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# MessageFormatRequest (UORB message)
**TOPICS:** message_format_request
## Fields
| Name | Type | Unit [Frame] | Range/Enum | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <a id="fld_timestamp"></a>timestamp | `uint64` | | | time since system start (microseconds) |
| <a id="fld_protocol_version"></a>protocol_version | `uint16` | | | Must be set to LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION. Do not change this field, it must be the first field after the timestamp |
| <a id="fld_topic_name"></a>topic_name | `char[50]` | | | E.g. /fmu/in/vehicle_command |
## Constants
| Name | Type | Value | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <a id="#LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION"></a> LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION | `uint16` | 1 | Current version of this protocol. Increase this whenever the MessageFormatRequest or MessageFormatResponse changes. |
## Source Message
[Source file (GitHub)](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/msg/MessageFormatRequest.msg)
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```c
uint64 timestamp # time since system start (microseconds)
# Request to PX4 to get the hash of a message, to check for message compatibility
uint16 LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 1 # Current version of this protocol. Increase this whenever the MessageFormatRequest or MessageFormatResponse changes.
uint16 protocol_version # Must be set to LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION. Do not change this field, it must be the first field after the timestamp
char[50] topic_name # E.g. /fmu/in/vehicle_command
```
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