Data protocol

IR signal sending protocol, last updated on 10.10.2012.

The IR signal sending protocol used for the 4th generation LASERWAR equipment is based on MilesTag II Data Protocol Consequently, in the process of development of the 4th generation equipment we aimed to ensure that it is fully compatible with the equipment that uses the international MILES2 protocol. Nevertheless, the expanded LASERWAR protocol has additional commands – they are highlighted in blue.

Shot:

Header (an impulse of 2400 microseconds) + 14 data bits (the first bit of a shot always equals zero)

See the picture below for a graphic presentation of a shot

Keys:

[Header]-[0pppppppttdddd]
ррррррр (7 бит) - Player’s ID (for Lite, Nano and HSL ID versions = 50)
tt (2 бита) - player’s team colour
00 = Red 01 = Blue 10 = Yellow 11 = Green
dddd (4 бита) - inflicted damage
0000 = 1 0100 = 7 1000 = 20 1100 = 40
0001 = 2 0101 = 10 1001 = 25 1101 = 50
0010 = 4 0110 = 15 1010 = 30 1110 = 75
0011 = 5 0111 = 17 1011 = 35 1111 = 100

Weapon control commands:

Byte 1	Byte 1 Notes	Byte 2	Byte 2 Notes
0x80	Awards a player with Х health units (the amount of health units cannot exceed the original value in rifle settings)	1 to 100	–
0x81	Awards a player with Х cartridges (the overall amount of cartridges cannot exceed the original value in rifle settings)	1 to 100	–
0x82	Reserved	–	–
0x83	–	0х00	Admin Kill
0x83	–	0х01	Pause/Unpause
0x83	–	0х02	Start Game
0x83	–	0х03	Restore Defaults
0x83	–	0х04	Respawn
0x83	–	0х05	New Game (Immediate)
0x83	–	0х06	Full Ammo
0x83	–	0х07	End Game
0x83	–	0х08	Reset Clock
0x83	–	0х09	Team colour charge (The red will turn green and the other way around. The yellow or green colour will turn red)
0x83	–	0х0A	Initialize Player
0x83	–	0х0B	Explode Player
0x83	–	0х0C	New Game (Ready)
0x83	–	0х0D	Full Health
0x83	–	0х0E	Change shooting power (the shooting power of 50% will change to 99%, 50% will change to 49%)
0x83	–	0х0F	Full Armor
0x83	–	0х10	Double the number of units of a player’s life for the duration of a round. Can be used repeatedly until the number of the player’s health units reaches 255
0x83	–	0х11	Transmitted by a checkpoint when it gets captured
0x83	–	0х12	Transmitted by an explosive device imitation if a bomb is deactivated
0x83	–	0х13	Reserved
0x83	–	0х14	Clear Scores
0x83	–	0х15	Test Sensors
0x83	–	0хE8	Stun Player
0x83	–	0х17	Disarm Player
0x83	–	0х20	Increase shooting power (next value in the defeat table) till the end of the round (till the player gets killed)
0x83	–	0х21	Upgrade fire rate to 750 shots per minute
0x83	–	0х22	Double life till the end of the round (this command cannot be repeated and will not increase the amount of health units for a second time)
0x84	–	–	Reserved
0x85	–	0x13	Reserved
0x86	–	0x13	Reserved
0x87	–	0x13	Reserved
0x88	–	0x13	Reserved
0x89	–	0x13	Reserved
0x8A	–	0x00-0x0F	Player is awarded with Х magazines (the overall amount of cartridges cannot exceed the value in the original settings of the rifle)
0x8B	–	0x00-0x0F	First aid kit (amount of health – according to the damage table, the amount of health units cannot exceed the value in the original settings of the rifle)
0xA0	–	1-100	Radiation – makes a player loose Х health units
0xA1	–	1-100	Anomaly – a player is awarded with Х health units (the amount of health units cannot exceed the value in the original settings of a rifle)
0xA2	–	–	Reserved – used by artefacts
0xA3	–	0-7	Reserved - used by artefacts
0xA8	–	1-16	Configure Х preset of game settings: 0 – Stormtrooper 1 – Hostage 2 – Last hero 3 – Zombie 4 - Commandos
0xA9	–	0-3	Change team colour to Х: 0 - red 1 - blue 2 - yellow 3 - green
0xAA	–	0-32	Play sound Х
0хВ0	–	-128-127	Take away / give health from / to the red team
0хВ1	–	-128-127	Take away / give health from / to the blue team
0хВ2	–	-128-127	Take away / give health from / to the yellow team
0хВ3	–	-128-127	Take away / give health from / to the green team
0хВ4	–	0-3	Respawn of the Х team (0 - red, 1 - blue …...)
0хВ5	–	0-3	Pause the Х team (0 - red, 1 - blue …...)
0хВ6	–	0-3	Kill the Х team (0 - red, 1 - blue …...)
0хВ7	–	0-3	Full ammunition for the Х team (0 - red, 1 - blue …...)
0хВ8	–	0-127	Respawn of a player with ID = Х
0хВ9	–	0-127	Pause a player with ID = Х
0хВA	–	0-127	Kill a player with ID = Х
0хВB	–	0-127	Full ammunition for the player with ID = Х
0хВE..0xFF			Reserved – weapon configuration commands through the IR channel

