FINAPRES Finometer Model-2 - Ohmeda Protocol; Ohmeda Protocol and Hyperterminal

Finometer® Model-2 User’s Guide 69
6.7.1 Ohmeda protoco
The Ohmeda serial proto oftwa tha was used
ith the Ohmeda Finapres. For this the OHMEDA protocol must be
6.7 eda proto yperTerminal
The Ohmeda protocol is an one way protocol. This means that when
this protocol is selecte i
measurement.
The Windows applicat n called HyperTerminal can be used to present
or capture this data.
The output parameters are as fol
Data output format
l
col can be used for PC s re t
w
configured, see 5.4.4.
.2 Ohm col and H
d t will output data on the serial port during a
io
lows:
eter® Model-2 are ASCII code
characters.
In RUN mode the numeric data comes as a string:
p is a preamble representing the status of the data measurements
“?” or “!”
dubious, full arterial
ubious due to arterial contraction
sss are three characters for systolic pressure value in mmHg.
ddd characters for diastolic pressure value in mmHg.
mmm an pressure value in mmHg.
in beats/minute.
ds with
±h is the sign character and two value digits for the measured
ut is only available if the
All data coming from the Finom
psssdddmmmrrriiii±hh<CR>
as described in Table 4.4.
The preamble is one of the following 3 characters “:” or
: normal situation, good quality recording
? beat values may have become
contraction is close.
! beat values are d
are three
are three characters for me
rrr are three characters for pulse rate value
iiii are four characters for pulse interval in millisecon
a resolution of 5 milliseconds.
h
height signal in mmHg. This outp
Height Correction Unit is connected and nulled.