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DATA and SETup Commands

Data Format

Data Format

To understand the format of the data within the block data, there are four important things to keep in mind.

∙ Data is sent to the controller in binary form.

∙ Each byte, as described in this chapter, contains 8 bits.

∙ The first bit of each byte is the MSB (most significant bit).

∙ Byte descriptions are printed in binary, decimal, or ASCII depending on

		how the data is described.
Example	The first ten bytes that describe the section name contain a total of 80 bits as
	follows:
		Byte 1		Byte 10
Binary
	0100 0100 0100 0001 0101 0100 0100 0001 0010 0000...0010 0000
	MSB		LSB
Decimal	68 65 84 65 32 32 32 32 32 32
ASCII	DATA space space space space space space

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