Hello. In section 9.5.7.1 of ANT Message Protocol & Usage Rev 5.1, it states that bits 4:7 of the Channel Status msg represents the Channel type as defined in table 5.1. However, section 5.2.1, in which Table 5.1 resides, defines Channel Type as an 8-bit field. Granted that for the valid values (00,10,20,30,40,50), the LS byte is 0 and thus the field can essentially be reduced to a 4-bit field. My question is, why specify that the Channel Type is an 8-bit field of which only 4 bits are meaningful instead of simply defining it as a 4-bit field? Is this a common practice?
Thanks,
-Jamie
