# SymCom / Littelfuse PumpSaver Plus — IR Broadcast Protocol **Spec version:** 0.3 (2026-07-09) **Applies to:** the PumpSaver Plus family; reverse engineered on a **233P-1.5** (the 1/3-1.5 hp variant of the 233-P). Other Informer-compatible SymCom models — 233-P, 231-P Insider, 234-P, 235P, 236-P, 111P — very likely share the framing, possibly with different register maps. The same hardware ships **rebranded**: Pentek / Pentair "Submersible Pump Protector" SPP-233P, SPP-235P, SPP-111-3RLP and SD-F30x (their reader is the *Pentek SPP-Informer*; Berkeley, Myers and Sta-Rite sell the same SPP SKUs), and Goulds / CentriPro (Xylem) "PumpSaver by SymCom" part numbers (233, 2333RL, 2353RL50/75/100, 231Insider…). Beware suffix conventions: Pentek `-100` = 10 HP, CentriPro `RL100` = 100:5 CT. **Status:** wire format **verified** (three independently-derived decoders; ~13 M words across 8 months of captures, counter arithmetic proven against external ground truth); register semantics substantially verified, including by **live actuation** (2026-07-09 field session: knob sweeps tracked in real time, plus a deliberately induced underload trip whose full ring shift, condition latches, and restart countdown were observed on the wire). This protocol appears to have no public documentation anywhere — no patent, FCC filing, or prior reverse engineering was found. It was recovered entirely from captures of one 233P-1.5 in service. --- ## 1. Overview PumpSaver Plus devices continuously broadcast their internal state over a **baseband infrared** link (no 38/56 kHz carrier) intended for SymCom's "Informer" handheld reader. The broadcast is unidirectional and unsolicited: whenever the device is powered, it cyclically transmits all of its registers — live telemetry, configuration, counters, and the last-20-faults history — as self-contained addressed words. A receiver can begin listening at any time and reconstruct the full state within ~6 seconds. ``` transmission (20 words, ~0.36 s) every ~0.5 s (~2x/s) ┌──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬── ──┬──────┐ │ SYNC │ data │ data │ data │ data │ SYNC │ ... │ data │ then ~146 ms idle └──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴── ──┴──────┘ ``` ## 2. Physical layer | Parameter | Value | |---|---| | Medium | Baseband IR, two levels (LED on/off). **Not** carrier-modulated — demodulating receivers (TSOP-style) will not work | | Bit rate | 5,000 baud nominal (bit period 200 µs; 201.5–202.9 µs fitted on the test unit) | | Line code | NRZ, MSB-first. Runs of identical bits appear as one pulse whose width = run length × bit period | | Idle level | Logical 0. The line rests at idle between words (11–16 ms) and between transmissions (~146 ms) | | Range | 1–10 ft per Informer spec | **Edge skew (important):** every transition through a real receiver is delayed ~½ bit (~100 µs) in one direction, so *idle-level pulses measure ~100 µs short* and *active-level pulses ~100 µs long*. Measured widths therefore quantize to **odd multiples of ~100 µs**. Recover run lengths with integer arithmetic (robust to clock drift and wobble): ``` n_bits(idle pulse) = round((width_us + 101) / 202) n_bits(active pulse) = round((width_us - 101) / 202) ``` **Polarity detection:** capture hardware may report either level as "positive". The inter-word separators (>8 ms) always sit at the idle level, so whichever sign the separators carry is the idle/logical-0 level. **Units guard:** one early receiver pipeline stored every duration ten times too large (for example, a physical ~12 ms separator appears near 120,000 in that format). Normalize those captures by dividing the stored values by 10. The reference decoder defines `timing_scale` as the number of microseconds per stored unit: its default `timing_scale="auto"` tries `1` (normal µs) and `0.1` (the observed tenfold legacy representation) and selects one only from successfully validated protocol frames. `timing_scale=1` or `0.1` (CLI: `--timing-scale`) makes the choice explicit. Non-native auto-detection requires at least two valid data words or an exact