RS-Helios-16P User Manual                                                                                       
 
6.2  Main Data Stream Output Protocol(MSOP) 
Main data Stream Output Protocol is abbreviated as MSOP 
I/O type: device output, computer analysis 
Default port number: 6699 
6.2.1  Header 
The header has 42 bytes and is used to identify the beginning of the UDP data packet. The structure 
of the Header is as shown in the table below:   
  Table 9 MSOP Header 
Top Board Sending 
Packet Count 
4 Bytes in total, form a sequence with a increment 
of 3 
Bottom Board 
Sending Packet 
Count 
Angle pulse interval 
count 
First 6 Bytes are second bits, last 4 bytes are 
microsecond bits 
Identify LiDAR model 
0x01:RS--LiDAR-16 
0x02:RS-LiDAR-32 
0x03:RS-Bpearl 
0x04:RS-Ruby 
0x05:RS-Ruby Lite 
0x06:RS-Helios-5515 
0x07: RS-Helios-1615,  RS-Helios-16P 
Reserved for future updates 
Note: The time stamp is used to record the time of the sensor system, with a resolution of 1us. Please refer to the 
definition of time in Appendix B.13.