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1 OBJECT
This document describes the data format and protocol for AL22 when it communicates with a LIS system.
The functionalities have to match the software specifications.

2 APPROVAL AND HISTORY

Révision Date Auteur Raison et nature de la modification Approbation

01 20/09/10 Création du document
02 15/02/11 Translation in English, suppress SVM, update for V2.0

3 DIFFUSION / MISE A DISPOSITION

4 TERMINOLOGY AND ABBREVIATIONS

Host laboratory informatic system, HOST system
CT Closed tube on racks
OV Other vial (open tube)
Hand-Shake Bi-directionnnal communication using acknowledgement.

5 REFERENCES
Format description uses following symbols :

Symbole Valeur Hexadécimal ou

signification
[CR] 0x0d, carriage return
[LF] 0x0a, line feed
[CRLF] 0x0d 0x0a
[TAB] 0x09, tabulation
[SPACE] 0x20, espace
[ETX] 0x03, end of text

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‘A’ 0x41 , a character is within

quotes
(OPT) Optional field . If not
received, Mythic22AL will
take a default value
(SEND) The following frame is sent
by Mythic22AL.
(RECEIVE) The following frame is
received by Mythic22AL .

Hand-Shake : communication bidirectionnelle basée sur l’acquittement.

6 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
The Mythic22AL system may communicate with a LIS system. The essential part of these communications is
the results sending.

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1  OBJECT ..........................................................................................................................................................................1 
2  APPROVAL AND HISTORY ........................................................................................................................................1 
3  DIFFUSION / MISE A DISPOSITION..................................................................................................................1 
4  TERMINOLOGY AND ABBREVIATIONS ...............................................................................................................1 
5  REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................................................1 
6  SYSTEM OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................. 2 
7  GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................................................... 4 
7.1  GENERIC PRINCIPLES .................................................................................................................................... 4 
7.2  FRAMES ............................................................................................................................................................ 55  Supprimé : 4
7.2.1  Connection .................................................................................................................................................... 55  Supprimé : 4
7.2.1.1  Mythic22AL connection resquest..................................................................................................... 5 
  LIS connection request .................................................................................................................................... 5 
7.2.1.2 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 
7.2.1.3  Units....................................................................................................................................................... 6 
7.2.2  RESULT (SAMPLE)..................................................................................................................................... 66  Supprimé : 7
7.2.2.1  Sendind result request....................................................................................................................... 7 
7.2.2.2  Sendind result request acknowledge ............................................................................................... 7 
7.2.2.3  Analysis result sending ....................................................................................................................... 7 
7.2.2.4  Haematological parameter format: ................................................................................................ 99  Supprimé : 10
7.2.2.5  Lmne Matrix and threshold details.................................................................................................12 
7.2.2.6  Result acknowledgement ...................................................................................................................17 
  Next tube ..........................................................................................................................................................17 
7.2.2.7  acknowledgement................................................................................................................................17 
Mythic22AL acknowledges :................................................................................................................................17 
7.2.3  CALIBRATION.............................................................................................................................................17 
7.2.3.1  Target calibration loading.................................................................................................................18 
7.2.3.2  Calibration results..............................................................................................................................19 
7.2.4  QC.............................................................................................................................................................. 1919  Supprimé : 20
7.2.4.1  Target QC loading ......................................................................................................................... 1919  Supprimé : 20
7.2.4.2  QC Result .............................................................................................................................................21 
7.2.5  REPEATABILITY ........................................................................................................................................ 22 
7.2.5.1  Result ................................................................................................................................................... 22 
7.2.6  STARTUP frame ......................................................................................................................................... 23 
7.2.7  REAGENT frame ......................................................................................................................................... 23 
7.3  CRC CHECKSUM............................................................................................................................................... 23 
7.3.1  Algorithmic .................................................................................................................................................. 23 
8  RECEIVING A WORKLIST FROM A LIS .............................................................................................................24 
8.1  PRINCIPLES..................................................................................................................................................... 24 
8.2  CRC VALUE ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 
8.3  FILE RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT....................................................................................................... 26 

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7 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
It is a specific format designed by C2 to transfer data to an external system using RS232 or Ethernet
interface. The setting and wiring are not described in this document.
To make easy the use of these data, the chosen format is text line oriented and is compatible with CSV
format. The identifiers (key word) have to be in English.

7.1 Generic principles

The exchanged frames are in ASCII code.
A frame contents one or more lines.
A line contents one or more fields.
All sended lines by MythicAL22 are terminated with [CR], even if not specified in the examples.
In receiving, MythicAL22 can accept [CR], [LF] or [CRLF] as end line.

Le Mythic22AL begins each frame by the following header :

22AL X ;Y ;Z( ; status parameters if any)[CR]

where :
X is the instrument number of the Mythic22AL (max 2 chars).
Y is the user identifier (login) (max 10 chars).
Z is the frame identifier
The decimal separator is the dot.
The field separator is the semicolon.
The DATE format is set to DD/MM/YYYY, time is set to HH:MM:SS in 24 hours mode.

