0614 907179f Mek CHM Astm Secured

ASTM Communication Specifications
Automated Hematology Analyzer

MEK-1301, MEK-1302, MEK-6500J, MEK-6500K, MEK-6510J,
MEK-6510K, MEK-6550, MEK-7300K, MEK-9100
Automated Hematology and Clinical

Chemistry Analyzer
MEK-1303
Automated Hematology and

ESR Analyzer
MEK-1305
Clinical Chemistry Analyzer

CHM-4100
0614-907179F
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Contents
General.................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Physical Layer............................................................................................................................................... 1
Data Link Layer............................................................................................................................................. 2
ASCII Control Codes........................................................................................................................... 2
Communication States........................................................................................................................ 2
Establishment Phase.......................................................................................................................... 3
Transfer Phase.................................................................................................................................... 4
Specifications of ACK/NAK Responses (Transfer Phase)................................................................... 6
Termination Phase.............................................................................................................................. 8
Transport Layer............................................................................................................................................. 8
Presentation Layer...................................................................................................................................... 10
Message............................................................................................................................................ 10
Delimiter Codes................................................................................................................................. 11
Record and Data Communication Specification for MEK-6500/6510.................................................................... 12
Record Contents......................................................................................................................................... 12
Header Record (H)............................................................................................................................ 12
Comment Record (C)........................................................................................................................ 13
Patient Record (P)............................................................................................................................. 13
Order Record (O).............................................................................................................................. 14
Measurement Result Record (R)...................................................................................................... 17
Terminator Record (L)....................................................................................................................... 20
Example of Data Communication................................................................................................................ 21
Record and Data Communication Specification for MEK-6550............................................................................. 22
Record Contents......................................................................................................................................... 22
Header Record (H)............................................................................................................................ 22
Comment Record (C)........................................................................................................................ 23
Patient Record (P)............................................................................................................................. 23
Order Record (O).............................................................................................................................. 24
Record Contents......................................................................................................................................... 33
Header Record (H)............................................................................................................................ 33
Comment Record (C)........................................................................................................................ 34
Patient Record (P)............................................................................................................................. 35
Order Record (O).............................................................................................................................. 36
Record Contents......................................................................................................................................... 45
Header Record (H)............................................................................................................................ 45
Comment Record (C)........................................................................................................................ 46
Patient Record (P)............................................................................................................................. 47
ASTM Communication Specifications C.1

Order Record (O).............................................................................................................................. 48
Example 1......................................................................................................................................... 57
Example 2......................................................................................................................................... 58
Example 3......................................................................................................................................... 59
Example 4......................................................................................................................................... 60
Record and Data Communication Specification for MEK-1301, MEK-1302, MEK-1303 and MEK-1305.............. 61
Record Contents......................................................................................................................................... 61
Header Record (H)............................................................................................................................ 61
Comment Record (C)........................................................................................................................ 62
Patient Record (P)............................................................................................................................. 63
Order Record (O).............................................................................................................................. 64
Example 1......................................................................................................................................... 72
Example 2......................................................................................................................................... 73
Example 3......................................................................................................................................... 74
Example 4......................................................................................................................................... 75
Example 5......................................................................................................................................... 76
Record and Data Communication Specification for CHM-4100............................................................................ 77
Record Contents......................................................................................................................................... 77
Header Record (H)............................................................................................................................ 77
Comment Record (C)........................................................................................................................ 78
Patient Record (P)............................................................................................................................. 78
Order Record (O).............................................................................................................................. 79
Example 1......................................................................................................................................... 86
Example 2......................................................................................................................................... 87
C.2 ASTM Communication Specifications

General
General
This manual explains the ASTM communication specifications for the following
devices.
• MEK-1301, MEK-1302, MEK-6500J, MEK-6500K, MEK-6510J,
MEK-6510K, MEK-6550, MEK-7300K and MEK-9100 automated
hematology analyzers
• MEK-1303 automated hematology and clinical chemistry analyzer
• MEK-1305 automated hematology and ESR analyzer
• CHM-4100 clinical chemistry analyzer
For simplicity, the suffix J/K will be omitted in this manual. There is no
difference among models with different suffixes or option numbers unless
otherwise specified.
The communication specifications of the analyzer are based on the OSI

Reference Model (ISO 7498) and comply with the following ASTM standards.
Applicable Standard
OSI Reference
Layer (i) Products Using an RS-232C Port (ii) Products Using a LAN
Model
(i)-A (i)-B Port
6 Presentation layer ASTM E1394-97 CLSI LIS02-A2 CLSI LIS02-A2
CLSI LIS01-A2
4 Transport layer No applicable standard No applicable standard
TCP compliant
CLSI LIS01-A2
3 Network layer No applicable standard No applicable standard
TCP compliant
CLSI LIS01-A2
2 Data link layer ASTM E1381-02 CLSI LIS02-A2
Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) compliant
ASTM E1381-02 CLSI LIS02-A2 CLSI LIS01-A2
1 Physical layer
EIA-232-D compliant EIA-232-D compliant Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) compliant
Products to which the categories of “(i) Products Using an RSC-232 Port” and
“(ii) Products Using a LAN Port” apply are as follows.
Communications Standard Applicable Products
MEK-6500, MEK-6510 (V01-04 or later)
MEK-6550 (V01-02 or later)
(i)-A Products using a RS-232C Port
MEK-7300 (V02-05 or later)
CHM-4100 (V01-05 or later)
MEK-1301, MEK-1302, MEK-1303,
(i)-B Products using a RS-232C Port
MEK-1305
(ii) Products using a LAN Port MEK-9100 (V01-12 or later)
Physical Layer
For connection between the analyzer and a receiver, use the serial port and an
RS-232C cable or LAN port and a LAN cable as applicable.
In addition, set the communication format to “ASTM” on the external output

setting window of the analyzer. For details, refer to the operator’s manual for the
analyzer.
The pin assignments of the serial port and LAN socket are as follows.
ASTM Communication Specifications 1

General
Serial Port
No. Signal No. Signal
5
9 1 NC 6 DSR
2 RxD 7 RTS
3 TxD 8 CTS
6 4 DTR 9 NC
1
5 GND (SG)
LAN Socket
No. Signal No. Signal
8 1 TD+ 5 NC
2 TD– 6 RD–
1 3 RD+ 7 NC
4 NC 8 NC
Data Link Layer

When using a LAN port, the data link layer of products to which the “CLSI
LIS01-A2” specification applies is identical to Ethernet (IEEE802.3). Because
Ethernet is a standard specification, it is not covered in this section.
When using an RS-232C port, the data link layer of products to which the “CLSI
LIS01-A2” or “ASTM E1381-02” specification applies contains the data transfer
specifications for RS-232C communication that are defined at the physical layer
of the ports involved. (The protocols are defined based on Section 6 of the CLSI
LIS01-A2 or ASTM E1381-02 communications standards.)
ASCII Control Codes

The analyzer uses the following ASCII control codes for transmission and
reception, based on the ASTM 1381-02.
ASCII Hexadecimal
Description
Control Code Code
STX 0x02 Code for start of text in a frame
ETX 0x03 Code for end of text in a frame
EOT 0x04 Code for end of transmission
ENQ 0x05 Code for enquiry for start of transmission
ACK 0x06 Code for acknowledging the receipt of data
LF 0x0A As with the CR code, this code is used as the end-of-frame code.
Code for end of text in a frame. As with the LF code, this code is also
CR 0x0D
used as the end of a frame code.
NAK 0x15 Code for negative acknowledgement of the receipt of data
Code for end of transmission block, which is to be used when the
ETB 0x17
maximum byte count for a frame is exceeded and the frame is to be split
Communication States
Communications at the data link layer are composed of the following two states:
• Unconnected state
• Communication-enabled state
2 ASTM Communication Specifications

General
The communication state shifts between the two states through the following
three phases on the analyzer.
Establishment Phase
In this phase, a communication line between the analyzer and a receiver is
established. Via this phase, unconnected state between the analyzer and the
receiver shifts to communication-enabled state.
Transfer Phase
In this phase, an entire data transmission from the analyzer to the receiver is
completed.
Termination Phase
In this phase, a communication line between the analyzer and the receiver is
disconnected. Via this phase, communication-enabled state between the analyzer
and the receiver shifts to unconnected state.
Establishment phase Transfer phase
Unconnected Communication-
state enabled state
Termination phase
Establishment Phase
The analyzer sends an ENQ (0x05) signal to the receiver to establish connection.
The receiver returns either of the following signals as a response:
• ACK (0x06): When connection is possible
• NAK (0x15): When connection is impossible
A response signal other than the above will be ignored by the analyzer.
ACK Response
The receiver shifts to communication-enabled state and sends an ACK signal.
The receiver ignores all data received before it sends an ACK signal.
Upon reception of an ACK signal, the analyzer will shift to communication-
enabled state.
Example of communication establishment with an ACK response
Analyzer Receiver
ENQ
Elapsed time ≤ 15 sec
ACK
NAK Response
If it takes more than 15 seconds for the receiver to send back an ACK response
after it receives an ENQ signal, it sends a NAK response within 15 seconds.
After the analyzer receives a NAK signal, it waits 10 seconds or more and sends
an ENQ signal to the receiver again.
After receiving a NAK response six times in a row from the receiver, the
analyzer stops sending the ENQ signal. (Extended specification)

General
Example of connection failure with NAK responses
Analyzer Receiver
ENQ
NAK (1st time)
Elapsed time ≥ 10 sec
ENQ
NAK (2nd time)
Receiver sends a NAK response 4 times
ENQ
NAK (6th time)
Analyzer stops sending an
ENQ signal
Timeout
The analyzer stops sending an ENQ signal if neither ACK nor NAK response is
sent back to it within 15 seconds after it sends an ENQ signal to the receiver.
Example of connection failure caused by timeout
Analyzer Receiver
ENQ
Elapsed time > 15 sec
In process
Analyzer stops sending an
ENQ signal
Transfer Phase
The analyzer uses the following frame structure for transmission and reception,
based on the ASTM 1381-02.
STX F# Text ETX CHK CR LF
Definition of
Byte Count Description
Code
STX 1 Start of text code. Fixed at 0x02.
Means the frame number.
The number starts from 1 (0x31) and is incremented by 1 for the next frame. After 7 (0x37), the number
returns to 0 (0x30).
F# 1
If the frame numbers are consecutive, it is defined that the frames are consecutive.* The frame number
is reset to 1 when the transmitter sends an ENQ signal.
* For a nonconsecutive frame, the receiver will send back a NAK response.
Record data that are defined at the presentation layer. The usable characters are shown below. As the
Text Max 320 character 0x0D represents the end of a record, it cannot be used in a record.
0x0D, 0x20 to 0x7E, 0x80 to 0xFE

General
Definition of
Byte Count Description
Code
End-of-text code. If the record data size in [Text] is within the maximum byte count, the end-of-text
code for the last frame is ETX. If the record data size in [Text] exceeds the maximum byte count for a
frame, the frame is to be split into several frames. In such a case, the end-of-text code for intermediate
frames is ETB and that for the last frame is ETX, as indicated below.
Intermediate frame: [STX] [F#=1] [Text1] [ETB] [CHK] [CR] [LF]
•
ETB •
1 •
ETX
Last frame: [STX] [F#=1] [Text9] [ETX] [CHK] [CR] [LF]
[Text] = [Text1] [Text2] [Text3]…[Text9]
CR (0x0D) which indicates a record terminator is only set to the last frame ([Text9] in the above
example). It does not set to this intermediate frame ([Text1] to [Text8] in the above example).
As for [F#], the frame numbers are assigned consecutively to the split frames within each divided
frame.
Checksum value. This is used for detection of missing frames. The least-significant byte of a sum
of byte counts of data from [F#] to [EXT] (or [ETB]) (i.e., the remainder when the sum in decimal
notation is divided by 256) is represented by a 2-digit character string of hexadecimal digits.
CHK 2
For example, as the sum 726 in decimal notation is equal to 0x2D6 in hexadecimal notation, the low-
level byte D6 is the checksum value.
The usable characters are 0 (0x30) to 9 (0x39) and A (0x41) to F (0x46).
CR 1 Carriage return. Fixed at 0x0D.
LF 1 Line feed. Fixed at 0x0A.

General
Specifications of ACK/NAK Responses (Transfer Phase)

When the analyzer shifts to communication-enabled state after connection is
established in the connection phase, frame transmission is enabled.
When the analyzer transmits a frame, the receiver returns either of the following
responses to the analyzer:
• ACK (0x06): When the frame has been successfully received
• NAK (0x15): When reception of the frame failed
ACK Response
Upon reception of an ACK response, the analyzer transmits the next frame.
After transmitting all the frames, the analyzer will shift to ending-transmission
phase. At ending-transmission phase, the analyzer transmits an EOT signal to the
receiver and shifts to unconnected state. Upon reception of the EOT signal from
the analyzer, the receiver will also shift to unconnected state.
Example of frame transmission with ACK responses
Analyzer Receiver
Frame No. 1
ACK
Frame No. 2
ACK
Last frame
ACK
EOT
Shifts to
Shifts to unconnected state
unconnected state
NAK Response
The receiver sends a NAK signal in any of the following cases:
• When the checksum value received from the analyzer is improper
• When the number of the received frame (F#) is not consecutive with that of the
immediately preceding frame
Upon reception of a NAK response, the analyzer retransmits the same frame.
After receiving a NAK response six times in a row from the receiver, the
analyzer shifts to unconnected state.
Example of frame transmission with NAK responses
Analyzer Receiver
Frame No. 1
NAK (1st response)
Frame No. 1
NAK (2nd response)
Receiver sends a NAK response 3 times
Frame No. 1
NAK (6th response)

General
Timeout
If neither an ACK nor NAK response is sent from the receiver within 15 seconds
after the analyzer sends a frame, the analyzer will shift to unconnected state.
If the receiver does not receive a frame within 30 seconds after it sends an ACK
or NAK response to the analyzer, the receiver will shift to unconnected state.
Example of ACK/NAK response timeout
Analyzer Receiver
Frame No. 1
In process
ACK
Shifts to
unconnected state
Example of frame-reception timeout
Analyzer Receiver
Frame No. 1
ACK
Shifts to
In process unconnected state
If the receiver receives an ENQ signal during timeout waiting, it will discard all
the received data and prepare for a new session. (Extended specification)
Example of an ENQ interrupt during timeout waiting
Analyzer Receiver
Frame No. 1
Shifts to unconnected state In process
ENQ
ACK
After acknowledging reception of ENQ, the

receiver discards all the received data then
prepares for a new session.
If data transmission from the analyzer stops for 10 seconds or more while the
receiver is receiving data of one frame, the analyzer will shift to unconnected
state. In 10 seconds after reception of the last data, the receiver will shift to
unconnected state. (Extended specification)
Example of timeout during frame transmission
Analyzer Receiver
Frame No. 1
Data-transmission
interrupted time > 10 sec In process

Shifts to
unconnected state

General
Interrupt Request from the Receiver

An EOT interrupt request from the receiver to the analyzer is not supported.
Termination Phase
The analyzer notifies the receiver of completion of message transmission.
After sending an EOT signal to the receiver, the analyzer will shift to
unconnected state. Upon reception of the EOT signal from the analyzer, the
receiver will also shift to unconnected state.
Transport Layer
The transport layer of a product to which the “CLSI LIS01-A2” specification
applies is identical to TCP when the product uses a LAN port for communication.
The following shows the flow of a transport layer connection using sockets.
1. Listening phase:
The receiver creates a socket and listens for a connection from the analyzer.
2. Establishment phase:
The analyzer creates a socket and attempts to connect to the receiver to
transmit measurement result data. If a connection is not established within 5
seconds the connection times out.
3. Transfer phase:
After a connection is established, the receiver waits to receive messages.
The analyzer generates messages in the format specified by the presentation
layer and sends them to the receiver. The receiver processes the received
messages.
4. Termination phase:
After all messages are sent, the analyzer closes its socket. The receiver
closes the receiving socket after it finishes processing all of the messages
that were received.
5. Receiver connection closing phase:

When the receiver shuts down, it closes the socket used to listen for
connections.

