Index: Utilities.c
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diff -u -r8dc8551a200e8353a563828ccc8dcb4ad9f47bfb -r3aa7532eaeee4e9a0230dd2ceef5a2466cc90787
--- Utilities.c	(.../Utilities.c)	(revision 8dc8551a200e8353a563828ccc8dcb4ad9f47bfb)
+++ Utilities.c	(.../Utilities.c)	(revision 3aa7532eaeee4e9a0230dd2ceef5a2466cc90787)
@@ -535,6 +535,23 @@
     _enable_IRQ();
 }
 
+BOOL isCriticalDataSet( CRITICAL_DATA_T *data )
+{
+    BOOL result = FALSE;
+    CRITICAL_DATA_T  d;
+
+    _disable_IRQ();
+    d = *data;
+    _enable_IRQ();
+    // verify data integrity
+    if (( d.set != FALSE ) )
+    {
+        result = TRUE;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+
 /*********************************************************************//**
  * @brief
  * The hexStrToDec function convert hex string to decimal value.