The Environmental message is intended for a wide variety of environmental data, including: current flow, water level, water temperature, visibility, and air gap. The message has the ability to provide both real-time and forecast data. In order to maximize flexibility, this message can be used to transmit from 1 to 8 sensor reports (a 1 sensor report uses 1 slot while a message with 8 sensor reports requires 5 slots). These sensor reports can be data from one location or from multiple locations. In addition, the data does not need to be sent at the same update rate allowing data that changes more rapidly to be sent more often than slowly changing data. Static data such as sensor position can be sent even less frequently.
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