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authorChristopher Peplin <chris.peplin@rhubarbtech.com>2014-03-23 16:26:33 -0400
committerChristopher Peplin <chris.peplin@rhubarbtech.com>2014-03-23 16:26:33 -0400
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Elaborate on 'name' field for diagnostic requests.
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@@ -84,10 +84,15 @@ with this command format:
Each byte in the string *must* be represented with 2 characters, e.g. `0x1`
is `0x01` - the complete string must have an even number of characters.
-**parse_payload** - (optional, false by default) if true, the complete payload in the
- response message will be parsed as a number and returned in the 'value' field of
- the response. The 'payload' field will be omitted in responses with a
- 'value'.
+**parse_payload** - (optional, false by default) if `true`, the complete payload
+ in the response message will be parsed as a number and returned in the
+ `value` field of the response. The `payload` field will be omitted in
+ responses with a `value`.
+
+**name** - (optional, defaults to nothing) A human readable, string name for
+ this request. If provided, the response will have a `name` field (much like a
+ normal translated message) with this value in place of `bus`, `id`, `mode` and
+ `pid`.
**multiple_responses** - (optional, false by default) if true, request will stay
active for a full 100ms, even after receiving a diagnostic response message.
@@ -108,11 +113,6 @@ with this command format:
**frequency** - (optional, defaults to 0) The frequency in Hz to send this
request. To send a single request, set this to 0 or leave it out.
-**name** - (optional, defaults to nothing) A human readable, string name for
- this request. If provided, the response will have a `name` field (much like a
- normal translated message) in place of the request details (i.e. the bus,
- id, mode and pid). TODO elaborate on this.
-
The `bus+id+mode+pid` key is unique, so if you send a create request with that
key twice, it'll overwrite the existing one (i.e. it will change the frequency,
the only other parameter). To cancel a recurring request, send this command with