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Message Format & Structure

Message Format & Structure

The host and the device communicate with each other by exchanging blocks of data called messages, which are standardized wrappers containing a payload. This section will detail everything you need to know about using messages.

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The basics on messages, what they are, and how they work.

Learn about the TLV encoding that make messages work.

.Each message type follows a specific structure described in this section.

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