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Introduction
Index of chapters
RS232 connection
ASTM Format
ABX Format
ARGOS Format
Introduction
ASTM Format is recommended by ABX Diagnostics for every new connection developpement. ABX Format, is currently supported to be compliant with existing connections, but will not
be supported on future generation of instrument. Argos Format is not supported on new system generation.
Different protocols can be used on ABX Diagnostics instrument, a connection betwen a computer (host) and an ABX diagnostics instrument can be performed when the protocol, the
format description and the connection mode have been properly setup.
1. Micros family
Table 1: Format compatibility according to ABX analyzers and types of analyses (Micros)
Analysis type ABX ASTM Argos ABX ASTM Argos ABX ASTM Argos
LMG (CBC+LMG) X X X X X X
CRP X X
Output Formats: ABX ASTM Argos ABX ASTM Argos ABX ASTM Argos
Table 2: Format compatibility according to ABX analyzers and types of analyses (Pentra)
Table 3: Format compatibility according to ABX analyzers and types of analyses (Pentra)
Table 4: Format compatibility according to ABX analyzers and types of analyses (Pentra)
2. Instrument RS DB9
2. UDP Mode
ABX Diagnostics analyzers format responds to the ASTM specifications E-1381 & E- Table 6: Standard control characters
1394:
Control String Hexadecimal value
• E-1381: Standard specification for Low Level protocol to transfer messages between
clinical and laboratory instruments and computer systems. <ENQ> $05
• E-1394: Standard specification for transferring Information between clinical and <ACK> $06
laboratory instruments and computer systems. <NAK> $15
<STX> $02
1. Connection specifications (ASTM E-1381) <ETX> $03
<CR> $0D
1.1. Hardware and software characteristics <LF> $0A
<EOT> $04
Default format for emitted character is 1 bit start, 8 data bits, No parity, 1 bit stop.
Default communication speed is 38400 bauds. 1.3.1. Instrument\Host connexion
Hardware setting of the interface: Plug A&B are DB9 male plugs.
Table 7: Typical discussion between Instrument and Host
1.2. Output data characteristics Instrument <> Host
<ENQ> >
Characters: ASCII
Maximum message length: 247 characters. < <ACK>
Analyzer manages Xon/Xoff protocol. <STX>1...Data...<CR><ETX>xx<CR><LF> >
< <ACK>
<STX>2...Data...<CR><ETX>xx<CR><LF> >
< <ACK>
<EOT> >
1.3.2. Discussion with conflict between Instrument and Host Table 10: Defect packet during discussion between Instrument and Host
in case of retansmitted frame (after a <NAK> response from Host), frame number is not
