daveloyall / toxiPhinmsBridge

PHINMS transfers files. ToxiCALL/ToxiTRACK are compatible with SFTP, etc, but not PHINMS. This tool bridges the gap.

toxiPhinmsBridge

PHINMS transfers files. ToxiCALL/ToxiTRACK are compatible with SFTP, etc, but not PHINMS. This tool bridges the gap.

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Usage

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Design

Rough description of workflow on both sides

NB: We'll call ToxiCALL at the Poison Control Center simply PCC Toxi. We'll call ToxiTRACK at the Dept. of Health simply DOH Toxi. This tool will be referred to as Bridge.

1. Staff enters data into PCC Toxi; new records are created, they need to be sent to DOH.
2. PCC Toxi writes out three files to the Toxi incoming/outgoing directory. (The S files.)
3. PCC Bridge moves the S files from the PCC Toxi directory to the PCC PHINMS outgoing directory.
4. PCC PHINMS spots the S files and does the usual: moves them and transmits them.
5. Sometime later, the S files appear in DOH PHINMS incoming directory.
6. DOH Bridge moves those S files from the DOH PHINMS incoming directory to the DOH Toxi incoming/outgoing directory.
7. DOH Toxi picks 'em up, adds the data to the DOH Toxi DB, and writes out three files. (The A files, acknowledgement.) PCC Toxi needs the files so it will know what not to send next time.
8. DOH Bridge moves the A files into the DOH PHINMS outgoing directory.
9. DOH PHINMS transmits those files to PCC PHINMS which writes them to the incoming directory.
10. PCC Bridge moves the A files from the PCC PHINMS Incoming directory to the PCC Toxi directory.
11. PCC Toxi reads in those files--now it knows which records DOH Toxi has.
12. Repeat.