DYNAMIXEL
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3-2. Instruction Packet
The Instruction Packet is the packet sent by the main controller to the Dynamixel units
to send commands. The structure of the Instruction Packet is as the following.
Instruction Packet
OXFF 0XFF ID LENGTH INSTRUCTION PARAMETER1 …PARAMETER N CHECK SUM
The meanings of each packet byte definition are as the following.
0XFF 0XFF
The two 0XFF bytes indicate the start of an incoming packet.
ID
The unique ID of a Dynamixel unit. There are 254 available ID values, ranging from
0X00 to 0XFD.
Broadcasting ID
ID 0XFE is the Broadcasting ID which indicates all of the connected Dynamixel units.
Packets sent with this ID apply to all Dynamixel units on the network. Thus packets sent
with a broadcasting ID will not return any status packets.
LENGTH
The length of the packet where its value is “Number of parameters (N) + 2”
INSTRUCTION
The instruction for the Dynamixel actuator to perform.
PARAMETER0…N
Used if there is additional information needed to be sent other than the instruction itself.
CHECK SUM
The computation method for the ‘Check Sum’ is as the following.
Check Sum = ~ (ID + Instr Para ... Parameter N)
If the calculated value is larger than 255, the lower byte is defined as the checksum
value.
~ represents the NOT logic operation.
3-3. Status Packet(Return Packet)
The Status Packet is the response packet from the Dynamixel units to the Main
Controller after receiving an instruction packet. The structure of the status packet is as
the following.
OXFF 0XFF ID LENGTH ERROR PARAMETER1 PARAMETER2…PARAMETER N CHECK SUM
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