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6 dcmqrti - The Terminal Initiator Telnet Client Program
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10 dcmqrti [options] peer...
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13 The dcmqrti program (telnet initiator) is an interactive character
14 based program intended to be used for examining the dcmqrscp image
15 databases and sending images contained within these databases to Vendor
16 nodes. During a DICOM Demonstration the dcmqrti program can be
17 activated by a Vendor by logging onto the computer running the dcmqrscp
18 program. Each vendor will have their own login account and the dcmqrti
19 program will be started instead of a normal shell when they login.
20 The dcmqrti program takes one main argument, the hostname or vendor
22 symbolic name (from the VendorTable in the configuration file) of a
23 Vendor. It then searches in the configuration file for all AE titles
24 associated with this hostname or vendor name, and all storage areas
25 accessible to these AE titles. Thus only the accessible databases and
26 peer applications discovered in the configuration file are available as
27 choices within the dcmqrti user interface.
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30 peer peer host name or symbolic name from cfg file
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33 general options
34 -h --help
35 print this help text and exit
36 --version
38 print version information and exit
39 --arguments
41 print expanded command line arguments
42 -q --quiet
44 quiet mode, print no warnings and errors
45 -v --verbose
47 verbose mode, print processing details
48 -d --debug
50 debug mode, print debug information
51 -ll --log-level [l]evel: string constant
53 (fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace)
54 use level l for the logger
55 -lc --log-config [f]ilename: string
57 use config file f for the logger
58 -c --config [f]ilename: string
60 use specific configuration file
61 (default: /usr/local/etc/dcmqrscp.cfg)
62 network options
64 -to --timeout [s]econds: integer (default: unlimited)
65 timeout for connection requests
66 -ta --acse-timeout [s]econds: integer (default: 30)
68 timeout for ACSE messages
69 -td --dimse-timeout [s]econds: integer (default: unlimited)
71 timeout for DIMSE messages
72 -xi --propose-implicit
74 propose implicit VR little endian TS only
75 -aet --aetitle [a]etitle: string
77 set my AE title (default: TELNET_INITIATOR)
78 -pdu --max-pdu [n]umber of bytes: integer (4096..131072)
80 set max receive pdu to n bytes
81 (default: use value from configuration file)
82 other options
84 -u --disable-new-vr
85 disable support for new VRs, convert to OB
86 -rmt --remote [t]itle: string
88 connect to remote database defined in cfg file
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91 Commands
92 All commands can be abbreviated. An abbreviation is allowed if it does
93 not conflict with another command.
94 'help' Command
96 The 'help' command gives a summary of all available commands. Its
97 output is shown underneath. In order to separate the examples from
98 surrounding text, all examples are bracketed by dashed lines. These
99 lines do not appear when running the program.
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102 Command Summary:
103 help list this summary
104 ? short help
105 title [#] list [set] current peer AE title
106 database [#] list [set] current database
107 study [#] list [set] current study
108 series [#] list [set] current series
109 image [#] list [set] current image
110 display [#] display current [specific] image
111 send study [#] send current [specific] study
112 send series [#] send current [specific] series
113 send image [#] send current [specific] image
114 echo [#] verify connectivity [# times]
115 quit quit program
116 exit synonym for quit
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118 'title' Command
120 The 'title' command without an argument allows the user to list the
121 known remote Application Entities (AE). An example output might look
122 like:
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125 Peer AE Titles:
126 Peer AE HostName:PortNumber
127 * 0) ACME1 (swallow:2001)
128 1) ACME2 (swallow:2002)
129 2) UNITED1 (kolibri:2001)
130 3) UNITED2 (kolibri:2002)
131 ------------------------------------------------------------
132 The current peer AE is marked with an asterisk (*). Each peer AE has an
134 index (second column) which can be used as an argument to the 'title'
135 command in order to set the current peer AE. The third column gives the
136 AE title of the peer AE. The fourth column shows the hostname and
137 TCP/IP port number of the peer AE.
138 When invoked with an argument index, the 'title' command will set the
140 current peer AE. The dcmqrti program will attempt to initiate an
141 association to the current peer AE when asked to send a
142 study/series/image or to send an echo.
143 'database' Command
145 The 'database' command without an argument allows the user to list the
146 know local databases (these correspond to dcmqrscp's Application Entity
147 Titles). An example output might look like:
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150 Database Titles:
151 Database
152 * 0) COMMON
153 1) ACME_QUERY
154 2) ACME_STORE
155 3) UNITED_QUERY
156 ------------------------------------------------------------
157 The current database is marked with an asterisk (*). Each database has
159 an index (second column) which can be used as an argument to the
160 'database' command in order to set the current database. The third
161 column shows the name of the database (i.e. the dcmqrscp Application
162 Entity title for the particular storage area).
163 When invoked with an argument index, the 'database' command will set
165 the current database. The current database is used as the basis for
166 further database specific actions.
