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Configuring the Transmitter Options
The following steps show you how to configure the Transmitter
to send HL7 result or query messages and receive HL7 acknowledgements
from your client HIS/EMR systems.
To configure the Transmitter Options do the following:
- From the Transmitter window click on the Options icon
The Transmitter Options configuration window appears
- If you are running more than one Transmitter please name
this transmitter in the "Window Name" column (default
LINKTools® Transmitter Service)
- Enter the IP address of the system to which the Transmitter
will be sending the result or query message in the "Transmit
to TCP/IP address" box. This is the information you
are collecting from your client
- Enter the port number of your client server to which LINKTools®
HL7 TCP/IP Transmitter can open a connection in the "Port
#" box. This is the information you are collecting
from your client
- Leave the transmit files at default directory (1st Transmitter),
subsequence Transmitter click on the browse (…) button
to browse to the directory of the message to be transmitted
- Leave the message Protocols at default setting (MLLP format
2)
- Configure the Transmitter HL7 Acknowledgements in the
ACK column by clicking on the down arrow and select
"Validate HL7 Message" from the list
- Click on the Options button to the right of the
ACK column and configure the Processing ID and HL7 version
of your interface HL7 message (default= P (Production),
HL7 version= 2.3)
- Configure the Time Delay waiting for message Acknowledgements
(default is 4 seconds but in HL7 Billing interface you should
increase this "Waiting for ACK" Time Delay
to 20 seconds or longer)
- Click OK to save your configuration
- Response Yes to restart your Transmitter
Note: Activate the LINKTools® TCP/IP transmitter
to run as service only when your interface is going to Production
for interface testing phase leave this option unchecked
(manual start)
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LINKTools® HL7 TCP/IP Transmitter Options Configuration
Window
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