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7.4.3 Equipment command segment (ECD)
The equipment command segment contains the information required to notify the receiving
component what is to happen. Currently Database Reset is the only command in use:
NOTE: Due to the consequences when initiated it is not recommended to implement this
command. (manufacturing purposes).
The description is only for completeness of documentation, no use in the laboratory
environment.
# Field Name
Data
Type
Opt
In
Opt
Out
Re-
peat
Description
1 Record Type ID Char R R M : Manufacturer Record
Instrument transmits upper case characters and
receives upper or lower case.
2 Sequence Number Pos_int R R 1 : Sequence number is always one (1).
3 Record type sub ID Text
^text
^text
^text
R
—
—
—
R
O
O
O
cobas c 111 instrument receives data: field is
ignored
cobas c 111 instrument transmits data:
Format: |ECD ^RO^c111^1|
ECD
^RO (Roche specific record identifier)
^Instrument abbreviation (c111)
^Version# of protocol implementation (1)
4 Reference Command
Number
NM R — Format: |12345|
cobas c 111 instrument receives data: numeric (NM5)
See below
5 Remote Control Command CE R — Format: |IN |
cobas c 111 instrument receives data: only the first
field <identifier (ST)> is used and only “IN” is
supported.
6 Response Required ID O —
cobas c 111 instrument receives data:
Execution is never synchronized, so N is assumed and
the field is ignored
7 Requested Completion
Time
TQ O —
Not used / ignored by cobas c 111 instrument
8 Parameters ST O — Y Format: |C111-2509|
cobas c 111 instrument receives data: only one field
(ST9)
Use ‘C111-2509’ a string field which has to match
exactly – otherwise the request will be ignored.
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