167 'study' Command
169 The 'study' command with no argument lists the studies in the current
170 database. An example output might look like:
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173 Patient PatientID StudyID
174 * 0) JACKSON^ANDREW^^^ M4997106 20001
175 1) GRANT^MARY^^^ F4997108 20002
176 2) ARTHUR^CHESTER^^^ M4997107 20003
177 3) JEFFERSON^THOMAS^^^ M4997096 9465
178 4) MADISON^DOLLY^^^ F4997097 9443
179 4 Studies in Database: COMMON
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182 The current study is marked with an asterisk (*). Each study has an
184 index (second column) which can be used as an argument to the 'study'
185 command in order to set the current study. The third column shows the
186 patient name, the fourth column the patient ID and the fifth column the
187 study ID.
188 When invoked with an argument index, the 'study' command will set the
190 current study. The current study is used as the basis for further study
191 specific actions.
192 'series' Command
194 The 'series' command with no argument lists the series in the current
195 study. An example output might look like:
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198 Series Modality SeriesInstanceUID
199 * 0) 1 MR 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.201
200 1) 2 MR 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.202
201 2) 3 MR 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.203
202 3) 4 MR 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.204
203 4) 5 MR 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.205
204 5 Series in StudyID 05381,
206 Patient: MONROE^JAMES^^^ (Database: COMMON)
207 ------------------------------------------------------------
208 The current series is marked with an asterisk (*). Each series has an
210 index (second column) which can be used as an argument to the 'series'
211 command in order to set the current series. The third column shows the
212 series number, the fourth column the series modality, and the fifth
213 column the series instance UID.
214 When invoked with an argument index, the 'series' command will set the
216 current series. The current series is used as the basis for further
217 series specific actions.
218 'image' Command
220 The 'image' command with no argument lists the images in the current
221 series. An example output might look like:
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224 Image ImageInstanceUID
225 * 0) 1 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2674
226 1) 2 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2675
227 2) 3 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2676
228 3) 4 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2677
229 4) 5 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2678
230 5) 6 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2679
231 6) 7 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2680
232 7) 8 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2681
233 8) 9 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2682
234 9) 10 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2683
235 10) 11 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2684
236 11) 12 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2685
237 12) 13 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.2686
238 13 Images in MR Series, StudyID 05381,
240 Patient: MONROE^JAMES^^^ (Database: COMMON)
241 ------------------------------------------------------------
242 The current image is marked with an asterisk (*). Each image has an
244 index (second column) which can be used as an argument to the 'image'
245 command in order to set the current image. The third column shows the
246 image number, and the fourth column the image instance UID (SOP
247 Instance UID).
248 When invoked with an argument index, the 'image' command will set the
250 current image. The current image is used as the basis for further image
251 specific actions.
252 'display' Command
254 The display command serves no purpose in the current version of DCMTK.
255 It was used in prior releases to request the CTN Display Program to
256 display an image.
257 'send' Command
259 The 'send' command allows a complete study/series or individual image
260 to be stored on a remote AE. When this command is invoked, the dcmqrti
261 program will operate as a SCU of the DICOM Storage Service Class and
262 attempt to initiate an association with the current peer AE (defined
263 via the 'title' command). Presentation contexts for all relevant
264 Storage SOP Classes will be proposed. An attempt will be made to store
265 all specified images. If no association could be negotiated an error
266 message will be printed. If an storage operation fails or if no
267 appropriate presentation context is available and error message will be
268 printed.
269 The "send" command exists in three forms:
271 send study [#]
273 send series [#]
274 send image [#]
275 The 'study' keyword means send all images in the current study. When
277 invoked with an argument index, the specified study in the current
278 database will be stored. The 'series' keyword means send all images in
279 the current series. When invoked with an argument index, the specified
280 series in the current study will be stored. The 'image' keyword means
281 send the current image. When invoked with an argument index, the
282 specified image in the current series will be stored.
