Communicating with Multiple Sites

You can use your Vocera devices to communicate with users at any site in your organization.

A site refers to a specific physical location. You can communicate with each other if your organization has multiple sites connected to the same Vocera server.

When you roam from site to site, the Vocera server knows which site you are visiting and can direct calls to your device there.

Groups, locations, and address book entries at different sites can have the same name. For example, each site can have its own “Code Blue” group, its own “Cafeteria” location, and its own “The Local Pharmacy” address book entry.

Each site in your organization has a unique name. For example, you may have site names such as New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, or even site names such as Third Street or North Wing.

Vocera distinguishes among different sites based on where you typically work and where you are visiting

Some of the sites are:

• Home site—The physical site where you typically work.

  Other users, groups, and address book entries also have a home site.

• Current site—The physical site you are currently visiting.

  You and other users can roam among sites, even when you have a current site. In most situations, your current site and home site are identical. Your current site changes when you are on the network at another physical site.

In some situations, your organization may have a “global” site that does not represent any physical location. Your administrator can assign users, groups, and address book entries to the global site if they are not associated with a specific physical site.