The atomic frames are:

• Results sending request with results sending
• Sending of calibration packet with calibration results
All the frames lines have to be emitted (if there is no information, the parameter is left empty)..
All the identifier key words (of frame or of parameter) are in upper-case.
The following fields (SID, PID, ID, blood type, operator, lot number) are UTF8 encoded in UTF8.

Maximum fields length for fields shared among different frames

OPERATOR 10 chars
USER 10
LOT (CALI ou QC) 8
SID 16
PID 16
ID 20

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7.2 FRAMES
7.2.1 Connection

To communicate with a Host, it is not required to establish this connection. However, it is available to
secure the communication.

7.2.1.1 Mythic22AL connection resquest

SIL
Mythic22AL

“22AL;X;Y;CONNECT;200207-000451;9 ”
connection request

« ACK_CONNECT;9
acknowledged if
Ou NAK_CONNECT;9»
handshake is used

(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;CONNECT ;Serial number (*);C2 format version(**)[CR]
Ex : 22AL 2 ;GG ;CONNECT ;102406-000457 ;9
ACK_CONNECT ; C2 format version [CR]
And if the instrument serial number is not allowed to connect:
(RECEIVE)
NACK_CONNECT ; C2 format version [CR]

In the case of an unvalid motherboard serial number (not numeric) then the serial number is transmitted
entirely.
(**) This will remain to 9 to do not break compatibility with actual connections.

7.2.1.2 LIS connection request

Mythic22AL LIS

Connection
“CONNECT;9 ”
Request

« MYTHIC X ;Y ;ACK_CONNECT; 102406-000457 ;9 »

acknowledge
the request

The LIS sends a frame :

(RECEIVE)
CONNECT ; C2 format version [CR]

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Mythic22AL acknowledges :
(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;ACK_CONNECT ; Serial number (*) ;C2 format version [CR]

7.2.1.3 Units
The parameters unit is specified by the line :
UNIT ;u[CR] where u is the unit code.
This line is used for host connection.

- Host Mode: communication are done with the current unit set for the instrument.

Unit code value Unit system

1 STANDARD
2 S.I.
3 S.I. MMOL

If a received frame does not specify the unit code, then the Mythic22AL will use STANDARD unit by
default.

7.2.2 RESULT (SAMPLE)

The Mythic22AL sends the results after the Host acknowledge occurs. This behaviour avoids a stream to be
sent with no host connected.

Mythic22A Host
L

Sending result request “22AL;X;Y;RESULT_READY;2470”

« ACK_RESULT_READY “
Sending result request
acknowledge

Analysis result sending Trame RESULT

“ACK_RESULT;A;B” Result acknowledge

HOST with hand-shake mode (time-out can be set)

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7.2.2.1 Sendind result request

Utilisée dans le cas de fonctionnement en mode « Hand-Shake »
Used in the case of a hand-shake mode.
(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;RESULT_READY ;Taille[CR]

7.2.2.2 Sendind result request acknowledge

(RECEIVE)
ACK_RESULT_READY[CR]

7.2.2.3 Analysis result sending

This concerns results which are not linked with calibration, quality control or repeatibility.

(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;RESULT [CR]
DATE;30/10/2003 [CR]
TIME;15:36:38 [CR]
MODE;NORMAL [CR]
UNIT ; Unité [CR] specify the unit used for the following parameters
SEQ;352; [CR]
SID;3 [CR]
PID;X28 [CR]
ID;DUPONT [CR]
TYPE;STANDARD [CR]
TEST; CBC ou DIF [CR]
-------- With the M22 RESULT FORMAT unchecked, the following fields are included :
RTYPE;1 [CR]
RACK;2 [CR]
POS;5 [CR]
BIRTH;14/09/1981 [CR]
SEX;1 [CR]
PRESC;DR HOUSE [CR]
LOCAT;PARIS [CR]
FIRSTNAME;VINCE [CR]
DRAW DATE; (0 for UNKNOWN ou 1 for TODAY 2 for YESTERDAY)
DRAW TIME; hh:mm:ss
PATIENT COMMENT;NO COMMENT [CR]
INFO;;;
---------

OPERATOR ; Mythic22AL login at run time[CR]

PREL;CT [CR]
CYCLE;A [CR]
WBC; 11.0;A;B; 2.0; 4.0; 11.0; 15.0 [CR]

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RBC; 6.00;A;B; 2.50; 4.00; 6.20; 7.00 [CR]

