text: // MESSAGE PING PACKING
  
  #define MAVLINK_MSG_ID_PING 3
  
  typedef struct __mavlink_ping_t
  {
   uint32_t seq; ///< PING sequence
   uint8_t target_system; ///< 0: request ping from all receiving systems, if greater than 0: message is a ping response and number is the system id of the requesting system
   uint8_t target_component; ///< 0: request ping from all receiving components, if greater than 0: message is a ping response and number is the system id of the requesting system
   uint64_t time; ///< Unix timestamp in microseconds
  } mavlink_ping_t;
  
  #define MAVLINK_MSG_ID_PING_LEN 14
  #define MAVLINK_MSG_ID_3_LEN 14
  
  
  
  #define MAVLINK_MESSAGE_INFO_PING { \
  	"PING", \
  	4, \
  	{  { "seq", NULL, MAVLINK_TYPE_UINT32_T, 0, 0, offsetof(mavlink_ping_t, seq) }, \
           { "target_system", NULL, MAVLINK_TYPE_UINT8_T, 0, 4, offsetof(mavlink_ping_t, target_system) }, \
           { "target_component", NULL, MAVLINK_TYPE_UINT8_T, 0, 5, offsetof(mavlink_ping_t, target_component) }, \
           { "time", NULL, MAVLINK_TYPE_UINT64_T, 0, 6, offsetof(mavlink_ping_t, time) }, \
           } \
  }
  
  
  /**
   * @brief Pack a ping message
   * @param system_id ID of this system
   * @param component_id ID of this component (e.g. 200 for IMU)
   * @param msg The MAVLink message to compress the data into
   *
   * @param seq PING sequence
   * @param target_system 0: request ping from all receiving systems, if greater than 0: message is a ping response and number is the system id of the requesting system
   * @param target_component 0: request ping from all receiving components, if greater than 0: message is a ping response and number is the system id of the requesting system
   * @param time Unix timestamp in microseconds
   * @return length of the message in bytes (excluding serial stream start sign)
   */
  static inline uint16_t mavlink_msg_ping_pack(uint8_t system_id, uint8_t component_id, mavlink_message_t* msg,
  						       uint32_t seq, uint8_t target_system, uint8_t target_component, uint64_t time)
  {
  #if MAVLINK_NEED_BYTE_SWAP || !MAVLINK_ALIGNED_FIELDS
  	char buf[14];
  	_mav_put_uint32_t(buf, 0, seq);
  	_mav_put_uint8_t(buf, 4, target_system);
  	_mav_put_uint8_t(buf, 5, target_component);
  	_mav_put_uint64_t(buf, 6, time);
  
          memcpy(_MAV_PAYLOAD_NON_CONST(msg), buf, 14);
  #else
  	mavlink_ping_t packet;
  	packet.seq = seq;
  	packet.target_system = target_system;
  	packet.target_component = target_component;
  	packet.time = time;
  
          memcpy(_MAV_PAYLOAD_NON_CONST(msg), &packet, 14);
  #endif
  
  	msg->msgid = MAVLINK_MSG_ID_PING;
  	return mavlink_finalize_message(msg, system_id, component_id, 14);
  }
  
  /**
   * @brief Pack a ping message on a channel
   * @param system_id ID of this system
   * @param component_id ID of this component (e.g. 200 for IMU)
   * @param chan The MAVLink channel this message was sent over
   * @param msg The MAVLink message to compress the data into
   * @param seq PING sequence
   * @param target_system 0: request ping from all receiving systems, if greater than 0: message is a ping response and number is the system id of the requesting system
   * @param target_component 0: request ping from all receiving components, if greater than 0: message is a ping response and number is the system id of the requesting system
   * @param time Unix timestamp in microseconds
   * @return length of the message in bytes (excluding serial stream start sign)
   */
  static inline uint16_t mavlink_msg_ping_pack_chan(uint8_t system_id, uint8_t component_id, uint8_t chan,
  							   mavlink_message_t* msg,
  						           uint32_t seq,uint8_t target_system,uint8_t target_component,uint64_t time)
  {
  #if MAVLINK_NEED_BYTE_SWAP || !MAVLINK_ALIGNED_FIELDS
  	char buf[14];
  	_mav_put_uint32_t(buf, 0, seq);
  	_mav_put_uint8_t(buf, 4, target_system);
  	_mav_put_uint8_t(buf, 5, target_component);
  	_mav_put_uint64_t(buf, 6, time);
  
          memcpy(_MAV_PAYLOAD_NON_CONST(msg), buf, 14);
  #else
  	mavlink_ping_t packet;
  	packet.seq = seq;
  	packet.target_system = target_system;
  	packet.target_component = target_component;
  	packet.time = time;
  
          memcpy(_MAV_PAYLOAD_NON_CONST(msg), &packet, 14);
  #endif
  
  	msg->msgid = MAVLINK_MSG_ID_PING;
  	return mavlink_finalize_message_chan(msg, system_id, component_id, chan, 14);
  }
  
