Philips Efficia CM Series - Message Header (MSH) Segment

Serial Data Export
Efficia CM Series Data Export Guide 3-25
Positive ACK Message Syntax
Message Header (MSH) Segment
The MSH segment is used primarily as a message envelope.
Example:
This MSH segment shows a Positive ACK message being sent from the server to the
monitor on May 10, 2014 at 12:45:00 pm.
MSH|^~\&|||||20140510124500||ACK^^ACK_ALL|EXAMPLE123|P|2.4<CR>
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 ^~\&
7 Date/Time
Of Message
The date and
time of the
message
transmission.
TS 26 R 1 1
7.1 Date/Time Timestamp in the
format
YYYYMMDDHH
MMSS.
NM 20 R 1 1 20140510124500
9 Message
Type
Contains the
message type
and message
structure.
CM_M
SG
15 R 1 1 0076 ACK^^ACK_ALL
9.1 message
type
Acknowledg-
ment (ACK)
message.
ID 3 R 1 1 0076 ACK
9.3 message
structure
ID 7 R 1 1 0354 ACK_ALL
10 Message
Control ID
The unique
identifier for this
message
instance.
ST 20 R 1 1 EXAMPLE123