sync word, so one noise-like burst cannot silently rescale a capture. Do not infer units from the single largest gap alone. **Implementation color (from a family teardown):** the transmitter is a Microchip **PIC16F684** (8-bit, 2 K instructions, 256 B EEPROM, no hardware UART) behind an LM258/LM339 analog front end. The IR stream is necessarily bit-banged off the PIC's internal RC oscillator — which explains the ±1 % per-unit bit-period spread (201.5–202.9 µs), the absence of checksums, and the 20-fault history depth (ring + calibration constants ≈ a full 256 B EEPROM). ## 3. Word format Every pulse burst between two >8 ms idle gaps is **one 32-bit word**, occupying a fixed ~18.2 ms slot: ``` bit 31 24 23 16 15 0 ┌───────────────┬─────────────┬───────────────────────┐ │ 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0│ register │ value (big-endian) │ │ 0x90 │ 0x01-0x75 │ │ └───────────────┴─────────────┴───────────────────────┘ ``` - **Trailing zero bits are not transmitted** — they merge into the idle gap. Words are variable-length on the wire (observed 13–32 bits). Decoders MUST right-pad the received bits with `0` to 32 bits. - A burst always starts with an active pulse (the header's leading `1`) — physically: active×1, idle×2, active×1 (`1001`), then the register/value bits. - **Sync word:** `0x90FFAAAA` (register 0xFF, value 0xAAAA = `1010…` bit-training) is inserted before every 4 data words. It carries no data; decoders may treat it as any other word and discard it. - No checksum exists. Integrity comes from: the constant `0x90` header, the fixed slot timing, strictly ascending register order within a scan, and continuous re-broadcast (~every 1.5 s for live registers). A decoder wanting validation should compare consecutive readings. - The reference decoder's normal validation also requires alternating pulse signs, register 0x01–0x75, and the exact `0x90FFAAAA` sync word. Its explicit relaxed/research mode preserves header-valid unknown register addresses for captures from potentially different models; this should not be treated as the same integrity guarantee. **Worked example** (captured during a pump run): ``` pulses (µs): -310 +300 -310 +1520 -920 +300 -310 +95 -310 +95 -715 +95 -310 +95 -510 +95 -310 runs: 1a 2i 1a 8i 4a 2i 1a 1i 1a 1i 3a 1i 1a 1i 2a 1i 1a bits: 1 00 1 00000000 1111 00 1 0 1 0 111 0 1 0 11 0 1 = 1001 0000 00001111 0010101110101101 (already 32 bits — odd value, no trailing 0s) = 0x900F2BAD → register 0x0F = 11181 (pump-start counter) ``` ## 4. Broadcast schedule 117 registers, 0x01–0x75, in two blocks: | Block | Registers | Refresh | |---|---|---| | Live | 0x01–0x18 (24 words) | every scan, ~1.45 s | | Ring | 0x19–0x75 (93 words) | round-robined after the live block in 4 chunks (24+24+24+21); full refresh ~5.8 s | Each scan (= one live block + one ring chunk, spanning 3 transmissions) sends its registers in **strictly ascending order**. One full cycle = 189 data words (4× live block + the 4 ring chunks) + 48 sync words = 237 words ≈ 5.8 s (a sync precedes every 4 data words *on average* — 189 is not a multiple of 4, so one group per cycle runs short). Transmissions (20 words ≈ 0.36 s plus ~0.15 s idle, 4 sync-led groups) are arbitrary chunks of this continuous cycle — the cycle wraps mid-transmission, so treat the input as a stream keyed by register index, not as packets. ## 5. Register map Semantics were established on a 233P-1.5 protecting a ~240 V single-phase well pump. Confidence: **verified** = cross-checked against external ground truth (independently logged pump on/off events) or arithmetic structure; **candidate** = consistent hypothesis, unconfirmed; **unknown** = stable observed value, meaning unassigned. Machine-readable copy: [`pumpsaver_ir/registers.json`](pumpsaver_ir/registers.json). ### Live telemetry & counters | Reg | Name | Scale | Confidence | Notes | |---|---|---|---|---| | 0x0F | Pump-start counter | ×1 | **verified** | The transmitted 16-bit word increased by 1 within ~2 s of every independently logged pump start (8/8). User-clearable per manual; counter width beyond this