Serial Data Export
Efficia CM Series Data Export Guide 3-11
Observation Reporting (ORF) Message Syntax
The following table describes each field in the MSH segment.
Seq Field Description DT Len Usage Min Max Table Sample Value
1 Field
Separator
The character
that separates
the segment ID
(MSH) from the
first data field
(Encoding
Characters) in
the segment.
ST 1 R 1 1 |
2 Encoding
Characters
The four
separator
characters for
the message in
this order:
component
separator (^),
repetition
separator (~),
escape
character (\),
subcomponent
separator (&).
ST 4 R 1 1 ^~\&
3 Sending
Application
Generic
identifier for the
Efficia monitor.
HD 180 R 1 1 0361 ^EfficiaCM
3.2 universal ID The identifier for
all Efficia
monitors.
ST 20 R 1 1 EfficiaCM
7 Date/Time
of Message
The date and
time that the
monitor created
the message.
TS 26 R 1 1
7.1 Date/Time Timestamp in
the format
YYYYMMDDHH
MMSS.
NM 20 R 1 1 20140510124500
9 Message
Type
The server uses
this field to
know which
data segments
to recognize.
Contains the
message type
and trigger
event for the
message.
CM_
MSG
15 R 1 1 0076 ORF^R04
9.1 message
type
Observation
Reporting (ORF)
message.
ID 3 R 1 1 0076 ORF
9.2 trigger event Response to
query;
transmission of
requested
observation:
R04.
ID 3 R 1 1 0003 R04