XCTrackOpenData

XCTOD is a text protocol that allows to show any generic data in the “External data” widget.

Structure of the message

$XCTOD,field1,field2,...,field50[\r]\n

• every message starts with $XCTOD header
• fields are divided by the comma , character
• the comma character can be escaped by \ (this\,is\,one\,field)
• the value of the field is shown “as is” in the widget (spaces are allowed)
• for the simplicity there is no checksum
• number of fields is limited up to 50
• the line is finished by \n character, the \r character is optional

Example

Here is the example of configured widgets and some input data: