INSTEON Hub: Developer’s Guide
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INSTEON Message Handling
Send INSTEON Standard or Extended Message
This Command lets you send either a Standard-length or an Extended-length INSTEON message,
depending only on what kind of INSTEON message you include in the body of the Command.
Send INSTEON Standard-length Message
Send INSTEON Standard-length Message (0x62)
What it does
Allows you to send a raw Standard-length INSTEON message.
What you send
8 bytes.
What you’ll get
9 bytes.
LED indication
None.
Related Commands
IM 0x50 INSTEON Standard Message Received
22
IM 0x51 INSTEON Extended Message Received
23
Command Sent from Host to IM
Byte Value Meaning
1 0x02 Start of IM Command
2
0x62
IM Command Number
3 <To Address high> The high byte of the INSTEON ID of the message addressee.
4 <To Address middle> The middle byte of the INSTEON ID of the message addressee.
5 <To Address low> The low byte of the INSTEON ID of the message addressee.
6 <Message Flags> The INSTEON message flags indicating message type and hops.
Extended Message Flag (bit 4) is 0
7 <Command 1> INSTEON Command 1 for the addressee to execute
8 <Command 2> INSTEON Command 2 for the addressee to execute
Message Returned by IM to Host
Byte Value Meaning
1 0x02 Echoed Start of IM Command
2
0x62
Echoed IM Command Number
3 <To Address high> Echoed <To Address high>
4 <To Address middle> Echoed <To Address middle>
5 <To Address low> Echoed <To Address low>
6 <Message Flags> Echoed <Message Flags>
Extended Message Flag (bit 4) is 0
7 <Command 1> Echoed <Command 1>
8 <Command 2> Echoed <Command 2>
9 <ACK/NAK> 0x06 (ACK) if the IM executed the Command correctly
0x15 (NAK) if an error occurred
Notes
The From Address is not required because the IM will automatically insert its own INSTEON ID into the
message.
For more information on INSTEON Commands and the latest Command set, please download the current
INSTEON Command Tables Document
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from http://code.insteon.com.