure 3 8 Positioning an e Lea Activity Sensing in an Unobstructed Room In Figure 3 9 it can easily be seen that a piece of furniture and the WC door left open limits the e Lea Activity Sensing s field and the entrance to the accommodation is hidden from the e Lea Activity Sensing s field range See the blue shaded area on the figure which indicates the obstructed area Figure ...

Page 12: ...re which indicates the obstructed area It is therefore necessary to check that the e Lea Activity Sensing s have an unobstructed field of view to operate in and if an obstruction comes within the field of view either or both of the e Lea Activity Sensing s should be relocated to the optimum position or one or more extra e Lea Activity Sensing s should be installed to cover each obstructed area in ...

Page 13: ...e 4 1 Mark the Height of the e Lea Activity Sensing Clamps The positions of the holes to be drilled in the wall for securing the lower the e Lea Activity Sensing clamp are marked i e about 45 46 cm above the floor the holes are drilled and the e Lea Activity Sensing lower clamp is screwed lightly in place on the wall See Figure 4 2 Figure 4 2 Secure the Lower the e Lea Activity Sensing Clamp light...

Page 14: ...ion angle of the e Lea Activity Sensing encompasses the correct area of the room or place to be surveyed Once the e Lea Activity Sensing has been positioned satisfactory both vertically and horizontally the holding screws can be tightened so the detector is fixed firmly in place Note If the wall where the e Lea Activity Sensing is placed is out of vertical alignment the e Lea Activity Sensing clam...

Page 15: ...munication equipment can be installed Figure 5 1 Example of e Lea Activity Sensing Equipment Locations The Gateway has a maximum range of 15 m and as long the associated e Lea Activity Sensing equipment is within that range there should be adequate communication between the gateway and all of the system s home care components ...

Page 16: ...P enabled All other e Lea Activity Sensing Equipment is working with wireless and their location is determined solely by their function This equipment includes Nurse call switch outside the entrance Nurse call switch by the bed Fire detectors on the ceiling In a house where the floors and walls are constructed of light material such as wood a single centrally placed gateway will have a signal inte...

Page 17: ...ard plywood etc it will have an insignificant effect on the intensity of the signals passing through it Solid objects e g heavy furniture pianos stairs etc objects made from metal e g cabinets lockers ventilation ducts etc and interference from electronic equipment can disturb and affect the intensity of the signals Test all device locations to make sure the radio telegrams are delivered If necess...

Page 18: ...p using the elea elsi fi web site provided by MariCare Figure 6 1 e Lea System Web Site Address Note the e Lea System web site address automatically starts by displaying the Login dialogue window 6 2 USER ACCOUNT The first time the system is used the user must create an account After that the user can login by entering the user name and password as in Figure 6 2 Figure 6 2 Logging in to the e Lea ...

Page 19: ...tion phase enter all the required information in the eLea Telecare Registration dialogue window Figure 6 3 e Lea TeleCare Registration The gateway serial number can be found on the underside of the device as show in Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Serial Number ...

Page 20: ...ily activities and the routines in the past 8 days as well as the activities and recent alarms 6 4 RESIDENT PRESENCE House icon tells if the resident is inside the house or outside In the example below the resident has been inside for 4 hours The color of the icon is white when the resident is inside When the resident is outside the color changes as follows 0 4 hours green ...

Page 21: ...apsed since the last motion detection from inside the house It also gives the name of the detector that did the detection In the example below the resident has been inside for 4 hours The color of the icon changes as follows 0 4 hours green 4 8 hours yellow 8 hours red 6 6 MEAL The meal field tells the time elapsed since the door of the refrigerator was last opened In the example below the residen...

Page 22: ...hite 0 0 75 green 0 75 1 0 yellow 1 0 red 6 8 TIMELINE The time line illustrates the movements of the resident Each location visited by the resident is shown as a colored bar whose length corresponds to the time the resident spent in that location The colors and icons are as follows Bedroom Kitchen The icon if present tells when the fridge was opened Outdoors Bathroom Living room or entrance Other...

Page 23: ...ail info name site address phone number and additional information 6 11 CREATING NEW SITE After creating a user account the user must go to the Sites tab and click New site where the basic information for the site is entered What is absolutely essential is to click on the System tab and select a gateway from the dropdown list and press Save Figure 6 7 Select Gateway from List ...

Page 24: ...e columns are Type This column shows the type of device with its accompanying icon that is paired with the gateway Name This column shows the name of the device Address This column shows the address of the device Each device has a unique address State This column shows the last time the server has gotten a message from the device To edit the information on the pairing of an e Lea device with the g...

Page 25: ... the accompanying icon will then be displayed on the Elea devices list and also on the right of the Edit device dialogue window See Figure 6 Type in the name of the device in the Device name field Click on the Learn button on the right of the Device address You must have the device you are adding at hand at this point Depending on the device click on the Learn or Link switch on the device you are ...

Page 26: ... clicked in the Sites window a list of alarms with their information and status are displayed The Alarms page columns are Events This column shows the event alarm with its accompanying icon See Figure 6 Source This column shows the name of the device from which the alarm comes from or hyphen for all devices Time This column shows the period in the day when the alarm is active ...

Page 27: ... the Edit alarm rule dialogue window Similarly to add an alarm rule click on the New alarm rule button which will display an empty Edit alarm rule dialogue window Figure 6 12 Edit Alarm Rule Dialogue Window Figure 6 13 Edit Alarm Rule per source and or location To edit or add an alarm rule Click on the Event field down arrow and select the type of event from the dropdown list See Figure 6 ...

Page 28: ...he dropdown list or select Any device See figure 6 14 Type in the active time of the alarm in the Time fields By default the alarm is always active Select the day or days the alarm is active by selecting the day s By default the alarm is active every day When the information is correct click the OK button Figure 6 15 Example of an Alarm Rule ...

Page 29: ...larm recipients viz carers that are on call and their information and status are displayed See Figure 6 5Figure 6 57 e Lea System Recipients Information Status To edit or add a recipient s contact information Double click on the row containing the recipient s information which will display the Edit contact dialogue window or similarly to add a recipient click on the New recipient button which will...

Page 30: ...utton 7 ACTIVITY INDICATORS The activity tab allows the configuration of the activity indicators The system supports the following indicators General motion Toilet visits Bedroom time Outdoors time Each indicator can be configured with high and low limits When the value crosses these limits an activity alarm is triggered Each indicator is updated once per day at 12 00 site local time ...

Page 31: ...ith replaceable 9V battery FD05CR External power cable wireless transmission and no battery 8 2 ABBREVIATIONS PIR Passive Infrared Sensor is an electronic sensor that measures infra red IR light radiating from objects in its field of view They are most often used in PIR based motion detectors PoE Power over Ethernet unit passes electrical power along with data on Ethernet cabling RSSI Received Sig...

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