iLink 3 Message Header

For iLink messaging, each message in the packet starts with a Binary message header that consists of the Simple Open Framing Header (SOFH) and SBE Header.

Name	Binary Type	Number of Bytes	Req	Description

Name	Binary Type	Number of Bytes	Req	Description
SOFH
MessageSize	uInt16	2	Y	Overall message size including headers to support framing.
EncodingType	uInt16	2	Y	Identifier of the encoding used in the message payload. CME SBE Version 1.0 Little-endian: 0xCAFE
Simple Binary Encoding Header
BlockLength	uInt16	2	Y	The total space reserved for the root level of the message.
TemplateID	uInt16	2	Y	Message template identifier.
SchemaID	uInt16	2	Y	Identifier of the message schema that contains the template.
Version	uInt16	2	Y	Version of the message schema in which the message is defined.