The following section describes the dependencies and steps to install and configure the .decimal dicom receiver for Thinknode.

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• requests
• colorama
• jsonpickle
• msgpack

   python -m pip install requests  
   python -m pip install colorama  
   python -m pip install jsonpickle  
   python -m pip install msgpack-python

This step will install the decimal dicom receiver as a service under windows using NSSM.

Open a console window as administrator and run:

nssm install <servicename e.g. decimal_dicom_receiver>

Set the NSSM fields as follows:

After first setup, the service must be started manually from the Windows Services dialog.

Open the receiver_config.json file. Set the following parameters:

1. local_ae_title: <ae title of the instance of the receiver>
2. local_port: <desired port to receive on>
3. storage_root_path: <location where to copy the dicom files prior to upload>
4. thinkode:
   1. basic_user: <base64 username and password>
   2. realm_name: <realm to post the dicom patient>
   3. account_name: <thinknode account name>

nssm remove <service_name> confirm