incremented: <STX>1...Data...<CR><ETX>xx<CR><LF> Table 12: ASTM Records
Table 11: Frame format Record ID ASTM Definition P60C+ P80 PXL 80
H Header X X X
ASTM Transmitted # of
Definition Comments P Patient X X X
field data bytes
O Order X X X
0 STX $02 1
R Result X X X
Frame number is set to 1 and
1 Frame number 1 to 7, 0, ... 1 incremented by 1 for each frame C Comment X X X
up to 7 and then returns to 0 Q Query (Request information order) X
Header, Patient, Order, Result & S Scientific Record
2 Data message 240 max.
Comment messages M Manufacturer informations
End of data message L Terminator record X X X
3 1
ETX if end frame
4 Checksum 2
2.1. Structure of Records
5 CRLF $0D $0A 2
Data frames encapsulate Records defined by ASTM E-1394 norm, Records themselves The transmission of an Order without Patient record is not allowed, but Patient record
encapsulate ATSM fields. can be empty. Example: <STX>2P|1<CR><ETX>BB<CR><LF>
Example of record inside Data frame: <STX>1...Data...<CR><ETX>xx<CR><LF> 2.1.2. Instrument Patient file modification by Host
<STX>1H|\^&|||HostSimulator|||||ABX||P|E1394-97|20020705144108<CR><ETX>D3<CR><LF> • H (Header)
• .. P (Patient)
RAA024GA ABX DIAGNOSTICS PROPERTY 13
< << >
ASTM Format
2.1.3. Stucture of records for Result transmission Table 13: Header record fields
Standard
English Units P80 Units P80 Units P80
Table 19: Terminator record Parameter & Units P80
code Set2 Set3 Set4
Set1
ASTM Field max. length Mean Corpuscular Hemo-
Definition Transmitted data MCHC g/dL g/L mmol/L g/dL
field P60C+ P80 PXL80 globin Concentration
Red Distribution Width RDW % % % %
13.1.1 Record type L 1 1 1
3 3 9 9
13.1.2 Sequence number 1 1 1 1
Platelets PLT 10 /mm 10 /L 10 /L 103/mm3
Table 21: DIF Data presentation 3.3. Manual Input of parameters (PentraXL 80)
Standard
English Units P80 Units P80 Units P80
Parameter & Units P80 Table 22: Manual input of parameters Data presentation
code Set2 Set3 Set4
Set1
Standard
Eosinophils # EOS# 103/mm3 109/L 109/L 102/mm3 English Units P80 Units P80 Units P80
Parameter & Units P80
Eosinophils % EOS% % % % % code Set2 Set3 Set4
Set1
Basophils # BAS# 103/mm3 109/L 109/L 102/mm3 Bands # BND# 103/mm3 109/L 109/L 102/mm3
Basophils % BAS% % % % %
Bands % BND% % % % %
Atypical Lymphocytes # ALY# 103/mm3 109/L 109/L 102/mm3 3 3 9 9
Metamyelocytes # MET# 10 /mm 10 /L 10 /L 102/mm3
Atypical Lymphocytes % ALY% % % % % Metamyelocytes % MET% % % % %
Large Immature Cell # LIC# 103/mm3 109/L 109/L 102/mm3 Myelocytes # MYE# 3
10 /mm 3 9
10 /L 9
10 /L 102/mm3
Large Immature Cell % LIC% % % % % Myelocytes % MYE% % % % %
Red Blood Cell RBC 106/mm3 1012/L 1012/L 104/mm3 3 3 9 9
Promyelocytes # PRO# 10 /mm 10 /L 10 /L 102/mm3
Hemoglobin HGB g/dL g/L mmol/L g/dL Promyelocytes % PRO% % % % %
Hematocrit HCT % L/L L/L % 3 3 9 9
Blasts # BLA# 10 /mm 10 /L 10 /L 102/mm3
Mean Corpuscular Volume MCV µm3 fL fL µm3 Blasts % BLA% % % % %
Mean Corpuscular Hemo-
MCH pg pg fmol pg Others # OTH# 103/mm3 109/L 109/L 102/mm3
globin
Others % OTH% % % % %
Mean Corpuscular Hemo-
MCHC g/dL g/L mmol/L g/dL
globin Concentration Nrbc NRBC % % % %
Red Distribution Width RDW % % % %
Platelets PLT 103/mm3 109/L 109/L 103/mm3 3.4. Alarms and Pathologies
Mean Platelet Volume MPV 3 fL fL 3
µm µm
ASTM specification reserved no field for pathologies. Pathology messages are sent
Plateletcrit PCT % 1012/L 1012/L %
through the comment record.
Platelet Distribution Width PDW % % % %
Each different type of alarm is transmitted through one different Comment record, a «I»
(letter «i» in upper case) flag ended the Comment record and shows a warning from the
instrument.
Example:
Table 24: Analyzer alarms
• H|\^&|||ABX|||||||P|E1394-97|20010413105547
• .. P|1||||SANTOS^JeanPhilippe||||||||FRICH Philippe Alarm type All instruments Pentra 80 only
• ... .....O|1|0002|7|^^^DIF|||||||||||||||||||||F
• ......... .... R|1|^^^WBC^804-5|5.26|10e3/mm3||L||F XB, XR, QC, WESTGARD, STAR-
TUP FAILED, STARTUP NOTDONE,
• ......... .... C|1|I|^L1\^LL\^NL\^LL1|I ALARM_ANALYSER MANUAL MATCH, RECALCULATED
STARTUP NOTEFFECTIVE, FOR
INVESTIGATIONAL USE ONLY
3.4.1. Analytical alarms
3.4.3. Suspected pathologies
Analytical alarms are transmitted through one Comment record located after the
corresponding Result record.
Suspected pathologies are transmitted through one Comment record located after
Table 23: Analytical alarms corresponding Result record. If several patholgies are suspected they will be seperate by
the component delimiter.