HGB;15.0;A;B; 8.5;11.0;18.8;20.0 [CR]
HCT;49.0;A;B;25.0;35.0;55.0;60.0 [CR]
PLT; 320;A;B; 70; 150; 400; 500 [CR]
LYM; 3.4;A;B; 0.8; 1.0; 5.0; 5.5 [CR]
MON; 1.4;A;B; 0.0; 0.1; 1.0; 1.1 [CR]
LYM%;30.5;A;B;15.0;25.0;50.0;55.0 [CR]
MON%;13.0;A;B; 1.0; 2.0;10.0;12.0 [CR]
MCV; 81.7;A;B; 70.0; 80.0;100.0;120.0 [CR]
MCH; 25.0;A;B; 25.0; 26.0; 34.0; 35.0 [CR]
MCHC; 30.6;A;B; 28.0; 31.0; 35.0; 36.0 [CR]
RDW; 8.1;A;B; 7.0; 10.0; 20.0; 25.0 [CR]
MPV; 7.5;A;B; 5.0; 6.0; 10.0; 12.5 [CR]
PCT; 0.401;A;B; 0.150; 0.200; 0.500; 0.600 [CR]
PDW; 9.9;A;B; 5.0; 8.0; 18.0; 25.0 [CR]
EOS;1.4;A;B; 0.0;0.5;1.0; 5.0 [CR]
BAS;0.6;A;B; 0.0;0.5;1.0; 5.0 [CR]
EOS%;2.4;A;B; 0.0;0.5;1.0; 5.0 [CR]
BAS%;1.6;A;B; 0.0;0.5;1.0; 5.0 [CR]

WBC CURVE; valeur canal1;… ;valeur canal 128 [CR] histograms followed by thresholds
WBC THRESHOLDS;S1;S2 [CR]
RBC CURVE; valeur canal1;… ;valeur canal 128 [CR]
RBC THRESHOLDS; S1;S2 [CR]
PLT CURVE; valeur canal1;… ;valeur canal 128 [CR]
PLT THRESHOLDS; S1 [CR]
ALARMS;x;x;x;x;x;x;x;x;x;x;x [CR] alarms for the result
INTERPRETIVE_WBC;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y [CR] Pathology message
INTERPRETIVE_RBC;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y [CR]
INTERPRETIVE_PLT;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y;y [CR]
LMNE MATRIX; [CR]
m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m m;m;m;m;m; [CR]
m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m m;m;m;m;m; [CR]
…………
m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ; [CR]
[CR]
LMNE SHADE MATRIX; [CR]
m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m m;m;m;m;m; [CR]
m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m;m m;m;m;m;m; [CR]
…………
m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ;m ; [CR]
[CR]
THRES 5D LMNE MATRIX; [CR]
T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;[CR]
T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;T ;S ;[CR]
COMMENT; RUO message if needed

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END_RESULT; checksum value [CR]

7.2.2.3.1 Fields details

Sampling mode for Mythic22AL : PREL ; p

P value signification
“OV“ Prélèvement “Other vial “
“CT“ Prélèvement “Close tube”

Cycle option for Mythic22AL : CYCLE ; o

O value signification
“N“ Used cycle is standard
“A” Used cycle is optimised for high altitude.

INFO field for Mythic22AL : INFO ; x;y

filed value
x Nothing or M for order manually matched
y Nothing or R for rerun.

Alarms and pathological messages :

x : Nothing or alarm.
y : Nothing or interpretive message.

Histograms and thresholds :

S1 S2 S3 : curves thresholds (in [0 et 127] range). S3 is only avalaible for a Mythic18 (LMG). If RUO is not
wanted, then PCT and PDW parameters are not transmitted.

m : compressed ASCII field, 1 to 4 characters.

Each line size is below 250 characters. Lines number is variable.
See below for more details
T : Matrix Threshold name. See below for more details.
S : Matrix Threshold value. See below for more details.

7.2.2.4 Haematological parameter format:

WBC; 11.0 ;A ;B ; 2.0 ; 4.0 ; 11.0 ; 15.0 [CR]
Alias ; value ; flag A ; flag B low panic ;low ; high ;high panic [CR]

rank Fields Possible Values

1 Parameter id WBC
2 Parameter value in the selected unit 5.84
+++++ (5 plus) if over range

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..… (5 points) if unvalid result

3 Flag A Nothing or ‘*’ if result is rejected (counting or
measure rejection ) or invalidating fault.
's' for dif alarms (see flagging scheme)
4 Flag B Nothing
D : Higher than reportable limits (1)

‘L’ Result < panic value

‘l’ Result < normal value
‘h’ Result > normal value
‘H’ Result > panic value
5 Low Panic value 2.0
6 Low value 4.0
7 High value 6.0
8 High panic value 8.0

7.2.2.4.1 Alarms list

S-UP NOT DONE
S-UP FAIL
QC NOT DONE
QC FAIL
INS-M
INS-T
INS-P
INS-R
INS-H
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
R1
R2
P1
P2
P3
NH
NL
RL
N1
N2
IC
HL
W-CL

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R-CL
O-CL
O-DF

7.2.2.4.2 WBC interpretive message

LEU>
LEU<
LYM>
LYM<
MON>
NEU>
NEU<
EOS>
BAS>
MYEL
LIC
ALY
ERYB
BLST

NO_INTERPRETATION

7.2.2.4.3 RBC interpretive message

ANE
ERY>
MICRO
MACRO
MICR>
MICR>>
MICR>>>
MACR>
MACR>>
MACR>>>

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ANIS>
ANIS>>
ANIS>>>
HYPOCR
COLDAGG
NO_INTERPRETATION

7.2.2.4.4 PLT interpretive report

THR>
THR<
MACROP
PLTAGGR
MICROC
SCHIZ
CELLD
NO_INTERPRETATION

7.2.2.5 Lmne Matrix and threshold details

Lmne matrix is separate into 2 compressed matrixes. This is to provide 2 levels in the third dimension.
After uncompressing (using the same owner algorithm), the matrix mean:
• LMNE MATRIX = 2D image for all cellular elements, 1 bit per cell, 128 x 128 bits = 2048 bytes.
• LMNE SHADE MATRIX = only low level cells, 1 bit per cell , 128 x 128 bits = 2048 bytes.
Low level cells means less than 2 cells.

LMNE MATRIX, bit i LMNE SHADE MATRIX, bit i Points ou particules

0 0 absence
0 1 low level
1 0 high level
1 1 Cas impossible

Compressing algorithm overview :

• 00 repeat bytes are coded « Zxxx », xxx = ASCII Hexadecimal counter.
• FF repeat bytes are coded « Uxxx », xxx = ASCII Hexadecimal counter.
• Others bytes are coded in ASCII Hexadecimal: « xx »,.
• Matrix end is coded with « T ».
• Each item is separated by a separator ';'.
• The datas are divided in line lower than 250 characters: a carriage return [CR] is inserted.

Matrix uncompressing function example (C Language):

int UnSqueezeMatrix(unsigned char *pucDestMatrix, unsigned char *pucSrcM) // dest, src
{
int iCnt;
unsigned char *pucDest, *pucSrc, ucVal;
pucSrc = pucSrcM; // source

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pucDest = pucDestMatrix; // dest

memset(pucDestMatrix, 0, sizeof(BMP_MATRIX)); // maz dest
while (*pucSrc != 'T') // end of trame
{
ucVal = *pucSrc;
switch(ucVal)
{
case '\x0d': // ignore CR , LF , separator
case '\x0a':
case ';':
break;
case 'U': // value 0xFF
{
pucSrc++;
sscanf((char *)pucSrc,"%x", &iCnt);
memset(pucDest, 0xFF, iCnt);
pucDest+= iCnt;
break;
}
case 'Z': // value 0
{
pucSrc++;
sscanf((char *)pucSrc,"%x", &iCnt);
memset(pucDest, 0x00, iCnt);
pucDest+= iCnt;
break;
}
default:
{
sscanf((char *)pucSrc,"%x", &iCnt);
*pucDest++ = (u_char)iCnt;
break;
}
}
while (*pucSrc != ';') // skip ; separator
pucSrc++;
pucSrc++;
}
return((int)pucDest - (int)pucDestMatrix);
}

This function needs that « ; » is a separator for scanf() function , usually true for the most systems.

Graphical representation of the matrix :

Coming with the 2-level dot, Mythic22AL applies a color depending of the cell population.

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- Low level dot : clear color

- High level dot: darker color

With no population coloring, a simplified representation would give :

ALL : Axial light losses

low level dots

Threshold

High level dots

FSC : Foward scatter

Origine
(0,0)

Considering a blank bitmap with (0,0) for origin, in the upper left corner, a matrix rendering could be done
by the following example (C language)

static u_char ucMask[] = {0x80,0x40,0x20,0x10,0x08,0x04,0x02,0x01};

UnSqueezeMatrix( pucMat, bufferM1); // dest, src uncompress
UnSqueezeMatrix( pucMatL, bufferM2); // dest, src uncompress
for (i = 0; i <(16*128); i++) // 128 x 128 pixels
{
ucVal = *(pucMat+i); // LMNE MATRIX byte
ucValL = *(pucMatL+i); // LMNE SHADE MATRIX byte
iX = (i%16)*8;
iY = i/16;
for (k=0; k<8; k++) // MSB to LSB
{
if ((ucMask[k] & ucValL) != 0) // low level
img->Canvas->Pixels[iX+k] [iY] = ColorLow;
else if ((ucMask[k] & ucVal) != 0) // high level
img->Canvas->Pixels[ iX+k] [iY] = ColorHigh;
}
}
The dot (0,0) in the graphical representation is available in [127][0] for uncompressed matrix (128 bytes for
ALL, 8 bytes for FSC)

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Matrix Thresholds:

The thresholds are on 2 lines after the token «THRES 5D LMNE MATRIX ; «.
They are preceed by their names and provide the X,Y coordinates segment of matrix : the origin is left,
bottom, channels 0.
Range mini /
Name Description Default value
Maxi
N1X Threshold N1X 0 / 127 20
N1Y Threshold N1Y 0 / 127 15
N2X Threshold N2X 0 / 127 35
N2Y Threshold N2Y 0 / 127 23
LnlX Threshold LNLX 0 / 127 50
LnlY Threshold LNLY 0 / 127 28
LmnX Threshold LMNX 0 / 127 63
LmnY Threshold LMNY 0 / 127 26
LneX Threshold LNEX 0 / 127 55
LneY Threshold LNEY 0 / 127 60
EosY Threshold EOSY 0 / 127 90
LmX Threshold LMX 0 / 127 69
ICX Threshold ICX 0 / 127 105
NmY Threshold NMY 0 / 127 50
RneY Threshold RNEY 0 / 127 110
BasoX1 Threshold s B1X 0 / 127 50
BasoY1 Threshold B1Y 0 / 127 25
BasoX2 Threshold B2X 0 / 127 52
BasoY2 Threshold B2Y 0 / 127 33
BasoX3 Threshold B3X 0 / 127 68
BasoY3 Threshold B3Y 0 / 127 29
BasoX4 Threshold B4X 0 / 127 65
BasoY4 Threshold B4Y 0 / 127 22
NHL Threshold NHH 0 / 127 2
NHH Threshold NHH 0 / 127 2
NLL Threshold NLL 0 / 127 2
NLH Threshold NLH 0 / 127 2
RLL Threshold RLL 0 / 127 2
RLR Threshold RLR 0 / 127 3

