Transmitting Data to the J1708 Bus

The HDV100A3 supports standard J1708 commands of up to 21 bytes. Additionally the HDV100A3 can send messages up to 100 bytes to the J1708 bus. It is the responsibility of the sending software to check for “ignition off” before using the J1708 bus to send messages with more than 21 bytes to the bus. Failure to check for a “quiet bus” condition before transmitting a long message may cause erratic bus operation. The format to send information to the J1708 bus is shown below:

Byte

Byte

Byte Function

Number

Value

 

 

(hex)

 

1

01

Start of frame

2

03

Number of control bytes

3

01

ID bytes 1= J1708

4

12

Function code 12 (hex) transmit to J1708 bus

5

02

Priority byte 00000010 set bit 0 to 7 see below

6

XX

Number of data bytes to follow (excludes checksum byte)

 

YY

Data bytes up to 100 bytes

 

CS

Checksum

Set the priority bit using the chart below.

Priority Byte Value

Binary Value

Hex Value

1

00000001

01

2

00000010

02

3

00000100

04

4

00001000

08

5

00010000

10

6

00100000

20

7

01000000

40

8

10000000

80

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