Base message

Base message#

Requirements#

All messages sent should be in valid JSON and should include all of the following fields:

{
  "type": <string>,                  // Type of message being sent
  "id": <unsigned 32-bit integer>    // Unique ID for this message
  "sid": <unsigned 32-bit integer>   // Source vehicle's ID
  "tid": <unsigned 32-bit integer>   // Target vehicle's ID
  "time": <unsigned 64-bit integer>  // Number of seconds since January 1, 1970 0:00:00 UTC (epoch time)
}

Implementing these fields#

Deprecation notice

This section will be deleted once implementation of JSON communication is finished.

  • type : string

    • This field is predefined depending on the type of message.

  • id : unsigned 32-bit integer

    • See this for information.

  • sid/tid : unsigned 32-bit integer

    • These fields are predefined for every platform. See the list of vehicle IDs for the values used for these fields.

  • time : unsigned 64-bit integer

    • See this for more information on implementing this field.
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