General
Example of Socket Based Communication
Analyzer Receiver
Creates a socket to listen for connections
Binds the socket to an address (bind)

1 Listening phase
Listens for new connections on the socket
(listen)
Accepts a connection from the analyzer
(accept)
Creates a socket
Creates a new connection (connect)

2 Establishment phase
Accepts the connection and creates a new
Elapsed time ≤ 5 sec socket for receiving data
Response to connection
Creates messages Waits to receive messages (recv)
3 Transfer phase Sends messages (send)
Receives messages
4 Termination phase Closes socket (close) Closes receiving socket (close)
Phases 2 to 4 are performed

whenever measurement results are
sent by the analyzer.
5 Receiver connection Closes the socket used to listen for

closing phase connections (close)

General
Presentation Layer
With this analyzer, messages and records are defined, based on ASTM E1394-97.
A message is composed of records and a record always ends with a [CR] (0x0D).
Message
A message is a unit of information that is put between a header record and a
terminator record.
A message from the analyzer is composed of the following records.
Record ID Record Type Description
Record for start of a message.
This record contains information relating to
H Header
transmission and reception, and it is paired with a
terminator record.
P Patient Record containing data relating to patient information
O Order Record containing data relating to measurement order
Record containing data on the measurement result for
R Result
one parameter
Comment data
C Comment
The analyzer uses this to send its specific data.
L Last Terminator record in the message.
Message of Measurement Results

A message of measurement results from the analyzer is transmitted in the
following structure.
Configuration of a measurement-result message
H Essential record
P Arbitrary record
O
C
C
R
R
C
C
L
• Only one P record is included in the H record.

• Only one O record is included in the P record.
• C records and the measurement results of one analyzer (aggregate of R
records) are included O record.
• C records may be included in the last R record.
When the analyzer transmits more than one test results to the receiver, each test
result is sent in the form of records between an H record and an L record.
The receiver stores each test result after receiving an L record.

General
Delimiter Codes
A record is divided into several segments with characters called delimiters.
For ASTM communication of the analyzer, the following delimiter codes are
used:
• Field delimiter: “|” (0x7C)
• Component delimiter: “^” (0x5E)
• Repeat delimiter: “\” (0x5C)
• Escape delimiter: “&” (0x26)
Field Delimiter and Component Delimiter

A field delimiter divides a record into fields and a component delimiter divides a
field into components.
Elements of a record
Record Record
Field delimiter
Field Field 1 Field 2
Component delimiter
Component Component 1 Component 2
Repeat Delimiter
A repeat delimiter is used to express several items for a matter that is defined
in a component. For example, to set “dog”, “cat”, and “sheep” for a component
defined as “animal”, use the repeat delimiters.
Example of the repeat delimiters
Repeat delimiter Repeat delimiter

Component
dog cat sheep
“animal”
Escape Delimiter
An escape delimiter is used to express characters (such as delimiter characters)
that have already been reserved for specific uses.
The definitions of the escape sequences available with the analyzer are as
follows:
• Start of text: “&H&”
• End of text: “&N&”
• Escape delimiter character: “&E&”
(The following sequences are not used for the analyzer: &F&, &S&, &R&, and
&Xhhhh&.)
If a character string that includes a component delimiter (example:

“Smith^John”) is to be set in the component defined as “name”, put “name”
between the escape codes for start and end of text.
Example of escape delimiters
Component &H&Smith^John&N&

Record and Data Communication Specification for MEK-6500/6510
Record Contents
Header Record (H)
A header record is located at the top of a message. This record defines the
delimiter codes and sender data.
* The symbols in the Extension column have the following meanings.

○: Extended component of the analyzer
–: Component complied with ASTM
Field Name Component Specifications

ASTM
(ASTM Max Transmission Data
Field Position Extension* Item Definition Item Specification
Definition) Length
7.1.1 Record Type ID 1 — Record Type ID ID code of the record (fixed at H) 1 Setting: H (fixed)
The delimiter codes that are
stipulated by ASTM are defined.
Delimiter Code As the first character defines the
7.1.2 Delimiter Definition 1 — 4 Setting: | \ ^ & (fixed)
Definition field boundary, only the field
boundary between ASTM Field
7.1.1 and 7.1.2 does not exist.
Setting: M
EK-6500
Device Model
1 — Model name of the sender 10 (fixed)
Name
It is same for MEK-6510.
ID No. of the device is used to
distinguish one device from other
devices when several devices are
2 ○ Device ID No. connected to the receiver. 1 Setting: Unit 1 or Unit 2
The analyzer uses the “Analyzer
name” set on the OUTPUT – USB
7.1.5 Sender Name or ID screen.
Setting:
Serial number on the
3 ○ Serial Number Serial number of the analyzer 5
SERIAL NUMBER
screen (fix at 5 digit)
Software version of the analyzer
indicated on the OPER HISTORY
4 ○ Software Version
screen of the MAINTENANCE
6 Setting: V xx–xx
screen
This indicates the purpose of a Setting:
message. P: Normal measurement
Set any of the following characters: Q: Quality control
7.1.12 Processing ID 1 — Processing ID P: Normal measurement 1
Q: Quality control This is not set for
T: Not used calibration and circuit
G: Not used testing
ASTM Version Version of the ASTM
7.1.13 ASTM Version No. 1 — 8 Setting: E1394-97 (fixed)
No. communication standard
The format is
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
Date and Time of Date and Time of The transmission date and time of Set the date and time of
7.1.14 1 — 14
Message Data Transmission the first data item are retained, even transmission.
if data are retransmitted because of
a NAK response from the receiver.

Comment Record (C)

A comment record is used to store data that are inherent to the device and do not
belong to ASTM fields.
The properties of data are stored in the first Comment Text field, and the entities
of data are stored in the second and subsequent Comment Text fields.

Component Specifications
ASTM Field Name Transmission
Field (ASTM Definition) Max Data
Position Extension* Item Definition Item Specification
Length
11.1.1 Record Type ID 1 — Record Type ID ID code of the record (fixed at C) 1 Setting: C (fixed)
Record ID number starts from 1.
When sending several records, the Setting: 1, 2, …999
11.1.2 Sequence Number 1 — Sequence Number 3
sequence number is counted up. → 0, 1, 2, …999
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Source device sending the comment
I: Device
11.1.3 Comment Source 1 — Comment Source 1 Setting: I (fixed)
L: Measurement system
P: Other
Definition of Refer to the
Name of additional information
1 ○ Additional
inherent to the device
20 description of the
Information comment records
belonging to various
records.
11.1.4 Comment Text
Order record: Refer
Content of additional information
2 or higher ○ Additional Info
194 to p. 14.
Measurement result
record: Refer to
p. 17.
The type of the Comment Text is
11.1.5 Comment Type 1 — Comment Type 1 Setting: I (fixed)
defined.
Patient Record (P)

The analyzer transmits measurement results but does not handle patient data,
because it does not receive order data. However, as patient records are essential
for sending measurement results, only the record type, record ID No., and patient
ID are set.

Length
8.1.1 Record Type ID 1 — Record Type ID ID code of the record (fixed at P) 1 Setting: P (fixed)
When sending several records, the
8.1.2 Sequence Number 1 — Sequence Number 3 Setting: 1 (fixed)
sequence number is counted up.
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Set the ID to be
displayed on the
8.1.5 Patient ID 1 — Patient ID Set a patient ID. 20
READY screen.
(Fixed at 13 digits)

Order Record (O)

An order record indicates information required for one measurement order.
Only data for one analyzer are to be stored in an order record. For example, CBC
data and CRP cannot be stored together in one order record.

Length
9.4.1 Record Type ID 1 — Record Type ID ID code of the record (fixed at O) 1 Setting: O (fixed)
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
The ID is set.
Refer to “Specimen
Set a specimen ID for measurement
1 — Specimen ID 13 ID Specification of
data.
the Quality Control
9.4.3 Specimen ID Measurement Data”
below.
2 — Rack ID Rack ID No. 2 Setting: M (fixed)
Position No. of the specimen in the
3 — Rack Position 2 Setting: 1 (fixed)
rack
Setting:
Instrument Specimen Sequential ID of Number for the analyzer to identify SEQ# on the
9.4.4 1 — 7
ID the Specimen measurement-result data RESULTS screen
(max. 7 digits)
Specimen name used for
measurement
Name of Setting: B
LOOD
1 — Whole blood: “BLOOD” 6
Specimen Type (fixed)
Plasma: “PLASMA”
Serum: “SERUM”
Specimen type codes used for
9.4.16 Specimen Descriptor measurement
The analyzer uses JLAC specimen
No. of Specimen names defined by the Japanese
2 ○ Type Society of Laboratory Medicine:
3 Setting: 019 (fixed)
Whole blood: “019”
Plasma: “022”
Serum: “023”
Date/Time Results The date and time of measurement
Date and Time of Set the date/time of
9.4.23 Reported or Last 1 — are indicated in the format of 14
Measurement measurement.
Modified YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
Set the report type of order
9.4.26 Report Types 1 — Report Types 1 Setting: F (fixed)
information.
Specimen ID Specification of the Quality Control Measurement Data

Quality Control Hematology Specimen ID
Method Control First Counting Second Counting
MEK-3DL MEK3DL (4 digit date)** 1st MEK3DL (4 digit date)** 2nd
X-R MEK-3DN MEK3DN (4 digit date)** 1st MEK3DN (4 digit date)** 2nd
MEK-3DH MEK3DH (4 digit date)** 1st MEK3DH (4 digit date)** 2nd
MEK-3DL MEK3DL (4 digit date)** 1st
L&J MEK-3DN MEK3DN (4 digit date)** 1st
MEK-3DH MEK3DH (4 digit date)** 1st
** The measurement date is represented as 4 digits with 2 digits showing the month and
2 digits showing the day. A measurement performed on January 1, 2017 is represented
as 0101.

Comment Record (C) Belonging to an Order Record

The data inherent to the device and not belonging to any field of the order record
are used within the Comment Text field of a comment record.
The specifications of the Comment Text field are indicated below. The order of
appearance of comment records is not particularly specified.
• Measurement Method
Example: When measuring pre-dilution in open mode,
|C|1|I|MesureModeÔPEN^PreDIL 10|I|
Component Data of the Comment Text Field

Max Transmission Data
Position Item Name Item Specification
Length
Definition of Additional
1 Identifier for additional information 11 MeasureMode (fixed)
Information
Either of the following mode is set.
2 Additional Information 1 Sampling mode of specimens 9 Open mode: “OPEN”
Close mode: “CLOSED”
One of the following methods is set.
A “ ” denotes a space.
MANUAL
Dilution method of specimens HIGH (M)
HIGHER (M)
When the Processing ID of the header record
LOW (M)
is set to P, this item is set. If it is set to Q,
3 Additional Information 2 12 PreDIL 10
nothing is set.
PreDIL 20
There is not a space (0x20) in the end of this Capillary 10
character string. CLOSED
HIGH (C)
HIGHER (C)
LOW (C)
• Measurement Parameters
Example: When measuring 19 parameters,
|C|3|I|MeasureParam^19^CBC|I|

Length
1 Identifier for additional information 12 MeasureParam (fixed)
Information
2 Additional Information 1 Set the number of measurement parameters. 2 19 (fixed)
3 Additional Information 2 Set the type of measurement parameters. 10 CBC (fixed)

• Specimen Type
Only the specimen-type index data of the analyzer are set because the actual
reference value for a measurement value is set in the ASTM Field 10.1.6
“reference ranges” field of the measurement result record (R).
Example: When the specimen type is set to “male”,
|C|4|I|NormalRangeType^2^Male|I|

Length
1 Identifier for additional information 15 NormalRangeType (fixed)
Information
Set an index number for the following
reference-value table.
0: Control
1: Blood
Specimen type number 2: Male
3: Female
2 Additional Information 1 Assign the index of the specimen type used for 2
4: Child
measurement. 5: Infant
6: Other1
7: Other2
8: Other3
9: Other4
Name the following reference value table.
“Blood”
“Male”
Specimen type name
“Female”
Set the specimen-type name used for “Child”
3 Additional Information 2 measurement. 8 “Infant”
“Other1”
There is not a space (0x20) in the end of this
“Other2”
character string.
“Other3”
“Other4”
“Control”
• Output Method for Measurement Data

Length
1 Identifier for additional information 20 DataOutputMethodType (fixed)
Information
One of the following values is set.
2 Additional Information 1 Method of outputting measurement data 1 Automatic transfer after measurement: “0”
Transfer from the data list: “1”
Maximum length of the Comment Text (including component-delimiter characters) 22

Measurement Result Record (R)

A measurement result record retains measurement-result data for one parameter.
Comment records are used to set measurement alarms or pathology flags.


ASTM
Definition) Length
10.1.1 Record Type ID 1 — Record Type ID ID code of the record (fixed at R) 1 Setting: R (fixed)
When sending several records, the Setting: 1 , 2, …999 →
number is counted up. 0, 1, 2, …999
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Assign a code specified in the
Classification Codes for Clinical
Test Items (JLAC10) defined
Universal Test ID Refer to “Measurement
3 — by the Japanese Society of 15
Type Items” (p. 18).
Laboratory Medicine.
If a parameter is not in the
JLAC10, nothing to be set.
Refer to “Measurement
10.1.3 Universal Test ID Items” (p. 18).
Name of a Set the name of a measurement
It is fixed to 19 parameters.
4 — Measurement item that is locally used by the 11
For 8 parameters, no
Item analyzer.
values are set for irrelevant
parameters.
Assign “JC10” to use the JLAC10
Setting: JC10
Universal standard.
5 — 4 If there is no JLAC10
Standard If a parameter is not in the
code, nothing to be set.
A measurement value in
units set at ASTM Field
10.1.5 is set. If there is no
Data or value such as OVER, it is
Measurement
10.1.4 Measurement 1 — Set a measurement value. 10 not set.
Value
Value It is fixed to 19 parameters.
parameters.
Character String
1 — Assign a character string for units. 10
for Units Refer to “Unit System
10.1.5 Units 2 ○ Unit Code Set a unit code. 1 Codes and Unit Detail
Codes” (p. 18).
3 ○ Unit Detail Code Set a unit detail code. 1
Set a reference range for a Reference value range
measurement value. of the measurement item
10.1.6 Reference Ranges 1 — Reference Ranges 13
[low level]–[high level] (“–” = that is set in ASTM Field
0x2D) 10.1.3
Use the following flags:
L: Smaller than the lower limit of
the reference range
H: Larger than the upper limit of
Measurement Either of the following
1 — the reference range 4
Value Flag flags is set: “L” or “H”
<: Smaller than the lower limit of
Result Abnormal the measurable range
10.1.7
Flags >: Larger than the upper limit of
the measurable range
Any of the following flags
Extension Flag
is set:
2 ○ for Measurement Set a measurement flag. 4
“*”, “!”, “C”, “?”, “F1”,
Value
“F2”, “F3”, “F4”, “OVER”
Instrument Measurement- Setting: MEK-6500 (fixed)
10.1.14 1 — Model name of the analyzer 10
Identification Device Name It is same for MEK-6510.

