The Welch Allyn Service Tool
The Welch Allyn Service Tool is available in the following editions:
• Standard unlicensed: Accompanies your device.
• Gold: Required to perform complete functional verification and calibration. This
edition requires an additional license. For more information about acquiring this
license, contact Welch Allyn.
Note To qualify for the Gold license, you must attend the
Welch Allyn technical training course or complete online
training for the device.
Clinicians and technical service personnel can use the service tool to manage and
maintain supported Welch Allyn products. You can use the service tool to do the
following:
• Review device information. When connected to the device, the service tool lists
installed modules, installed firmware and hardware versions, warranty and repair
information, status, and usage history.
• Receive notifications when periodic maintenance is needed. The service tool can
help you manage and maintain your entire inventory of supported Welch Allyn
products. Through the remote service function, the service tool can connect to
Welch Allyn Customer Service. With this functionality you can automatically receive
firmware updates and feature upgrades for your supported products, including
software upgrades for the service tool.
• Install updates and upgrades. The service tool can read the firmware version for
each module and check for available updates or upgrades.
Note For the Welch Allyn Service Tool to support updates and
upgrades, adjust your firewall settings to permit access for
IP address 169.254.10.10 (the local feed server for the
software upgrade process).
• Create a work list. The work list provides information about service actions—
referred to as work orders—that are waiting for you to perform on your maintained
devices. Work orders may include periodic calibrations, upgrades, or license
installations.
• Schedule periodic maintenance. You can use the service tool to set the service
interval for each maintained device.
• View and save logs. You can download and save log files from the device for
analysis to help diagnose and identify reported issues.
• Create user accounts. Administrators can create user accounts and set permission
levels to control access to the features, allowing one group to perform administrative
tasks and another to perform service tasks. Restricting access prevents the service
tool from being used to make unauthorized changes on a connected device.
• Perform functional verification and calibration. The service tool can check any
device requiring calibration and, if necessary, calibrate the device to match the
design specifications. This feature is not supported for all products and requires the
service tool, Gold edition, for each supported product.
• Recover devices. In the rare case where a device can no longer boot because of
corrupted firmware, the service tool can connect the device to Welch Allyn Technical
Support to reinstall the firmware.
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