Index: MessageSupport.c
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diff -u -rf77e7c2b1dab61807f21f25c793afc063d43907c -rfb1be94d30e7017deb9bb465ce676ee37f2d73f3
--- MessageSupport.c	(.../MessageSupport.c)	(revision f77e7c2b1dab61807f21f25c793afc063d43907c)
+++ MessageSupport.c	(.../MessageSupport.c)	(revision fb1be94d30e7017deb9bb465ce676ee37f2d73f3)
@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@
 
 /*********************************************************************//**
  * @brief
- * The broadcastData function queues a broadcast message for transmission
- * to a given CAN buffer.
- * @details \b Inputs: none
- * @details \b Outputs: broadcast data msg constructed and queued
- * @param msgID ID of message to broadcast
- * @param buffer ID of CAN transmit buffer to add broadcast message to
- * @param dataPtr pointer to the start of the serialized message data to queue
- * @param length length of the serialized message data
+ * The broadcastData function queues a broadcast message for transmission.
+ * @details Inputs: none
+ * @details Outputs: broadcast data msg constructed and queued for transmission.
+ * @param msgID message ID of the data message to broadcast
+ * @param buffer comm buffer ID
+ * @param dataPtr pointer to the start of the payload data buffer
+ * @param length number of bytes of data in the given data buffer
  * @return TRUE if msg successfully queued for transmit, FALSE if not
  *************************************************************************/
 BOOL broadcastData( MSG_ID_T msgID, COMM_BUFFER_T buffer, U08* dataPtr, U32 length )
@@ -57,4 +56,37 @@
     return result;
 }
 
+/*********************************************************************//**
+ * @brief
+ * The sendMessage function queues a cmd/resp message for transmission.
+ * @details Inputs: none
+ * @details Outputs: Message constructed and queued for transmission.
+ * @param msgID message ID of the message to broadcast
+ * @param buffer comm buffer ID
+ * @param dataPtr pointer to the start of the payload data buffer
+ * @param length number of bytes of data in the given data buffer
+ * @return TRUE if msg successfully queued for transmit, FALSE if not
+ *************************************************************************/
+BOOL sendMessage( MSG_ID_T msgID, COMM_BUFFER_T buffer, U08* dataPtr, U32 length )
+{
+    BOOL result;
+    MESSAGE_T msg;
+    U08 *payloadPtr = msg.payload;
+
+    // create a message record
+    blankMessage( &msg );
+    msg.hdr.msgID = (U16)msgID;
+    msg.hdr.payloadLen = (U08)length;
+
+    if ( ( length > 0 ) && ( length < BITS_8_FULL_SCALE ) && ( dataPtr != 0 ) )
+    {
+        memcpy( payloadPtr, dataPtr, length );
+    }
+
+    // serialize the message (w/ sync, CRC, and appropriate CAN padding) and add serialized message data to appropriate comm buffer
+    result = serializeMessage( msg, buffer, ACK_REQUIRED );
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 /**@}*/