Experience with communication; Philips IntelliVue monitor (MX800) through MIB/RS232 port and Matlab

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to receive data from a philips intellivue monitor. Everything works (cable, data transfer from monitor, correct baudrate) I know this because I tested it with a program (called DETT) from philips themself and saw data coming in via my usb port. The problem is that I can't get it in with Matlab, tried opening com port like this:

bp = serial('COM3', 'BaudRate', 115200, 'DataBits',8); fopen(bp); out = fscanf(bp)

but it doesn't work.. I was wondering if anyone has experience with this?

Hope to hear from you

Thanks,

Paul

[Medicollector]

What do you mean "it doesn't work"? I am an export in that protocol. And if I recall correctly, you have used the correct baudrate and databits. But receiving data from an intellivue monitor is a hugely complex challenge. You might be better off using something like medicollector which will acquire and record data from Philips monitors .

[Maximilian]

You say you're an expert in this protocol: how can the amount of data be reduced? Initially, the MP30 sends a huge amount of data, but this can be reduced by specifying objects in the poll result. Can you tell how this can be achieved?