Legacy Text Examples - Status Messages (SM)
Legacy (DEPRECATED)
This section describes the format for a Status Message (SM) and provides a Legacy example.
Status Message Legacy Specifications
All messages are in plain English and use the same structure and header format as Administrative messages (AM).
If a state or other user is going to be out of service and chooses to notify all users on Nlets, an "SM" type message should be used. This message key has been granted the highest priority within the Nlets system.
Message Formats
To send a Status Message, enter the following:
"SM." (2-4 character message type).
Sender's ORI followed by a period.
Destination ORI followed by a period.
The three characters "TXT"
Free-Text Status Message data.
Status Message Legacy Example
Example 1: Status Message forwarded from a state.
SM.TXDPS0000
09:00 01/01/2010 81232
09:00 01/01/2010 31236 OK0000000
TXT
TX requires 8 character OLN
Original Message:
MKE/DQ.
ORI/OK0000000.
DST/TX.
CTL/MRIA000000.
OLN/D082000000
Example 2: Status Message sent from Nlets.
SM.NLSRVCMSG
09:00 01/01/2010 01230
09:00 01/01/2010 61233 AZNLETS20
TXT
Puerto Rico no longer responds to RQ and DQ Department of Motor Vehicle Queries
ORIGINAL MESSAGE
RQ.AZNLETS20.PR.TXT
VIN/1234567689