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HLL Threshold HLL 0 / 127 2

HLH Threshold HLH 0 / 127 2

Threshold positions (without baso) over the matrix:

NHH
RNE y

EOS y

NHL

LNE x,y

NM y
NLH
LNL x,y LMN x, y

N2 x,y

NLL
N1 x,y LM x

HLH IC x

HLL

Origine
(0,0) Voir détail
RLL RLR
seuils baso

Baso detail position :

B2

B1 B3

B4

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Matrix and thresholds sample frame:

…………..
LMNE MATRIX;
Z105;10;Z70;4;Zf;8;Z2f;2;Z2f;20;Z2;40;………..;1;0;8;1;80;Zc;8;Ze;2;2;84;Zc;20;0;40;Zf;4;88;Zd;1;20;Zd;
44;Ze;1;18;Z3;20;Z9;1;1;Z2;10;Zc;1;50;Zd;…………………………………………………………………….;10;5;Zf;24;20;2;Z3;
Z2;36;70;92;Za;4;Z2;4;a8;6;20;Zc;…………..….9;40;Zd;a;25;e4;Zb;4;0;25;fe;Zc;4;1;c0;b9;80;Zc;8;99;84;Za;
e;66;38;a0;Zb;1;1a;6d;1c;2;Zb;11;18;…………….…..;46;36;c4;10;Za;8;9;24;b3;c0;2;Zb;4;a3;e7;5;Z2;2;Z9;
Z3;c;5d;cc;Z8;1;82;40;Z2;84;60;e8;Z8;……………..;a4;Z2;10;95;28;4c;Z8;7;8b;33;30;1;0;76;4;Z9;65;0;6c;2;
c0;2b;5a;30;Zc;d1;60;Zd;1;12;8;Ze;92;20;Ze;5b;Z1f;20;Z8c;T;
LMNE SHADE MATRIX;
Z105;10;Z70;4;Z72;40;Zc;10;2;............................................................................................;80;Zb;2;Z10;80;
;0;80;Za;20;Z4;80;Zb;80;Z3;80;Z9;..........;10;Z14;20;2;Zb;20;2;62;50;Zd;2;Zc;4;Z2;4;88;4;Zd;8;2e;
40;23;60;Zc;1;44;14;90;Zb;1;8;...........;1;12;44;8;2;Zb;1;18;92;10;2;Za;10;0;42;20;4;10;Zd;b1;Ze;a2;2;4;Z2;2;
92;Zf;19;Z1f;20;Z8c;T;
THRES 5D LMNE MATRIX;
N1X;20;N1Y;15;N2X;35;N2Y;23;EosY;90;LneX;55;LneY;60;LnlX;50;LnlY;28;RneY;110;NmY;46;LmX;69;LmnX;63;LmnY;26;ICX;105;
BasoX1;60;BasoY1;26;BasoX2;64;BasoY2;30;BasoX3;70;BasoY3;29;BasoX4;65;BasoY4;20;NHH;2;NHL;2;RLL;2;RLR;3;NLH;2;NLL;2;HLH;
2;HLL;2;
……………..

7.2.2.6 Result acknowledgement

ACK_RESULT;A;B[CR]
Where A: OK or Error code, B: empty or XB or WG or WG rule numer (QC)

7.2.2.7 Next tube acknowledgement

Mythic22AL acknowledges :
(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;ACK_NEXT_FOLDER [CR]

7.2.3 CALIBRATION
The calibration frame contains informations related to the calibration :

(SEND)
22AL 1;LOG;CALIBRATION en-tête
CALIBRATION frame tag CALIBRATION
DATE;21/11/2006 date of calibration
TIME;09:25:01 time of calibration
OPERATOR;FDR calibration operator
ITEM_CALI;6 number of results for the calibration
COEFF
WBC;1.110 WBC coeff.

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RBC;1.220
HGB;1.440
HCT;1.550
PLT;1.330
TARGET frame tag TARGET
UNIT;1
LOT;TI855X lot (max 8 chars)
LOT DATE;20/11/2006 creation date of the target
LOT TIME;14:32:20 creation time of the target
EXPIRY DATE;03/10/2016 expiry date of the target
OPERATOR;BH2 target operator
WBC;6.3 ;1.3 target value; tolerance in the specified unit
RBC;4.33 ;1.83
HGB;13.3;2.1
HCT;43.3;5.3
PLT;253 ;33
END_CALI; 55360 end of frame; CRC control

This frame is composed with : header + CALIBRATION frame + TARGET frame + end of frame
In the case of a direct coeff. input, lot informations are blank and the number of results is zero.
The acknowledgment is done with the following frame :

ACK_CALI ;Lot;A [CR]

Où A : OK ou Code d’erreur.
Where A : OK or Error code.

