Integration of a new instrument interface

A communication server monitors all connections between the laboratory application and its periphery consisting of other systems or instruments. There is a uni- or bidirectional connection defined for each part/ module and the communication server. The communication server sends messages from one module to another. The message communication is based on one of various existing transport protocols, supported by the communication server (i.e. TCP/IP). The communication server monitors the translation of the data formats of the different systems. Most commonly used data formats (like HL7, ASTM, XML, LDT) are supported. The communication server is connected to the application server via a message broker. Data are transferred by XML-based messages, which are transformed into the desired output format by the communication server. The application itself is only operating with XML-messages.