Measurement Items
Name of a Measurement Item Universal Test ID Type

WBC 2A0100000019301
RBC 2A0200000019301
HGB 2A0300000019301
HCT 2A0400000019301
MCV 2A0600000019301
MCH 2A0700000019301
MCHC 2A0800000019301
PLT 2A0500000019301
GR#, LY#, MO#, GR%, LY%, MO%,
No code
RDW-CV, RDW-SD, MPV, PCT, PDW
Unit System Codes and Unit Detail Codes

• Unit System Codes
Analyzer’s Setting ASTM Output Data
Unit System Unit System Code
JAPAN 0
USA 1
SI 2
SI MOD 3
MIXED 4
USER (optional) 9
• Unit Detail Codes (belonging to the unit systems) and Unit Character Strings
Unit Detail Unit Character Measurement
Parameter Setting Unit
Code String Parameter
102/uL 0 10e2/uL
WBC 10 /uL
3
1 10e3/uL WBC, GR#, LY#, MO#
109/L 2 10e9/L
104/uL 0 10e4/uL
RBC 106/uL 1 10e6/uL RBC
1012/L 2 10e12/L
g/dL 0 g/dL
HGB g/L 1 g/L HGB, MCHC
mmol/L 2 mmol/L
pg 0 pg
MCH MCH
fmol 1 fmol
% 0 %
HCT HCT
L/L 1 L/L
104/uL 0 10e4/uL
PLT 103/uL 1 10e3/uL PLT
109/L 2 10e9/L
% 0 %
RDW-CV RDW-CV
%CV 1 %CV
% 0 %
PDW PDW
%CV 1 %CV
• Unit Detail Codes (not belonging to the unit systems) and Unit Character
Strings
Unit Detail Unit Character
Code String
GR%, LY%, MO% % 0 %
MCV, MPV, RDW-SD fL 0 fL

Comment Record (C) Belonging to a Measurement Result Record

The data inherent to the device and not belonging to any field of the
measurement result record are used within the Comment Text field of a comment
record. The specifications of the Comment Text field are indicated below. The
order of appearance of comment records is not particularly specified.
• Measurement Alarms
Alarms that occur during measurement can be recorded as arbitrary records.
Example: When “WBC bubble 1” and “RBC clog” alarms are generated,
|C|1|I|ResultAlarm^004\108|I|

Transmission Data
Position Item Name Item Specification Max Length
1 Identifier for additional information 11 ResultAlarm (fixed)
Information
Set an alarm number for an alarm generated during
Refer to the Alarm List table
2 Additional Information 1 measurement. If multiple alarms are generated, they 95
below.
are delimited with backslash (\).
Alarm List
Alarm Alarm Alarm
Description of Alarm Description of Alarm Description of Alarm
No. No. No.
001 A021 : WBC level 1 012 A036 : WBC upper manometer dirty 110 A051: RBC noise 2
002 A022 : WBC level 2 014 A037 : WBC lower manometer dirty 112 A052 : PLT noise 1
003 A023 : WBC level 3 101 A041 : RBC level 1 113 A053 : PLT noise 3
004 A024 : WBC bubble 1 102 A042 : RBC level 2 114 A056 : RBC upper manometer dirty
005 A025 : WBC bubble 2 103 A043 : RBC level 3 116 A057 : RBC lower manometer dirty
006 A026 : WBC bubble 3 104 A044 : RBC bubble 1 117 A061 : HGB voltage low
007 A027 : WBC bubble 4 105 A045 : RBC bubble 2 118 A062 : HGB voltage high
008 A029 : WBC clog 106 A046 : RBC bubble 3 119 A063 : HGB circuit error
009 A030 : WBC sample error 107 A047 : RBC bubble 4 206 A093 : Internal temperature high
010 A031 : WBC noise 2 108 A049 : RBC clog 207 A094 : Internal temperature low
011 A032 : WBC noise 1 109 A050 : RBC sample error
• WBC-Related Pathology Flags

Pathology flags related to WBC can be recorded as arbitrary records.
Example: When the Leukocytosis and Poor Hemolyzation flags appear,
|C|1|I|WbcPathologyFlag^1\14^Leukocytosis\Poor
Hemolyzation|I|

Transmission Data
1 Identifier for additional information 16 WbcPathologyFlag (fixed)
Information
This is a WBC-related pathology flag. Set the flag
numbers indicated in “WBC-related pathology flags”.
2 Additional Information 1 36
If multiple flags are generated, they are delimited
with backslash (\) in order from highest priority.
Refer to the WBC Flag List below.
This is a WBC-related pathology flag. Set the flag
names indicated in “WBC-related pathology flags”. If
multiple flags are generated, they are delimited with
backslash (\) in order from highest priority.
WBC Flag List

Flag No. Flag Name
1 Leukocytosis
2 Leukopenia
14 Poor Hemolyzation

• RBC/PLT Related Pathology Flags

Pathology flags related to RBC or PLT can be recorded as arbitrary records.
Example: When the Erythrocytosis and Anisocytosis flags appear,
|C|1|I|RbcPltPathologyFlag^1\3Êrythrocytosis\Anisocytosis|I|

Transmission Data
1 Identifier for additional information 19 RbcPltPathologyFlag (fixed)
Information
This is an RBC/PLT-related pathology flag. Set the flag
numbers indicated in “RBC/PLT-related pathology flags”.
If multiple flags are generated, they are delimited with
backslash (\) in order from highest priority. Refer to the RBC/PLT Flag
This is an RBC/PLT-related pathology flag. Set the flag List below.
names indicated in “RBC/PLT-related pathology flags”.
RBC/PLT Flag List

Flag No. Flag Name Flag No. Flag Name
1 Erythrocytosis 6 Hypochromia
2 Anemia 7 Abnormal MCHC
3 Anisocytosis 8 Thrombocytosis
4 Microcytosis 9 Thrombocytopenia
5 Macrocytosis 10 PLT Clumps
Terminator Record (L)

This is a record that indicates the end of a message.

Field (ASTM Definition) Position Max Data
Extension* Item Definition Item Specification
Length
13.1.1 Record Type ID 1 — Record Type ID ID code of the record (fixed at L) 1 Setting: L (fixed)
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999

Example of Data Communication

An example of communication when a measurement result is transferred from
the DATA screen of the analyzer is indicated below.
In this communication example, the analyzer is set as follows.

• Specimen ID: 0001 (A “ ” denotes a space.)
• Sampling mode: Closed
• Specimen type: Blood
Characters shown inside angle brackets (”<>”) are ASCII control codes. For
details on ASCII control codes, refer to “ASCII Control Codes” (p. 2).
Response
Frames Transmitted from the Analyzer from the
Receiver
<ENQ> <ACK>
<STX>1H|¥^&|||MEK-6500^1^00001^V01-04|||||||P|E1394-97|20130523134755<CR><ETX>DA<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2P|1||| 0001<CR><ETX>94<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3O|1| 0001^M^1|1||||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20130523134153|||F<CR><ETX>9A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4C|1|I|MeasureMode^CLOSED^CLOSED|I<CR><ETX>C1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5C|2|I|MeasureParam^19^CBC|I<CR><ETX>ED<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6C|3|I|NormalRangeType^1^Blood|I<CR><ETX>13<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7C|4|I|DataOutputMethodType^1|I<CR><ETX>DD<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|1|^^2A0100000019301^WBC^JC10|81|10e2/uL^0^0|40-90|^!|||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>FE<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|2|^^2A0200000019301^RBC^JC10|426|10e4/uL^0^0|376-570||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>21<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|3|^^2A0300000019301^HGB^JC10|9.8|g/dL^0^0|12.0-18.0|L|||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>15<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|4|^^2A0400000019301^HCT^JC10|37.8|%^0^0|33.5-52.0||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>F0<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|5|^^2A0600000019301^MCV^JC10|95.8|fL^0^0|80.0-100||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>55<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|6|^^2A0700000019301^MCH^JC10|31.9|pg^0^0|28.0-32.0||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>9A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|7|^^2A0800000019301^MCHC^JC10|33.3|g/dL^0^0|31.0-35.0||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>48<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|8|^^2A0500000019301^PLT^JC10|24.7|10e4/uL^0^0|15.0-35.0||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>C6<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|9|^^^GR#|67|10e2/uL^0^0|17-77||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>36<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|10|^^^LY#|12|10e2/uL^0^0|7-51||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>28<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|11|^^^MO#|2|10e2/uL^0^0|0-9||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>BC<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|12|^^^GR%|83.4|%^0^0|42.0-85.0|^F3|||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>92<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|13|^^^LY%|14.3|%^0^0|17.0-57.0|L|||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>0F<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|14|^^^MO%|2.3|%^0^0|0.0-10.0|^F3|||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>1D<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|15|^^^RDW-CV|15.6|%^0^0|11.6-14.0|H|||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>F5<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|16|^^^RDW-SD|59.8|fL^0^0|39.0-46.0|H|||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>95<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|17|^^^MPV|8.1|fL^0^0|7.0-11.0||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>0F<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|18|^^^PCT|0.20|%^0^0|0.16-0.33||||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>D5<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|19|^^^PDW|20.5|%^0^0|15.0-17.0|H|||||||MEK-6500<CR><ETX>29<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3C|1|I|WbcPathologyFlag^14^Poor Hemolyzation|I<CR><ETX>6A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4C|2|I|RbcPltPathologyFlag^6^Hypochromia|I<CR><ETX>28<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5L|1<CR><ETX>3E<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5L|1<CR><ETX>XX<CR><LF> <ACK>
<EOT>

Record and Data Communication Specification for MEK-6550
Record Contents
Header Record (H)
A header record is located at the top of a message.
This record defines the delimiter codes and sender data.


ASTM
Definition) Length
Device Model Setting: M
EK-6550
1 — Model name of the sender 10
Name (fixed)
Setting: 1 (Unit 1) or
2 ○ Device ID No. connected to the receiver. 1
2 (Unit 2)
name” set on the OUTPUT – USB
7.1.5 Sender Name or ID screen.
Setting:
Serial number on the
SERIAL NUMBER
screen (fix at 5 digit)
indicated on the OPER HISTORY
4 ○ Software Version
screen of the MAINTENANCE
6 Setting: V xx–xx
screen
Setting:
This indicates the purpose of a
P: Normal measurement
message.
Q: Quality control
Set any of the following characters:
7.1.12 Processing ID 1 — Processing ID P: Normal measurement 1 Calibration data cannot
Q: Quality control be output as ASTM data.
T: Not used
This is not set for circuit
G: Not used
testing.
The format is
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
Date and Time of Date and Time of The transmission date and time of Set the date and time of
7.1.14 1 — 14
Message Data Transmission the first data item are retained, even transmission.
if data are retransmitted because of
a NAK response from the receiver.

Comment Record (C)


ASTM Field Name
Field (ASTM Definition) Position Extension* Item Definition Item Specification
Length
Setting:
11.1.2 Sequence Number 1 — Sequence Number 3 1, 2, …999 →
0, 1, 2, …999
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
I: Device
P: Other
1 ○ Additional
records.
11.1.4 Comment Text
Order record: Refer to
2 or Content of additional information
higher ○ Additional Info
194 p. 24.
Measurement result
record: Refer to
p. 27.
defined.
Patient Record (P)

for sending measurement results, only the record type, record ID No. and patient
ID are set.

ASTM Field Name
Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Set the ID to be
displayed on the
READY screen.

Order Record (O)



ASTM
Definition) Length
Sequence When sending several records, the Setting: 1 , 2, …999 →
9.4.2 1 — Sequence Number 3
Number sequence number is counted up. 0, 1, 2, …999
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
The ID is set.
Set a specimen ID for Refer to “Specimen ID
1 — Specimen ID 13
measurement data. Specification of the Quality
9.4.3 Specimen ID Control Measurement
Data” below.
Position No. of the specimen in
the rack
Setting:
Instrument Sequential ID of Number for the analyzer to identify
9.4.4 1 — 7 SEQ# on the RESULTS
Specimen ID the Specimen measurement-result data
screen (max. 7 digits)
measurement
Name of
1 — Whole blood: “BLOOD” 6 Setting: B
LOOD (fixed)
Specimen Type
Serum: “SERUM”
Specimen Specimen type codes used for

9.4.16 measurement
Descriptor
The analyzer uses JLAC specimen
No. of Specimen names defined by the Japanese
2 ○ Type Society of Laboratory Medicine:
Whole blood: “019”
Plasma: “022”
Serum: “023”
Date/Time The date and time of measurement
9.4.23 Results Reported 1 — are indicated in the format of 14
or Last Modified YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
information.

MEK-3DL MEK3DL (4 digit date)** 1st MEK3DL (4 digit date)** 2nd
X-R MEK-3DN MEK3DN (4 digit date)** 1st MEK3DN (4 digit date)** 2nd
MEK-3DH MEK3DH (4 digit date)** 1st MEK3DH (4 digit date)** 2nd
MEK-3DL MEK3DL (4 digit date)** 1st
L&J MEK-3DN MEK3DN (4 digit date)** 1st
MEK-3DH MEK3DH (4 digit date)** 1st
** The measurement date is represented as 4 digits with 2 digits showing the month and
2 digits showing the day. A measurement performed on January 1, 2017 is represented
as 0101.


The specifications of the Comment Text field are indicated below.
The order of appearance of comment records is not particularly specified.

Transmission Data
Information
One of the following method is set.
Dilution method of specimens A “ ” denotes a space.
MANUAL
When the Processing ID of the header record is set to
HIGH (M)
3 Additional Information 2 P, this item is set. If it is set to Q, nothing is set. 12
HIGHER (M)
There is not a space (0x20) in the end of this LOW (M)
character string. PreDIL 10
PreDIL 20

Transmission Data
Information
Dog, Cat, Cow, Horse: 21
2 Additional Information 1 Set the number of measurement parameters. 2 Rat, Mouse, Other 1 to 3: 13
Control: 19
3 Additional Information 2 Set the type of measurement parameters. 10 CBC (fixed)

• Animal Type
Only the animal-type index data of the analyzer is set because the actual
Example: When the animal type is set to “Cat”,
|C|4|I|NormalRangeType^2^Cat|I|

Transmission Data
Information
0: Control
1: Dog
Specimen type number 2: Cat
3: Cow
2 Additional Information 1 Assign the index of the specimen type used 2
4: Rat
for measurement. 5: Mouse
6: Horse
7: Other 1
8: Other 2
9: Other 3
“Dog”
“Cat”
Specimen type name
“Cow”
Set the specimen-type name used for “Rat”
3 Additional Information 2 measurement. 8 “Mouse”
“Horse”
“Other 1”
character string.
“Other 2”
“Other 3”
“Control”

Transmission Data
Information




ASTM
Definition) Length
Number number is counted up. 0, 1, 2, …999
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Test Items (JLAC10) defined by
3 — the Japanese Society of Laboratory 15
Medicine.
10.1.3 Universal Test ID
Items” (p. 28).
Item analyzer.
Setting: JC10
Universal standard.
5 — 4 If there is no JLAC code,
nothing to be set.
Data or units set at ASTM Field
Measurement
10.1.4 Measurement 1 — Set a measurement value. 10 10.1.5 is set. If there is no
Value
Value value such as OVER, it is
not set.
Character String
for Units Refer to “Unit System
10.1.5 Units 2 ○ Unit Code Set a unit code. 1 Codes and Unit Detail
Codes” (p. 28).
Set a reference range for a
Reference value range of
Reference measurement value.
10.1.6 1 — Reference Ranges 13 the measurement item that
Ranges [low level]–[high level] (“–” =
is set in ASTM Field 10.1.3
0x2D)
the reference range
Measurement
1 — the reference range 4 “L” or “H” flag is set.
Value Flag
Result Abnormal the measurable range
10.1.7
Flags >: Larger than the upper limit of
Extension Flag
is set:
2 ○ for Measurement Set a measurement flag. 4
“*”, “!”, “C”, “?”, “F1”,
Value
“F2”, “F3”, “F4”, “OVER”
Instrument Measurement-
10.1.14 1 — Model name of the analyzer 10 Setting: MEK-6550 (fixed)
Identification Device Name

Measurement Items
Name of a Measurement Item Universal Test ID Type Outputting Animal Type
WBC 2A0100000019301
RBC 2A0200000019301
HGB 2A0300000019301
HCT 2A0400000019301
All types
MCV 2A0600000019301
MCH 2A0700000019301
MCHC 2A0800000019301
PLT 2A0500000019301
GR# —
LY# —
MO# — Dog, Cat, Cow, Horse, and
GR% — Control
LY% —
MO% —
EO# —
Dog, Cat, Cow and Horse
EO% —
RDW-CV —
RDW-SD —
MPV — All types
PCT —
PDW —

JAPAN 0
USA 1
SI 2
SI MOD 3
MIXED 4
USER (optional) 9
Unit Detail Unit Character Measurement
Code String Parameter
102/uL 0 10e2/uL
WBC, GR#, LY#,
WBC 103/uL 1 10e3/uL
MO#, EO%, EO#
109/L 2 10e9/L
104/uL 0 10e4/uL
RBC 106/uL 1 10e6/uL RBC
1012/L 2 10e12/L
g/dL 0 g/dL
mmol/L 2 mmol/L
pg 0 pg
MCH MCH
fmol 1 fmol
% 0 %
HCT HCT
L/L 1 L/L
104/uL 0 10e4/uL
PLT 103/uL 1 10e3/uL PLT
109/L 2 10e9/L
% 0 %
RDW-CV RDW-CV
%CV 1 %CV
% 0 %
PDW PDW
%CV 1 %CV

Strings
Code String
GR%, LY%, MO% % 0 %


Transmission Data
Information
Set an alarm number for an alarm generated
2 Additional Information 1 during measurement. If multiple alarms are 95 Refer to the Alarm List table below.
generated, they are delimited with backslash (\).
Alarm List
Alarm Alarm Alarm
Description Description Description
No. No. No.
001 A021 : WBC level 1 012 A036 : WBC upper manometer dirty 110 A051: RBC noise 2
002 A022 : WBC level 2 014 A037 : WBC lower manometer dirty 112 A052 : PLT noise 1
003 A023 : WBC level 3 101 A041 : RBC level 1 113 A053 : PLT noise 3
004 A024 : WBC bubble 1 102 A042 : RBC level 2 114 A056 : RBC upper manometer dirty
005 A025 : WBC bubble 2 103 A043 : RBC level 3 116 A057 : RBC lower manometer dirty
006 A026 : WBC bubble 3 104 A044 : RBC bubble 1 117 A061 : HGB voltage low
007 A027 : WBC bubble 4 105 A045 : RBC bubble 2 118 A062 : HGB voltage high
008 A029 : WBC clog 106 A046 : RBC bubble 3 119 A063 : HGB circuit error
009 A030 : WBC sample error 107 A047 : RBC bubble 4 206 A093 : Internal temperature high
010 A031 : WBC noise 2 108 A049 : RBC clog 207 A094 : Internal temperature low
011 A032 : WBC noise 1 109 A050 : RBC sample error