7.2.3.1 Target calibration loading

In order to modify calibration target of Mythic22AL:

(RECEIVE)
SET_CALIBRATION_LOT [CR]
Mythic22AL acknowledges the request :
(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;ACK_ SET_CALIBRATION_LOT ;A [CR]
Où A : OK ou Code d’erreur BUSY.
Where A :OK
Trame de description de la cible :
(RECEIVE)
TARGET frame tag
UNIT;1
LOT;TI855X lot
LOT DATE;20/11/2006 (OPT)creation date of the target
LOT TIME;14:32:20 (OPT)time creation of the target
EXPIRY DATE;03/10/2007 expiry date of the target
OPERATOR;BH2 (OPT)target operator

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WBC;6.3 ;1.3 target value; tolerance in the specified unit

RBC;4.33 ;1.83
HGB;13.3;2.1
HCT;43.3;5.3
PLT;253 ;33
END_CALIBRATION_LOT; 5577 frame tag; CRC control
[ETX] caractère fin de bloc (0x03)

Except line END_CALIBRATION_LOT and ETX, this frame TARGET is identical to the one included in
the CALIBRATION frame above.

Lot reception acknowledgment

(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;ACK_CALIBRATION_LOT; A [CR]
Où A : OK ou Code d’erreur BUSY.

7.2.3.2 Calibration results

Results calibration are sent in block :
(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;RESULT en-tête
DATE;30/10/2003
TIME;15:36:38
MODE;CALIBRATION
UNIT ; Unité
SEQ;1; 0 Order number 1 to n ; 0 (not used)
TEST;LMG
OPERATOR ; JDF operator who did the analysis
PREL;CT [CR]
CYCLE;A [CR]
WBC; 11.0; A;B parameter value and its flags A and B, idem MODE NORMALresult
RBC; 6.00; A;B
HGB;15.0; A;B
HCT;49.0; A;B
PLT; 320; A;B
END_RESULT; 2274 end of frame; CRC control
… followed by a similar block for the next result.

To sum up, at the end of a calibration, Mythic22AL send a CALIBRATION frame (including a TARGET
frame) then RESULT frame in CALIBRATION mode.
This is the line CALI_ITEM of the CALIBRATION frame which gives the number of results.

7.2.4 QC
7.2.4.1 Target QC loading

In order to modify a QC target :

(RECEIVE)

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SET_QC_LOT; A[CR]
Where A is the target rank on the instrument (1 to 12)

Mythic22AL acknowledges the request :

(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;ACK_ SET_QC_LOT ;A [CR]
Where A : OK or Error code BUSY :

The QC target frame looks like the one of a CALIBRATION target. It contains the Level field and some
extra hematologic parameters.
(RECEIVE)
TARGET frame tag
UNIT;1
LOT;KDF9547 lot
LOT DATE;20/11/2006 (OPT)creation date of the target
LOT TIME;14:32:20 (OPT)creation time of the target
LEVEL;H target level high, medium, low (‘H’, ‘N’ or ’L’)
TEST;DIF CBC or DIFF
EXPIRY DATE;03/10/2007 expiry date of the target
OPERATOR;BH2 (OPT)target operator
WBC;5.1 ;1.1 target value; tolerance in specified unit
RBC;4.61 ;0.81
HGB;12.1;1.1
HCT;43.1;1.3
PLT;221 ;11
LYM;2.1 ;0.8
MON;0.8 ;0.4
LYM%;30.5;1.1
MON%;13.0;1.5
MCV; 81.7;1.1
MCH; 25.0;1.2
MCHC; 30.6;1.2
RDW; 8.1;1.5
MPV; 7.5;0.7
PCT; 0.401;0.055
PDW; 9.9;1.3
EOS;1.4;0.4
BAS;0.6;0.3
EOS%;2.4;0.4
BAS%;1.6;0.3
END_QC_LOT; 2547 frame tag; CRC control
[ETX] end of block char (0x03)

Aknowledgment of the lot

22AL X ;Y ;ACK_QC_LOT ; A [CR]