All instruments except
Alarm type All instruments Pentra 80/XL80 Only Table 25: Suspected pathologies
Pentra 80/XL80
MB, CO, NE, LL, NL, MN, L1, MP, Ll1, M1, M2, Populations Messages French
ALARM_WBC LN, RM, RN, NO, LB,, BASO, LMNE+, LMNE-, SL1 G1, G2, G3, Lmne+,
WBC1, WBC2, Baso+, Baso- Lmne- WBC LEUCOCYTOSIS Leucocytose
Table 27: Example of Result sent by instrument Table 27: Example of Result sent by instrument
<STX>1H|\^&|||ABX|||||||P|E1394-97|20020725100331<CR><ETX>4D<CR><LF> <ACK>
<ACK> <STX>7R|11|^^^BAS%^706-2|0.20|%||||F<CR><ETX>75<CR><LF>
<STX>2P|1||AUTO_PID1381||CATHELIN||19260813<CR><ETX>4F<CR><LF> <ACK>
<ACK> <STX>0R|12|^^^ALY#^733-6|0.07|||||F<CR><ETX>61<CR><LF>
<STX>3O|1|25028||^^^DIF|||||||||||||||||||||F<CR><ETX>13<CR><LF> <ACK>
<ACK> <STX>1R|13|^^^ALY%^735-1|1.89|%||||F<CR><ETX>92<CR><LF>
<STX>4R|1|^^^WBC^804-5|3.45|10e3/mm3||LL||F<CR><ETX>D6<CR><LF> <ACK>
<ACK> <STX>2R|14|^^^LIC#^X-LIC|0.03|||||F<CR><ETX>B0<CR><LF>
<STX>5C|1|I|LEUCOPENIA^LYMPHOPENIA^NEUTROPENIA^EOSINOPHILIA^MONCYTOSIS|I<CR <ACK>
><ETX>C4<CR><LF> <STX>3R|15|^^^LIC%^11117-9|0.80|%||||F<CR><ETX>E2<CR><LF>
<ACK> <ACK>
<STX>6R|2|^^^LYM#^731-0|0.78|||LL||F<CR><ETX>DA<CR><LF> <STX>4R|16|^^^RBC^789-9|4.43|10e6/mm3||||F<CR><ETX>81<CR><LF>
<ACK> <ACK>
<STX>7R|3|^^^LYM%^736-9|22.50|%||LL||F<CR><ETX>3B<CR><LF> <STX>5R|17|^^^HGB^717-9|13.47|g/dl||||F<CR><ETX>D6<CR><LF>
<ACK> <ACK>
<STX>0R|4|^^^MON#^742-7|0.42|||||F<CR><ETX>36<CR><LF> <STX>6R|18|^^^HCT^4544-3|38.95|%||||F<CR><ETX>DB<CR><LF>
<ACK> <ACK>
<STX>1R|5|^^^MON%^744-3|12.20|%||HH||F<CR><ETX>1C<CR><LF> <STX>7R|19|^^^MCV^787-2|87.94|µm3||||F<CR><ETX>EB<CR><LF>
<ACK> <ACK>
<STX>2R|6|^^^NEU#^751-8|1.99|||LL||F<CR><ETX>DE<CR><LF> <STX>0R|20|^^^MCH^785-6|30.40|pg||||F<CR><ETX>3D<CR><LF>
<ACK> <ACK>
<STX>3R|7|^^^NEU%^770-8|57.70|%||||F<CR><ETX>A0<CR><LF> <STX>1R|21|^^^MCHC^786-4|34.57|g/dl||||F<CR><ETX>1C<CR><LF>
<ACK> <ACK>
<STX>4R|8|^^^EOS#^711-2|0.26|||||F<CR><ETX>34<CR><LF> <STX>2R|22|^^^RDW^788-0|13.49|%||||F<CR><ETX>AB<CR><LF>
<ACK> <ACK>
<STX>5R|9|^^^EOS%^713-8|7.40|%||HH||F<CR><ETX>F8<CR><LF> <STX>3R|23|^^^PLT^777-3|186.74|10e3/mm3||||F<CR><ETX>FA<CR><LF>
<ACK> <ACK>
<STX>6R|10|^^^BAS#^704-7|0.01|||||F<CR><ETX>4E<CR><LF> <STX>4R|24|^^^MPV^776-5|8.45|µm3||||F<CR><ETX>B7<CR><LF>
ABX Format 2.1.2. Typical unidirectionnal transmission from Instrument to Host with
«SOH»\»EOT»
ASTM Format is recommended by ABX Diagnostics for every new connection «SOH»\«EOT» option must be enabled on the instrument.
