TESTING A DICOM DEVICE

n Click the Administration Page.
n Click the Devices Tab.
n Click on the Echo button echo.gif (940 bytes) for the device you want to test.


Sometimes it is necessary to confirm that MIMS and another device can communicate.  You can issue a ping command or a DICOM Echo request from MIMS to do this check.  From the Administration page, click on the Devices tab to display the list of configured devices.  On the right side of each row is a Test button.   Click on this button for the device you need to check.  If the device Type is DICOM, Parent or Child, a DICOM Echo request is executed.  For HL7 devices, a ping command is executed.  The results page appears.  If the device successfully received and acknowledged the Echo request, you will see a line:

   Echo [1], Complete [Status: Success]

If the device successfully received and acknowledged a ping request, you will see a line:

   N packets transmitted, N packets
   received, 0% packet loss

If one of these line does not appear anywhere on the result page, or if the Status does not show Success, the device is either not on the network, or it is not running its DICOM services.  Click on Back to return to the Devices page.