word is unresolved because no clear or rollover was captured | | 0x10 | Active power (W) | ×1 | **verified** | **True watts** — no correction needed: ~26 W idle (device self-draw), ~820 W running, inrush peaks ~1,700. P = V·I·PF holds at idle *and* running once 0x12's leg-sum is accounted for | | 0x11 | Line voltage | ×10 | **verified** | Tracks sags from any load on the supply leg | | 0x12 | Current (A) | ×100 idle, ×200 running | **verified** | **Leg-sum channel**: under pump load both 240 V hot legs pass the sensing path, so the value reads ~2× true motor current (~870 → 4.35 A true); the device's own idle draw is single-count (~14 → 0.14 A). Established by the power identity holding exactly at both operating points; the fault log stores single-count amps | | 0x13 | **Dry-well trip point** | W ×1 | **verified (live)** | = SENSITIVITY knob × calibration power (0x01). Tracks the knob in real time (swept 744–885 W; NORMAL = 781 = 82 % of 953 W; the + endstop measured ~885 = 93 %, past the documented 90 %). Raising it above running power trips the relay in ~4 s. Pot dither ±5 W. *Formerly misread as power factor ×1000 — 781 was numerology* | | 0x17 | Run-time (minutes) | ×1 | **verified** | The transmitted 16-bit word increased by 1 per 60 s of running; its tick carry-chains match binary increment exactly. User-clearable; counter width beyond this word is unresolved because no clear or rollover was captured | ### Settings, lockout state, and fault latches (live-verified 2026-07-09) | Reg | Name | Scale | Confidence | Notes | |---|---|---|---|---| | 0x14 | **Restart-delay setting** | min ×1 | **verified (live)** | Tracks the RESTART DELAY knob in real time (swept 16–77 min). The dial silkscreen is poorly calibrated: dial "just above 50" read 66–77 actual minutes; dial "just under 2" read 16. Changing it mid-lockout re-bases the running countdown. *Formerly misread as a 4.1 s trip delay* | | 0x15/0x16 | **Restart-delay remaining** | (0x15≪16 \| 0x16) / 256 = seconds | **verified (live)** | Zero except during a trip lockout. Initialized to exactly the setting (observed 2280.00 s = 38 min), decrements 1 s/s, re-bases on a knob change, zeroes at RESET. This is the Informer's "Rst Dly: 12m 18s" source | | 0x04 | **Amps at newest fault** | A ×100 | **verified (live)** | Latched at trip (read 880 = 8.80 leg-sum at a normal-flow induced trip; same scale behavior as 0x12). Was 0 for the historical code-4 fault — the pump never ran | | 0x05 | **Volts at newest fault** | V ×10 | **verified (live)** | Latched at trip (jumped 2112 → 2422). The eight-month-constant 2112 was the historical code-4 fault's voltage — *not* a low-voltage trip setting as previously guessed | | 0x06 | **Watts at newest fault** | W ×1 | **verified (live)** | Latched at trip (read 836, the last power before cutoff). 0 for the historical code-4 fault | Lockout has a second signature: the live power register (0x10) reads exactly **0** while locked out, versus ~29 W when idle-and-armed. Both counter meanings and their low-word arithmetic are verified, but calling them irreversible “lifetime” totals would overstate the evidence. Each appears on the wire as one 16-bit value, and the corpus contains neither a manual clear nor a `0xFFFF → 0` transition. Registers 0x16 and 0x18 remained zero and are plausible places for additional run-time bits, but assigning either one as an upper word without a carry observation would be speculation. Consumers should preserve historical totals and treat a decrease as an unresolved clear-or-wrap event until a transition capture settles the encoding. ### Configuration / stored values (0x01–0x18 remainder) | Reg | Observed | Confidence | Hypothesis | |---|---|---|---| | 0x01 | 953 | **candidate (strong)** | **Calibration power, W** — the live-verified trip point (0x13) equals SENSITIVITY % × this value (781/953 = 82 % at NORMAL). Refuted as a trip threshold and as any amps record | | 0x02 | 2384 | candidate | Calibration voltage, 238.4 V (within 2 % of modal live V; refuted as a max-V record) | | 0x03 | 1223 | **candidate (strong)** | **Overcurrent