RFC 1221:Host Access Protocol (HAP) Specification ...
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backward compatibility


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... S3[6-7] Interval. This field specifies the interval, in multiples of 21.22 milliseconds. (For backward compatibility only. New applications should use 3. Use of this field to specify an interval is being phased out.) ...
... the time interval over which the <data words per interval> data in <max mes> messages will be sent. For backward compatibility, an interval of 0 selects an interval of 169.76 milliseconds. This field is ignored unless the INT field is 3. ...


... 0[5-7] HAP version number. Use 1. Use of zero invokes backward compatibility code (see Appendix B). 0[8-11] Reserved. Must be zero. ...
... 0[5-7] HAP version number. Use 1. Use of zero invokes backward compatibility code (see Appendix B). 0[8-9] Reserved. Must be zero. ...


... Appendix B -- Backward compatibility ...



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