DOES ALL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT HAVE RS232???

[jimbo]

Hello, I have a piece of medical equipment
we are trying to donate & send overseas. It records
the heartbeat (etc.). It has a 25 pin female
connector on the back, and I was wondering if
this means you can take the data from the unit
and send it to, for instance, a dot matrix
printer (or whatever).

The unit (its an oximeter) originally had a
"recorder" that was made way-back-when, but I
noticed it also had a 25 pin cable, with the
label "auxillary". I am just assuming this means
you can send the data to something else, like
a printer.

Any advice would be most appreciated. Thankyou.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

In article <4eadf141.0309120030.72112156@posting.google.com>, JIMBO123
@STARBUZZ.com says...
| The unit (its an oximeter) originally had a
| "recorder" that was made way-back-when, but I
| noticed it also had a 25 pin cable, with the
| label "auxillary". I am just assuming this means
| you can send the data to something else, like
| a printer.
|
|

It could be a standard serial port, a standard parallel port, or even a
proprietary interface. It could be any of these, plus for instance a
serial port with a none-standard wiring layout. The only way to find
out fro sure, is to track down the manufacturer and ask.

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[David]

Almost ALL medical equipment uses proprietary interfaces of some kind.
Only this year are we seeing standard network connections on medical
equipment.

If it is an old Marquette, you can about bet it is some special
interface of some kind.

Seeing how you are not an authorized user of the device, the
manufacture is not likely to talk with you at all even if they still
supported the device. Virtually all medical rated devices are only
allowed for sale to authorized medical facilities or Doctors. (see the
disclaimer on some stuff being offered on Ebay)

On the matter of manufacture support of those kind of devices. Due to
the liability issues, as the equipment gets old (past about 3 to 5
years) the manufacture sends out a letter to all users of the
equipment that they are no longer supporting the device with parts,
tech support, or accessories effective some date in the near future.

Simply reference the user manual and service manual for that
information.

David


JIMBO123@STARBUZZ.com (jimbo) wrote in message news:<4eadf141.0309120030.72112156@posting.google.com>...

Hello, I have a piece of medical equipment
we are trying to donate & send overseas. It records
the heartbeat (etc.). It has a 25 pin female
connector on the back, and I was wondering if
this means you can take the data from the unit
and send it to, for instance, a dot matrix
printer (or whatever).

The unit (its an oximeter) originally had a
"recorder" that was made way-back-when, but I
noticed it also had a 25 pin cable, with the
label "auxillary". I am just assuming this means
you can send the data to something else, like
a printer.

Any advice would be most appreciated. Thankyou.