Getting started with HL7

Owned by Jacob Pagnotta
Last updated: Sept 24, 2024 by Aryn Wiebe
2 min read

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.

  1. From your Dashboard, click + Component.

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

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

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  1. Notice the OUT is a number value now.

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

  1. Logs for the Simulator should look like this:

 

  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 Getting Started!