>My problems are on the preamble, sync word, and the checksum/CRC.
>Basically, it's packet transmission and reception.

Start by working on the preamble/sync byte portion. Forget about the CRC until
you are able to transmit messages, and receive them. Then worry about the CRC
for error detection once you can exchange the messages.

This is all part of breaking the problem down.

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