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The total amount of characters in the message is 33. The transmission 
times are: 1.3 s at 300 bps (10-bit char), 0.17 s at 2400 bps, 0.04 s at 
9600 bps. 
The binary status is in hexadecimal notation. The status bits emulate the 
MITRAS status as follows. 
Transmitter status correspondence between MITRAS and FS11: 
BL sensor status (ON/OFF) 
 
Receiver status correspondence between MITRAS and FS11: 
 
For example, the status 4101 means that 
 
In other words, LM21 Background Luminance Sensor is set as the 
background luminance sensor.