283 When an image is stored, a message will be printed of the form:
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287 New Association Started (swallow:2001,ACME1)
288 [MsgID 1] Store,
289 PatientName: JACKSON^ANDREW^^^, StudyID: 20001,
290 Series: 2, Modality: CR, Image: 1,
291 Image UID: 1.2.840.113654.2.3.1993.9.123.6.1834
292 0%________25%_________50%__________75%________100%
293 --------------------------------------------------
294 [MsgID 1] Complete [Status: Success]
295 Released Association (swallow:2001,ACME1)
296 ------------------------------------------------------------
297 'echo' Command
300 The 'echo' command allows the user to verify connectivity with the
301 current peer AE (defined via the 'title' command). When invoked, the
302 dcmqrti program acts as an SCU of the Verification Service Class.
303 When invoked without an argument, only one C-ECHO message is generated.
305 When invoked with an argument, the specified number of C-ECHO messages
306 will be sent. A message will be printed of the form:
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309 New Association Started (localhost:2001,CMOVE)
310 [MsgID 1] Echo, Complete [Status: Success]
311 Released Association (localhost:2001,CMOVE)
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313 'quit', 'exit' Commands
315 The 'quit' and 'exit' commands have the same effect. They terminate the
316 dcmqrti program.
317 DICOM Conformance
319 The dcmqrti application supports the same set of SOP Classes as an SCU
320 as the dcmqrscp application - see dcmqrscp documentation.
321 The dcmqrti application will propose presentation contexts for all of
323 the abovementioned supported SOP Classes using the transfer syntaxes:
324 LittleEndianImplicitTransferSyntax 1.2.840.10008.1.2
326 LittleEndianExplicitTransferSyntax 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1
327 BigEndianExplicitTransferSyntax 1.2.840.10008.1.2.2
328 The dcmqrti application does not support extended negotiation.
330 Configuration
332 The dcmqrti program uses the same configuration file as the dcmqrscp
333 program. See the documentation on configuration for more information
334 (dcmqrcnf.txt and the example configuration file dcmqrscp.cfg).
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337 The level of logging output of the various command line tools and
338 underlying libraries can be specified by the user. By default, only
339 errors and warnings are written to the standard error stream. Using
340 option --verbose also informational messages like processing details
341 are reported. Option --debug can be used to get more details on the
342 internal activity, e.g. for debugging purposes. Other logging levels
343 can be selected using option --log-level. In --quiet mode only fatal
344 errors are reported. In such very severe error events, the application
345 will usually terminate. For more details on the different logging
346 levels, see documentation of module 'oflog'.
347 In case the logging output should be written to file (optionally with
349 logfile rotation), to syslog (Unix) or the event log (Windows) option
350 --log-config can be used. This configuration file also allows for
351 directing only certain messages to a particular output stream and for
352 filtering certain messages based on the module or application where
353 they are generated. An example configuration file is provided in
354 <etcdir>/logger.cfg.
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357 All command line tools use the following notation for parameters:
358 square brackets enclose optional values (0-1), three trailing dots
359 indicate that multiple values are allowed (1-n), a combination of both
360 means 0 to n values.
361 Command line options are distinguished from parameters by a leading '+'
363 or '-' sign, respectively. Usually, order and position of command line
364 options are arbitrary (i.e. they can appear anywhere). However, if
365 options are mutually exclusive the rightmost appearance is used. This
366 behavior conforms to the standard evaluation rules of common Unix
367 shells.
368 In addition, one or more command files can be specified using an '@'
370 sign as a prefix to the filename (e.g. @command.txt). Such a command
371 argument is replaced by the content of the corresponding text file
372 (multiple whitespaces are treated as a single separator unless they
373 appear between two quotation marks) prior to any further evaluation.
374 Please note that a command file cannot contain another command file.
375 This simple but effective approach allows one to summarize common
376 combinations of options/parameters and avoids longish and confusing
377 command lines (an example is provided in file <datadir>/dumppat.txt).
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380 The dcmqrti utility will attempt to load DICOM data dictionaries
381 specified in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. By default, i.e. if
382 the DCMDICTPATH environment variable is not set, the file
383 <datadir>/dicom.dic will be loaded unless the dictionary is built into
384 the application (default for Windows).
385 The default behavior should be preferred and the DCMDICTPATH
387 environment variable only used when alternative data dictionaries are
388 required. The DCMDICTPATH environment variable has the same format as
389 the Unix shell PATH variable in that a colon (':') separates entries.
390 On Windows systems, a semicolon (';') is used as a separator. The data
391 dictionary code will attempt to load each file specified in the
392 DCMDICTPATH environment variable. It is an error if no data dictionary
393 can be loaded.
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396 <docdir>/dcmqrcnf.txt - configuration information
397 <docdir>/dcmqrset.txt - setup information
398 <etcdir>/dcmqrscp.cfg - example configuration file
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