Hemolyzation|I|

Transmission Data
1 Identifier for additional information 16 WbcPathologyFlag (fixed)
Information
This is a WBC-related pathology flag. Set the flag numbers
indicated in “WBC-related pathology flags”. If multiple
flags are generated, they are delimited with backslash (\) in
order from highest priority. Refer to the WBC Flag List
This is a WBC-related pathology flag. Set the flag names below.
indicated in “WBC-related pathology flags”. If multiple
flags are generated, they are delimited with backslash (\) in
order from highest priority.
WBC Flag List

Flag No. Flag Name
1 Leukocytosis
2 Leukopenia
14 Poor Hemolyzation


Transmission Data
Definition of Additional RbcPltPathologyFlag
1 Identifier for additional information 19
Information (fixed)
This is an RBC/PLT-related pathology flag. Set the flag
numbers indicated in “RBC/PLT-related pathology flags”.
backslash (\) in order from highest priority. Refer to the RBC/PLT Flag
This is an RBC/PLT-related pathology flag. Set the flag List below.
names indicated in “RBC/PLT-related pathology flags”.
RBC/PLT Flag List

1 Erythrocytosis 6 Hypochromia
2 Anemia 7 Abnormal MCHC
3 Anisocytosis 8 Thrombocytosis
4 Microcytosis 9 Thrombocytopenia
5 Macrocytosis 10 PLT Clumps



Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999


• Sampling mode: Open
• Specimen type: Dog
Response
Receiver
<ENQ> <ACK>
<STX>1H|¥^&|||MEK-6550^1^00001^V01-01|||||||P|E1394-97|20140819143719<CR><ETX>F9<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2P|1||| 0001<CR><ETX>A4<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3O|1| 0001^M^1|1218||||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20140806152835|||F<CR><ETX>51<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4C|1|I|MeasureModeÔPEN^MANUAL|I<CR><ETX>3D<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5C|2|I|MeasureParam^21^CBC|I<CR><ETX>E6<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6C|3|I|NormalRangeType^1^Dog|I<CR><ETX>3D<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|1|^^2A0100000019301^WBC^JC10|118|10e2/uL^0^0|60-170||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>E6<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|3|^^2A0300000019301^HGB^JC10|18.6|g/dL^0^0|12.0-18.0|H|||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>44<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|4|^^2A0400000019301^HCT^JC10|57.0|%^0^0|37.0-55.0|H|||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>39<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|5|^^2A0600000019301^MCV^JC10|92.2|fL^0^0|60.0-77.0|H|||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>D2<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|6|^^2A0700000019301^MCH^JC10|30.1|pg^0^0|19.5-24.5|H|||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>E9<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|7|^^2A0800000019301^MCHC^JC10|32.6|g/dL^0^0|32.0-36.0||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>51<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|8|^^2A0500000019301^PLT^JC10|37.0|10e4/uL^0^0|20.0-50.0||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>C1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|9|^^^GR#|89|10e2/uL^0^0|30-118||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>66<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|10|^^^LY#|29|10e2/uL^0^0|10-48||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>65<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|11|^^ÊO#||10e2/uL^0^0|1-13||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>B3<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|12|^^^MO#||10e2/uL^0^0|2-14||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>BF<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|13|^^^GR%|75.2|%^0^0|60.0-80.0|^F4|||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>94<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|14|^^^LY%|24.8|%^0^0|12.0-30.0||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>C2<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|15|^^ÊO%||%^0^0|2.0-10.0||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>B4<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|16|^^^MO%||%^0^0|3.0-10.0||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>BF<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|17|^^^RDW-CV|20.6|%^0^0|12.0-16.0|H|||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>EF<CR><LF> <ACK>

Response
Receiver
<STX>2R|19|^^^MPV|9.5|fL^0^0|6.7-11.1||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>24<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|20|^^^PCT|0.35|%^0^0|0.00-2.90||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>D9<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|21|^^^PDW|16.4|%^0^0|0.0-50.0||||||||MEK-6550<CR><ETX>AC<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5C|1|I|RbcPltPathologyFlag^3¥5Ânisocytosis¥Macrocytosis|I<CR><ETX>97<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6L|1<CR><ETX>3F<CR><LF> <ACK>
<EOT>

Record Contents
Header Record (H)

ASTM Field Name
Length
EK-7300
Name (fixed)
ID number of the device is used to
connected to the receiver. Setting: 1 (Unit 1) or
2 ○ Device ID No.
1
2 (Unit 2)
name” set on the USB of the
Output Setting screen, which can be
accessed from the Settings Menu.
Setting:
7.1.5 Sender Name or ID
Serial number on
the Serial Number
Setting screen of the
Service screen (fix at
5 digits)
4 ○ Software Version indicated on the User Maintenance 6 Setting: V xx–xx
screen
Version of 5-part Analysis program version of the
5 ○ differential analyzer indicated on the User 6 Setting: V xx–xx
analysis Maintenance screen
Setting:
This indicates the purpose of a P: Normal
message. measurement
7.1.12 Processing ID 1 — Processing ID P: Normal measurement 1 This is not set
Q: Quality control for calibration,
T: Not used background noise
G: Not used measurement and
circuit testing
Version of the ASTM Setting: E
1394-97
7.1.13 ASTM Version No. 1 — ASTM Version No. 8
communication standard (fixed)
The format is
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
The transmission date and time of
Date and Time of Date and Time of Set the date and time
7.1.14 1 — the first data item will be retained, 14
Message Data Transmission of transmission.
even if data are retransmitted
because of a NAK response from
the receiver.

Comment Record (C)



ASTM
Definition) Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Device that sends the comment:
I: Device
P: Other
Definition of Refer to the description
1 ○ Additional
20 of the comment records
Information belonging to various
records.
11.1.4 Comment Text Order record:
2 or Content of additional information Refer to p. 36.
194
Measurement result
record:
Refer to p. 39.
defined.

Patient Record (P)

Sets the patient data included in the work list.


ASTM
Definition) Length
Sequence When sending several records, the
8.1.2 1 — Sequence Number 3 Setting: 1 (fixed)
Number sequence number is counted up.
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Set the ID to be displayed
on the READY screen.
* The patient ID can be
set on the Operation
screen of the Settings
screen. Refer to the
Service Manual of the
analyzer.
Set a patient name.
Put this item between “&N&” and
Setting:
“&H&”.
8.1.6 Patient Name 1 — Patient Name 32 Patient name on the
* The tags “&N&” and “&H&” are
Work List screen
included in the maximum length
of the record.
Setting:
Birth date on the Work
Set the birth date of a patient. List screen
1 — Birth Date 8
The format is YYYYMMDD. * If no data are entered as
the birth date, this item
is not set.
8.1.8 Birth Date
Setting:
Age indicated on the
This is an extended specification. Work List screen
2 ○ Age
Set the age of a patient.
3
* If no data are entered
as the age, this item is
not set.
Setting:
Sex indicated on the
Set the sex of a patient.
Work list screen
Male: 0
8.1.9 Patient Sex 1 — Patient Sex 1 Male: 0
Female: 1
Female: 1
Others: 9
* The Others setting is
not sent.
Set the name or ID of the attending
physician.
Setting:
Put this item between “&N&” and
Attending Attending Attending physician’s
8.1.14 1 — “&H&”. 32
Physician ID Physician ID name on the Work list
* The tags “&N&” and “&H&” are
screen
of the record.
Set a comment regarding the
patient.
Put this item between “&N&” and Setting:
8.1.15 Special Field 1 1 — Comment “&H&”. 134 Comment on the Work
* The tags “&N&” and “&H&” are list screen
of the record.
Set department name.
Put this item between “&N&” and Setting:
“&H&”. Medical department
8.1.26 Location 1 — Department 19
* The tags “&N&” and “&H&” are name on the Work list
included in the maximum length screen
of the record.

Order Record (O)

Only data for one analyzer are to be stored in an order record.
For example, CBC data and CRP cannot be stored together in one order record.

Length
Record ID starts from 1.
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
The ID is set.
Refer to
Set a specimen ID for measurement “Specimen ID
data. Specification of the
9.4.3 Specimen ID Quality Control
Measurement
Data” below.
the rack
Setting:
9.4.4 1 — 7
(max. 7 digits)
measurement
Name of Specimen Setting:
Type BLOOD (fixed)
Serum: “SERUM”
9.4.16 Specimen Descriptor
measurement
No. of Specimen
2 ○ Type
Whole blood: “019” 3 Setting: 019 (fixed)
Plasma: “022”
Serum: “023”
information.


MEK-5DL MEK5DL XR 1st MEK5DL XR 2nd
X-R MEK-5DN MEK5DN XR 1st MEK5DN XR 2nd
MEK-5DH MEK5DH XR 1st MEK5DH XR 2nd
MEK-5DL MEK5DL LJ
L&J MEK-5DN MEK5DN LJ
MEK-5DH MEK5DH LJ



Transmission Data
Information
Close mode: “CLOSED”
One of the following value is set.
MANUAL
Dilution method of specimens
HIGH (M)
When the Processing ID of the header record is set LOW (M)
3 Additional Information 2 to P, this item is set. If it is set to Q, nothing is set. 12 PreDIL 10
PreDIL 20
Capillary 10
character string.
CLOSED
HIGH (C)
LOW (C)

Transmission Data
Information
Setting:
3 Additional Information 2 Set the type of measurement parameters. 10 “CBC” or “CBC + Diff”
“ ” denotes a space (0×20).

• Specimen Type
Example: When the specimen type is set to “male”,
|C|4|I|NormalRangeType^2^MALE|I|

Transmission Data
Information
0: Control
1: Blood
Specimen type number 2: Male
3: Female
2 Additional Information 1 Assign the index of the specimen type 2
4: Child
used for measurement. 5: Infant
6: Other1
7: Other2
8: Other3
9: Other4
“BLOOD”
“MALE”
Specimen type name
“FEMALE”
Set the specimen-type name used for “CHILD”
3 Additional Information 2 measurement. 8 “INFANT”
“OTHER1”
There is not a space (0x20) in the end of
“OTHER2”
this character string.
“OTHER3”
“OTHER4”
“CONTROL”

Transmission Data
Information




ASTM
Definition) Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Test Items (JLAC10) defined by
3 — the Japanese Society of Laboratory 15
Medicine.
Universal Test Refer to “Measurement
10.1.3
ID Items” (p. 40).
It is fixed to 25 parameters.
Item analyzer.
parameters.
Assign “JC10” to use the JLAC10 Setting: JC10
Universal
5 — standard. If a parameter is not in 4 If there is no JLAC10 code,
Standard
the JLAC10, nothing to be set. nothing to be set.
10.1.5 is set.
Data or If there is no value such as
Measurement
10.1.4 Measurement 1 — Set a measurement value. 10 OVER, no value is set.
Value
Value It is fixed to 25 parameters.
parameters.
Character String
for Units Refer to “Unit System Codes
10.1.5 Units 2 ○ Unit Code Set a unit code. 1 and Unit Detail Codes”
(p. 40).
Reference value range of the
10.1.6 1 — Reference Ranges 13 measurement parameter that
is set in ASTM Field 10.1.3
0x2D)
the reference range
Measurement
1 — the reference range 4 “L” or “H” flag is set.
Value Flag
Result the measurable range
10.1.7
Abnormal Flags >: Larger than the upper limit of
Extension Flag Measurement flag
is set:
2 ○ for Measurement The flag is set for a measurement 4
“*”, “!”, “C”, “?”, “F1”,
Value value.
“F2”, “F3”, “F4”, “OVER”
Instrument Measurement- Model name of the measurement
10.1.14 1 — 10 Setting: MEK-7300 (fixed)
Identification Device Name device

Measurement Items
Name of a Measurement Item Universal Test ID Type
WBC 2A0100000019301
RBC 2A0200000019301
HGB 2A0300000019301
HCT 2A0400000019301
MCV 2A0600000019301
MCH 2A0700000019301
MCHC 2A0800000019301
PLT 2A0500000019301
NE#, LY#, EO#, MO#, BA#, IG#, NE%, LY%, EO%,
No code
MO%, BA%, IG%, RDW-CV, RDW-SD, MPV, PCT, PDW

JAPAN 0
USA 1
SI 2
SI MOD 3
MIXED 4
USER (optional) 9
Parameter Setting Unit Measurement Parameter
Code String
102/uL 0 10e2/uL
WBC, NE#, LY#,
WBC 10 /uL
3
1 10e3/uL
EO#, MO#, BA#, IG#
109/L 2 10e9/L
10 /uL
4
0 10e4/uL
RBC 10 /uL
6
1 10e6/uL RBC
10 /L12
2 10e12/L
g/dL 0 g/dL
mmol/L 2 mmol/L
pg 0 pg
MCH MCH
fmol 1 fmol
% 0 %
HCT HCT
L/L 1 L/L
104/uL 0 10e4/uL
PLT 10 /uL
3
1 10e3/uL PLT
10 /L9
2 10e9/L
% 0 %
RDW-CV RDW-CV
%CV 1 %CV
% 0 %
PDW PDW
%CV 1 %CV
Strings
Parameter Setting Unit Unit Detail Code Unit Character String
NE%, LY%, EO%, MO%,
% 0 %
BA%, IG%



Transmission Data
Information
Set an alarm number for an alarm generated during
2 Additional Information 1 measurement. If multiple alarms are generated, they 95 Refer to the Alarm List table below.
are delimited with backslash (\).
Alarm List
Alarm No. Description Alarm No. Description
001 A021: WBC fluid level 1 012 A071: WBC upper manometer dirty
002 A022: WBC fluid level 2 013 A072: WBC middle manometer dirty
003 A023: WBC fluid level 3 014 A073: WBC lower manometer dirty
004 A024: WBC bubble 1 101 A041: RBC fluid level 1
007 A027: WBC bubble 4 104 A044: RBC bubble 1
008 A029: WBC clogged 105 A045: RBC bubble 2
009 A030: WBC sample error 106 A046: RBC bubble 3
010 A031: WBC hardware noise 107 A047: RBC bubble 4
011 A032: WBC software noise 108 A049: RBC clogged
109 A050: RBC sample error 120 A064: HGB temp low
110 A051: RBC hardware noise 121 A065: HGB temp high
111 A053: RBC software noise 201 A066: LED temp low
112 A052: PLT software noise 202 A067: LED temp high
114 A074: RBC upper manometer dirty 203 A068: HGB initialize error
115 A075: RBC middle manometer dirty 204 A081: Laser key off
116 A076: RBC lower manometer dirty 205 A082: Optical count error
117 A061: HGB voltage low 206 A091: Room temp high
118 A062: HGB voltage high 207 A092: Room temp low
119 A063: HGB circuit error


Hemolyzation|I|
Transmission Data
1 Identifier for additional information 16 WbcPathologyFlag
Information
This is a WBC-related pathology flag. Set the flag numbers
indicated in “WBC-related pathology flags”.
If multiple flags are generated, they are delimited with backslash
(\) in order from highest priority. Refer to the WBC Flag
This is a WBC-related pathology flag. Set the flag names List below.
indicated in “WBC-related pathology flags”.
(\) in order from highest priority.
WBC Flag List

1 Leukocytosis 10 Blasts
2 Leukopenia 11 Immature Gr
3 Neutrophilia 12 Left Shift
4 Neutropenia 13 Atypical LY
5 Lymphocytosis 14 Poor Hemolyzation
6 Lymphopenia 15 Small Nucleated Cell
7 Monocytosis 16 Ly-Mo Interference
8 Eosinophilia 17 Ne-Eo Interference
9 Basophilia


Transmission Data
Information (fixed)
This is an RBC/PLT-related pathology flag. Set the flag numbers
indicated in “RBC/PLT-related pathology flags”.
(\) in order from highest priority. Refer to the RBC/PLT Flag
This is an RBC/PLT-related pathology flag. Set the flag names List below.
indicated in “RBC/PLT-related pathology flags”.
RBC\PLT Flag List

1 Erythrocytosis 7 Abnormal MCHC
2 Anemia 8 Thrombocytosis
3 Anisocytosis 9 Thrombocytopenia
4 Microcytosis 10 PLT Clumps
5 Macrocytosis 11 PLT-RBC Interference
6 Hypochromia



Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999



• Sampling mode: Closed
• Specimen type: Blood
Response
Receiver
<ENQ> <ACK>
<STX><STX>1H|¥^&|||MEK-7300^1^00009^V02-05^V04-02|||||||P|E1394-97|20110101025741<CR><ETX>7A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2P|1||| 0001|&H&&N&||||||||&H&&N&|&H&&N&|||||||||||&H&&N&<CR><ETX>78<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3O|1| 0001^M^1|1||||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20110101025231|||F<CR><ETX>8C<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4C|1|I|MeasureMode^CLOSED^CLOSED|I<CR><ETX>C1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5C|2|I|MeasureParam^25^CBC + Diff|I<CR><ETX>CE<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6C|3|I|NormalRangeType^0^BLOOD|I<CR><ETX>92<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|1|^^2A0100000019301^WBC^JC10|89|10e2/uL^0^0|40-90|^C|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>27<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|3|^^2A0300000019301^HGB^JC10|14.0|g/dL^0^0|12.0-18.0||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>EC<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|4|^^2A0400000019301^HCT^JC10|46.3|%^0^0|33.5-52.0||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>EA<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|5|^^2A0600000019301^MCV^JC10|101|fL^0^0|80.0-100|H|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>5A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|6|^^2A0700000019301^MCH^JC10|30.5|pg^0^0|28.0-32.0||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>94<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|7|^^2A0800000019301^MCHC^JC10|30.2|g/dL^0^0|31.0-35.0|L|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>8F<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|8|^^2A0500000019301^PLT^JC10|17.7|10e4/uL^0^0|15.0-35.0|^C|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>68<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|9|^^^NE#|11|10e2/uL^0^0|11-70|L|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>63<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|10|^^^LY#|77|10e2/uL^0^0|7-51|H|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>7A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|11|^^ÊO#|1|10e2/uL^0^0|0-9||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>B2<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|12|^^^MO#|0|10e2/uL^0^0|0-9||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>BB<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|13|^^^BA#|0|10e2/uL^0^0|0-2||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>9D<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|14|^^ÎG#|0|10e2/uL^0^0|||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>1D<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|15|^^^NE%|11.8|%^0^0|28.0-78.0|L|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>07<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|16|^^^LY%|86.6|%^0^0|17.0-57.0|H|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>1C<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|17|^^ÊO%|1.3|%^0^0|0.0-10.0||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>3A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|18|^^^MO%|0.1|%^0^0|0.0-10.0||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>41<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|19|^^^BA%|0.2|%^0^0|0.0-2.0||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>FC<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|20|^^ÎG%|0.0|%^0^0|||||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>B5<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|23|^^^MPV|8.3|fL^0^0|7.0-11.0|^C|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>B4<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|24|^^^PCT|0.15|%^0^0|0.16-0.33|^C|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>7C<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|25|^^^PDW|21.0|%^0^0|15.0-17.0|^C|||||||MEK-7300<CR><ETX>78<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1C|1|I|WbcPathologyFlag^5^Lymphocytosis|I<CR><ETX>FC<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2C|2|I|RbcPltPathologyFlag^10^PLT Clumps|I<CR><ETX>52<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3L|1<CR><ETX>3C<CR><LF> <ACK>
<EOT>

Record Contents
Header Record (H)

ASTM Field Name
Length
EK-9100
Name (fixed)
Setting: 1 (fixed)
In order to make
ID number of the device is used to data output from
distinguish one device from other the MEK-9100 to
2 ○ Device ID No. devices when several devices are 1 have compatibility
connected to the receiver. with that from
Not used on the MEK-9100. other devices, this
item is fixed to
“1”.
7.1.5 Sender Name or ID Setting:
Serial number on
the Serial Number
Setting screen of the
Service screen (fix at
5 digits)
4 ○ Software Version indicated on the User Maintenance 6 Setting: V xx–xx
screen
Version of 5-part Analysis program version of the
5 ○ differential analyzer indicated on the User 6 Setting: V xx–xx
analysis Maintenance screen
Setting:
This indicates the purpose of a P: Normal
message. measurement
7.1.12 Processing ID 1 — Processing ID P: Normal measurement 1 No data:
Q: Quality control Calibration,
T: Not used Background noise
G: Not used measurement,
Circuit check
Version of the ASTM Setting: L
IS02-A2
7.1.13 ASTM Version No. 1 — ASTM Version No. 8
communication standard (fixed)
The format is
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
The transmission date and time of
Date and Time of Date and Time of Set the date and time
7.1.14 1 — the first data item will be retained, 14
Message Data Transmission of transmission.
the receiver.

Comment Record (C)



ASTM
Definition) Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
I: Device
P: Other
1 ○ Additional
records.
194
Measurement result
record:
Refer to p. 51.
defined.

Patient Record (P)

Sets the patient data included in the work list.


ASTM
Definition) Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Set the ID to be displayed
8.1.5 Patient ID 1 — Patient ID Set a patient ID. 20 on the Order page of the
Data Details window.
Setting:
Set the Patient Name
shown on the Data
Details window →
Order tab.
in order of FirstName,
MiddleName and
8.1.6 Patient Name 1 — Patient Name Set a patient name. 32
LastName.
Put a space (0x20)

between the first name
and middle name and
the middle name and
last name. Use UTF-8 as
character encoding.
Setting:
Date of Birth shown on
the Data Details window
Set the birth date of a patient. → Order tab.
1 — Birth Date 8
The format is YYYYMMDD.
If no data are entered as
the birth date, this item
is not set.
8.1.8 Birth Date
Setting:
Age shown on the Data
Details window →
This is an extended specification. Order tab.
2 ○ Age
3
the age, this item is not
set.
Setting:
Gender shown on the
Data Details window →
Set the sex of a patient. Order tab.
Male: M Male: M
8.1.9 Patient Sex 1 — Patient Sex 1
Female: F Female: F
Unknown: U Unknown: U
The Others setting is not

sent.


ASTM
Definition) Length
Setting:
Physician shown on the
Data Details window →
Order tab.

in order of FirstName,
Attending Attending Set the name or ID of the attending MiddleName and
8.1.14 1 — 32
Physician ID Physician ID physician. LastName.
Put a space (0x20)

between the first name
and middle name and
the middle name and
last name. Use UTF-8 as
character encoding.
Setting:
Comment shown on the
Set a comment regarding the Data Details window →
8.1.15 Special Field 1 1 — Comment 134
patient. Order tab.
Use UTF-8 as character
encoding.
Setting:
Department shown on
the Data Details window
8.1.26 Location 1 — Department Set department name. 19
→ Order tab.
Use UTF-8 as character
encoding.
Order Record (O)


Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Setting:
Specimen ID
(Maximum 20
Set a specimen ID for measurement digits)
9.4.3 Specimen ID 1 — Specimen ID 20
data.
If Rack ID is set,
this item does not
need to be set.

Length
Setting:
4 digits barcode
number of the
rack
If Specimen ID
is set, this item is
2 — Rack ID Rack ID No. 4
not set.
If the rack is
measured in
manual mode,
this item is fixed
to “M”.
9.4.3 Specimen ID
Setting:
Position of the
specimen in the
rack (1 to 10)
If Specimen ID
Position No. of the specimen in is set, this item is
3 — Rack Position 2
the rack not set.
If the rack is
measured in
manual mode,
this item is fixed
to “1”.
Setting:
9.4.4 1 — 7
(max. 7 digits)
Settings:
Enter one of
the following
according to the
measurement
parameter.
If the
measurement
result does
Unique code given to each not include
Test code
measurement parameter. Enter WBC 5-part
9.4.5 Universal test ID 4 — (manufacturer- 20
the manufacturer-defined code differential:
defined code)
indicated in the rightmost cell. CBC
If the
measurement
result includes
WBC 5-part
differential:
CBC + Diff
“ ” denotes a
space (0x20).
measurement
Name of Specimen Setting:
Type BLOOD (fixed)
Serum: “SERUM”
measurement
No. of Specimen
2 ○ Type
Whole blood: “019” 3 Setting: 019 (fixed)
Plasma: “022”
Serum: “023”

Length
information.

C|1|I|MesureModeÔPEN^PreDIL 20|I

Transmission Data
Information
2 Additional Information 1 Sampling mode of specimens 9 Manual measurement: “OPEN”
Auto measurement: “CLOSED”
Dilution method of specimens One of the following value is set.
When the Processing ID of the header record is set
OPEN
3 Additional Information 2 to P, this item is set. If it is set to Q, nothing is set. 12
HIGH (M)
There is not a space (0x20) in the end of this PreDIL 20
character string. CLOSED
C|2|I|MeasureParam^24^CBC+Diff|I

Transmission Data
Information
Number of parameters to be output
2 Additional Information 1 Set the number of measurement parameters. 2
Set the number of the R records.
Setting:
3 Additional Information 2 Set the type of measurement parameters. 10 “CBC” or “CBC + Diff ”
“ ” denotes a space (0×20).

• Specimen Type
Example: When the specimen type1 is set to “Male”,
C|3|I|NormalRangeType^1^Male|I

Transmission Data
Information
Set the index number of the sample
type used for the measurement.
Specimen type number
2 Additional Information 1 Assign the index of the specimen type used for 2 Setting: 1 to 9
measurement.
Not set when ASTM Field 7.1.12
is set to “Q”.
Specimen type name Sample type used for the
measurement.
Set the specimen-type name used for measurement.
There is not a space (0x20) in the end of this Not set when ASTM Field 7.1.12
character string. is set to “Q”.

Comment records are used to set measurement messages or pathology flags.


ASTM
Definition) Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
10.1.3 4 — Measurement item that is locally used by the 11
Item analyzer.
10.1.5 is set.
If the measurement result is
Data or
Measurement represented by “OVER” or
10.1.4 Measurement 1 — Set a measurement value. 99999
Value other code, no value is set
Value
for this item.
If image data is allocated to
this record, an ASCII code
encoded by BASE64 is set.*
Character String Refer to “Unit Codes”
for Units (p. 54).
If image data is allocated
10.1.5 Units 2 ○ Unit Code Set a unit code. 1
to this record, nothing to
3 ○ Unit Detail Code Set a unit detail code. 1 be set.*
measurement parameter that
10.1.6 1 — Reference Ranges 13 is set in ASTM Field 10.1.3
0x2D)
this record, nothing to be set.*


ASTM
Definition) Length
the reference range
“L” or “H” flag is set.
Measurement If image data is allocated
Value Flag to this record, nothing to
be set.*
Result the measurable range
10.1.7 >: Larger than the upper limit of
Abnormal Flags
Extension Flag Measurement flag is set:
2 ○ for Measurement The flag is set for a measurement 4 “*”, “!”, “C”, “?”
Value value. If graph data is allocated to
this record, nothing to be set
10.1.14 1 — 10 Setting: MEK-9100 (fixed)
* Applied only when the parameter set in ASTM Field 10.1.3 is any of “HIST_WBC”, “HIST_RBC”, “HIST_PLT”,
“SCATT_L1”, “SCATT_L2”, “SCATT_L3”.

Measurement Items
Name of a Measurement
Universal Test ID Type
Item in ASTM Field 10.1.3
WBC
RBC
HGB
HCT
MCV
MCH
MCHC
Always output
PLT
RDW-CV
RDW-SD
MPV
PCT
PDW
P-LCR
NE#
LY#
EO#
MO#
BA#
Output when ASTM Field 9.4.5 is “CBC + Diff”
NE%
LY%
EO%
MO%
BA%
P-LCC
Output when the operator is allowed the privilege of “Print/
MentzerIndex
send research parameters”
RDWI
IG#
IG% Output when both of the following conditions are met:
Band# • ASTM Field 9.4.5 is “CBC + Diff”
Band% • the operator is allowed the privilege of “Print/send research
Seg# parameters”
Seg%
HIST_WBC V01-17 or earlier: Always output.
HIST_RBC V01-18 or later: Output only when “ASTM graph
HIST_PLT output” is enabled on the System
SCATT_L1 Setting window → “External
SCATT_L2 Output” → “LAN”. When it is
SCATT_L3 disabled, R records are not output.

Unit Codes
• Unit Codes and Unit Character Strings
ASTM Field 10.1.3 ASTM Field 10.1.5

Unit
Unit Detail
Parameter Name Character Unit Code
Code
String
10e2/uL 9 0
WBC
10e3/uL 9 1
NE#, LY#, MO#, EO#, BA#
10e9/L 9 2
10e4/uL 9 0
RBC 10e6/uL 9 1
10e12/L 9 2
g/dL 9 0
HGB MCHC 9 1
mmol/L 9 2
10e4/uL 9 0
PLT 10e3/uL 9 1
10e9/L 9 2
HCT, RDW-CV, PCT, PDW, P-LCR,
NE%, LY%, MO%, EO%, BA%, % 9 0
Band%, Seg%, IG%
MCV, RDW-SD, MPV fL 9 0
MCH pg 9 0
P-LCC 10e4/uL 9 None
MentzerIndex, RDWI None 9 None
IG#, Band#, Seg# 10e2/uL 9 0

• Measurement Messages
Example: C|1|I|ResultAlarm^^HGB Voltage Low\OpticalCount
Message|I

Transmission Data
Information
Refer to the Message
Set the message displayed during measurement. If multiple
3 Additional Information 2 95 List table shown in the
messages were displayed, they are delimited with backslash (\).
following pages.

Message List
Message Message
WBC Time-Series Message SS Cup Temp. High
WBC Aperture Clog Short Sample
RBC Aperture Clog LaserKey Off
RBC Time-Series Message OpticalCount Message
PLT Time-Series Message OpticalCount Low
HGB Voltage Low WBC Hardware Noise
HGB Voltage High RBC Hardware Noise
HGB Circuit Message Cup Temp. Message
HGB LED Temp. Message Cup Temp. Low
HGB LED Temp. Low Cup Temp. High
HGB LED Temp. High Cup Heater Temp. Message
Diluent Temp. Message Cup Heater Temp. Low
Diluent Temp. Low Cup Heater Temp. High
Diluent Temp. High Tank Temp. Message
SS Voltage Low Tank Temp. Low
SS Voltage High Tank Temp. High
SS Circuit Message Tank Heater Temp. Message
SS LED Temp. Message Tank Heater Temp. Low
SS LED Temp. Low Tank Heater Temp. High
SS LED Temp. High Room Temp. Message
SS Cup Temp. Message Room Temp. Low
SS Cup Temp. Low Room Temp. High

C|1|I|WbcPathologyFlag^^Leukocytosis\Poor Hemolyzation\
Blasts|I
Transmission Data
1 Identifier for additional information 16 PathologyFlag (fixed)
Information
This is a WBC-related pathology flag. Set the flag names
indicated in “WBC-related pathology flags”. Refer to the WBC Flag
If multiple flags are generated, they are delimited with backslash List below.
WBC Flag List

1 Leukocytosis 10 Blasts
2 Leukopenia 11 Immature Granulocyte
3 Neutrophilia 12 Left Shift
4 Neutropenia 13 Atypical LY
5 Lymphocytosis 14 Poor Hemolyzation
6 Lymphopenia 15 Small Nucleated Cell
7 Monocytosis 16 Ly-Mo Interference
8 Eosinophilia 17 Ne-Eo Interference
9 Basophilia


C|1|I|RbcPltPathologyFlag^Âbnormal MCHC\PLT Clumps|I

Transmission Data
Information
This is an RBC/PLT-related pathology flag. Set the flag names
indicated in “RBC/PLT-related pathology flags”. Refer to the RBC/PLT
If multiple flags are generated, they are delimited with backslash Flag List below.
RBC\PLT Flag List

1 Erythrocytosis 7 Abnormal MCHC
2 Anemia 8 Thrombocytosis
3 Anisocytosis 9 Thrombocytopenia
4 Microcytosis 10 PLT Clumps
5 Macrocytosis 11 PLT-RBC Interference
6 Hypochromia


Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999


Example 1
• Patient ID: PID0001
• Sample ID: SID0001
• Measuring method: Auto measurement
• Measured parameter: CBC + Diff (A “ ”denotes a space.)
• Units: WBC) 102/μL, RBC) 104/μL, HGB) g/dL, PLT) 104/μL
• Image output: None
• Print/send research parameters:
Not allowed
• An ACK response from the receiver is not necessary for this message.
• Although the example message shown below is split into lines at “<CR>” for
better readability, the actual messages are not split into lines.
• Characters shown inside angle brackets (”<>”) are ASCII control codes. For
Frames Transmitted from the Analyzer

