EIA Beginning Segment for Equipment Inquiry or Advice

To identify functions and provide control information required for the Equipment Inquiry or Advice Transaction Set

Position: EIA-01 · Element: 353 · Name: Transaction Set Purpose Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

Position: EIA-02 · Element: 1073 · Name: Yes/No Condition or Response Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response

EIA indicates if waybill information should be included. A "Y" indicates waybill information should be included; an "N" indicates waybill information should not be included.

Position: EIA-03 · Element: 1073 · Name: Yes/No Condition or Response Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response

EIA03 indicates if trip information should be included. A "Y" indicates trip information should be included; an "N" indicates trip information should not be included.

Position: EIA-04 · Element: 1073 · Name: Yes/No Condition or Response Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response

EIA04 indicates if advice should include all events from the last full cycle. A "Y" indicates advice should include all events from the last full cycle; an "N" indicates that the number of events to be sent will be found in EIA05.

Position: EIA-05 · Element: 609 · Name: Count · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 9 · Repeat: 1

Occurrence counter

C0504: If EIA-05 is present, then EIA-04 is required

EIA05 indicates how many of the last events should be passed.

Position: EIA-06 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

EIA06 contains the 12 character Trace Identifier required in the response of parameter trace inquiries.