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Getting started with HL7

This is a fast way to get orientated with IguanaX. We can set up some components to simulate a flow of HL7 messages.

Follow these steps to get messages flowing through your IguanaX instance.

STEP 1: Add the Simulator and HL7 Server components with no connection between them.

  1. From your Dashboard, click + Component.

  2. Click the HL7 Server and Simulator components, and then ADD:

STEP 2: Run both components and see messages flow through the queue.

  1. Run both components by switching them ON in the dashboard:

  1. Notice the OUT is a number value now.

STEP 3: Navigate to the logs and view each component's logs.

  1. Logs for the HL7 Server should look like this:

  1. Logs for the Simulator should look like this:

STEP 4: Things to note!

  1. When initially creating the Simulator and HL7 Server components, their default port numbers are set to be the same.

  2. We do not need to connect the 2 components as they communicate through the host and port numbers.

To check the settings, double click on a component to bring up its component card:

HL7 Server:

Simulator:

What makes IguanaX great is that you can easily get under the hood and customize these components -see Customizing the HL7 Server Component or head back to Orientation!