The HL7 administrative console program and service are required for managing the HL7 interface and exchanging healthcare information with external systems through documents, C-CDA files, and HL7 messages. If the HL7 application and service are installed on the server from an existing installation of Dentrix Enterprise 11.0.40/.43/.44/.45/.46, you can upgrade the application and service after you complete the upgrade tasks on the server using the available options in Install Manager.
Note: This program and service should be installed on only one computer.
To upgrade the HL7 application and service
In the extracted server installation package, double-click HL7Installer.exe.
A confirmation message appears.
Click Yes.
The Welcome screen appears.
Leave the Modify option selected.
Click Next.
The Select Features screen appears.
Select the HL7 checkbox to upgrade all components, or select the checkbox of only the components that you want to upgrade. If you clear the checkbox of a component, it will be uninstalled. The following components are available:
Admin Console - Installs/upgrades the HL7 interface's administrative console program.
Run HL7_Sites_Settings script - Updates the database with the default HL7 settings.
Service - Installs/upgrades the HL7 service.
If the Service checkbox was selected in the previous step, the Install Service screen appears. Do one of the following:
If one or more services are already installed, they appear in a list, select the Update checkbox of each service that you want to upgrade.
If a service is not already installed, enter a name and display name for the service in the Service Name and Service Display Name boxes.
Click Next.
The Configure screen appears.
Set up the following options:
Please specify path to log files - The location on the computer where you want Dentrix Enterprise to store log files regarding HL7. Leave the default location specified, or select a different location. To specify a different location, do the following:
Click Change.
The Select Directory dialog box appears.
Select the correct folder in the directory tree.
Click OK.
Please specify path to folder for Portal Questionnaire - To specify where the portal questionnaire folder is, do the following:
Click Change.
The Select Directory dialog box appears.
Select the correct folder in the directory tree.
Click OK.
Click Next.
The Configure screen appears.
Configure the SQL Server Connection options:
Server Name - The name or IP address of the database server. Also, if the SQL instance that houses your Dentrix Enterprise database has a name, after the IP address or name of the server, include a backslash (\) and then the instance name.
Database Name - Dentrix is the default name of the database, but it may be different if it has been customized for your installation.
Login - The user name of the SQL user with "Sysadmin" rights.
Password - The password of the Sysadmin user.
Click Check Connection.
A message regarding the results of the connection test appears. Click OK. If the connection was successful, proceed to the next step; otherwise, change your connection parameters, and attempt to connect again.
Click Next.
The Ready to Modify the Program screen appears.
Click Install.
The InstallShield Wizard Complete screen appears.
Click Finish.