A serial port is provided on the PIC board (of the ultrasound). It is accessed by opening the rear door of the Sequoia system and connecting a RS-232 serial cable to connector Serial/0 RS-232. This connector is a standard 25 pin "D" connector.
What is your objective? Are you trying to send images or entire studies to a PC?
I'm guessing you have tried a Dicom connection in the network setup menu to a PC based PACS server such as Kpacs or a Mac based PACS server such as Osirix. Osirix is my preference and is easily connected with a Mac based computer and the free version of Osirix.
If you are just looking to transfer images and clips you can do this by building an MO disk reader computer. I have built a few using old XP computers and IDE/ATA MO disk readers. You will need a .dcm or dicom reader such as MicroDicom, which is also free to download. The MO reader in the Sequoia is SCSI based so you will have to look hard to find the ATA/IDE MO disk reader. I believe Fujitsu makes the ones I use. Or you might be able to install a SCSI card into a PC and interface an MO reader from a Sequoia parts system.
Email or call me if you have questions: Pinnacle Medical Imaging Jeff.majors62@gmail.com www.pmijm.com
or 619-674-6563
A serial port is provided on the PIC board. It is accessed by opening the rear door of the Sequoia system and connecting a RS-232 serial cable to connector Serial/0 RS-232. This connector is a standard 25 pin "D" connector.
I have heard of people accessing serial port 0 and using a null modem cable to interface with a laptop to do a variety of system trouble shooting. This is very illegal in siemens eyes and some have been sued for large sums of money after doing this.
If you need to run diagnostics and own the system I have heard of lead techs or doctors calling siemens and requesting a password of the day so they can work on their system that they invested a good chunk of money into. Ask for a TSE and plead your case that this is like being locked out of servicing your expensive Mercedes.
If you just need to view the boot sequence you can hold down the S key while pushing the gate key up during a power up. The boot sequence shows on the screen. From here take a photo of what you see and send it to me or one of many service providers who can help you narrow down the failing part. Jeff Majors. Pinnacle Medical Imaging
Yan Korgozki
Siemens Acuson Sequoia C256
September 07, 2015 08:52
Hi,
I need to know, is there an way to connect the Siemens Acuson Sequoia C256 directly to PC, is there way to do so?
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nos
re: Siemens Acuson Sequoia C256
September 08, 2015 07:57
Yes.
A serial port is provided on the PIC board (of the ultrasound). It is accessed by opening the rear door of the Sequoia system and connecting a RS-232 serial cable to connector Serial/0 RS-232. This connector is a standard 25 pin "D" connector.
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Jeff Majors
re: Siemens Acuson Sequoia C256
September 08, 2015 07:58
What is your objective? Are you trying to send images or entire studies to a PC?
I'm guessing you have tried a Dicom connection in the network setup menu to a PC based PACS server such as Kpacs or a Mac based PACS server such as Osirix. Osirix is my preference and is easily connected with a Mac based computer and the free version of Osirix.
If you are just looking to transfer images and clips you can do this by building an MO disk reader computer. I have built a few using old XP computers and IDE/ATA MO disk readers. You will need a .dcm or dicom reader such as MicroDicom, which is also free to download. The MO reader in the Sequoia is SCSI based so you will have to look hard to find the ATA/IDE MO disk reader. I believe Fujitsu makes the ones I use. Or you might be able to install a SCSI card into a PC and interface an MO reader from a Sequoia parts system.
Email or call me if you have questions: Pinnacle Medical Imaging Jeff.majors62@gmail.com www.pmijm.com
or 619-674-6563
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hiortsam dade
re: Siemens Acuson Sequoia C256
September 08, 2015 07:59
A serial port is provided on the PIC board. It is accessed by opening the rear door of the Sequoia system and connecting a RS-232 serial cable to connector Serial/0 RS-232. This connector is a standard 25 pin "D" connector.
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Jeff Majors
re: Siemens Acuson Sequoia C256
September 08, 2015 01:55
I have heard of people accessing serial port 0 and using a null modem cable to interface with a laptop to do a variety of system trouble shooting. This is very illegal in siemens eyes and some have been sued for large sums of money after doing this.
If you need to run diagnostics and own the system I have heard of lead techs or doctors calling siemens and requesting a password of the day so they can work on their system that they invested a good chunk of money into. Ask for a TSE and plead your case that this is like being locked out of servicing your expensive Mercedes.
If you just need to view the boot sequence you can hold down the S key while pushing the gate key up during a power up. The boot sequence shows on the screen. From here take a photo of what you see and send it to me or one of many service providers who can help you narrow down the failing part. Jeff Majors. Pinnacle Medical Imaging
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