On June 5, 2006 at 21:34, DIRTE said...
I have a hospital I am about to do a consultation
for and they are going to be incorperating a nurse
call in all the rooms (96 total) and want to make
sure the TV"s have the proper interface for something,
possibly for channel up/down and volume up/down.
Im assuming that they are referring to rs232???
Does anyone have experience with this sort of
environment? If so is there anything out of the
ordinary you have to comply with outside of the
normal? Thanks
Sounds like you are talking about the patients' rooms. They need the inputs for hard wired up/down controls that lie on the bed with the patient, as wireless remotes get lost, knocked onto the floor etc. These units usually also have a funky little speaker built-in too, so the TV speaker isn't blaring, and waking up the other patients.
Aside from that you should be able to use a stndard TV, but the wall bracket, and tie-downs need to pass special codes for safety.
I'd contact Panasonic or Sonys' commercial divisions, they should have all the info.
A current trend is towards white cabinets, as the hospital arcihitects (my neighbor is one), say that they tend to steer clear of black components in hospitals because it is a depressing color! Really!
I could ask my neighbor tomorrow if he knows who supplies the switches, and what TV's they have been working with.
Or, you could Google-up hospital T.V.s ...?