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MESSAGE FORMATS
RADAR ERROR MESSAGES
Operational Error message
The operational error message is an unsolicited message used to report degrees of variance of the radar from
normal operation.
Operational Error message format
Name Size / Bytes Value Notes
STX 1 2 Start of message byte
MT 2 ‘ER’ = Error Message Message type
, 1 ‘,’ Comma
Error Number 2 DD Error number in decimal format - see
table on next page for details
, 1 ‘,’ Comma
Reference
Number
5
DDDDD Reference number used to help
isolate error source. This can change
between software versions and should
not be used by the host system.
,
1 ‘*’
Asterisk
Check Sum 2 ‘XX’ Check sum in hexadecimal format
ETX 1 3 End of message byte
MT ,
S
T
X
, *
E
T
X
Error Number
Reference
Number
Check
Sum
2 11 1 12 5
Message Type
ER
2 1