Note: It is not recommended to change any of these settings without prior consultation with PKS Support.
RippleDown/rippledown/properties/database.properties
| Setting | Description | Example |
| DATA_DIR | The location of RippleDown databases. This should be set to a local disk for reliability and performance reasons. | DATA_DIR= C:/Program Files/PKS/RippleDown/projects/ |
| BACKUP_DIR | During housekeeping (once a day), the RippleDown databases are closed and copied to an alternate directory where they can be backed up. The location of the backup directory is given by the BACKUP_DIR setting. This may be set to a network drive if required. If no setting is provided, the setting shown in the example will be used. | BACKUP_DIR= C:/Program Files/PKS/RippleDown/projects/backup |
RippleDown/rippledown/properties/server.properties
| Setting | Description | Example |
| CUSTOMER_ID | The name of your site. This is used for to identify support emails. | CUSTOMER_ID=ACT |
| BACKUP_TIME | The time when the server will commence its housekeeping tasks each day. Depending on the performance of the server computer, and the number of databases, this process may take up to 1 hour. | BACKUP_TIME= 02:00 |
| LIS_PROXY_PAUSE | For a GE Ultra interface only. This specifies a pause in millisecs after the communications input directory is read. The reason for the pause is to reduce the frequency of directory calls made to a Samba mount used for Ultra / RippleDown file sharing in order to reduce the Samba processing load on the Unix system. | LIS_PROXY_PAUSE= 2000 |
| SERVER_INFO_SHELF
_LIFE |
When a client application polls the server for project status information, this setting determines whether the status information needs to be refreshed or not. It will be refreshed if it is older than this timeout (in millisecs). | SERVER_INFO_SHELF_LIFE= 10000 |
| HEARTBEAT_PERIOD | The time in millisecs between heartbeat emails sent from the server to the PKS support facility. Normally set to about 15 minutes. | HEARTBEAT_PERIOD= 1000000 |
| ULTRA_LIB_FORMAT | For a GE Ultra interface only. This is a template indicating the format of library code messages to Ultra. | ULTRA_LIB_FORMAT= |1|1|30/10/97||LABWIZARD||||||||Short String|||*|*|||| |
| INTERFACE_TYPE | The type of communications interface used between the LIS and RippleDown. This is set at the time of installation and must not be changed. The options are: hl7, ultra, ultra_reporting, bmd_hl7, bmd_dicom_hologic, query_hl7, socket, phadia, | INTERFACE_TYPE= hl7 |
| WEB_SERVICES_
ADDRESS |
The phadia interface uses Web Services (SOAP). This setting defines the Internet address where the service can be accessed. If no setting is supplied, the default address will be set to “http://localhost:8090/Interpret?WSDL“. If the address that is specified cannot be accessed by the RippleDown server, the server will not start. | WEB_SERVICES_ADDRESS= http://192.168.1.114:80/Interpret?WSDL |
| LOCK_PORT | An optional setting defining the TCP port used by the server to ensure that only one instance of the server can be started on the one computer. The default value is shown in the example. | LOCK_PORT=32111 |
| IMAGE_PROFILE_PORT | An optional setting defining the TCP port used by an ImageLink client to listen for requests by the Validator or Auditor to display the request form. A value of -1 means this facility is not enabled. | IMAGE_PROFILE_PORT=2001 |
| COMPACT_DATABASES_IN_
HOUSEKEEPING |
An optional setting determining whether databases are compacted and repaired during housekeeping. The default value is true. | COMPACT_DATABASES_IN_
HOUSEKEEPING= true. |
| CLEANUP_CASE_ARCHIVE | An optional setting determining whether case archives that are older than 30 days should be deleted (in order to conserve space). The default value is false. | CLEANUP_CASE_ARCHIVE=false |
| AUTO_COMMIT_PERIOD | An optional setting determining the time in millisecs between database commits of all outstanding transactions. The default value is about 15 minutes. | AUTO_COMMIT_PERIOD=1000000 |
| FOLDER_FOR_LIST_ATTRIBUTE
_UPDATE_FILES |
An optional setting determining the directory in which to place text files that are used to automatically update List Attributes. See Editing a list attribute
If no setting is supplied, the default folder is DATA_DIR/lists where DATA_DIR is as defined in database.properties, e.g. C:/Program Files/PKS/RippleDown/projects/lists |
FOLDER_FOR_LIST_ATTRIBUTE_UPDATE_FILES=
z:/pks/lists |
RippleDown/CommunicatorSettings.txt
| CommunicatorAddress | For TCP/IP interfaces only. The address on which the server will listen for connection from the LIS in order to receive cases (i.e. request for interpretation messages). This is normally the IP address of the RippleDown server. | CommunicatorAddress=127.0.0.1 |
| CommunicatorPort | For TCP/IP interfaces only. The port(s) on which the server will listen for connection from the LIS.
Multiple ports may be defined, separated by a colon as in the example. This allows several LIS’ to connect to RippleDown simultaneously. If there are multiple CommunicatorPorts corresponding to serveral connections to RippleDown, there should be multiple LisAddress and multiple LisPort values also. See Configuring RippleDown for multiple interfaces and Configuring the Auditor Interface |
CommunicatorPort=5678
CommunicatorPort=5678 : 6789 |
| LisAddress | For TCP/IP interfaces only. The address(es) on which the LIS will listen for connection from the RippleDown server in order to receive interpretation messages.
Multiple ports may be defined, separated by a colon as in the example |
LisAddress=127.0.0.1
LisAddress=127.0.0.1 : 127.0.0.2 |
| LisPort | For TCP/IP interfaces only. The port(s) on which the LIS will listen for connection from the RippleDown server.
Multiple ports may be defined, separated by a colon as in the example |
LisPort=5679
LisPort=5679 : 5680 |
| MaximumResends | For TCP/IP interfaces only. The maximum number of times the server will attempt to send a NAK’d interpretation message to the LIS before logging an error and moving the message to the error directory. | MaximumResends=3 |
| Communicator_pk_in | For file-based interfaces only. The directory from which the server will read case files (i.e. request for interpretation files) written by the LIS. | Communicator_pk_in=C:LabWizcommrequests |
| Communicator_pk_out | For file-based interfaces only. The directory from which the LIS will read interpretation files written by the server. | Communicator_pk_out=C:LabWizcomminterps |
| Communicator_pk_rej | For file-based interfaces only. The directory from which the server will read rejected case files written by the LIS. These are cases where the interpretation was changed by a reviewer using the LIS validation facilities. | Communicator_pk_rej=C:LabWizcommupdates |
| Communicator_view | For Ultra file-based interfaces only. The directory from which the LIS will read *.view files written by the server. | Communicator_view=C:LabWizcommview |
| SocketTimeout | For TCP/IP interfaces only. The send timeout in millisecs. | SocketTimeout=180000 |
| ReceiverSocketTimeout | For TCP/IP interfaces only. The receive timeout in millisecs. | ReceiverSocketTimeout=180000 |