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Routing User Guide Using the Routing Gateway
Maintaining Routing
This section provides a summary of maintenance tasks for a routing system and explains
how to access Routing Gateway log files.
Periodic Maintenance
The following tasks should be performed periodically to control the size of the
transmission queue and to detect potential routing problems.
Task Interval Menu Seq.
Check terminal windows for evaluation
and transmission processors 2-3 times daily N/A
Review log files for error messages Daily 4, 1, 2
Re-queue all failed entries in the
transmission queue As needed
based on
routing volume 3, 8
Purge completed and expired entries in
the transmission queue Monthly 3, 7
Remove obsolete entries from
transmission queue Monthly 3, 9
Monitor available free space in Imaging
destinations (this can be done using the
Background Processor’s Network
Location Manager) As Needed N/A
Confirm access to routing destinations As Needed N/A
Using Routing Log Files
A log file is created for each evaluation and transmission processor session. These log
files can be used to review routing processes and to ensure that no errors have occurred.
 A DICOM Gateway retains the 20 most recently generated log files. Additional files
will be retained if they are still open. Older log files are deleted.
Displaying log files
1 Open a terminal window and log into the Routing Gateway.
2 Enter 4 at the prompt to select “System Maintenance” from the DICOM Gateway
Menu [ MAGDMENU ].
3 Enter 1 to select “System Operation.”
4 Enter 2 to select “Display DICOM Message Log.” The most recent log files will be
displayed.
5 Enter the number of the log file you wish to display.
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