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Where A : OK or Error code

7.2.4.2 QC Result
A result may be sent at the end of an analysis, it also contains informations about QC target.

(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;RESULT header
DATE;30/10/2003 analysis date
TIME;15:36:38 time analysis
MODE;QC
UNIT ; 1
SEQ;352 Sequence number of the analysis (*)
LOT ; KDF875 lot number
LOT DATE;20/11/2006 creation date of the target
LOT TIME;14:32:20 creation time of the target
LEVEL ;N target level high, medium, low (‘H’, ‘N’ or ’L’)
EXPIRY DATE; 03/10/2007 expiry date of the target
USER;BH2 logged operator
TEST;DIF CBC or DIFF
OPERATOR ; BYLON target operator
PREL;CT [CR]
CYCLE;A [CR]
WBC;11.0 ;;H;4.0 ;6.2 ( parameter; flag A; flag B ; low target value ; high target value)
RBC;4.10 ;;;3.80 ;5.42
HGB;10.8;;L;11.0;13.2
HCT;34.8;;L;41.8;44.4
PLT;120 ;;L;210 ;232
LYM;2.7 ;;;1.3 ;2.9
MON;2.8 ;;H;0.4 ;1.2
LYM%;22.0.8 ;;L;30.5;31.1
MON%;12.8 ;;L;13.0;13.5
MCV; 82.8 ;;;81.7;91.1
MCH; 32.4 ;;H;25.0;27.2
MCHC; 30.8 ;;;30.6;31.2
RDW; 8.8 ;;;8.1;10.5
MPV; 7.9 ;;;7.5;8.7
PCT; 0.452 ;;;0.401;0.555
PDW; 10.1 ;;;9.9;10.3
EOS; 2.8 ;;H;1.4;2.4
BAS; 2.7 ;;H;0.6;1.3
EOS%;2.8 ;;;2.4;3.4
BAS%;3.2 ;;H;1.6;2.3
END_RESULT;959 end of frame; CRC control

(*) right after the analysis, transmitted sequence number is the one applied by the Mythic22AL. For a post-
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7.2.5 REPEATABILITY

7.2.5.1 Result
A result may be sent at the end of an analysis :

(SEND)
22AL X ;Y ;RESULT Header
DATE;30/10/2003 date of the analysis
TIME;15:36:38 time of the analysis
MODE; REPEATABILITY
UNIT ; 1
SEQ;352 Sequence number of the analysis (*)
TEST ; DIF
OPERATOR ; BAB logged operator.
PREL;CT [CR]
CYCLE;A [CR]
WBC;11.0 ;;H ( parameter value ;flag A ;flag B)
RBC;4.10 ;;
HGB;10.8;;L
HCT;34.8;;L
PLT;120 ;;L
LYM;2.7 ;;
MON;2.8 ;;H
LYM%;22.0.8 ;;L
MON%;12.8 ;;L
MCV; 82.8 ;;
MCH; 32.4 ;;H
MCHC; 30.8 ;;
RDW; 8.8 ;;
MPV; 7.9 ;;
PCT; 0.452 ;;
PDW; 10.1 ;;
EOS; 2.8 ;;H
BAS; 2.7 ;;H
EOS%;2.8 ;;
BAS%;3.2 ;;H
END_RESULT;3259 end of frame; CRC control

(*) right after the analysis, transmitted sequence number is the one applied by the Mythic22AL. For a post-
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7.2.6 STARTUP frame

This frame is sent after a STARTUP cycle completion :
(SEND)
22AL X; Y; STARTUP; Date; Time; Status; channel value 1; channel value 2; channel value 3; channel value 4
[CR]

Date : jj/mm/aaaa
Time : hh:mn:ss
Status : PASS, FAIL

7.2.7 REAGENT frame

When a reagent is being changed, the following frame is sent :
(SEND)
22AL X; Y; REAGENT; Date; Time; Type; N° Lot; Expiry Date; Volume[CR]

Date : jj/mm/aaaa
Time : hh:mn:ss
Type : texte
N° Lot : texte
Expiry Date: jj/mm/aaaa
Volume : full

Type : DILUENT, CLEANER ou LYSIS.

7.3 CRC checksum

The sum of control is a cyclic redundancy code (CRC-16)

7.3.1 Algorithmic
The code used is supplied below (C language), it allows computing of a CRC-16 value
This algorithm is mainly used on embedded systems. For better performance, compute is based upon an
array containing 16 values, which gives the following CRC:

CRC = 0xFFFF
For each nibble :
Work on high weight nibble :
Index = byte EXCLUSIVE OR CRC
Index = Index AND 000F
CRC = Table(Index) EXCLUSIVE OR (CRC divided by 16)
Work on low weight nibble :
Index = byte divided by 16
Index = Index EXCLUSIVE OR CRC
Index = Index AND 000F
CRC = Table(Index) EXCLUSIVE OR (CRC divided by 16)

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C language source example implementation :

Seek table declaration :
static const unsigned short ausCrcTab1[] =
{
0x0000, 0xCC01,0xD801,0x1400,0xF001,0x3C00,0x2800,0xE401,
0xA001,0x6C00,0x7800,0xB401,0x5000,0x9C01,0x8801,0x4400,
};

CRC computation :

unsigned short calc_crc(unsigned char *pucData, long lSize)

{
unsigned short usAcc1 = 0xFFFF;

while ( lSize > 0 )

{
/* gestion par quartet du calcul */
usAcc1 = ausCrcTab1[(*pucData ^ usAcc1) & 15] ^ (usAcc1 >> 4);
usAcc1 = ausCrcTab1[((*pucData >> 4) ^ usAcc1) & 15] ^ (usAcc1 >> 4);

pucData++;
lSize--;
}

return(usAcc1);
}

^ : ou exclusif.
>> : décalage logique à droite.
& : et logique.

