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Developed for RS-232 and TCP/IP-Connections
With ASTM Connector there is no need to go into the details of the ASTM
communication protocol all you need is to implement your data
transmission using ASTM Connectors high level programming functions.
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................ 2
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 2
ASTM CONNECTOR SOFTWARE COMPONENTS ................................................... 3
ASTM HIGH-LEVEL DRIVER (ASTMDRIVER / E 1394 97) ............................. 4
ASTM LOW-LEVEL DRIVER (ASTMCOMM / E 1381 95).................................. 5
ASTM SIMULATOR .................................................................................................... 6
FUTURE OF DRIVER DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................... 8
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.................................................................................. 8
Introduction
ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) is the foremost American
standardization organization.
ASTM defines two Standards for communication between laboratory instruments and
computer systems:
E 1381 95 Low-Level Protocol: to Transfer Messages Between Clinical Laboratory
Instruments and Computer Systems.
E 1394 97 High-Level Protocol: Transferring Information Between Clinical
Instruments and Computer Systems: E 1394 usually uses E 1381
protocol for low-level communication.
ASTM standards are the standards that are mostely used worldwide in clinical
laboratory instruments for communication with the host systems such as LIS and
LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems).
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ASTM Connector provides drivers for both ASTM low level and ASTM high level.
AstmDriver
AstmDriver
AstmComm
for RS-232
AstmComm
for TCP/IP
RS-232-C Interface
Network Adapter
(COM 1 .. n)
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Error recovery allows a client to continue after a transmission failure. He can choose
to retry the failed message, continue with the next message or to discard all
messages remaining in an idle state.
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ASTM Simulator
Message Composer, Browser, Editor, and Communication Simulator
in one tool.
ASTM Simulator is a flexible and very powerful productivity tool for prototype testing,
system verification, system installation and troubleshooting ASTM communication
interfaces.
The powerful ASTM simulator has a complete Windows user interface with
document/view architecture, in which you can compose messages by just completing
forms offering virtually all possible data fields. Messages can be viewed in a tree
representing the data record hierarchy and in a tabbed dialog showing the content of
the selected record.
With ASTM Simulator both sides, host and instrument, can be simulated. Messages
can be created, edited, transmitted, received, saved (to file) and loaded (from file).
Message editing capabilities:
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Logging capabilities:
The Logging facility logs the data exchange including the control characters to a file.
This allows for analysis of the raw data transfer. All detected high and low level
protocol errors are written to the log file in plain text.
Tx: -ENQRx: <ACK>
Tx: -STX-1H|\^&||||||||||P||20000312134447-CR--ETX-C4-CR--LFRx: <ACK>
Tx: -STX-2P|1-CR--ETX-3F-CR--LFRx: <ACK>
Tx: -STX3O|1|0102220223||^^^QUI^^\^^^INR^^\^^^NA^^\^^^K^^\^^^KREA^^\^^^GLU^^\^^^CRP^^\^^^GGT^^\^^^
SDICH^^\^^^SPH^^\^^^SLC^^\^^^SNIT^^\^^^SPROT^^\^^^SGLU^^\^^^UPEP^^\^^^SKET^^\^^^UREP^^\^^
^SUROB^^\^^^UEC^^\^^^ULC^^\^^^SBIL^^\^^^SEC^^\^^^UZYL^^\^^^UMO-ETB-50-CR--LFRx: <ACK>
Tx: -STX-4RG^^\^^^UHEF^^\^^^UKRI^^\^^^USCH^^||||||||||||||-CR--ETX-8D-CR--LFRx: <ACK>
Tx: -STX-5L|1|N-CR--ETX-08-CR--LFRx: <ACK>
Tx: -EOTTx: -ENQ*** ASTMComm Error 3: Comm party does not respond
Tx: -EOT-
ASTM Simulator can be configured to use an available COM port. All communication
parameters like baud rate, number of data bits, etc. can be configured on the fly.
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Additional Information
For additional information, please contact:
HEDONICS Management AG
Wehnthalerstrasse 249
CH-8046 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel: +41-1-372 22 33
Fax: +41-1-372 22 15
Email: info@hedonics.ch
Web: www.hedonics.ch
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