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- [Frequently Asked Questions](./faq.md)
- [CLI Commands](./cli_commands.md)
- [Companion Protocol](./companion_protocol.md)
- [Packet Structure](./packet_structure.md)
- [Packet Format](./packet_format.md)
- [QR Codes](./qr_codes.md)
If you find a mistake in any of our documentation, or find something is missing, please feel free to open a pull request for us to review.

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# Packet Format
This document describes the MeshCore packet format.
- `0xYY` indicates `YY` in hex notation.
- `0bYY` indicates `YY` in binary notation.
- Bit 0 indicates the bit furthest to the right: `0000000X`
- Bit 7 indicates the bit furthest to the left: `X0000000`
## Version 1 Packet Format
This is the protocol level packet structure used in MeshCore firmware v1.12.0
```
[header][transport_codes(optional)][path_length][path][payload]
```
- [header](#header-format) - 1 byte
- 8-bit Format: `0bVVPPPPRR` - `V=Version` - `P=PayloadType` - `R=RouteType`
- Bits 0-1 - 2-bits - [Route Type](#route-types)
- `0x00`/`0b00` - `ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_FLOOD` - Flood Routing + Transport Codes
- `0x01`/`0b01` - `ROUTE_TYPE_FLOOD` - Flood Routing
- `0x02`/`0b10` - `ROUTE_TYPE_DIRECT` - Direct Routing
- `0x03`/`0b11` - `ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_DIRECT` - Direct Routing + Transport Codes
- Bits 2-5 - 4-bits - [Payload Type](#payload-types)
- `0x00`/`0b0000` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_REQ` - Request (destination/source hashes + MAC)
- `0x01`/`0b0001` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_RESPONSE` - Response to `REQ` or `ANON_REQ`
- `0x02`/`0b0010` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_TXT_MSG` - Plain text message
- `0x03`/`0b0011` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_ACK` - Acknowledgment
- `0x04`/`0b0100` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_ADVERT` - Node advertisement
- `0x05`/`0b0101` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_GRP_TXT` - Group text message (unverified)
- `0x06`/`0b0110` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_GRP_DATA` - Group datagram (unverified)
- `0x07`/`0b0111` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_ANON_REQ` - Anonymous request
- `0x08`/`0b1000` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_PATH` - Returned path
- `0x09`/`0b1001` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_TRACE` - Trace a path, collecting SNR for each hop
- `0x0A`/`0b1010` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_MULTIPART` - Packet is part of a sequence of packets
- `0x0B`/`0b1011` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_CONTROL` - Control packet data (unencrypted)
- `0x0C`/`0b1100` - reserved
- `0x0D`/`0b1101` - reserved
- `0x0E`/`0b1110` - reserved
- `0x0F`/`0b1111` - `PAYLOAD_TYPE_RAW_CUSTOM` - Custom packet (raw bytes, custom encryption)
- Bits 6-7 - 2-bits - [Payload Version](#payload-versions)
- `0x00`/`0b00` - v1 - 1-byte src/dest hashes, 2-byte MAC
- `0x01`/`0b01` - v2 - Future version (e.g., 2-byte hashes, 4-byte MAC)
- `0x02`/`0b10` - v3 - Future version
- `0x03`/`0b11` - v4 - Future version
- `transport_codes` - 4 bytes (optional)
- Only present for `ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_FLOOD` and `ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_DIRECT`
- `transport_code_1` - 2 bytes - `uint16_t` - calculated from region scope
- `transport_code_2` - 2 bytes - `uint16_t` - reserved
- `path_length` - 1 byte - Length of the path field in bytes
- `path` - size provided by `path_length` - Path to use for Direct Routing
- Up to a maximum of 64 bytes, defined by `MAX_PATH_SIZE`
- v1.12.0 firmware and older drops packets with `path_length` [larger than 64](https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/blob/e812632235274ffd2382adf5354168aec765d416/src/Dispatcher.cpp#L144)
- `payload` - variable length - Payload Data
- Up to a maximum 184 bytes, defined by `MAX_PACKET_PAYLOAD`
- Generally this is the remainder of the raw packet data
- The firmware parses this data based on the provided Payload Type
- v1.12.0 firmware and older drops packets with `payload` sizes [larger than 184](https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/blob/e812632235274ffd2382adf5354168aec765d416/src/Dispatcher.cpp#L152)
### Packet Format
| Field | Size (bytes) | Description |
|-----------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| header | 1 | Contains routing type, payload type, and payload version |
| transport_codes | 4 (optional) | 2x 16-bit transport codes (if ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_*) |
| path_length | 1 | Length of the path field in bytes |
| path | up to 64 (`MAX_PATH_SIZE`) | Stores the routing path if applicable |
| payload | up to 184 (`MAX_PACKET_PAYLOAD`) | Data for the provided Payload Type |
> NOTE: see the [Payloads](./payloads.md) documentation for more information about the content of specific payload types.
### Header Format
Bit 0 means the lowest bit (1s place)
| Bits | Mask | Field | Description |
|------|--------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
| 0-1 | `0x03` | Route Type | Flood, Direct, etc |
| 2-5 | `0x3C` | Payload Type | Request, Response, ACK, etc |
| 6-7 | `0xC0` | Payload Version | Versioning of the payload format |
### Route Types
| Value | Name | Description |
|--------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| `0x00` | `ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_FLOOD` | Flood Routing + Transport Codes |
| `0x01` | `ROUTE_TYPE_FLOOD` | Flood Routing |
| `0x02` | `ROUTE_TYPE_DIRECT` | Direct Routing |
| `0x03` | `ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_DIRECT` | Direct Routing + Transport Codes |
### Payload Types
| Value | Name | Description |
|--------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| `0x00` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_REQ` | Request (destination/source hashes + MAC) |
| `0x01` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_RESPONSE` | Response to `REQ` or `ANON_REQ` |
| `0x02` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_TXT_MSG` | Plain text message |
| `0x03` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_ACK` | Acknowledgment |
| `0x04` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_ADVERT` | Node advertisement |
| `0x05` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_GRP_TXT` | Group text message (unverified) |
| `0x06` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_GRP_DATA` | Group datagram (unverified) |
| `0x07` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_ANON_REQ` | Anonymous request |
| `0x08` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_PATH` | Returned path |
| `0x09` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_TRACE` | Trace a path, collecting SNR for each hop |
| `0x0A` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_MULTIPART` | Packet is part of a sequence of packets |
| `0x0B` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_CONTROL` | Control packet data (unencrypted) |
| `0x0C` | reserved | reserved |
| `0x0D` | reserved | reserved |
| `0x0E` | reserved | reserved |
| `0x0F` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_RAW_CUSTOM` | Custom packet (raw bytes, custom encryption) |
### Payload Versions
| Value | Version | Description |
|--------|---------|--------------------------------------------------|
| `0x00` | 1 | 1-byte src/dest hashes, 2-byte MAC |
| `0x01` | 2 | Future version (e.g., 2-byte hashes, 4-byte MAC) |
| `0x02` | 3 | Future version |
| `0x03` | 4 | Future version |