CRC value is computed from the beginning of the emission to the end of line [CR] just before the checksum
line (title + value)

8 RECEIVING A WORKLIST FROM A LIS

8.1 Principles

A LIS may connect in HOST (either NET or RS), in order to send patient files to an AL22. Each send is
checked by the AL22 (CRC based) and acknowledged by such. If errors occur, they are sent back to the LIS
for processing.

A LIS may transmit patient files using the “ADD_NEW_ORDER” command then processed by the AL22, as
defined below:

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ADD_NEW_ORDER,KEY,RTYPE,RACK,POS,Stat,SID,PID,ID,BIRTH,SEX,TYPE,TEST,PRESC,LOCAT,PRELD,
PRELTIME,RUN,MATCH,Pat.COMMENT,CRC[CR]

The ADD_NEW_ORDER command is ascii-based and must be carriage-return terminated.

Below the parameters to be supplied:

KEY: File number. AL22 will not take this value into account, since it assigns a new file number for
the received order. Remains at 0.
RTYPE: Rack Type number, must be : {undef, 1, .., 10 }
RACK: Rack number, must be : {undef, 1, .., 10 }
POS: Position number for the sample inside a rack, must be: {undef, 1, .., 5 }
Stat: Order Status. AL22 will not take this value into account since a received order is considered
to be to do. Remains at ‘T’ for TODO.
SID: Order SID, 16 chars max, mandatory
PID: Order PID, 16 chars max.
ID: Order ID, 20 chars max.
BIRTH: Patient birthday with the following format DD/MM/YYYY
SEX: Patient Sex, must be: {0, 1, 2} respectively : ‘undef’, ‘Masculine’, ‘Féminine’
TYPE: Blood Type, 10 chars max. STANDARD for instance.
TEST: Test Type, must be: {0, 1} respectively, ‘CBC’ , ‘DIF’,
PRESC: Physician Name, 20 chars max.
LOCAT: Examination location, 20 chars max.
PRELD: Sampling Day, must be {0,1,2} respectively ‘UNKNOWN’ , ‘TODAY’, ‘YESTERDAY’
PRELTIME: Sampling Hour with the following format HH:MM:SS
RUN: Remains blank.
MATCH: Remains blank.
Pat.COMMENT: Optional Comment, 30 chars max.
CRC: unsigned short value containing the CRC

Note : Only SID and CRC fieds have to be provided for the order to apply, as long as commas are provided
even in case of blank fields.

Below, an example of an order supplied to an AL22. This order concerns a sample laid inside the 2nd slot of
the first rack of type 3. The patient was born in 1990 and the sample was achieved by doc. House in the
state of Oregon.
ADD_NEW_ORDER,0,3,1,2,T,TEST SID 1,TEST PID 1,TEST
ID,01/01/1990,1,STANDARD,1,HOUSE,OREGON,2,00:00:00,,,comment,6410\r

8.2 CRC value

CRC computing (6410 in the previous example) is done from the first comma (excluded) to the last comma
(excluded). In other words, CRC is computed using the string in yellow background.

The following CRC computing is applied :

Search array for performance efficiency

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static const unsigned short ausCrcTab1[] =

{
0x0000, 0xCC01,0xD801,0x1400,0xF001,0x3C00,0x2800,0xE401,
0xA001,0x6C00,0x7800,0xB401,0x5000,0x9C01,0x8801,0x4400,
};

CRC computing :

unsigned short calc_crc(unsigned char *pucData, long lSize)

{
unsigned short usAcc1 = 0xFFFF;

while ( lSize > 0 )

{
usAcc1 = ausCrcTab1[(*pucData ^ usAcc1) & 15] ^ (usAcc1 >> 4);
usAcc1 = ausCrcTab1[((*pucData >> 4) ^ usAcc1) & 15] ^ (usAcc1 >> 4);

pucData++;
lSize--;
}

return(usAcc1);
}

8.3 FILE receipt ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Receipt acknowledgement is done after CRC check. After a proper transmission and order processing, AL22
sends back the following line to tell the LIS that no error has occurred.

ADD_NEW_ORDER: 0, OK[CR]

In case of errors, AL22 may send back the previous command to LIS, with the error number followed by one
of the following string:

ERR_WL_IS_FULL, Worklist is full

ERR_WL_ORDER_IS_USED, Can’t modify file because the status is not TODO.
ERR_WL_ORDER_SID_IS_BLANK, Empty SID is not allowed
ERR_WL_ORDER_RACKPOS_USED, Rack/Position already used within the worklist.
ERR_WL_ORDER_PID_IS_BLANK, Depending of the SETUP, file must contain a PID
ERR_WL_ORDER_ID_IS_BLANK Depending of the SETUP, file must contain a ID
ERR_WL_ORDER_BAD_CRC CRC error.

Those strings may be parsed to detect errors and decide whether resume order sending or not. An order
successfully sent to the AL22 will not be compromised by another order which leads to an error.

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