TIMING EQUIPMENT INFORMATION

QUANTUM SWIMMING

OSM6 Type
Protocol Version -

> INTERPRETATION OF TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL

[SOH][DC2]p[DC3]if[DC4]cd[STX][DLE]XXYYStringINFO[EOT]

Between [ ] =
Between =
String
=

Control character, 1 Byte

Variable ASCII string , x Byte(s)
ASCII String characters
Space (20 Hex)

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1. TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL
Norm :
Speed :
Data bits :
Parity :
Stop bits :
Other

RS 485
9600 to 115200 bds
8
No parity
1
Code USASCII / NO Handschake / No Xon-Xoff

1.1 PROTOCOL
This part describes the current protocol output.
Additional messages may appear in the future. Therefore, the receiver must make sure to parse precisely the structure of the
message to avoid confusion.
The messages are sent by pairs:
Part 1 is : [SOH][STX][HOME]ABCDDEEFFFGGHH[EOT]
Part 2 is : [SOH][STX][HOME][LF]JKK[STX]Hh:Mm:Ss.dc[EOT]
Where:

Field
A

Content
Message type

Kind of time

Time type

DD
EE

Used lanes

FFF
GG
HH
J
KK

Event
Heat
Rank
Lane
Current lap

Value
0
1
2
3
4
5
S
I
A
D
R
B
Space
E
+
1/2/3

Description
Ready at start
Official End
On Line Time
Current race results
-Previous race result
Start
Split time
Finish
Take over time in a relay
Reaction time at start
Button only at finist
Normal time
Edited Time
Platform time after touchpad time
Platform time before touchpad time
Number of the button
Note 1

Lap number

Protocole de transmission Quantum Swimming / OSM6

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Note 1 for used lane indicator:

The first digit is for the lanes 1 to 5, the second for the lanes 6 to 10. The least significant bits are
used one bit per lane. The bits 7,6,et 5 are fixed (0,0,1).

Exemple :C4

5 4 3 2 1 Lane
0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20
0 9 8 7 6 Lane
0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20

1.2 Examples
Enter Race Event 3, heat 2, 4 laps (200m)
[SOH][STX][HOME]0??400302[EOT]
[SOH][STX][HOME][LF][STX][EOT]

Race Started
[SOH][STX][HOME]2S??4003020[EOT]
[SOH][STX][HOME][LF]10[STX]14:17:55.26[EOT]

Split Time Rank 3, lane 2, lap 1

[SOH][STX][HOME]2I??4003023[EOT]
[SOH][STX][HOME][LF]21[STX]21.89[EOT]

Final time Rank 2, lane 4

[SOH][STX][HOME]2A??4003022[EOT]
[SOH][STX][HOME][LF]44[STX]1:22.07[EOT]

1.3 Alive message:

Optional alive message:
[SOH][DC2]9[DC4]TP[EOT]

1.4 Description
Label
[SOH]
[HOME]
[STX]
[LF]
Hh:Mm:Ss.dc
[EOT]

[DC2]
[DC4]

length
1 byte
1 byte
1 byte
1 bytes
11 bytes
1 byte
1 byte
1 byte
1 byte

Content
01 Hex
08 Hex
02 Hex
10 Hex
Variable
04 Hex
Space 20 Hex
12 Hex
14 Hex

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Protocole de transmission Quantum Swimming / OSM6

Explanation
Start of transmission
Start of information
Part 2.
Information time
End of transmission
Command for identification
Command for identification

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