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+Receivers
+=================
+
+
+Custom Receiver
+----------------
+
+| When using  custom receiver with our package, ensure that **udp_dstmac** is also configured in the config file. This parameter is not required when using slsReceiver.
+
+| Also ensure that there are no **rx_** commands in the config file. These commands are in configuring the slsReceiver.
+
+UDP Data Format
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The UDP data format for the packets is common for all the detectors. It consists of the 
+
+#. SLS Detector Header of 48 bytes
+    .. list-table:: 
+
+        * - frameNumber
+        * - expLength
+          - packetNumber
+        * - bunchId
+        * - timestamp
+        * - modId
+          - row
+          - column
+          - reserved
+        * - debug
+          - roundRNumber
+          - detType
+          - version
+
++----------------------------------------------------+
+|                     frameNumber                    |
++-----------------------+----------------------------+
+|    expLength          |         packetNumber       |
++-----------------------+----------------------------+
+|                       bunchId                      |
++----------------------------------------------------+
+|                      timestamp                     |
++----------+------------+------------+---------------+
+| modId    |   row      | column     | reserved      |
++----------+------------+------------+-------+-------+
+|      debug            |roundRNumber|detType|version|
++-----------------------+------------+-------+-------+
+
+#. Data for one one packet
+
+slsReceiver
+-------------
+