  /**
   * @brief Encode a ping struct into a message
   *
   * @param system_id ID of this system
   * @param component_id ID of this component (e.g. 200 for IMU)
   * @param msg The MAVLink message to compress the data into
   * @param ping C-struct to read the message contents from
   */
  static inline uint16_t mavlink_msg_ping_encode(uint8_t system_id, uint8_t component_id, mavlink_message_t* msg, const mavlink_ping_t* ping)
  {
  	return mavlink_msg_ping_pack(system_id, component_id, msg, ping->seq, ping->target_system, ping->target_component, ping->time);
  }
  
  /**
   * @brief Send a ping message
   * @param chan MAVLink channel to send the message
   *
   * @param seq PING sequence
   * @param target_system 0: request ping from all receiving systems, if greater than 0: message is a ping response and number is the system id of the requesting system
   * @param target_component 0: request ping from all receiving components, if greater than 0: message is a ping response and number is the system id of the requesting system
   * @param time Unix timestamp in microseconds
   */
  #ifdef MAVLINK_USE_CONVENIENCE_FUNCTIONS
  
  static inline void mavlink_msg_ping_send(mavlink_channel_t chan, uint32_t seq, uint8_t target_system, uint8_t target_component, uint64_t time)
  {
  #if MAVLINK_NEED_BYTE_SWAP || !MAVLINK_ALIGNED_FIELDS
  	char buf[14];
  	_mav_put_uint32_t(buf, 0, seq);
  	_mav_put_uint8_t(buf, 4, target_system);
  	_mav_put_uint8_t(buf, 5, target_component);
  	_mav_put_uint64_t(buf, 6, time);
  
  	_mav_finalize_message_chan_send(chan, MAVLINK_MSG_ID_PING, buf, 14);
  #else
  	mavlink_ping_t packet;
  	packet.seq = seq;
  	packet.target_system = target_system;
  	packet.target_component = target_component;
  	packet.time = time;
  
  	_mav_finalize_message_chan_send(chan, MAVLINK_MSG_ID_PING, (const char *)&packet, 14);
  #endif
  }
  
  #endif
  
  // MESSAGE PING UNPACKING
  
  
  /**
   * @brief Get field seq from ping message
   *
   * @return PING sequence
   */
  static inline uint32_t mavlink_msg_ping_get_seq(const mavlink_message_t* msg)
  {
  	return _MAV_RETURN_uint32_t(msg,  0);
  }
  
  /**
   * @brief Get field target_system from ping message
   *
   * @return 0: request ping from all receiving systems, if greater than 0: message is a ping response and number is the system id of the requesting system
   */
  static inline uint8_t mavlink_msg_ping_get_target_system(const mavlink_message_t* msg)
  {
  	return _MAV_RETURN_uint8_t(msg,  4);
  }
  
  /**
   * @brief Get field target_component from ping message
   *
   * @return 0: request ping from all receiving components, if greater than 0: message is a ping response and number is the system id of the requesting system
   */
  static inline uint8_t mavlink_msg_ping_get_target_component(const mavlink_message_t* msg)
  {
  	return _MAV_RETURN_uint8_t(msg,  5);
  }
  
  /**
   * @brief Get field time from ping message
   *
   * @return Unix timestamp in microseconds
   */
  static inline uint64_t mavlink_msg_ping_get_time(const mavlink_message_t* msg)
  {
  	return _MAV_RETURN_uint64_t(msg,  6);
  }
  
  /**
   * @brief Decode a ping message into a struct
   *
   * @param msg The message to decode
   * @param ping C-struct to decode the message contents into
   */
  static inline void mavlink_msg_ping_decode(const mavlink_message_t* msg, mavlink_ping_t* ping)
  {
  #if MAVLINK_NEED_BYTE_SWAP
  	ping->seq = mavlink_msg_ping_get_seq(msg);
  	ping->target_system = mavlink_msg_ping_get_target_system(msg);
  	ping->target_component = mavlink_msg_ping_get_target_component(msg);
  	ping->time = mavlink_msg_ping_get_time(msg);
  #else
  	memcpy(ping, _MAV_PAYLOAD(msg), 14);
  #endif
  }
  