H|¥^&|||MEK-9100^1^00013^V01-10^V01-01|||||||P|LIS02-A2|20170707091938<CR>
P|1|||PID0001|Kohden Taro||19370807^ 79|M|||||Suzuki Ichiro||||||||||||Internal<CR>
O|1|SID0001^0707^4|8661|^^^CBC + Diff|||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20170707091354|||F<CR>
C|1|I|MeasureMode^CLOSED^CLOSED|I<CR>
C|2|I|MeasureParam^24^CBC + Diff|I<CR>
C|3|I|NormalRangeType^9^Default Sample Type|I<CR>
C|4|I|DataOutputMethodType|I<CR>
R|1|^^^WBC|101.2|10e2/uL^9^0|40.0-90.0|^!|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|2|^^^RBC|459|10e4/uL^9^0|376-570||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|3|^^^HGB|7.82|g/dL^9^0|12.00-18.00|^!|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|4|^^^HCT|46.5|%^9^0|33.5-52.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|5|^^^MCV|101.3|fL^9^0|80.0-100.0|H|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|6|^^^MCH|17.0|pg^9^0|28.0-32.0|L|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|7|^^^MCHC|16.8|g/dL^9^0|31.0-35.0|^!|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|8|^^^RDW-CV|16.5|%^9^0|11.6-14.0|H|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|9|^^^RDW-SD|66.9|fL^9^0|42.8-51.0|H|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|10|^^^PLT|24.20|10e4/uL^9^0|15.00-35.00||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|11|^^^PCT|0.21|%^9^0|0.16-0.33||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|12|^^^MPV|8.8|fL^9^0|7.0-11.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|13|^^^PDW|18.7|%^9^0|15.5-18.9||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|14|^^^P-LCR|48.1|%^9^0|20.0-58.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|15|^^^NE%|82.23|%^9^0|28.00-78.00|^!|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|16|^^^LY%|15.30|%^9^0|17.00-57.00|^!|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|17|^^^MO%|0.55|%^9^0|0.00-10.00|^!|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|18|^^ÊO%|1.50|%^9^0|0.00-10.00|^!|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|19|^^^BA%|0.42|%^9^0|0.00-2.00|^!|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|20|^^^NE#|83.2|10e2/uL^9^0|^!||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|21|^^^LY#|15.5|10e2/uL^9^0|^!||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|22|^^^MO#|0.6|10e2/uL^9^0|^!||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|23|^^ÊO#|1.5|10e2/uL^9^0|^!||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|24|^^^BA#|0.4|10e2/uL^9^0|^!||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
C|1|I|ResultAlarm^^HGB Voltage Low¥Short Sample|I<CR>
C|2|I|WbcPathologyFlag^Îmmature Granulocyte¥Left Shift|I<CR>
C|3|I|RbcPltPathologyFlag^Ânemia¥Hypochromia¥Abnormal MCHC|I<CR>
L|1<CR>

Example 2
• Rack ID: 0210
• Rack Position: 8
• Measuring method: Auto measurement
• Units: WBC) 103/μL, RBC) 106/μL, HGB) g/L, PLT) 103/μL
• Image output: None
Allowed

H|¥^&|||MEK-9100^1^00013^V01-10^V01-01|||||||P|LIS02-A2|20170707092052<CR>
P|1|||PID0002|Kohden Hanako||19340627^ 82|F|||||Suzuki Ichiro||||||||||||Internal<CR>
O|1|^0210^8|8661|^^^CBC + Diff|||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20170707091523|||F<CR>
R|1|^^^WBC|9.50|10e3/uL^9^1|4.00-9.00|H|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|2|^^^RBC|4.65|10e6/uL^9^1|3.76-5.70||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|3|^^^HGB|139.0|g/L^9^1|120.0-180.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|4|^^^HCT|48.1|%^9^0|33.5-52.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|5|^^^MCV|103.4|fL^9^0|80.0-100.0|H|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|6|^^^MCH|29.9|pg^9^0|28.0-32.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|7|^^^MCHC|289|g/L^9^1|310-350|L|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|8|^^^RDW-CV|16.4|%^9^0|11.6-14.0|H|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|9|^^^RDW-SD|67.8|fL^9^0|42.8-51.0|H|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|10|^^^PLT|251.0|10e3/uL^9^1|150.0-350.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|11|^^^PCT|0.21|%^9^0|0.16-0.33||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|12|^^^MPV|8.5|fL^9^0|7.0-11.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|13|^^^PDW|18.0|%^9^0|15.5-18.9||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|14|^^^P-LCR|45.1|%^9^0|20.0-58.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|15|^^^NE%|95.72|%^9^0|28.00-78.00|^*|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|16|^^^LY%|1.57|%^9^0|17.00-57.00|L|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|17|^^^MO%|0.63|%^9^0|0.00-10.00|^*|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|18|^^ÊO%|1.60|%^9^0|0.00-10.00|^*|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|19|^^^BA%|0.48|%^9^0|0.00-2.00||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|20|^^^NE#|9.09|10e3/uL^9^1|^*||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|21|^^^LY#|0.15|10e3/uL^9^1|L||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|22|^^^MO#|0.06|10e3/uL^9^1|^*||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|23|^^ÊO#|0.15|10e3/uL^9^1|^*||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|24|^^^BA#|0.05|10e3/uL^9^1|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|25|^^^P-LCC|113.2|10e3/uL^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|26|^^^MentzerIndex|22|^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|27|^^^RDWI|361|^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|28|^^ÎG%|6.93|%^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|29|^^ÎG#|6.6|10e2/uL^9^0|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|30|^^^Band%|13.79|%^9^0|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|31|^^^Band#|13.1|10e2/uL^9^0|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|32|^^^Seg%|81.93|%^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|33|^^^Seg#|77.8|10e2/uL^9^0|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
C|1|I|WbcPathologyFlag^^Lymphopenia¥Immature Granulocyte¥Left Shift¥Ne-Eo Interference|I<CR>
C|2|I|RbcPltPathologyFlag^^Hypochromia|I<CR>
L|1

Example 3
• Measuring method: Manual measurement
• Units: WBC) 109/L, RBC) 1012/L, HGB) mmol/L, PLT) 109/L
• Image output: Yes
Not allowed

H|¥^&|||MEK-9100^1^00013^V01-10^V01-01|||||||P|LIS02-A2|20170707094547<CR>
P|1|||PID0003|Kohden Jiro||19590803^ 57|M|||||Suzuki Ichiro||||||||||||Internal<CR>
O|1|SID0003^M^1|8661|^^^CBC + Diff|||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20170707094321|||F<CR>
R|1|^^^WBC|5.59|10e9/L^9^2|4.00-9.00||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|2|^^^RBC|5.04|10e12/L^9^2|3.76-5.70||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|3|^^^HGB|9.37|mmol/L^9^2|7.45-11.17||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|4|^^^HCT|45.3|%^9^0|33.5-52.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|5|^^^MCV|89.9|fL^9^0|80.0-100.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|6|^^^MCH|18.6|fmol^9^1|17.4-19.9||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|7|^^^MCHC|20.7|mmol/L^9^2|19.2-21.7||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|8|^^^RDW-CV|12.7|%^9^0|11.6-14.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|9|^^^RDW-SD|45.7|fL^9^0|42.8-51.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|10|^^^PLT|271.8|10e9/L^9^2|150.0-350.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|11|^^^PCT|0.20|%^9^0|0.16-0.33||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|12|^^^MPV|7.5|fL^9^0|7.0-11.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|13|^^^PDW|16.6|%^9^0|15.5-18.9||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|14|^^^P-LCR|34.1|%^9^0|20.0-58.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|15|^^^NE%|49.40|%^9^0|28.00-78.00||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|16|^^^LY%|39.25|%^9^0|17.00-57.00||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|17|^^^MO%|6.22|%^9^0|0.00-10.00||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|18|^^ÊO%|4.52|%^9^0|0.00-10.00||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|19|^^^BA%|0.61|%^9^0|0.00-2.00||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|20|^^^NE#|2.77|10e9/L^9^2|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|21|^^^LY#|2.19|10e9/L^9^2|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|22|^^^MO#|0.35|10e9/L^9^2|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|23|^^ÊO#|0.25|10e9/L^9^2|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|24|^^^BA#|0.03|10e9/L^9^2|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|25|^^^HIST_WBC|iVBORw0KGgoAAA(…omitted…)oRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|26|^^^HIST_RBC|iVBORw0KGgoAAA(…omitted…)MAAAAASUVORK5CYII=||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|27|^^^HIST_PLT|iVBORw0KGgoAAA(…omitted…)kAAAAASUVORK5CYII=||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|28|^^^SCATT_L1|iVBORw0KGgoAAA(…omitted…)EAAAAASUVORK5CYII=||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|29|^^^SCATT_L2|iVBORw0KGgoAAA(…omitted…)AAAABJRU5ErkJggg==||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|30|^^^SCATT_L3|iVBORw0KGgoAAA(…omitted…)UAAAAASUVORK5CYII=||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
L|1<CR>

Example 4
• Lot number of hematology control:
MEK5D178N
• Units: WBC) 102/μL, RBC) 104/μL, HGB) g/dL, PLT) 104/μL
• Image output: Yes
Allowed

H|¥^&|||MEK-9100^1^00010^V01-12^V01-01|||||||Q|LIS02-A2|20171002192138<CR>
P|1|||||||U<CR>
O|1|MEK5D178N|12269|^^^CBC + Diff|||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20171002163729|||F<CR>
C|1|I|MeasureModeÔPENÔPEN|I<CR>
C|3|I|NormalRangeType|I<CR>
R|1|^^^WBC|82.4|10e2/uL^9^0|72.5-88.5||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|2|^^^RBC|468|10e4/uL^9^0|438-478||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|3|^^^HGB|13.67|g/dL^9^0|12.90-13.90||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|4|^^^HCT|47.9|%^9^0|44.5-49.5||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|5|^^^MCV|102.4|fL^9^0|98.6-106.6||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|6|^^^MCH|29.2|pg^9^0|26.5-32.1||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|7|^^^MCHC|28.5|g/dL^9^0|25.5-31.5||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|8|^^^RDW-CV|16.0|%^9^0|12.0-18.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|9|^^^RDW-SD|65.5|fL^9^0|0.0-0.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|10|^^^PLT|24.66|10e4/uL^9^0|20.44-30.44||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|11|^^^PCT|0.15|%^9^0|0.00-0.00||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|12|^^^MPV|5.9|fL^9^0|4.1-8.1||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|13|^^^PDW|16.0|%^9^0|0.0-0.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|14|^^^P-LCR|18.7|%^9^0|0.0-0.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|15|^^^NE%|43.52|%^9^0|43.07-73.07||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|16|^^^LY%|46.91|%^9^0|12.80-42.80|H|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|17|^^^MO%|4.38|%^9^0|4.56-14.56|L|||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|18|^^ÊO%|1.18|%^9^0|0.00-8.22||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|19|^^^BA%|4.01|%^9^0|0.00-5.35||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|20|^^^NE#|35.9|10e2/uL^9^0|0.0-0.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|21|^^^LY#|38.6|10e2/uL^9^0|0.0-0.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|22|^^^MO#|3.6|10e2/uL^9^0|0.0-0.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|23|^^ÊO#|1.0|10e2/uL^9^0|0.0-0.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|24|^^^BA#|3.3|10e2/uL^9^0|0.0-0.0||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|25|^^^P-LCC|4.61|10e4/uL^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|26|^^^MentzerIndex|22|^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|27|^^^RDWI|352|^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|28|^^ÎG%||%^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|29|^^ÎG#||10e2/uL^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|30|^^^Band%|0.0|%^9^0|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|31|^^^Band#|0.0|10e2/uL^9^0|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|32|^^^Seg%||%^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|33|^^^Seg#||10e2/uL^9|||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|34|^^^HIST_WBC|iVBORw0KGgoAAAA(…omitted…)JMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|35|^^^HIST_RBC|iVBORw0KGgoAAAA(…omitted…)AAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|36|^^^HIST_PLT|iVBORw0KGgoAAAA(…omitted…)BQAAAAASUVORK5CYII=||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|37|^^^SCATT_L1|iVBORw0KGgoAAAA(…omitted…)dgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|38|^^^SCATT_L2|iVBORw0KGgoAAAA(…omitted…)wAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>
R|39|^^^SCATT_L3|iVBORw0KGgoAAAA(…omitted…)hwhAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC||||||||||MEK-9100<CR>

Record and Data Communication Specification for MEK-1301, MEK-1302, MEK-1303 and MEK-1305
Record and Data Communication Specification for MEK-1301,

MEK-1302, MEK-1303 and MEK-1305
Record Contents
Header Record (H)

ASTM Field Name
Length
Setting:
MEK-1301: MEK-1301
Device Model
1 — Model name of the sender 10 MEK-1302: MEK-1302
Name
MEK-1303: MEK-1303
MEK-1305: MEK-1305
Setting: 1 (fixed)
In order to make
data output from the
ID No. of the device. Not used MEK-1301, MEK-1302,
7.1.5 Sender Name or ID 2 ○ Device ID No. on the MEK-1301, MEK-1302, 1 MEK-1303 or MEK-1305
MEK-1303 and MEK-1305. to have compatibility
with that from other
devices, this item is fixed
to “1”.
3 ○ Serial Number Serial number of the analyzer 5 Setting: Serial number
4 ○ Software Version indicated on the Maintenance – 6 Setting: V xx–xx
Device Information screen
Setting:
This indicates the purpose of a P: Normal measurement
message. Q: Quality control
Set any of the following T: Not used
characters: G: Not used
7.1.12 Processing ID 1 — Processing ID 1
Q: Quality control This is not set for
T: Not used calibration, background
G: Not used noise measurement and
circuit testing.
7.1.13 ASTM Version No. 1 — 8 Setting: LIS02-A2 (fixed)
The format is
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
Date and The transmission date and
Date and Time of Set the date and time of
7.1.14 1 — Time of Data time of the first data item will 14
Message transmission.
Transmission be retained, even if data are
retransmitted because of a NAK
response from the receiver.

Comment Record (C)



ASTM
Definition) Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
I: Device
P: Other
1 ○ Additional
records.
194
Measurement result
record:
Refer to p. 66.
defined.

Patient Record (P)

ID are set.


ASTM
Definition) Length
When sending several records,
Sequence
8.1.2 1 — Sequence Number the sequence number is counted 3 Setting: 1 (fixed)
Number
up.
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
When “ID setting” is set to
either “Patient ID” or “Both”
on the Settings - Operation
screen, this item is set to
the patient ID shown on the
Data List Details screen.
When “ID setting” is set to
“Sample ID” on the Settings
- Operation screen, this
item is set to the sample ID
shown on the measurement
results.
Setting:
Set the patient name
8.1.6 Patient Name 1 — Patient Name Set a patient name. 32 shown on the measurement
results. Use UTF-8 as
character encoding.
Setting:
Set the patient date of birth
shown by touching the
patient information area of
Set the birth date of a patient.
1 — Birth Date 8 the measurement results.
The format is YYYYMMDD.
the birth date, this item is
8.1.8 Birth Date not set.
Setting:
Set the patient age shown
by touching the patient
This is an extended specification. information area of the
2 ○ Age
3
measurement results.

the age, this item is not set.
Setting:
Set the patient gender
shown by touching the
patient information area of
Set the sex of a patient.
the measurement results.
Male: M
8.1.9 Patient Sex 1 — Patient Sex 1 Male: M
Female: F
Female: F
Unknown: U
Unknown: U
Items other than those

listed above are not sent.

Order Record (O)


ASTM Field Name
Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Setting:
Specimen ID
(Maximum 20 digits)
Set a specimen ID for For quality control
measurement data. data, set the barcode
9.4.3 Specimen ID number printed on the
label of the measured
control.
the rack
Setting:
Instrument Specimen Sequential ID of Number for the analyzer to SEQ# on the
9.4.4 1 — 7
ID the Specimen identify measurement-result data RESULTS screen
(max. 7 digits)
Settings:
Enter one of the
following according
to the measurement
parameter.
When CBC was

measured:
CBC
When CRP was

measured together
Unique code given to each with CBC:
Test code
measurement parameter. Enter CBC + CRP
9.4.5 Universal test ID 4 — (manufacturer- 20
the manufacturer-defined code
defined code) “ ” denotes a space
indicated in the rightmost cell.
(0x20).
When HbA1c was

measured:
HbA1c
When ESR was

measured together
with CBC:
CBC + ESR
“ ” denotes a space
(0x20).

ASTM Field Name
Length
Specimen name used for Setting:
measurement Whole blood:
Name of
1 — Whole blood: “BLOOD” 6 “BLOOD”
Specimen Type
Plasma: “PLASMA” Plasma: “PLASMA”
Serum: “SERUM” Serum: “SERUM”
Setting:
measurement
No. of Specimen Whole blood: “019”
2 ○ Type
Whole blood: “019” 3
Plasma: “022”
Plasma: “022”
Serum: “023”
Serum: “023”
information.

