Tracker Id numbering question

cmarty

Hello. I have question about PSN Tracker Id numbering on network with several PSN Servers.
I assume that Tracker Id is used to distinguish different trackers within one PSN Server. So the second and more PSN Servers will always start numbering its Trackers Ids from zero again. So the Trackes IDs are unique only within PSN Server and not within whole Network (more PSN servers). Is that correct ? Because it is not quite clear from specification.
Second question is If trackers Id should start numbering from zero or from one.
Thanks for help.
Martin

gppaille

Hello Martin,

1) That’s right. A tracker ID have to be unique within one PSN server so the receiver can distinguish them properly. The specification doesn’t impose to have different IDs across many PSN servers. The receiver can distinguish different trackers that have the same IDs by the source server they come from, and remap the IDs if necessary.

2) Any ID that fits 16 bits is valid, so 0 is a valid ID. Note that the ID is not necessarily an index, which means that you can have a PSN server sending 3 tracker with IDs 23, 1004, and 547.

Hope it clarifies.
Gilles-Philippe Paillé

cmarty

Thank you for clear answer. That all make sense.