1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0/ardupilotmega/mavlink_msg_data16.h b/mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0/ardupilotmega/mavlink_msg_data16.h
index c75358526..9200eefa0 100644
--- a/mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0/ardupilotmega/mavlink_msg_data16.h
+++ b/mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0/ardupilotmega/mavlink_msg_data16.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static inline uint16_t mavlink_msg_data16_pack(uint8_t system_id, uint8_t compon
  * @brief Pack a data16 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 chan The MAVLink channel this message will be sent over
  * @param msg The MAVLink message to compress the data into
  * @param type data type
  * @param len data length
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static inline uint16_t mavlink_msg_data16_pack_chan(uint8_t system_id, uint8_t c
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief Encode a data16 struct into a message
+ * @brief Encode a data16 struct
  *
  * @param system_id ID of this system
  * @param component_id ID of this component (e.g. 200 for IMU)
@@ -114,6 +114,20 @@ static inline uint16_t mavlink_msg_data16_encode(uint8_t system_id, uint8_t comp
 }
 
 /**
+ * @brief Encode a data16 struct 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 will be sent over
+ * @param msg The MAVLink message to compress the data into
+ * @param data16 C-struct to read the message contents from
+ */
+static inline uint16_t mavlink_msg_data16_encode_chan(uint8_t system_id, uint8_t component_id, uint8_t chan, mavlink_message_t* msg, const mavlink_data16_t* data16)
+{
+	return mavlink_msg_data16_pack_chan(system_id, component_id, chan, msg, data16->type, data16->len, data16->data);
+}
+
+/**
  * @brief Send a data16 message
  * @param chan MAVLink channel to send the message
  *