trip** = exactly 125 % × implied cal current (leg-sum scale ⇒ ~4.9 A true cal current). Refuted as a min/max-amps record | | 0x07 | 45060 | unknown | = 0xB004 for 8 months, then the low byte dropped 4 → 1 at the induced trip, mirroring 0x75's high byte +3 at the next start — a paired bookkeeping mechanism (restart credits / rapid-cycle window?), under analysis | | 0x08 | 1223 | candidate | = 0x03; duplication unexplained | | 0x09 | 50 | **candidate (strong)** | 5.0 s overcurrent trip delay (×10). Rivals refuted: the restart-delay setting proved to live in 0x14, and the model has no CT | | 0x0A | 2488 | candidate | High-voltage trip **or** max-volts-since-cal, 248.8 V (live V once grazed exactly 2488 for a single sample and retreated — suggestive, not probative) | | 0x0B | 1027 | **candidate (strong)** | **Firmware version 4.03** — matches the SymCom family's documented packed-version convention exactly (high byte = major, low = minor; their Solutions software renders reg 1 of a 777 the same way) | | 0x0C | 10277 | unknown | = 0x2825. Model-ID reading weakened: the family convention is a *literal decimal* model code (777-P2 stores 778, 77C stores 77) and no register holds 233. The family also used month+serial / year registers — 0x0C/0x07 may be a serial/date pair | | 0x0E | 2315 | candidate | Min-volts-since-cal or nominal voltage, 231.5 V (refuted as a max-V record) | | 0x0D, 0x18 | 0 | unknown | CT size (n/a on non-CT models) and the max/min-amps records remain unlocated; 0x18 is also an unproven upper-word candidate for 0x17 | ### Fault-history ring (0x19–0x75) — decoded and observed live The Informer's documented "last 20 faults" feature. Layout (all **newest first**), established by full-resolution corpus analysis plus exclusion arithmetic, and **confirmed by watching an induced trip shift the ring in real time** (2026-07-09). Architecture note: the *newest* fault's W/V/A conditions live in the 0x04/0x05/0x06 latches (see §5 above); the ring snapshot slots hold faults #2–#20, and the latch contents are pushed into slot 0 when the *next* fault occurs — observed directly (the induced trip pushed the code-4 fault's conditions, `0 W / 211.2 V / 0.00 A`, into slot 0 while today's conditions landed in the latches): | Range | Layout | Contents on the test unit | |---|---|---| | 0x19–0x1D | 20 × 4-bit fault codes, packed MSB-first | `[4, 1 ×19]` — one code-4 fault, then nineteen code-1s | | 0x1E–0x56 | 19 × **(W, V×10, A×100)** snapshots on a rigid 3-register grid (record *k* starts at 0x1E+3k) | W 755–838, V 239.4–243.2, A 5.41–6.60 (single-count amps; implied PF 0.52–0.57 — the underload signature) | | 0x57–0x74 | 20 × 3-byte **run-clock timestamps**: 24-bit BE, minutes, same unit as 0x17 | `[32572, 6703 ×14, 6702 ×5]` | | 0x75 | Trailer word `0x7E3C` | Unresolved (= the code-4 timestamp − 256 min exactly; never updated at a normal pump start) | - **Code 1 = dry-well/underload, proven twice:** quantitatively (the nineteen code-1s at run-minutes 6702–6703 form an auto-retry storm whose per-retry spacing matches the fixed 4 s dry-well delay) and **by live inducement** — a sensitivity-forced underload trip logged code 1 (`0x4111 → 0x1411`) with a timestamp equal to the run-clock at trip (62,450 min), verifying the code packing, the push direction, and the timestamp encoding in one event. - **Code 4 = rapid-cycle (strengthened hypothesis):** no public code table exists (verified negative), but the documented family ordering suggests `0=none, 1=dry-well, 2=overcurrent, 3=voltage, 4=rapid-cycle` — and the code-4 fault's true conditions, revealed by the latch architecture, are `W=0, A=0, V=211.2` — a pump that never got running while the line sagged, which is exactly what a rapid-cycle lockout during restart attempts looks like. - The timestamp encoding was proven by exclusion: packed d/h/m and BCD contain invalid digits, hour-units and little-endian readings are physically impossible, and the storm's LSB step (`0x1A2F`→`0x1A2E`) is exactly adjacent minutes. 