Kodak XP 3478 User manual

Network Installation Manual Publication No XP 3478
4/99
Supersedes 7/97
KODAK
Network ID Camera
Health Imaging

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Table of Contents
Description Page
1 DATA DOWNLOAD 1
1.1 Patient data........................................................................................................................................1
1.1.1 General ........................................................................................................................................1
1.1.2 Direct mode..................................................................................................................................1
1.1.3 Download mode............................................................................................................................1
1.1.4 Physical connection...................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 X-ray data...........................................................................................................................................2
1.2.1 General ........................................................................................................................................2
1.2.2 Physical connection...................................................................................................................... 2
2 THE PROTOCOLS 3
2.1 Patient data........................................................................................................................................3
2.1.1 General ........................................................................................................................................3
2.1.2 KODAK Network ID Camera Download protocol...........................................................................3
2.1.3 Direct protocol..............................................................................................................................4
2.1.4 Field List.......................................................................................................................................5
2.1.5 Protocols compatible with the KODAK X-OMATIC Identification Camera, Model 2010..................6
2.1.6 Examples .....................................................................................................................................7
2.2 X-ray data...........................................................................................................................................9
2.2.1 General ........................................................................................................................................9
2.2.2 MMAT3000................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.3 Senographe................................................................................................................................ 11
2.2.4 GXDP-P/-NP .............................................................................................................................. 13
3 PHYSICAL CONNECTION. 17
3.1 The HOST and AUX connector....................................................................................................... 17
3.2 The NET Connector......................................................................................................................... 17
3.3 Building a RS422 Network.............................................................................................................. 19
3.3.1 Installing Procedure.................................................................................................................... 20
3.3.2 Troubleshooting RS422 .............................................................................................................. 20
3.4 Built in diagnostic software............................................................................................................ 21
3.4.1 Serial analyzer............................................................................................................................ 21
3.4.2 System logger ............................................................................................................................ 22
APPENDIX A 25
ISO-8859-1 Character set...................................................................................................................... 25

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1Data Download
1.1 Patient data
1.1.1 General
The Kodak Network ID camera is able to receive patient data from a patient booking
system. This can be achieved in two ways depending on how the booking system works.
1.1.2 Direct mode.
This mode is used when each camera can be connected to its own terminal of the
booking system. When a patient arrives to the examination room and that is registered at
the terminal of the booking system the booking system immediately sends the patient
data to the camera which immediately displays it. This means that no user interaction is
necessary on the camera to make the camera ready for marking.
1.1.3 Download mode.
This mode is used when all cameras are connected to the central computer of the
booking system through one serial channel or if there are no terminals in each room. In
download mode a complete patient list is sent to each camera and operator has to bring
up this list on the camera to select the patient when the patient arrives at the examination
room. In this case all cameras are connected in parallel to one serial channel on the host
computer.
Except for patient data, time and date of the booking is also sent which the KODAK
Network ID Camera uses to sort the booking list. When the user brings up the booking list
the patient nearest in time is pointed out. This means that the user only needs a few
keystrokes to select the patient. To allow a camera to only store patients intended for a
specific room each patient data record is associated with a camera name and the camera
may reject all patients not intended for a specific room. Note that it is possible for more
then one camera to have the same name for example if there are many rooms that do the
same examination and the patients are taken to the room that gets available first.
Patients can be sent to the booking list at any time and any number of times. Duplicates
are thrown away and when the booking list becomes full the patient with the oldest
booking time is removed from the list.
1.1.4 Physical connection.
There are two ways to physically connect the camera to a booking system. Any of the
connections can be used with any of the protocols above. Just remember that if the direct
protocol is used cameras can not be connected in parallel as they would in that case
bring up the same patient at the same time and that is not very functional.

