NAME

       mllp_send - MLLP network client

       python-hl7 features a simple network client, mllp_send, which reads HL7 messages from a file or sys.stdin
       and  posts  them  to  an  MLLP server.  mllp_send is a command-line wrapper around hl7.client.MLLPClient.
       mllp_send is a useful tool for testing HL7 interfaces or resending logged messages:

       $ mllp_send --file sample.hl7 --port 6661 mirth.example.com
       MSH|^~\&|LIS|Example|Hospital|Mirth|20111207105244||ACK^A01|A234244|P|2.3.1|
       MSA|AA|234242|Message Received Successfully|

USAGE

       Usage: mllp_send [options] <server>

       Options:
         -h, --help            show this help message and exit
         -p PORT, --port=PORT  port to connect to
         -f FILE, --file=FILE  read from FILE instead of stdin
         -q, --quiet           do not print status messages to stdout
         --loose               allow file to be a HL7-like object (\r\n instead of
                               \r). Can ONLY send 1 message. Requires --file option
                               (no stdin)

INPUT FORMAT

       By default, mllp_send expects the FILE or stdin input to be a properly formatted  HL7  message  (carriage
       returns separating segments) wrapped in a MLLP stream (<SB>message1<EB><CR><SB>message2<EB><CR>...).

       However,  it is common, especially if the file has been manually edited in certain text editors, that the
       ASCII control characters will be lost and the carriage returns  will  be  replaced  with  the  platform's
       default  line  endings.   In  this  case,  mllp_send  provides the --loose option, which attempts to take
       something that "looks like HL7" and convert it into a proper HL7 message. Currently  the  --loose  option
       can only handle 1 HL7 message per file (it causes mllp_send to assume the whole file is one HL7 message).

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

          • http://python-hl7.readthedocs.org

AUTHOR

       John Paulett

COPYRIGHT

       2011, John Paulett

0.2.2                                           December 17, 2011                                   MLLP_SEND(1)