24-bit minute counters are a SymCom house convention (documented for the 777-P2's start counters; the Informer-MS display caps at ≈2²⁴ minutes), and the 20-fault ring depth recurs on the MotorSaver 455. - The ring is **write-once between faults** (byte-identical across 8 months without one). Open item from the live trip: the historical snapshot A-column's scale (leg-sum vs single-count) is under re-analysis now that the latch scale is known — the storm-era values (5.41–6.60 raw) may not read the way spec v0.2 assumed. (An earlier draft's "0x3F transient" was a sampling artifact — 0x3F is a ring wattage cell.) ### Informer screen mapping The Informer handheld's operating instructions document, screen by screen, everything the device transmits — making them the ground-truth catalog for this register map. Status of each documented screen: **Legend:** ✅ verified 🟡 candidate ❓ unmapped | # | Informer screen *(manual example)* | Register → meaning | Status | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Model *(`SymCom, Inc. / Model: 233-P`)* | 0x0C = 10277 is the model-ID candidate | ❓ | | 2 | Live summary *(`Line: 2.30 kW / 230 VAC 12.0 A`)* | 0x10 → W, 0x11 → V×10, 0x12 → A×100 | ✅ | | 3 | Low-power trip *(`Line Pwr: 3.00 / Trip Pt: (2.40)`)* | live side = 0x10; trip point = **0x13** (watts), live-verified against the SENSITIVITY knob | ✅ | | 4 | Overload trip *(`Line Amps: 12.0 / Trip Pt: (15.0)`)* | live side = 0x12; trip point: 0x03 = 0x08 = 1223 → 12.23 A? (spec: 125 % of cal current ⇒ cal ≈ 9.8 A) | 🟡 | | 5 | Calibration voltage *(`Line Volts: 230 / Cal. Volts: (230)`)* | 0x02 = 2384 or 0x0E = 2315 (two voltage-shaped constants compete) | 🟡 | | 6 | Restart delay *(`Rst Dly Set: 30m / Rst Dly: 12m 18s`)* | Setting = **0x14** (minutes); remaining = **{0x15,0x16}**/256 seconds, counting at 1 s/s during lockout — both live-verified through an induced trip | ✅ | | 7 | CT size + pump starts *(`CT Size: n/a / PumpStarts: 213`)* | starts: **0x0F** ✅; CT size always "n/a" on non-CT models like the 233P-1.5 — plausibly one of the zero registers | ✅ / ❓ | | 8 | Total run time *(`27d 16h 33m`)* | **0x17** → minutes (display formats d/h/m) | ✅ | | 9 | Fault history ×20 *(name / `kW V A` at fault / `Time: 32d 4h 57m`)* | **Structure decoded and ring shift observed live** — codes at 0x19–0x1D, newest fault's conditions in the 0x04–0x06 latches, older snapshots on the 0x1E+3k grid, 24-bit run-clock-minute timestamps at 0x57–0x74. Code 1 = dry-well/underload (proven); 4 = rapid-cycle (strengthened) | ✅ | | 10 | Max/min since calibration *(`Max. Amps: 17.0 / Min. Amps: 9.0`, `Max. Volts: 240 / Min. Volts: 215`)* | volts: 0x0A / 0x05 remain candidates (vs trip settings — 24 days never discriminated); the amps candidates were all refuted (0x01 = cal power; 0x0B unmoved by 2–3× inrush) — max/min-amps registers unlocated | 🟡 | Registers with **no** Informer screen at all — 0x07, 0x0B, 0x0C — may be vestigial or internal; the pre-Plus 1998 protocol carried "5 signal parameters" and a motor-efficiency figure for older Informer 1.xx units. **What would settle the 🟡 rows** (cheapest first): a *recalibration* (the manual says it resets min/max and fault snapshots — whatever changes is min/max, whatever doesn't is a setting); a *knob turn* (restart delay / sensitivity → pins 0x09 and the low-power trip); a *fault event* (shifts the ring and exercises restart-delay-remaining); or best of all an *Informer readout* transcribed next to a capture — see the [register-identification issue form](https://github.com/lizbit-official/pumpsaver-ir-protocol/issues/new?template=02-register-identification.yml). ## 6. Reference decoding algorithm ``` for each capture: idle_sign = sign of pulses wider than 8 ms, or opposite the active first pulse for a separator-free record for each burst (pulses between >8 ms gaps): require first pulse is active and pulse signs alternate bits = "" for each pulse: n = round((|width| ± 101) / 202) # + for idle-level, − for active-level bits += ("0" if idle-level else "1") × n word = int(bits padded with "0" to 32) require word >> 24 == 0x90 reg = (word >> 16) & 0xFF; value = word & 0xFFFF require reg in 