Examples

Here are some example messages for various scenarios, to help you visualize how the protocol works.

Basic type 3 message

Ignoring what type of message type 3 is, this example slowly builds from an empty message to one with various headers and data.

empty

A message that only has a type, no headers, and no payload.

with prefix bytes

Adding the options prefix bytes to the start of the message.

with single uint32 header

with single ascii payload

with multiple headers and payloads

Real world

Ack

From the ACK message

📡 Real example from on 2025-10-09This example is captured from an RH2 device as part of normal communications over I2C with the ESP32 co-processor, in response to a heartbeat message that was sent by the ESP.

Position

From the Position message

📡 Real example from RV1 P1 v2287 on 2025-10-03This example is captured from an RV1 device as part of normal communications with the cloud, somewhere in California.