question: public static final String extractIplIdentityHostFrimwareRev ( LocoNetMessage m ) { StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder ( ) ; s . append ( Integer . toString ( ( m . getElement ( 8 ) & 0x78 ) > > 3 ) ) ; s . append ( "." ) ; s . append ( Integer . toString ( ( m . getElement ( 8 ) & 0x07 ) ) ) ; return s . toString ( ) ; }
target:  Returns the host firmware revision number from an IPL Identity report message. <p> The invoking method should ensure that message m is is an IPL Identity message before invoking this method.. <p> NOTE: Not all IPL-capable devices implement a host firmware revision number. <p>