0x01..0x75, or (reg, value) == (0xFF, 0xAAAA) emit (reg, value) ``` The dependency-free reference implementation is [`pumpsaver_ir/decoder.py`](pumpsaver_ir/decoder.py). An ESP32/ESPHome implementation lives in the companion repo [esphome-pumpsaver](https://github.com/lizbit-official/esphome-pumpsaver). ## 7. Open questions 1. **The 0x07/0x75 bookkeeping pair** — static for 8 months, then 0x07's low byte dropped 4 → 1 at the induced trip and 0x75's high byte rose +3 at the next pump start. Restart credits or a rapid-cycle window mechanism? More trip/start cycles (or a firmware disassembly) would settle it. 2. **Code-4 fault identity** — rapid-cycle, strengthened by the latch revelation (the fault's conditions were W=0, A=0, V=211.2: a pump that never started). Definitive confirmation needs an Informer readout or an induced rapid-cycle. 3. **Historical ring A-column scale** — the newest-fault latch (0x04) uses the live leg-sum scale, but reading the storm-era snapshot values the same way implies impossible power factors. Either the old records are single-count, or the dry-well operating regime differs. Needs re-derivation against the 2026-07-09 capture. 4. **Trip setting vs max-record for 0x0A** (248.8 V), and the roles of 0x02/0x0E: a recalibration (resets min/max per the manual) settles them. 5. **Unlocated**: CT size, max/min amps since cal, model ID, the 0x03/0x08 duplication. 6. **Counter width and rollover** — verified increments, unknown width; a capture spanning `0x17: 0xFFFF → 0` (watching 0x18) would settle it. 7. Whether other SymCom models (231-P, 234-P, 235P, 236-P, larger 777/SubMonitor family) share this framing. 8. *(Resolved in v0.2: the factor-2 power question — leg-sum current. Resolved in v0.3: 0x13 = dry-well trip watts, 0x14 = restart setting, 0x15/0x16 = restart countdown, 0x04–0x06 = newest-fault latches — all by live actuation.)* Contributions with captures from other models or annotated by an actual Informer readout are very welcome. ## 8. Evidence summary - Wire format independently derived three ways (token-grammar induction; blind bit-period sweep, best fit 3.4 % normalized RMS vs 44 % for wrong configs; counter carry-chain arithmetic) — all converged on the same framing and values. - All but 2 of ~8.4 M words across five captures / ~57 h (Nov 25 – Dec 5, 2025) parse with header `0x90` — the two failures are single-bit receiver glitches, rejected cleanly; cross-capture register continuity is exact (one capture ends 12 s before the next begins; counters agree). - Counter semantics verified against independent Home-Assistant logging of the pump circuit (10 pump runs in a 42 h capture: every start/stop reflected in 0x0F/0x10/0x12/0x17 within seconds). - Alternatives ruled out experimentally: UART framings (≤30 % parse, sync-only), digit/BCD symbol alphabets, and all common checksum schemes (chance-level). - v0.2 follow-up: 13.1 M words across 54 captures spanning 24 days decode at ~100 % (5 isolated failures); every non-live register is bit-identical across the whole span; counters strictly monotone. The fault-ring record grid was derived independently by two analyses that agree exactly, and the leg-sum current model reproduces the power identity at both operating points. - v0.3 (live actuation, 2026-07-09): SENSITIVITY and RESTART DELAY knob sweeps tracked in registers 0x13/0x14 in real time; a deliberately induced underload trip produced, on the wire: the code push (`0x4111 → 0x1411`), the one-record ring shift, the latch capture (880/2422/836), a timestamp equal to the run-clock at trip, and a restart countdown that initialized to exactly the knob setting and decremented at 1 s/s. Counters resumed seamlessly after 7 months (11,268 → 14,188 starts at the historical daily rate before the session). ## 9. Legal This specification was produced by clean-room reverse engineering of over-the-air broadcasts from a device owned by the author, for interoperability. "SymCom", "PumpSaver", "Informer" and "Littelfuse" are trademarks of their respective owners. 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