According to the spec document the are using ASTM E 1381-91 with TCP/IP and the messages enclosed by control characters forming a block, such as: ddddCS. Normalizing to HL7 is the plan but I need to get the message into the engine. Here is their communication example:
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IM 1H|^&|||DI||||||v7.00.0001_dev01|P|1|20060419165104B3
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IM 2P|1|16611006||001-50-1234|SMITH^LUCILLE^J||19441123|F|C||||789^Daniels^Larry^B|||||||||PF2||F|Fac 1^Ward 1^Rm 1^Bed 1^NS212
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IM 3O|1|2352363|001^2^5|^^^GLU^^^BUN|R|||||||||200618120804|SER1C
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IM 4R|1|^^^GLU|23.845|mg/dL|1.0 to 5.0|Err1Err2Err3||F||OP1^||20060419170830|Inst 136
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IM 5C|1|I|Comment 1|G5D
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IM 6C|1|I|Comment 2|G5F
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IM 7R|2|^^^BUN|100|%|1 to 100| ||F||OP1^||20060419171830|Inst 1FE
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IM 0C|1|I|Comment 1|G58
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IM 1C|1|I|Comment 2|G5A
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IM 2L|1|N05
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Thomas Rea
Saint Francis Health System
