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7.4.1 Equipment detail segment (EQU)
The equipment detail segment contains the data necessary to identify and maintain the
equipment that is being used throughout the Laboratory Automation System.
# 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: |EQU^RO^c111^1|
EQU
^RO (Roche specific record identifier)
^Instrument abbreviation (c111)
^Version# of protocol implementation (1)
4 Equipment Instance
Identifier
EI R R |c111|
cobas c 111 instrument receives data: field is
ignored
cobas c 111 instrument transmits data:
<entity identifier (ST)> cobas c 111 instrument
5 Event Date/Time TS R R cobas c 111 instrument receives data: field is
ignored
cobas c 111 instrument transmits data:
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
6 Equipment State CE C C Not used / ignored by cobas c 111 instrument
7 Local/Remote Control State CE O O Not used / ignored by cobas c 111 instrument
8 Alert Level CE O O Not used / ignored by cobas c 111 instrument
EndOfRecord
7.4.1.1 Equipment instance identifier (EI)
Components: <entity identifier (ST)> ^ <namespace ID (IS)> ^ <universal ID (ST)> ^
<universal ID type (ID)>
Definition: This field identifies the equipment. This is the identifier from an institution’s
master list of equipment. The <namespace ID> identifies the institution.
7.4.1.2 Event date/time (TS)
Definition: This field is the date/time when the event (e.g., state transition, issuing of com-
mand, finishing of command execution) occurred.