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ByteField NameDescription
0Start of Frame

Fixed value of 0xF1; will be referred to as START_OF_FRAME throughout this document. 

1Primary Header

Defines the primary frame type.

2Secondary Header

Identifies the command subset of the given primary frame type.

3Frame Sequence Number

0 – 127: Host initiated transactions 

128 255: Module initiated transactions 


The Frame Sequence Number enumerates a serial message exchanged between the Host and the Module, and vice versa. Use of a Frame Sequence Number for each such message is recommended.

For best practice, we also recommend the Frame Sequence Number be incremented by 1 for each newly initiated message. The response to a message must use the same Frame Sequence Number as the message that is being responded to.

Any transaction, whether initiated by the Host or the Module, may be acknowledged (i.e., ACK'ed) by the recipient with a response using the same Frame Sequence Number.

The Frame Sequence Number is used for tracking purposes but is not a mandatory feature. If its use is not desired, it should be assigned a value of 0x00. 

4Payload LengthDefines the length of the payload of a received or transmitted frame as 0-n bytes; at the time of this writing, the maximum acceptable

values for n are:


Transmitted by Module – 0x7A or 122 bytes

Received by Module – 0x7A or 122 bytes 

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