Modified Chrysler CCD/SCI Scanner UART protocol
for SBHACK
Last update: 2020.02.27
1. Frame format
Start of End of
Data length Data description Data
frame frame
LENGTH LENGTH DATA SUB-DATA
SYNC PAYLOAD CHECKSUM
HB LB CODE CODE
$00 $3D
$3D $00 $06 $05 $01 $0D
$14 $B0
Table 1. Frame format.
1.1 SYNC byte: fixed value at the beginning of every message ($3D).
1.2 LENGTH bytes: number of bytes following (not including these two) until
CHECKSUM byte is reached. Maximum frame length is limited to 1024
bytes. Size: 2 bytes.
1.3 DATA CODE byte: describes the source, target and command. Size: 1 byte.
1.4 SUB-DATA CODE byte: command extension if the command alone is not
enough to describe the purpose of the message. Size: 1 byte
1.5 PAYLOAD byte(s): optional. Arbitrary data can be stored here.
Size: limited to a maximum of 1024-6=1018 bytes.
1.6 CHECKSUM byte: all bytes, except SYNC, summed up, lower byte of the
result is placed here for error detection. Size: 1 byte.
2. Frame bytes in detail
2.1 DATA CODE byte description
DATA CODE byte
Sourc Target Command
e
bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Table 2. DATA CODE byte description.
Bit 7 source of the frame: - 4b0000 ($00): Reset
- 1b0 ($00): COMPUTER - 4b0001 ($01): Handshake
- 1b1 ($80): ARDUINO - 4b0010 ($02): Status
- 4b0011 ($03): Settings
Bit 6:4 | target of the frame: - 4b0100 ($04): Read data
- ALWAYS 3b000 - 4b0101 ($05): Write data
- 4b0110-4b1101 ($06-$0E): RESERVED
Bit 3:0 | command - 4b1111 ($0F): OK/Error
2.2 SUB-DATA CODE byte description
SUB-DATA CODE byte
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Table 3. SUB-DATA CODE byte description.
Individual bits have no special meaning. Different commands have different
SUB-DATA CODE bytes.
Related command: $00 (Reset)
- $00-$FF: RESERVED
Related command: $01 (Handshake)
- $00: Request scanner to send handshake over USB connection
- $01: Send handshake, hardware/firmware information and status too
- $02-$FF: RESERVED
Related command: $02 (Status)
- $00 RESERVED
- $01 Timestamp
- $02 Scan smbus
- $03 Smbus dump
- $04-$FF: RESERVED
Related command: $03 (Settings)
- $00: RESERVED
- $01: Current Settings
- $02: Set smbus address
- $03: Set R/W byte order
- $04-$FF: RESERVED
Related command: $04 (Read Data)
- $00: RESERVED
- $01: Read byte
- $02: Read word
- $03: Read block
- $04: Read ROM byte
- $05: Read ROM block
- $06-$FF: RESERVED
Related command: $05 (Write Data)
- $00: RESERVED
- $01: Write byte
- $02: Write word
- $03: Write block
- $04-$FF: RESERVED
Related command: $0F (OK/ERROR)
- $00: OK: general acknowledgement
- $01: ERROR: LENGTH, invalid value
- $02: ERROR: DATA CODE, invalid command
- $03: ERROR: SUB-DATA CODE, invalid value
- $04: ERROR: PAYLOAD, invalid value
- $05: ERROR: CHECKSUM, invalid value
- $06: ERROR: PACKET, timeout occurred
- $07-$FD: RESERVED
- $FE: ERROR: internal error
- $FF: ERROR: FATAL
3. Example packets
LENGTH LENGTH DATA SUB-DATA
SYNC PAYLOAD CHECKSUM
HB LB CODE CODE
$3D $00 $02 $00 $00 $02
Table 4. Reboot scanner.
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LENGTH LENGTH DATA SUB-DATA
SYNC PAYLOAD CHECKSUM
HB LB CODE CODE
$01
0:TX
$3D $00 $02 $00 $03
1:handsh
ake
Table 5. Handshake request.
LENGTH LENGTH DATA SUB-DATA
SYNC PAYLOAD CHECKSUM
HB LB CODE CODE
$81
$53 $42
8:RX
$3D $00 $08 $00 $48 $41 $35
1:handsh
$43 $4B
ake
Table 6. Handshake response.
In the PAYLOAD section the scanner responds with an ASCII encoded text:
$53 $42 $48 $41 $43 $4B = SBHACK
LENGTH LENGTH DATA SUB-DATA
SYNC PAYLOAD CHECKSUM
HB LB CODE CODE
$04
$03 $20
$3D $00 $03 0:TX $2A
3:Block Reg 20
4:Read
Table 7. Read block reg 0x20.
LENGTH LENGTH DATA SUB-DATA
SYNC PAYLOAD CHECKSUM
HB LB CODE CODE
$20 $45
$84
$03 $43 $53
$3D $00 $07 8:RX $8C
3:Block Reg 20
4:Read
ESC
Table 8. Echo of Read block reg 0x20.
LENGTH LENGTH DATA SUB-DATA
SYNC PAYLOAD CHECKSUM
HB LB CODE CODE
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$00 $00
$05 $02 $01
$3D $00 $05 $0D
TX,write word Reg 00,
data0001
Table 9. Write word 0001 to reg 0x00.
LENGTH LENGTH DATA SUB-DATA
SYNC PAYLOAD CHECKSUM
HB LB CODE CODE
$00 $00
$01 $02
Reg
$85 $02
$3D $00 $06 00,Data $90
RX,write word
0001,02
bytes
written
Table 10. Echo write word 0001 to reg 0x00
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