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# Packet Structure
| Field | Size (bytes) | Description |
|-----------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| header | 1 | Contains routing type, payload type, and payload version. |
| transport_codes | 4 (optional) | 2x 16-bit transport codes (if ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_*) |
| path_len | 1 | Length of the path field in bytes. |
| path | up to 64 (`MAX_PATH_SIZE`) | Stores the routing path if applicable. |
| payload | up to 184 (`MAX_PACKET_PAYLOAD`) | The actual data being transmitted. |
Note: see the [payloads doc](./payloads.md) for more information about the content of payload.
## Header Breakdown
bit 0 means the lowest bit (1s place)
| Bits | Mask | Field | Description |
|-------|--------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 0-1 | `0x03` | Route Type | Flood, Direct, Reserved - see below. |
| 2-5 | `0x3C` | Payload Type | Request, Response, ACK, etc. - see below. |
| 6-7 | `0xC0` | Payload Version | Versioning of the payload format - see below. |
## Route Type Values
| Value | Name | Description |
|--------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| `0x00` | `ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_FLOOD` | Flood routing mode + transport codes |
| `0x01` | `ROUTE_TYPE_FLOOD` | Flood routing mode (builds up path). |
| `0x02` | `ROUTE_TYPE_DIRECT` | Direct route (path is supplied). |
| `0x03` | `ROUTE_TYPE_TRANSPORT_DIRECT` | direct route + transport codes |
## Payload Type Values
| Value | Name | Description |
|--------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| `0x00` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_REQ` | Request (destination/source hashes + MAC). |
| `0x01` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_RESPONSE` | Response to REQ or ANON_REQ. |
| `0x02` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_TXT_MSG` | Plain text message. |
| `0x03` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_ACK` | Acknowledgment. |
| `0x04` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_ADVERT` | Node advertisement. |
| `0x05` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_GRP_TXT` | Group text message (unverified). |
| `0x06` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_GRP_DATA` | Group datagram (unverified). |
| `0x07` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_ANON_REQ` | Anonymous request. |
| `0x08` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_PATH` | Returned path. |
| `0x09` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_TRACE` | trace a path, collecting SNI for each hop. |
| `0x0A` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_MULTIPART` | packet is part of a sequence of packets. |
| `0x0B` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_CONTROL` | control packet data (unencrypted) |
| `0x0C` | . | reserved |
| `0x0D` | . | reserved |
| `0x0E` | . | reserved |
| `0x0F` | `PAYLOAD_TYPE_RAW_CUSTOM` | Custom packet (raw bytes, custom encryption). |
## Payload Version Values
| Value | Version | Description |
|--------|---------|---------------------------------------------------|
| `0x00` | 1 | 1-byte src/dest hashes, 2-byte MAC. |
| `0x01` | 2 | Future version (e.g., 2-byte hashes, 4-byte MAC). |
| `0x02` | 3 | Future version. |
| `0x03` | 4 | Future version. |

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# Meshcore payloads
Inside of each [meshcore packet](./packet_structure.md) is a payload, identified by the payload type in the packet header. The types of payloads are:
# Payload Format
Inside each [MeshCore Packet](./packet_format.md) is a payload, identified by the payload type in the packet header. The types of payloads are:
* Node advertisement.
* Acknowledgment.
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Returned path messages provide a description of the route a packet took from the original author. Receivers will send returned path messages to the author of the original message.
| Field | Size (bytes) | Description |
|-------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| path length | 1 | length of next field |
| path | see above | a list of node hashes (one byte each) |
| extra type | 1 | extra, bundled payload type, eg., acknowledgement or response. Same values as in [packet structure](./packet_structure.md) |
| extra | rest of data | extra, bundled payload content, follows same format as main content defined by this document |
| Field | Size (bytes) | Description |
|-------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| path length | 1 | length of next field |
| path | see above | a list of node hashes (one byte each) |
| extra type | 1 | extra, bundled payload type, eg., acknowledgement or response. Same values as in [Packet Format](./packet_format.md) |
| extra | rest of data | extra, bundled payload content, follows same format as main content defined by this document |
## Request