Rx-Linker Documentation



Rx-Linker Documentation

RxLinker should be put on the local hard drive. This is because when you log in and it starts up it will do so before the network connection may be available. It is recommended that it be put in the

C:\RXLINKER directory.

There are only two required files. RXLINKER.EXE and DBGHELP.DLL. An RxLINKER.INI file is created automatically by the system when a configuration has been set. (If you are transferring your RXLINKER to another machine simply copy the INI file that already exists to the new machine in the RXLINKER directory.)

To create an icon for the program right click on the desktop and click on NEW then SHORTCUT and browse to the RXLINKER.EXE file. Make the shortcut so that it starts MINIMIZED.

If you like you can open the startup menu and drop a copy of the shortcut in there so that the program will startup automatically when the computer is re-booted. If you are on Windows 2000 or NT make sure that you put the ICON in ALL USERS desktop and starup directories..

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When RxLinker is up and running you will see two tabs- Incoming and Outgoing.

Each tab has a button on it that indicates either START or STOP. If START is showing then it’s current status for that tab is STOPPED. If STOP is showing then the current status for that TAB is that it is currently running.

RxLinker is designed to send files TCPIP from one computer to another. In particular it is designed to send HL7 messages. Each message sent is counted and displayed on the appropriate TAB. The TAB also shows the date and time of the last message and any current activity on the TAB.

RxLinker is easy to set up. Make sure that START is seen on both TABs. (That all activity has stopped.)

Left click on the little gray icon on the upper left hand corner of the application window and then left click again on the SETUP option and the following screen will be displayed.

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Profile: It is possible that the user might want multiple sending and receiving capabilities. For example, you might want to receive ADT from one source and CHARGES from another. This is supported by PROFILES. You set up a profile for each host. An example would be:

Profile – this sends orders to a vending machine and receives CHARGES from the vending machine.

ADT – this would receive only ADT information from a mainframe host.

To start a specific profile use the -p”XXXXX” on the program startup command line for the TARGET on your ICON setup.

Example:

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Application Name: Usually this will be RxLink

Facility Name: This will usually be the Hospital Name

Start Block Character: This should always be 11

End Block Character: This should always be 13

End Data Character: this should always be 28

Application Mode: This should always be Production

There are two other sections on this screen:

INCOMING and OUTGOING

The incoming section is where you set up the information about the portion of data that comes INTO RxLinker.

Directory: this should be the directory where the incoming data is going to be stored. USUALLY this is X:\DEASE\INCOMING (where “X” is the network drive letter).

File extension: This usually is RXI (for RxLink Incoming) – it is the file extension used when the file name is saved.

Port: This is the port that we watch for the sending information to be coming from (from the machine specified in the OUTGOING portion IP address)

AutoStart: If this is checked then the Incoming portion will try to run when ever the program is started.

Message Limit should always be set to “0” (ZERO)

Timeout: the recommended setting for this should be 30.

Enable Logging: should not be checked. This should only be enabled when you need to specifically find out what is happening on the interface. Leaving it on will result in rapid use of your disk drive space.

Sequential File Naming: This is recommended. The program will use the Transaction ID in the MSH segment if this is not checked. If the sending system uses any HL7 restricted characters in that field it will bring down the interface.

Passthrough: If you need a copy of what is sent real time to go to another directory then check this and set the parameters.

Outgoing:

Directory: This is the directory that the program will constantly search for outgoing files in. The recommended directory is X:\DEASE\OUTGOING (where “X” is the network drive letter)

File extension: This usually is DAT – only files with this extension will be sent.

Port: This is the port that we send information out from the current machine on.

AutoStart: If this is checked then the Incoming portion will try to run when ever the program is started.

Send Timeout: the recommended setting for this should be 30.

Connect Timeout: The recommended setting for this is 5

Enable Logging: should not be checked. This should only be enabled when you need to specifically find out what is happening on the interface. Leaving it on will result in rapid use of your disk drive space.

Server Address: There are two machines involved in this setup. The current machine and the OTHER machine (referred to as the “server”. This machine needs to know the IP address of the OTHER machine or SERVER. Enter the other machines IP address in this space.

Click on OK to save your data.

All of this information is saved in an INI file in the program directory. The INI file can be edited with a text editor if desired.

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