developpement. ABX Format, is currently supported to be compliant with earlier
instruments or existing connections. Table 29: Typical unidirectionnal transmission with «SOH»\»EOT» from Instrument to Host
2. Protocol description
2.2. Bidirectionnal mode
2.1. Unidirectionnal mode
2.2.1. Typical bidirectionnal transmission from Host to Instrument
2.1.1. Typical unidirectionnal transmission from Instrument to Host
Table 30: Typical transmission from Host to Instrument
Table 28: Typical unidirectionnal transmission from Instrument to Host Host <> Instrument Comment
Instrument <> Host Comment <SOH> > Host take the Line
In case of SOH/SOH conflict, priority is given to Host. After an adjustable delay (8s by
default) and if Host has not re-sent a SOH, instrument will try to send SOH again until
timeout. This will be done until automatic disconnection max time is reached.
Data packet files will be available only if the instrument has been setup with the remote
controlled mode.
"FILE" request:
The data packet "FILE" will be followed by $75 or $76 representing the patient file in
order to obtain the type of test to be run on the corresponding sample.
Pentra 80XL: Informations about the rack number, the type of test and the tube
position. Table 40: Identifier Second digit
Rack number: From 001 to 999
Second digit (letter) Correspondance Comment
Test: CBC or DIF
Tube position: From 01 to 10 B (french)
Parameter < to the lower extreme value P80/XL80: Only «L»
or L (other languages)
• NOTE 19 ($77)
b (french)
Pentra 80 V1.1 and above: Valid date format is YY/MM/DD Parameter < to the low normal value P80/XL80: Only «l»
or l (other languages)
’space’ Parameter normal value
5.2.1. Numerical result fields
h Parameter > to the high normal value
H Parameter > to the high extreme value
The numerical result filed format is 5 digits completed with zeros on the left.
Units are standard units. C Platelet concentrate Pentra 80 V1.1 and above
If one parameter cannot be calculated by the analyzer, the field is replaced with --.-- O Parameter exceeding the capacity
Example:
Parameter status:
5.5 millions RBC with a counting error in the standard units:
Following the numerical field, a first digit gives the counting rejection status or the
suspicion, a second one gives the parameter value status according to high and low $32 $20 $30 $35 $2E $35 $30 $52 $68 $0D or «2 05.50Rh» + carriage return.
normalities, to high and low extreme values and to the overloading capacities. Table 41: Pentra 80XL Identifier Third digit
Table 39: Identifier First digit Third digit (letter) Correspondance
First digit (letter) Correspondance Comment D Parameter obtained by dilution ratio other than 1
R Parameter rejected for a counting default ’space’ Parameter normal value
B Incorrect balance between the counting methods P80: Not transmitted
S Suspicious parameter value Table 42: Pentra 80XL Identifier Fourth digit
M Value input manually Pentra XL 80 Fourth digit (letter) Correspondance
D Value obtained by dilution Pentra XL 80
’space’ For further use
’space’ No anomaly observed
Table 46: RET numerical result fields list $24 $ Monocytes (#) 00.70 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$25 % Monocytes (%) 09.40 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
All instruments $26 & Granulocytes (#) 04.67 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
PXL 80
Identifier Correspondance Example (except PXL80)
Format (Length) $27 ' Granulocytes (%) 63.20 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
Format (Length)
$32 2 RBC 04.64 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$32 2 RBC 04.64 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$33 3 Hgb 14.17 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$3B ; Reticulocytes (#) 0656 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$34 4 Hct 43.95 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$3C < Reticulocytes (%) 01.41 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$35 5 MCV 94.68 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$3D = Reticulocytes Low (%) 80.34 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$36 6 MCH 30.53 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$3E > Reticulocytes Median (%) 14.96 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$37 7 MCHC 32.24 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$3F ? Reticulocytes High (%) 04.90 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$38 8 RDW 12.98 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$47 G Retic Immatures 00.02 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$40 @ PLT 00401 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$48 H Mean fluorescent index (%) 17.97 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$41 A MPV 07.94 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$49 I Mean reticulocyte vol. 107.5 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$42 B THT 0.318 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$4A J Corrected ret. count (%) 01.38 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$43 C PDW 13.50 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
$4C L IRF .0500 2+String(7)+1 2+String(10)+1
Table 48: CBR numerical result fields list Table 49: CRP numerical result field list
• NOTE 20:
Table 53: Identifier list (English and other languages)
«RUO message» is a warning message, transmitted always in english language.
