Prerequisites for setup

FIRMM version 3.2 or greater installed on a separate Linux computer that is networked to the scanner host computer. If FIRMM is not yet installed, visit firmm.io for more info.
You will need to know the FIRMM user name and password, set during the installation of FIRMM. The user name will be firmmproc unless FIRMM was installed sudo-less, in which case it will be the installer's user name. It is referenced below as FIRMM_USER.
You will need to know the FIRMM computer IP address, referenced below as FIRMM_IP.
ssh keys will need to be set to enable connection from the scanner host to the FIRMM computer without requiring a password, see instructions below.
Copy firmm_monitor and firmm_rsync.sh from ${INCOMING_DICOM_DIR}/DICOM_stream_shortcuts/ to /usr/g/bin/.
Sequences with a pulse sequence description (DICOM tag [0019,109E]) of 'EPI' will be sent to the FIRMM computer via rsync.

Set ssh key instructions

Open a terminal on the scanner host computer.
Type ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096.
Hit enter three times. This will create the ssh key at the default path and create it without a password.
Type ssh FIRMM_USER@FIRMM_IP mkdir -p .ssh and enter your FIRMM_USER password.
Type cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh FIRMM_USER@FIRMM_IP 'cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys' and enter your FIRMM_USER password.
You should now be able to log in to (and rsync files to) the FIRMM computer from the scanner host without a password.

Follow these steps every time you run an MR session.

Start the FIRMM software on the remote Linux computer.
Run the localizers for the scan.
Open a command window and run firmm_monitor on the scanner host, giving the exam number as the only argument.
Keep the monitor running for the duration of the session. When a new series is started it will detect the series type. If the pulse sequence description ([0019,109E]) is 'EPI' it will start the transfer to the FIRMM machine.
If a series doesn't finish running before the next starts, then the new series will not be transferred to the FIRMM computer.