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<Characteristic xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://schemas.bluetooth.org/Documents/characteristic.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="Alert Category ID" type="org.bluetooth.characteristic.alert_category_id" 
uuid="2A43">
	<InformativeText>
        <Abstract>            
        Categories of alerts/messages.
		</Abstract>
        <Summary>
         The value of the characteristic is an unsigned 8 bit integer that has a fixed point exponent of 0. The Alert Category ID characteristic defines the predefined categories of messages as an enumeration.    
		</Summary>
        <Examples> 
            <Example>The value 0x01 is interpreted as “Email”</Example>
		</Examples>
	</InformativeText>
	<Value>
		<Field name="Category ID">
            <Requirement>Mandatory</Requirement>
			<Format>uint8</Format>
			<Minimum>0</Minimum>
            <Maximum>255</Maximum>        
            <Enumerations>
              <Enumeration key="0" value="Simple Alert: General text alert or non-text alert" />
              <Enumeration key="1" value="Email: Alert when Email messages arrives" />
              <Enumeration key="2" value="News: News feeds such as RSS, Atom" />
              <Enumeration key="3" value="Call: Incoming call" />
              <Enumeration key="4" value="Missed call: Missed Call" />
              <Enumeration key="5" value="SMS/MMS: SMS/MMS message arrives" />
              <Enumeration key="6" value="Voice mail: Voice mail" />
              <Enumeration key="7" value="Schedule: Alert occurred on calendar, planner" />  
              <Enumeration key="8" value="High Prioritized Alert: Alert that should be handled as high priority" />
              <Enumeration key="9" value="Instant Message: Alert for incoming instant messages" />  
              <ReservedForFutureUse start="10" end="250" />
              <DefinedByServiceSpecification start="251" end="255" />
            </Enumerations>
                
        </Field>

	</Value>
    
     <Note>
        The fields in the above table are in the order of LSO to MSO. Where LSO = Least Significant Octet and MSO = Most Significant Octet.
	</Note>
</Characteristic>
