Using CTS to update Hill-Rom Device Assignments

If your deployment uses a third-party RTLS system to keep track of assets such as badges and phones, you may optionally use the Vocera Care Team Sync connection to update your Hill-Rom system with these device assignments. The integration then provides information about the location of the user's devices and potentially improves visibility into the location of your mobile staff also.

Use the Cost Center field in the user profile that is defined in the Vocera Voice Server Administration Console to specify the devices assigned to each user. Specify device information in the following format:

vendor:deviceID:type

In this syntax, vendor specifies the name of the device manufacturer, deviceID specifies a unique alphanumeric identifier for the device, and type specifies the type of device. The value of each field is delimited by a colon (:); you may optionally use semi-colons (;) to specify multiple devices for a single user, as shown in the following syntax:

vendor:deviceID:type;vendor:deviceID:type

For example, you could specify two devices for a single user by providing the following information in the user profile:

Centrak:57689:Badge;Vocera:hcampbell:Phone

In the above example, the Cost Center field in the user profile assigns the following two devices to this user:

device: {vendor: "Centrak", deviceID: "57689", type: "Badge"},
device: {vendor: "Vocera", deviceID: "hcampbell", type: "Phone"}

When the Hill-Rom connection is set up properly, Vocera Care Team Sync updates your Hill-Rom system with these device assignments upon the initial connection and then refreshes the assignments at an interval that is configured in the connection UI. CTS makes assignments in one direction only (from Vocera to Hill-Rom); these device assignments are stored in memory only, not in the database.