Connecting the Randox RX Daytona+ to your LIS or EHR

A bench chemistry analyser gets through a broad menu quickly, but the results still have to reach the systems your clinic runs on. On a serial-connected instrument that last step is often manual: someone reads a value off the analyser or a printout and keys it into the patient record. That takes time, it is easy to transpose a digit, and the record of who did what can be thin.

This page explains, in plain terms, how a Randox RX Daytona+ can send its results into a laboratory information system (LIS) or electronic health record (EHR), and what Catenix does in the middle so that results flow automatically and quality-control data stays where it belongs.

Quick answer

The Randox RX Daytona+ sends results over a serial ASTM E1394 interface. Catenix captures those results at your site with a small on-site gateway that bridges the serial link onto your network, keeps quality-control runs separate from patient results, preserves an audit trail, and can forward the patient results to your LIS or EHR. You avoid manual transcription and keep a clear record of what was received.

What the Randox RX Daytona+ measures

The Randox RX Daytona+ is a bench clinical chemistry analyser. It runs a broad chemistry menu across areas such as general chemistries, lipids, specific proteins, and other assays configured on the instrument. The tests available at any site depend on the assays that site has set up.

Catenix does not change what the device measures or how it is operated. Our scope is connectivity: taking the results the analyser already produces and moving them reliably into your other systems. We make no claim about the device's clinical performance or its suitability for any diagnostic decision.

How the RX Daytona+ connects

The RX Daytona+ sends results over a serial connection rather than straight onto a clinic network. On its public data sheets it supports a bidirectional ASTM interface over RS-232, the same general messaging family used across much of laboratory testing for sending results between an analyser and the systems around it.

ASTM E1394 is a long-established standard for exchanging clinical laboratory messages such as results, and it pairs with the ASTM E1381 rules for how those messages travel over a low-level serial link. In broad terms, each message carries the identifying details of a test and the values that go with it, structured so that a receiving system can file them against the right record. Catenix speaks this general interface. We do not need, and this page does not publish, any vendor-specific internal detail about how individual values are laid out.

Because the link is serial, the RX Daytona+ needs something to bring it onto the network. At your site, a small Catenix gateway takes the analyser's serial connection and receives the ASTM result messages it sends. The gateway is the only piece of new hardware involved, it bridges the serial device onto your network, and it runs quietly alongside your existing kit.

Results and quality control in Catenix

Once the gateway receives a result, Catenix records it in your cloud workspace with a timestamp and keeps an audit trail of what arrived and when. Nothing is retyped, so the value in the record is the value the analyser produced.

Chemistry analysers also produce quality-control runs, the checks that confirm the instrument and reagents are behaving as expected. Catenix identifies these QC runs and keeps them separate from patient results, so a control sample never lands in a patient's record and your QC history stays intact for review. This separation is worked out from the information in the incoming results, without any change to how the analyser is used.

From there, Catenix can forward the patient results onward to the systems your site already runs, such as a LIS or an EHR. The result flows once, automatically, from the analyser through to the record, and the same audit trail follows it.

Getting connected

To connect an RX Daytona+, a site typically needs the analyser's serial output configured to send ASTM results, a Catenix gateway on the same network taking that serial connection, and agreement on where patient results should be delivered. Most of the setup is configuration rather than new equipment.

If you are planning a connection or want to check what your current setup allows, our team can talk it through with you. See /contact/ to get in touch, /platform/ for how the workspace and gateway fit together, and /pricing/ for how it is packaged. For security and data handling, see /security/ and /trust/.

Questions clinics ask

Can I connect a Randox RX Daytona+ to my LIS?

Yes. The RX Daytona+ presents an ASTM E1394 result interface over a serial connection, and Catenix captures results from it and can forward them to a LIS or EHR. The main requirement is that the analyser is set to send results and that a Catenix gateway is on the same network, bridging the serial link onto it.

Do I need new hardware to make this work?

The only new item is the small Catenix gateway that sits on your local network and takes the analyser's serial connection. The RX Daytona+ carries on as it is, and most of the work is configuration rather than installation.

How are quality-control runs handled?

Catenix recognises QC runs in the incoming results and keeps them separate from patient records. Your control results stay grouped for review and never appear against a patient, which keeps both the patient record and the QC history clean.

Will results still be transcribed by hand?

No. Once the connection is live, results move from the analyser over ASTM into Catenix and onward automatically, so nobody rekeys a value. An audit trail records what was received and when.

Which chemistry tests are supported?

Catenix carries whatever result the RX Daytona+ sends, so the tests available depend on the assays your site runs rather than on Catenix. We handle the connectivity, not the measurement itself.

How do we get started?

Get in touch through /contact/ and we can review your current setup, the analyser's serial-port settings, and where you want results delivered. See /platform/ for how the gateway and workspace work together.

Product and company names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective owners. Reference to them is for identification only and does not imply any affiliation with, endorsement by, or certification from those owners. This page describes connectivity and data handling only and is not clinical advice.

Reviewed July 2026. Back to integrations. Going deeper on the standard: our ASTM E1381 and E1394 guide.

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