Identifier Parameter Format Length Its content and size depend on the instrument. For the ABX PENTRA 120, it is
transmitted as follows: "In USA and Canada, PCT, PDW, ALY, LIC, MFI, and IMM
$50 P WBC or LMG L1 M1 M2 G1 G2 G3 2+12+1
are for research use only".
$51 Q Differential CO MB LL NL MN LN RM RN NO NE LB Ll1 2+25+1
$52 R RBC MI MA 2+4+1 5.2.3. Pathology messages fields
$53 S Plt Pc Sc Mc 2+6+1
BASO or WBC1 or WBC2 Each pathology is described by a group of 4 characters followed by a space, except for
$66 f WBC balance and Lmne+ or Lmne - 2+14+1 the last pathology.
and BASO+ or BASO - The content of the pathology is dependent from the chosen language.
Mp Xb Xr Only detected pathologies are transmitted. A common header (????) to the 4 Pathology
$67 g General 2+6+1
(Xb Xr not transmitted by Pentra 80/80XL) message groups, indicates that the pathological interpretation is impossible.
$68 h Reticulocytes Low Las Pit Fit Nrbc 2+16+1
$A2 I RUOs RUO message (20) 2+76+1
MON+ Monocytosis
Table 56: Pathological format description (English and other languages) Table 57: Pathological format description (French)
5.2.4.1. Histograms
Extended format:
The extended format includes all the heigth informations relative to each chanel. It is
constituted by a chart of 256 [RES] entries of 16 bits each.
These 512bytes chart is encoded before being transmitted. The format is as follow:
Diag.2: WBC thresholds
identificator, space, encoding type on 8 characters (od or uuencode), space, encoded
data size on 5 characters, space, data then carriage return. B. RBC identifier
5.2.4.2. Separation thresholds Separation thresholds 1-2 allow the calculation of the microcytic and macrocytic cell
proportions.
It is the channel number (decimal value) enclosing areas on the histograms or on the
matrix. Each threshold is transmitted on 3 bytes preceeded by a space.
Format description of the threshold transmission
A. WBC identifier
Separation thresholds 1-2-3 allow the L1 flag determination. For the analyzers in LMG
mode, the 4-5 thresholds allow the separation of the 3 populations Lymphocytes,
Monocytes, Granulocytes.
Example 1: output format of the WBC curve thresholds for an LMG sampling. In this
example, the analyzer doesn’t send the calculation thresholds of the L1 flag. Diag.3: RBC histogram
«] 000 000 000 040 060» + carriage return.
C. PLT identifier
Example 2: output format of the WBC curve thresholds for CBC and DIFF sampling. In The threshold 1 is the number of the last channel used to calculate the PLT number.
this 5parts DIFF analyzer, the LMG is not measured, the 4-5 thresholds are not
significants.
procedure.
Extended mode format (3D curve): The extended format includes all the height
informations relative to each chanel. It is constituted by a chart of 128 [ABS] x 128 [RES],
128 [ABS] x 256 [RES] or 256 [OFL] x 128Extended mode format (3D curve): The
extended format includes all the heigth informations relative to [CIS] entries of 16 bytes
each. These 32K or 64K charts are first of all compressed (3k approximately for a 32K
chart) then encoded (expansion 1 to 2) before being transmitted. The format is as follow:
identificator, space, compression algorythm on 8 characters ("compress" or "gzip" or
"lha" or "squeeze"), space, encoding type on 8 characters (od or uuencode), chart
format on 8 characters, space, encoded data size on 5 characters, space, data then
Diag.4: Plt histogram carriage return.
