How does MECIFView work?
MECIFView was created using the LabVIEW programming language. It uses LabVIEW’s built-in serial drivers (called VISA) to communicate with your computer’s serial port. It sends MECIF commands back and forth to your patient monitor in order to retrieve data. Essentially, it establishes a connection with your patient monitor and “tunes” the requested parameters. The data is then streamed to MECIFView and recorded to a text file. The concept is simple. But the challenge is understanding the MECIF protocol, which is extremely rare, complex, quirky, un-supported and poorly documented. Its like decoding a puzzle and it takes a lot of time. Few people have bothered to put in the months of effort required to understand the MECIF protocol. This software is designed to save yourself the time of having to decode it. Why reinvent the wheel?