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One is through a RS232 interface. This is the normal way to use when using the direct
mode as one camera is connected to one host computer. Note that communication is
one-directional, from the host to the camera, which means that it is possible to connect
more then one camera to one host using RS232 but as the driving capacity of RS232 is
limited, which affects both maximum cable length and number of cameras, this is not
recommend.
The other is through a RS422 interface. This is the normal way to use when using the
download mode. It allows longer cables (up to hundreds of meters depending on which
sender is used) and it allows may cameras to be connected in parallel. It can of cause
also be used with the direct protocol for example if the cable distance is too long for
RS232.
1.2 X-ray data
1.2.1 General
The Kodak Network ID Camera is able to receive and exposure data, like kV and mAs,
from a X-ray unit. When the X-ray unit make a exposure, exposure data is sent to the
Kodak Network ID Camera and when the film later is marked by Kodak Network ID
Camera the exposure data is printed on the film together with patient data.
Kodak Network ID Camera can be connected as usual to a booking system for
downloading patient data. One camera is needed for each X-ray unit.
The sequence of operation is that when the patient arrives for the research patient data is
entered into the camera the usual way (manually or through booking system). After an
exposure is made the exposure data is immediately sent from the X-ray unit to KODAK
Network ID Camera. The cassette should immediately after the exposure be brought to
the camera and marked. The camera only stores data from the latest exposure. If
KODAK Network ID Camera would store data from many exposures to allow many
cassettes to be marked afterwards there is a big risk of exchanging cassettes so there
are many reason to force an immediate marking. To prevent a cassette to be marked
when there is no exposure data KODAK Network ID Camera can be configured to not
allow marking if exposure data is not available. When a marking is made the exposure
data is immediately erased to prevent two cassettes to be marked with the same data by
mistake.
1.2.2 Physical connection
Kodak Network ID Camera can receive X-ray data through a RS232 interface. Most X-ray
units are, or can be, equipped with a printer interface and through this Kodak Network ID
Camera can be connected instead of a printer.

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2The Protocols
2.1 Patient data
2.1.1 General
Four protocols are available. Two protocols were created for the Kodak Network ID
Camera with the intention of giving a flexible protocol which can handle language
dependent information and can transfer more data then just the name and patient ID.
Two other protocols were implemented to be compatible with the KODAK X-OMATIC
Identification Camera Model 2010 that was sold in the Nordic countries between 1990
and 1993. We do not recommend that new software are written for these protocols.
The protocols are in the camera called;
DIRECT The KODAK Network ID Camera direct mode
protocol
DOWNL The KODAK Network ID Camera download protocol
2010 B A protocol compatible with the KODAK X-OMATIC
Identification Camera Model 2010 used when the
camera is connected to a transmitter box called
MNT10.
2010 D A protocol compatible with the KODAK X-OMATIC
Identification Camera Model 2010 used when the
camera is connected without the MNT10.
All protocols accept national characters according to ISO8859-1 standard, please refer to
appendix A.
2.1.2 KODAK Network ID Camera Download protocol
The protocol:
#group;date;time;fieldlist#CR,LF
Group is the name of the lab where the camera(s) are located. This may be used to
select which camera(s) should store which patients. If this field is left blank
(the trailing ; must be included) the camera will accept the patient data
regardless of the name of the camera. This can be used as a broadcast to all
cameras.
Date is the booked date for the research. Date format is YYMMDD or DDMMYY
depending on which country the camera is configured for. The same format is
used as when displaying the date information in the main window of the
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Time is the booked time for the research. Time format is HHMM. The date and time
information is used to sort the list and to be able to point out ”best guess”
when opening the window with the list of patients.
Field list This is described below as it is the same format as for direct communication.
At least one name field must be included in the field list and for countries
using patient ID a patient ID field must also be included. See field list
specification below for more details
CR,LF These two characters terminates the block. To make the protocol as
compatible as possible the camera will accept, CR only, LF only and any
sequence of CR and LF.
Trailing and leading spaces in all fields in the field list are removed so if the programming
language used for the sender software has problems sending variable length text strings
(as some COBOL dialects do), just pad with spaces and the camera will remove them.
Just make sure that the total length including leading and trailing ‘#’ does not exceed 128
characters.
2.1.3 Direct protocol
This protocol is used when one camera is connected to one terminal. When the patient
data is sent from the computer the patient data window is immediately opened with the
data transferred.
#window;field list#CR,LF
Window is a single digit telling which cassette window should be used. Currently two
are defined. ‘1’ is the standard C1 window, ‘2’ is the narrow C1N window. If ‘*’
is used instead of a digit the window currently selected by the operator is
used.
Field list This is described below as it is the same format as for download
communication.
CR,LF These two characters terminates the block. To make the protocol as
compatible as possible the camera will accept, CR only, LF only and any
sequence of CR and LF.
The following string may be sent to the camera to close the window when the
examination has finished.
#QUIT#CR, LF
Trailing and leading spaces in the patient ID and name fields and fields in the field list are
removed so if your program has problems sending variable length text strings (as some
COBOL dialects do), just pad with spaces and the camera will remove them. Just make
sure that the total length including leading and trailing ‘#’ does not exceed 128
characters.