C|1|I|MesureModeÔPEN^PreDIL 20|I

Transmission Data
Information
Open mode measurement:
2 Additional Information 1 Sampling mode of specimens 9 “OPEN”
Close mode measurement:
“CLOSED”
One of the following value is set.
MANUAL
HIGH (M)
Dilution method of specimens PreDIL 10
3 Additional Information 2 There is not a space (0x20) in the end of this 12 PreDIL 20
character string. Capillary 10
Capillary 20
CLOSED
HIGH (C)
Serum/Plasma

• Specimen Type
Example: When the specimen type1 is set to “Blood”,
C|2|I|NormalRangeType^1^Blood|I

Transmission Data
Information
Specimen type number Set the index number of the sample
2 Additional Information 1 Assign the index of the specimen type used for 2 type used for the measurement.
measurement. Setting: 1 to 9
Specimen type name
Set the sample type used for the
Set the specimen-type name used for measurement.
3 Additional Information 2 8 measurement.
There is not a space (0x20) in the end of this Use UTF-8 as character encoding.
character string.

Comment records are used to set measurement messages or pathology flags.


ASTM
Definition) Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
10.1.3 4 — Measurement item that is locally used by the 11
Item analyzer.
10.1.5 is set.
If the measurement result is
Data or
Measurement represented by “OVER” or
10.1.4 Measurement 1 — Set a measurement value. 99999
Value other code, no value is set
Value
for this item.
this record, an ASCII code
encoded by BASE64 is set.*
Character String Refer to “Unit Codes”
for Units (p. 69).
If image data is allocated
10.1.5 Units 2 ○ Unit Code Set a unit code. 1
to this record, nothing to
3 ○ Unit Detail Code Set a unit detail code. 1 be set.*
measurement parameter that
10.1.6 1 — Reference Ranges 13 is set in ASTM Field 10.1.3
0x2D)
this record, nothing to be set.*


ASTM
Definition) Length
the reference range “L”, “H”, ”<” or “>” flag
H: Larger than the upper limit of is set.
Measurement
1 — the reference range 4 If image data is allocated
Value Flag
<: Smaller than the lower limit of to this record, nothing to
Result the measurable range be set.*
10.1.7 >: Larger than the upper limit of
Abnormal Flags
Extension Flag Measurement flag is set:
2 ○ for Measurement The flag is set for a measurement 4 “*”, “!”, “C”, “?”, “OVER”
Value value. If graph data is allocated to
this record, nothing to be set
Setting:
MEK-1301: MEK-1301
10.1.14 1 — 10 MEK-1302: MEK-1302
MEK-1303: MEK-1303
MEK-1305: MEK-1305
* Applied only when the parameter set in ASTM Field 10.1.3 is any of “HIST_WBC”, “HIST_RBC”, “HIST_PLT”.

Measurement Items
Name of a Measurement
Output Condition
Item in ASTM Field 10.1.3
CRP
HbA1c*
ESR
WBC
RBC
HGB
HCT
MCV
MCH
MCHC
PLT
Output when the value is displayed on the analyzer
GR#
screen.
LY#
MO#
GR%
LY%
MO%
RDW-CV
RDW-SD
MPV
PCT
PDW
P-LCR
P-LCC
MentzerIndex
RDWI
NLR
ESR HCT corr
Output when the operator is allowed the privilege of
ESR TEMP corr
“Print/Send Research Parameters”.
AMP
SA
AI
t1/2
MIN
HIST_WBC
HIST_RBC R record cannot be output.
HIST_PLT
*
elationship between the HbA1c values obtained with the analyzer and the
R
HbA1c value obtained with a CHM-4100 clinical chemistry analyzer is as
follows:
Parameter of a CHM-4100 Parameter of an MEK-1303 Automated
Clinical Chemistry Analyzer Hematology and Clinical Chemistry Analyzer
HbA1c (NGSP) HbA1c value whose unit is “%”
HbA1c(IFCC) HbA1c value whose unit is “mmol/mol”
HbA1c(JDS) Not available

Unit Codes
• Unit Codes and Unit Character Strings
ASTM Field 10.1.3 ASTM Field 10.1.5

Unit
Unit Detail
Parameter Name Character Unit Code
Code
String
10e2/μL* 9 0
WBC 10e3/μL* 9 1
GR, LY#, MO# 10e9/L* 9 2
/μL 9 4
10e4/μL* 9 0
RBC 10e6/μL* 9 1
10e12/L* 9 2
g/dL 9 0
HGB MCHC 9 1
mmol/L 9 2
10e4/μL* 9 0
PLT 10e3/μL* 9 1
10e9/L* 9 2
HCT, RDW-CV, PCT, PDW, P-LCR,
% 9 0
GR%, LY%, MO%, HbA1c, AI
MCV, RDW-SD, MPV fL 9 0
MCH pg 9 0
P-LCC 10e4/μL* 9 0
MentzerIndex, RDWI, AMP, SA, MIN None 9 None
HbA1c mmol/mol 9 1
ESR, ESR HCT corr, ESR TEMP corr mm 9 0
t1/2 s 9 0
* “10e<number>” indicates a power of 10. For example, “10e2” means “102”.

record. The specifications of the Comment Text field are indicated below.
• Measurement Messages
Example: When the Insufficient Sterring and WBC Measuring Unit
Bubble messages appear:
C|1|I|ResultAlarm^Însufficient Sterring\WBC Measuring Unit
Bubble|I

Transmission Data
Information
Outputs the messages
Set the number of messages displayed during measurement.
displayed on the analyzer
3 Additional Information 2 If multiple messages were displayed, they are delimited with 95
screen with UTF-8
backslash (\).
encoding.

Message List
Message List
WBC Measuring Unit Slight Noise in Imm. HGB LED Air bubbles in HGB ESR Analyze
WBC air bubble 1
Bubble Unit temperature rise blank Impossible(MCV)
Immunoassay Unit Background interference ESR Minor Air
WBC air bubble 2 RBC detection hole clog HGB voltage drop
HCT Limit up Bubble
Imm. Unit HCT Out No liquid in ESR
WBC air bubble 3 RBC noise HGB voltage increase Reagent Priming Error
of Range Meas Unit
RBC Time Series Immunoassay Unit Chassis Bottom ESR Meas Unit Temp
WBC air bubble 4 Carryover
Message HGB Limit Temp. Err. Rise
WBC insufficient PLT Time Series Imm. Unit HGB Out Chassis Bottom ESR Meas Unit Temp
Short Sample
volume 1 Message of Range Temp. Fall Drop
WBC insufficient Immunoassay Unit Immunoassay unit Chassis Bottom ESR LED
Insufficient Stirring
volume 2 Temp. Err. ct. error Temp. Rise Temperature Error
WBC insufficient Immunoassay Unit CBC circuit Chassis front temp. ESR LED
ESR Air Bubble
volume 3 Prim. Err. abnormality error Temperature Rise
WBC detection hole Immunoassay Unit HGB Circuit HGB Fluid Temp. ESR Analyze ESR LED
clog Power Err. Abnormality Abnormality Impossible Temperature Drop
Obstr. in Immunoassay HGB LED HGB Fluid Abnormal RBC Aggrgtn Cannot ESR Blank Out of
WBC noise
Unit Abnormal Temp. Low Temp Detect Range
WBC Time Series Noise in Immunoassay HGB LED HGB Fluid Abnorm. ESR Analyze
Message Unit temperature drop High Temp Impossible(HCT)

Example: When the Poor Hemolyzation flag appears,
C|2|I|WbcPathologyFlag^^Poor Hemolyzation|I
Transmission Data
Information
Outputs the WBC
Set a WBC-related pathology flag.
flags displayed on the
3 Additional Information 2 If multiple flags are generated, they are delimited with backslash 194
analyzer screen with
UTF-8 encoding.
WBC Flag List

WBC Flag List
Leukocytosis Lymphocyte Analysis Impossible
Leukopenia Granulocytes Analyze Impossible
Poor Hemolyzation Leukocyte Unclassifiable
Erythrocyte Ghost
• Other Flags
Pathology flags that are not related to WBC can be recorded as arbitrary
records.
Example: When the PLT Clumps, HGB Panic Value and Erythrocytosis
flags appear,
C|3|I|RbcPltPathologyFlag^^PLT Clumps\HGB Panic Value\
Erythrocytosis|I

Transmission Data
Information (fixed)
Outputs the flags
Set a pathology flag that is not related to WBC measurement. displayed on the analyzer
3 Additional Information 2 If multiple flags are generated, they are delimited with backslash 150 screen with UTF-8
(\) in order from highest priority. encoding (except for
WBC flags).

Other Flag List

Other Flag List
Erythrocytosis Thrombocytosis Increased RBC Aggregation
Anemia Thrombocytopenia Decreased RBC Aggregation
Anisocytosis PLT Clumps WBC High
Microcytosis PLT-RBC Interference Lysis/Chyle/Cold Agglutinin
Macrocytosis Abnormal CRP Response WBC Panic Value
Hypochromia High CRP Levels HGB Panic Value
Abnormal MCHC High ESR PLT Panic Value
Large Nucleated Cells


Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999


the Data List screen of the analyzer is indicated below.
Example 1
The following shows an example of communication when a CBC measurement
result is transferred from the MEK-1301 automated hematology analyzer.

• ID setting: “Sample ID”
• Sample ID: 1001
• Units: WBC) 102/μL, RBC) 104/μL, HGB) g/dL, HCT) %,
PLT) 104/μL
Response
Frames Transmitted from the MEK-1301 Automated Hematology Analyzer from the
Receiver
<ENQ> <ACK>
<STX>1H|\^&|||MEK-1301^1^00032^V02-07|||||||P|LIS02-A2|20201028101159<CR><ETX>0A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2P|1|||1001||||U<CR><ETX>BA<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3O|1|1001^M^1|2|^^^CBC|||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20201028100906|||F<CR><ETX>5C<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|1|^^^WBC|70.1|10e2/uL^9^0|40.0-90.0||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>63<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|2|^^^RBC|459|10e4/uL^9^0|376-570||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>F1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|3|^^^HGB|14.31|g/dL^9^0|12.00-18.00||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>42<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|4|^^^HCT|46.0|%^9^0|33.5-52.0||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>A8<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|5|^^^MCV|100.2|fL^9^0|80.0-100.0|H|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>D6<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|6|^^^MCH|31.2|pg^9^0|28.0-32.0||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>50<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|7|^^^MCHC|31.1|g/dL^9^0|31.0-35.0||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>00<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|8|^^^PLT|29.94|10e4/uL^9^0|15.00-35.00||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>20<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|9|^^^GR#|45.5|10e2/uL^9^0|17.0-77.0|^*|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>E2<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|10|^^^LY#|22.4|10e2/uL^9^0|7.0-51.0|^*|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>D8<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|11|^^^MO#|2.2|10e2/uL^9^0|0.0-9.0|^*|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>61<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|12|^^^GR%|65.01|%^9^0|42.00-85.00|^*|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>D1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|13|^^^LY%|31.92|%^9^0|17.00-57.00|^*|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>E3<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|14|^^^MO%|3.07|%^9^0|0.00-10.00|^*|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>64<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|17|^^^MPV|9.6|fL^9^0|7.0-11.0||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>1E<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|18|^^^PCT|0.29|%^9^0|0.16-0.33||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>E7<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|19|^^^PDW|18.7|%^9^0|15.5-18.9||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>FA<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|20|^^^P-LCR|46.6|%^9^0|20.0-58.0||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>58<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|21|^^^P-LCC|13.95|10e4/uL^9^0|||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>8A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|22|^^^MentzerIndex|22|^9|||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>06<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|23|^^^RDWI|378|^9|||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>9F<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|24|^^^NLR|2.04|^9|||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>79<CR><LF> <ACK>
<EOT>

Example 2
The following shows an example of communication when a CBC measurement
result with flags and messages is transferred from the MEK-1301, MEK-1302,
MEK-1303 or MEK-1305 analyzer.

• ID setting: “Both”
• Patient ID: None
• Sample ID: 12345678901234567890
PLT) 104/μL
• When a measurement result is transferred from the MEK-1302, MEK-1303 or
MEK-1305, “MEK-1301” in the following example changes to “MEK-1302”,
“MEK-1303” or “MEK-1305”.
Response
Frames Transmitted from the MEK-1301 Automated Hematology Analyzer from the
Receiver
<ENQ> <ACK>
<STX>1H|\^&|||MEK-1301^1^00032^V02-07|||||||P|LIS02-A2|20201028111324<CR><ETX>05<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2P|1|||12345678901234567890||||U<CR><ETX>12<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3O|1|12345678901234567890^M^1|3738|^^^CBC|||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20201028101933|||F<CR><ETX>
<ACK>
58<CR><LF>
<STX>6R|1|^^^WBC|18.7|10e2/uL^9^0|40.0-90.0|L|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>B7<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|2|^^^RBC|226|10e4/uL^9^0|376-570|L|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>35<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|3|^^^HGB|5.67|g/dL^9^0|12.00-18.00|L|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>67<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|4|^^^HCT|17.6|%^9^0|33.5-52.0|L|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>F8<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|5|^^^MCV|77.9|fL^9^0|80.0-100.0|L|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>BE<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|6|^^^MCH|25.1|pg^9^0|28.0-32.0|L|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>9E<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|8|^^^PLT|5.50|10e4/uL^9^0|15.00-35.00|L|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>2E<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|9|^^^GR#|6.3|10e2/uL^9^0|17.0-77.0|^*|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>AD<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|10|^^^LY#|11.9|10e2/uL^9^0|7.0-51.0|^*|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>DB<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|12|^^^GR%|33.59|%^9^0|42.00-85.00|^*|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>D9<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|14|^^^MO%|2.84|%^9^0|0.00-10.00|^*|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>68<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|16|^^^RDW-SD|52.3|fL^9^0|39.0-46.0|H|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>8A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|17|^^^MPV|8.4|fL^9^0|7.0-11.0||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>1B<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|18|^^^PCT|0.05|%^9^0|0.16-0.33|L|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>2D<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|19|^^^PDW|18.2|%^9^0|15.0-17.0|H|||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>2E<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|20|^^^P-LCR|45.2|%^9^0|20.0-58.0||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>53<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|21|^^^P-LCC|2.49|10e4/uL^9^0|||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>57<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|23|^^^RDWI|571|^9|||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>9A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|24|^^^NLR|0.53|^9|||||||||MEK-1301<CR><ETX>7B<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6C|1|I|WbcPathologyFlag^^Leukopenia\Granulocytes Analyze Impossible|I<CR><ETX>D9<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7C|2|I|RbcPltPathologyFlag^Ânemia\Thrombocytopenia|I<CR><ETX>C0<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0L|1<CR><ETX>39<CR><LF> <ACK>
<EOT>

Example 3
The following shows an example of communication when a HbA1c
measurement result is transferred from the MEK-1303 automated hematology
and clinical chemistry analyzer.

• Patient ID: None
• Sample ID: 0003
• Units: HbA1c) mmol/mol
Response
Frames Transmitted from the MEK-1303 Automated Hematology and Clinical Chemistry Analyzer from the
Receiver
<ENQ> <ACK>
<STX>2P|1|||0003||||U<CR><ETX>BB<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3O|1|0003^M^1|737|^^^HbA1c|||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20200123175323|||F<CR><ETX>83<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|1|^^^HbA1c|74|mmol/mol^9^1|-48|^*|||||||MEK-1303<CR><ETX>5D<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7C|1|I|ResultAlarm^Îmm. Unit HGB Out of Range|I<CR><ETX>C1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0L|1<CR><ETX>39<CR><LF> <ACK>
<EOT>

Example 4
The following shows an example of communication when a CBC+ESR
measurement result is transferred from the MEK-1305 automated hematology
and ESR analyzer.

