Mode byte

They go by many names, P01, P10, P12, P59, E38, VPW, '0411 etc.
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Gampy
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Mode byte

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Hi all,

Something I've wondered about for a long time, never found the answer, never asked, so ...

The mode byte, 34,35,36,3D, etc...
The response is mode byte + 40 as I understand, thus 34 -> 74, 3D -> 7D.

How come Mode 35 response is 36,
[03:03:12:913] TX: STPX H:6D10F0, R:1, D:3501...
[03:03:13:147] RX: 6D F0 10 36 01...
Is this a mistake or an oddball??

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Re: Mode byte

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I've probably remembered the wrong thing here, but isn't it the length byte that's incremented by something, maybe $40?

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Re: Mode byte

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The unexpected response could be due to the fact that you're sending $6D as the first header byte of a physically addressed message, when it should be $6C.