Byte 1 0x80	Awards a player with Х health units (the amount of health units cannot exceed the original value in rifle settings)
Byte 2 1 to 100	–
Byte 1 0x81	Awards a player with Х cartridges (the overall amount of cartridges cannot exceed the original value in rifle settings)
Byte 2 1 to 100	–
Byte 1 0x82	Reserved
Byte 2 –	–
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х00	Admin Kill
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х01	Pause/Unpause
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х02	Start Game
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х03	Restore Defaults
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х04	Respawn
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х05	New Game (Immediate)
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х06	Full Ammo
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х07	End Game
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х08	Reset Clock
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х09	Team colour charge (The red will turn green and the other way around. The yellow or green colour will turn red)
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х0A	Initialize Player
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х0B	Explode Player
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х0C	New Game (Ready)
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х0D	Full Health
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х0E	Change shooting power (the shooting power of 50% will change to 99%, 50% will change to 49%)
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х0F	Full Armor
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х10	Double the number of units of a player’s life for the duration of a round. Can be used repeatedly until the number of the player’s health units reaches 255
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х11	Transmitted by a checkpoint when it gets captured
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х12	Transmitted by an explosive device imitation if a bomb is deactivated
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х13	Reserved
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х14	Clear Scores
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х15	Test Sensors
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0хE8	Stun Player
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х17	Disarm Player
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х20	Increase shooting power (next value in the defeat table) till the end of the round (till the player gets killed)
Byte 1 0x83	–
Byte 2 0х21	Upgrade fire rate to 750 shots per minute
Byte 1 0x83	-
Byte 2 0х22	Double life till the end of the round (this command cannot be repeated and will not increase the amount of health units for a second time)
Byte 1 0x84	–
Byte 2 -	Reserved
Byte 1 0x85	-
Byte 2 0x13	Reserved
Byte 1 0x86	–
Byte 2 0x13	Reserved
Byte 1 0x87	-
Byte 2 0x13	Reserved
Byte 1 0x88	–
Byte 2 0x13	Reserved
Byte 1 0x89	-
Byte 2 0x13	Reserved
Byte 1 0x8A	–
Byte 2 0x00-0x0F	Player is awarded with Х magazines (the overall amount of cartridges cannot exceed the value in the original settings of the rifle)
Byte 1 0x8B	-
Byte 2 0x00-0x0F	First aid kit (amount of health – according to the damage table, the amount of health units cannot exceed the value in the original settings of the rifle)
Byte 1 0xA0	–
Byte 2 1-100	Radiation – makes a player loose Х health units
Byte 1 0xA1	-
Byte 2 1-100	Anomaly – a player is awarded with Х health units (the amount of health units cannot exceed the value in the original settings of a rifle)
Byte 1 0xA2	–
Byte 2 -	Reserved – used by artefacts
Byte 1 0xA3	-
Byte 2 0-7	Reserved - used by artefacts
Byte 1 0xA8	–
Byte 2 1-16	Configure Х preset of game settings: 0 – Stormtrooper 1 – Hostage 2 – Last hero 3 – Zombie 4 - Commandos
Byte 1 0xA9	-
Byte 2 0-3	Change team colour to Х: 0 - red 1 - blue 2 - yellow 3 - green
Byte 1 0xAA	–
Byte 2 0-32	Play sound Х
Byte 1 0хВ0	-
Byte 2 -128-127	Take away / give health from / to the red team
Byte 1 0хВ1	–
Byte 2 -128-127	Take away / give health from / to the blue team
Byte 1 0хВ2	-
Byte 2 -128-127	Take away / give health from / to the yellow team
Byte 1 0хВ3	–
Byte 2 -128-127	Take away / give health from / to the green team
Byte 1 0хВ4	-
Byte 2 -128-127	Respawn of the Х team (0 - red, 1 - blue …...)
Byte 1 0хВ5	–
Byte 2 0-3	Pause the Х team (0 - red, 1 - blue …...)
Byte 1 0хВ6	-
Byte 2 0-3	Kill the Х team (0 - red, 1 - blue …...)
Byte 1 0хВ7	–
Byte 2 0-3	Full ammunition for the Х team (0 - red, 1 - blue …...)
Byte 1 0хВ8	-
Byte 2 0-127	Respawn of a player with ID = Х
Byte 1 0хВ9	–
Byte 2 0-127	Pause a player with ID = Х
Byte 1 0хВA	-
Byte 2 0-127	Kill a player with ID = Х
Byte 1 0хВB	–
Byte 2 0-127	Full ammunition for the player with ID = Х
Byte 1 0хВE..0xFF	-
Byte 2 –	Reserved – weapon configuration commands through the IR channel