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@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ is sent as a JSON object, separated by newlines. The format of each object is: **data** - up to 8 bytes of data from the CAN message's payload, represented as a hexidecimal number in a string. Many JSON parser cannot handle 64-bit - integers, which is why we are not using a numerical data type. + integers, which is why we are not using a numerical data type. 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. ## Diagnostic Messages @@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ with this command format: **payload** - (optional) up to 7 bytes of data for the request's payload represented as a hexidecimal number in a string. Many JSON parser cannot handle 64-bit integers, which is why we are not using a numerical data type. + 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 |