D. Basophil identifier Example: $6C $20 uuencode $20 00724 $20 data $0D
Thresholds 1-2-3 allow the determination of the basophil proportion regarding the total Examples:
number of WBCs. $64 $20 lha$20$20$20$20$20 $20od$20$20$20$20$20$20 $20 128Y256X $20 10772
$20 data $0D
$65 $20 compress $20 uuencode $20128X128Y $20 05386 $20 data $0D
5.2.5. Matrix
Screen bitmap: 2048 graphic bytes matrix are transmitted on 4096 ASCII bytes,
preceeded by a space. Each group of 2 ASCII bytes is the value of 1 graphic byte
represented from the left to the right and from the top to the bottom of the screen
(principles of the recovery of the 128x16 matrix bitmap on the PENTRA 120 LCD board).
The double matrix [127 (ABS) x 256 (RES)] is transmitted according to the same
RAA024GA ABX DIAGNOSTICS PROPERTY 42
< << >
ABX Format
Table 58: Histogram & Matrix format description right handside by "spaces".
6. Query mode
Table 61: QUERY request line structure
Once the Host receives a Query type message, it returns a message to load the working
list for the sample or samples concerned, respecting the delay programmed on the
instrument (25 seconds by default).
• When the remote controlled re-sampling mode is activated and after transmission of Identifier Correspondance Format Length
each result the analyser waits for the re-sampling decision message from the Host
$FF ÿ Data Packet Character string 2+8+1
system. Whatever decision is taken by the Host system, it returns a message, either a re-
sampling request, or when the result obtained does not require re-sampling the freeing of $75 u Identification Character string 2+16+1
the blood sample without re-sampling. $80 Ç Analysis type ’@’ 2+1+1
• The Host system has an answering delay which is adjustable on the analyser (25 Table 65: Transmission of results protocol and insertion of automatic re-sampling
seconds by default). This delay is fixed after transmission of the last result in order to
return the re-sampling request or the message to free the sample. Once the delay has Flow Dataflow Comments
been respected and in the case where no message is received by the analyser, the rack Instrument>Host $01 Pentra sends SOH
of samples is automatically discharged without re-sampling .
Host>Instrument $05 Host responds ENQ
• The adjustment of the answering delay of the Host system is ideally fixed at 25 $0205395$OD
$FF RESULT $OD
seconds by default. It is possible to change the value of this parameter, however, from 30
....
seconds on the analyser generates a supplementary waiting cycle of 30 seconds, or 2 Instrument>Host Pentra sends STX + Result + ETX
....
waiting cycles from 60 seconds involving consequently a reduction of the analytical ....
output capacity. $03
The ARGOS format is a fixed format included between STX and ETX. These characters <SOH> > Host take the Line
are splitted into fields representing a transmitted item. < <ENQ>
<STX> + FILE + <ETX> >
Table 73: WBC 5DIFF Flags (Line 38) 4. Patient file characteristics
Character French English
4.1. Key
Q FIT FIT
R NRBC NRBC
- (]) : Carriage return $0D.
S Bg LB - CRC : Exclusive “OR” of all the transmitted bytes, except ETX and STX, then the
T W1 W1 inclusive “OR” with a $40 value.
U W2 W2 - Y, Z : Alphanumeric character from $20 to $7F.
Table 74: LMG Flags (Line 39) 4.2. Patient file format
Character French English
L L1 L1 Table 76: Patient file format
M M1 M1
Line Data Comment Length
M M2 M2
Line 1 STX ($02) Start of text 1
G G1 G1
D ($44) Character «D» 1
G G2 G2
zz] Analyser No 2+1
G G3 G3
Line 2 YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY] Identification No 16 + 1
Line 3 YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY] Identification 30 + 1
Table 75: PLT Flags (Line 40)
Line 4 zz/zz/zz] Date of birth 8+1
Character French English Line 5 YYY] Age 3+1
P PEC PEC Line 6 z] Sex 1+1
S SCH SCH Line 7 Y] From 1+1
M MIC MIC Line 8 YYYYYYYYYYYYYYY] Doctor 15 + 1
Line 9 YYYYYYYYYY] Department 10 + 1
Line 10 YYYYYYYYYYYYYY] Sampling date 14 + 1
Line 11 YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY] comments 32 + 1
5. End of communication
5.1. Key