• Units: WBC) 102/L, RBC) 104/L, HGB) g/dL, HCT) %,
PLT) 104/μL
Response
Frames Transmitted from the MEK-1305 Automated Hematology and ESR Analyzer from the
Receiver
<ENQ> <ACK>
<STX>1H|\^&|||MEK-1305^1^00013^V02-07|||||||Q|LIS02-A2|20201030145001<CR><ETX>01<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2P|1|||PID0004||||U<CR><ETX>99<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3O|1|SID0004^M^1|14|^^^CBC + ESR|||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20201023143723|||F<CR><ETX>C5<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5C|2|I|NormalRangeType^1^--- |I<CR><ETX>48<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|1|^^ÊSR|8|mm^9^0|4-14||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>E9<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|2|^^^WBC|66.8|10e2/uL^9^0|69.7-85.7|L|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>DE<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|3|^^^RBC|460|10e4/uL^9^0|448-488||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>EF<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|4|^^^HGB|13.69|g/dL^9^0|13.28-14.28||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>63<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|5|^^^HCT|45.7|%^9^0|43.2-49.2||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>BA<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|6|^^^MCV|99.3|fL^9^0|93.8-103.8||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>8D<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|9|^^^PLT|26.41|10e4/uL^9^0|23.01-33.01||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>1A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|10|^^^GR#|42.0|10e2/uL^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>C0<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|11|^^^LY#|22.8|10e2/uL^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>CC<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|12|^^^MO#|2.0|10e2/uL^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>8B<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|13|^^^GR%|62.93|%^9^0|54.19-74.19||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>6C<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|14|^^^LY%|34.09|%^9^0|22.49-42.49||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>72<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|15|^^^MO%|2.98|%^9^0|0.00-8.32||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>C7<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|16|^^^RDW-CV|17.2|%^9^0|14.1-20.1||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>AE<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|17|^^^RDW-SD|68.3|fL^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>90<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|19|^^^PCT|0.26|%^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>2C<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|20|^^^PDW|19.2|%^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>2D<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|21|^^^P-LCR|45.3|%^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>A2<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|22|^^ÊSR HCT corr|0|mm^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>20<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|23|^^ÊSR TEMP corr|0|mm^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>79<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|24|^^ÂMP|0.00|^9|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>69<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|25|^^^SA|0.00|^9|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>21<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|26|^^ÂI|0.00|%^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>CC<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|27|^^^t1/2|0.000|s^9^0|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>C0<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|28|^^^MIN|0.00|^9|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>6F<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|31|^^^RDWI|378|^9|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>A2<CR><LF> <ACK>
<EOT>

Example 5
The following shows an example of communication when a CBC+ESR
measurement result with flags and messages is transferred from the MEK-1305
automated hematology and ESR analyzer.

PLT) 104/μL
• In the following example, measurement values for ESR and ESR research
parameters are not shown because those values cannot be output when a
certain flag or message is generated.
Response
Frames Transmitted from the MEK-1305 Automated Hematology and ESR Analyzer from the
Receiver
<ENQ> <ACK>
<STX>2P|1|||PID0005||||F<CR><ETX>8B<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3O|1|SID0005^M^1|257|^^^CBC + ESR|||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20201030132317|||F<CR><ETX>FA<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|1|^^^WBC|71.3|10e2/uL^9^0|40.0-90.0||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>6A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|2|^^^RBC|432|10e4/uL^9^0|376-570||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>EC<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|3|^^^HGB|12.87|g/dL^9^0|12.00-18.00||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>4F<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|4|^^^HCT|51.3|%^9^0|33.5-52.0||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>AB<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2R|5|^^^MCV|118.8|fL^9^0|80.0-100.0|H|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>E9<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|7|^^^MCHC|25.1|g/dL^9^0|31.0-35.0|^!|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>86<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|8|^^^PLT|12.33|10e4/uL^9^0|15.00-35.00|L|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>61<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6R|9|^^^GR#|30.6|10e2/uL^9^0|17.0-77.0|^*|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>E1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|10|^^^LY#|17.4|10e2/uL^9^0|7.0-51.0|^*|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>E0<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|12|^^^GR%|42.98|%^9^0|42.00-85.00|^*|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>E0<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3R|14|^^^MO%|32.62|%^9^0|0.00-10.00|^*|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>9B<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5R|16|^^^RDW-SD|115.0|fL^9^0|42.8-51.0|H|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>B9<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|18|^^^PCT|0.12|%^9^0|0.16-0.33|L|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>2F<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|19|^^^PDW|20.4|%^9^0|15.5-18.9|H|||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>3C<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1R|20|^^^P-LCR|47.7|%^9^0|20.0-58.0||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>5E<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4R|23|^^^RDWI|678|^9|||||||||MEK-1305<CR><ETX>A6<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6C|1|I|ResultAlarm^^Short Sample\ESR Analyze Impossible\RBC Aggrgtn Cannot Detect|I<CR><ETX>80<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7C|2|I|WbcPathologyFlag^Êrythrocyte Ghost\Granulocytes Analyze Impossible|I<CR><ETX>95<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0C|3|I|RbcPltPathologyFlag^Ânisocytosis\Macrocytosis\Hypochromia\Abnormal MCHC|I<CR><ETX>72<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1L|1<CR><ETX>3A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<EOT>

Record and Data Communication Specification for CHM-4100
Record Contents
Header Record (H)
A header record is located at the top of a message. This record defines the
delimiter codes and sender data.


ASTM
Definition) Length
Device Model Setting: C
HM-4100
Name (fixed)
2 ○ Device ID No.
connected to the receiver.
Setting:
7.1.5 Sender Name or ID “Serial number” of the
analyzer indicated on
the Menu → Other →
Operation History screen
(maximum 5 digits)
4 ○ Software Version indicated on the Menu → Other → 6 Setting: V xx–xx
Operation History screen
This indicates the purpose of a
Setting:
message.
Set any of the following characters:
Q: Quality control
7.1.12 Processing ID 1 — Processing ID P: Normal measurement 1
Q: Quality control
This is not set for
T:
calibration
G: Not used
The format is
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
The transmission date and time
Date and Time of Date and Time of Set the date and time of
7.1.14 1 — of the first data item are retained, 14
Message Data Transmission transmission.
the receiver.

Comment Record (C)


Length
When sending several records, the Setting: 1, 2, …999
sequence number is counted up. → 0, 1, 2, …999
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
I: Device
P: Other
1 ○ Additional
records.
11.1.4 Comment Text
Order record:
Content of additional information
2 or higher ○ Additional Info
194 Refer to p. 79.
Measurement result
record:
Refer to p. 82.
defined.
Patient Record (P)

ID are set.

Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Set the ID to be
displayed on the
READY screen.

Order Record (O)



ASTM
Definition) Length
Record Type
9.4.1 1 — Record Type ID ID code of the record (fixed at O) 1 Setting: O (fixed)
ID
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
The ID is set.
Set a specimen ID for measurement Refer to “Specimen ID
data. Specification of the Quality
9.4.3 Specimen ID Control Measurement Data”
below.
3 — Rack Position Position No. of the specimen in the rack 2 Setting: 1 (fixed)
Setting:
Sequential ID of the Number for the analyzer to identify
1 — 7 SEQ# on the RESULTS
Specimen measurement-result data
screen (max. 7 digits)
Instrument Sequential ID of the
9.4.4
Specimen ID Specimen for the Sequential ID of the CBC measurement Sequential ID of the
2 ○ CBC Measurement which includes the HCT value which is 7 specimen for the CBC
for Calculating the used for calculating the CRP value measurement
CRP Value
The specimen name used
for the measurement is
Specimen name used for measurement automatically set.
Name of Specimen Whole blood: “BLOOD” Setting:
1 — 6
Type Plasma: “PLASMA” Whole blood:
Serum: “SERUM” “BLOOD”
Specimen Serum: “SERUM”
9.4.16
Descriptor Specimen type codes used for The specimen type codes
measurement used for measurement is
The analyzer uses JLAC specimen automatically set.
No. of Specimen names defined by the Japanese Society Setting:
2 ○ 3
Type of Laboratory Medicine: Whole blood:
Whole blood: “019” “019”
Plasma: “022” Plasma: “022”
Serum: “023” Serum: “023”
The date and time of measurement
1 — are indicated in the format of 14
Date/Time YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
Results Date and Time
9.4.23 The date and time of the CBC
Reported or of the CBC
measurement which includes the HCT Set the date/time of the
Last Modified 2 ○ Measurement for 14
value which is used for calculating the CBC measurement.
Calculating the
CRP value
CRP Value
9.4.26 Report Types 1 — Report Types Set the report type of order information. 1 Setting: F (fixed)


Quality Control Measurement Specimen ID

Method Mode First Counting Second Counting
Open - low CRPXRLOP 0001 CRPXRLOP 0002
Open - high CRPXRHOP 0001 CRPXRLOP 0002
X-R
Capillary- low A1CXRLCP 0001 A1CXRLCP 0001
Capillary- high A1CXRHCP 0001 A1CXRHCP 0002
Open - low CRPLJLOP 0001
Open - high CRPLJHOP 0001
L&J
Capillary- low A1CLJLCP 0001
Capillary- high A1CLJHCP 0001

The specifications of the Comment Text field are indicated below. The order of
appearance of comment records is not particularly specified.
|C|1|I|MesureModeÔPENÔPEN|I|

Transmission Data
Information
Capillary mode: “CAPILLARY”
Dilution method of specimens
When the Processing ID of the header record is set
to P, either OPEN or CAPILLARY is set. Either of the following methods is set.
3 Additional Information 2 12 OPEN
If it is set to Q, nothing is set. CAPILLARY
There is not a space (0x20) at the end of this
character string.

Example: When performing CRP measurement (1 parameter),
|C|3|I|MeasureParam^1^CRP|I|

Length
Information
Set the types of measurement parameters.
CBC measurement: “CBC”
CBC and DIFF measurement:
“CBC + Diff” 1 (10 byte) Either of the following is set according to
There must be spaces
1
the measurement parameters.
3 Additional Information 2 (0x20) before and after +. 10
CBC
CRP measurement: “CRP” HbA1c
HbA1c measurement: “HbA1c”
For the types of the NGSP/JDS values, see the
measurement result.

Length
Information




ASTM
Definition) Length
When sending several records, the Setting: 1, 2, …999 → 0,
number is counted up. 1, 2, …999
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999
Test Items (JLAC10) defined
3 — by the Japanese Society of 15
Laboratory Medicine.
10.1.3 Universal Test ID
Items” (p. 83).
Item analyzer.
Setting: JC10
Universal standard.
5 — 4 If there is no JLAC10
code, nothing to be set.
Data or units set at ASTM Field
Measurement
10.1.4 Measurement 1 — Set a measurement value. 10 10.1.5 is set. If there is no
Value
Value value such as OVER, it is
not set.
Character String
1 — Assign a character string for units. 10 Refer to “Unit Detail
10.1.5 Units for Units
Codes” (p. 83).
Set a reference range for a Reference value range
measurement value. of the measurement item
10.1.6 Reference Ranges 1 — Reference Ranges 13
[low level]–[high level] (“–” = that is set in ASTM Field
0x2D) 10.1.3
the reference range
Measurement Either of the following
Value Flag flags is set: “H”, “<”, “>”
Result Abnormal <: Smaller than the lower limit of
10.1.7 the measurable range
Flags
>: Larger than the upper limit of
Extension Flag Any of the following flags
2 ○ for Measurement Set a measurement flag. 4 is set:
Value “*”, “!”, “?”, “X”, “S”
Instrument Measurement-
10.1.14 1 — Model name of the analyzer 10 Setting: CHM-4100 (fixed)
Identification Device Name

Measurement Items
Name of a
Universal Test ID Type
Measurement Item
HCT 2A0400000019301
5C070000001906
(when Specimen Descriptor in Order Record (O) is Whole Blood)
5C0700000022062
CRP
(when Specimen Descriptor in Order Record (O) is Plasma)
5C0700000023062
(when Specimen Descriptor in Order Record (O) is Serum)
HbA1c (NGSP) 3D0450000019062*
HbA1c (JDS) —*
HbA1c (IFCC) —*
* The unit (NGSP/JDS/IFCC) selected on the [Menu] → [Settings] → [Units] screen of the clinical
chemistry analyzer is output.
Unit Detail Codes

• Unit Detail Codes and Unit Character Strings
Name of a
Setting Unit Unit Detail Code Unit Character String
Measurement Item
HbA1c (NGSP) % 0 %
HbA1c (JDS) % 0 %
HbA1c (IFCC) mmol/mol 1 mmol/mol
mg/dL 0 mg/dL
CRP*
mg/L 1 mg/L
* The unit (mg/dL, mg/L) selected on the [Menu] → [Settings] → [Units] screen of the clinical
chemistry analyzer is output.


Example: When “Clog” and “OVER” alarms are generated,

Transmission Data
Information
Set an alarm number for an alarm generated
2 Additional Information 1 during measurement. If multiple alarms are 95 Refer to the Alarm List table below.
generated, they are delimited with backslash (\).
Alarm List
Alarm No. Description of Alarm

301 Clog
302 HGB L?
303 VOLT?
304 OVER
305 Cell?
306 Ht*
307 X ( denotes a space.)



Length
1, 2, …999 → 0, 1, 2, …999


NOTE
On the Settings screen, touch [Operation Settings] then set “Sync
time to MEK” to “No”. When “Yes” is selected, the analyzer sends time
synchronization requests to the receiver, causing an error to occur.

Example 1
The following shows an example of communication when a CRP measurement
result is transferred from the CHM-4100 clinical chemistry analyzer.

• Specimen ID: CRP DATA 0001 (A “ ” denotes a space.)
• Specimen type: Serum
Response
Receiver
<ENQ> <ACK>
<STX>1H|¥^&|||CHM-4100^1^00001^V01-05|||||||P|E1394-97|20130523145401<CR><ETX>C6<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2P|1|||CRP DATA 0001<CR><ETX>B3<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3O|1|CRP DATA 0001^M^1|492||||||||||||SERUM^023|||||||20130401200900|||F<CR><ETX>33<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4C|1|I|MeasureModeÔPENÔPEN|I<CR><ETX>B1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5C|2|I|MeasureParam^1^CRP|I<CR><ETX>D1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6C|3|I|DataOutputMethodType^1|I<CR><ETX>DB<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|1|^^5C0700000023062^CRP^JC10|1.60|mg/dL^^0|-1.00|H^!|||||||CHM-4100<CR><ETX>3E<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|2|^^2A0400000019301^HCT^JC10|40.0|%^^0|||||||||CHM-4100<CR><ETX>E7<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1L|1<CR><ETX>3A<CR><LF>

Example 2
The following shows an example of communication when a CRP measurement
result is transferred from the CHM-4100 clinical chemistry analyzer with the
“Auto HCT correction” function enabled.

• Specimen ID: CRP DATA 0002 (A “ ” denotes a space.)
• Specimen type: Serum
Response
Receiver
<ENQ> <ACK>
<STX>1H|\^&|||CHM-4100^1^00001^V03-01|||||||P|E1394-97|20200424113101<CR><ETX>BA<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>2P|1|||CRP DATA 0002<CR><ETX>B4<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>3O|1|CRP DATA 0002^M^1|3||||||||||||BLOOD^019|||||||20200424112301|||F<CR><ETX>B1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>4C|1|I|MeasureModeÔPENÔPEN|I<CR><ETX>B1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>5C|2|I|MeasureParam^1^CRP|I<CR><ETX>D1<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>6C|3|I|DataOutputMethodType^1|I<CR><ETX>DB<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>7R|1|^^5C0700000019062^CRP^JC10|0.10|mg/dL^^0|-1.00|<|||||||CHM-4100<CR><ETX>B2<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>0R|2|^^2A0400000019301^HCT^JC10||%^^0|||||||||CHM-4100<CR><ETX>25<CR><LF> <ACK>
<STX>1L|1<CR><ETX>3A<CR><LF> <ACK>
<EOT>

Manufacturer
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ASTM Communication Specifications

Automated Hematology Analyzer

Automated Hematology and Clinical

Automated Hematology and

Clinical Chemistry Analyzer

ASTM Communication Specifications C.1

C.2 ASTM Communication Specifications

The communication specifications of the analyzer are based on the OSI

In addition, set the communication format to “ASTM” on the external output

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Data Link Layer

ASCII Control Codes

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Example of connection failure with NAK responses

STX F# Text ETX CHK CR LF

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Specifications of ACK/NAK Responses (Transfer Phase)

Shifts to unconnected state

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Example of frame-reception timeout

Shifts to unconnected state In process

After acknowledging reception of ENQ, the

Shifts to unconnected state

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Interrupt Request from the Receiver

5. Receiver connection closing phase:

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Example of Socket Based Communication

Creates a socket to listen for connections

Binds the socket to an address (bind)

Creates a new connection (connect)

Creates messages Waits to receive messages (recv)

3 Transfer phase Sends messages (send)

4 Termination phase Closes socket (close) Closes receiving socket (close)

Phases 2 to 4 are performed

5 Receiver connection Closes the socket used to listen for

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Message of Measurement Results

• Only one P record is included in the H record.

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Field Delimiter and Component Delimiter

Repeat delimiter Repeat delimiter

If a character string that includes a component delimiter (example:

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Record and Data Communication Specification for MEK-6500/6510

* The symbols in the Extension column have the following meanings.

Field Name Component Specifications

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Comment Record (C)

* The symbols in the Extension column have the following meanings.

Patient Record (P)

* The symbols in the Extension column have the following meanings.

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Order Record (O)

* The symbols in the Extension column have the following meanings.

Specimen ID Specification of the Quality Control Measurement Data

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Comment Record (C) Belonging to an Order Record

Component Data of the Comment Text Field

Component Data of the Comment Text Field

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