Control Byte 4

When control byte 3 is set to “external commands” (bit 4 set to 1), nibble 1 of control byte 4 is used to tell the J1939 in which message slot location (1 through 15) to place the message data. NOTE: Message location number 15 is receive only.

Table 7. Byte 4

 

 

Nibble 2

 

 

Nibble 1

 

 

Bit 7

Bit 6

 

Bit 5

Bit 4

Bit 3

Bit 2

 

Bit 1

Bit 0

When control byte 3 is set to “ internal commands” (bit 5 set to 1), nibble

1 of control byte 4 has the following functions:

 

Table 8. Nibble 1 Bit Values

Nibble 1 Value

 

Function

0001

 

Display vender number & version

0010

 

Set baud rate, stop, start bits

0100

 

Not used

1000

 

Not used

Nibble 2 of control byte 4 is reserved for future use and is set to 0.

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