Provided the message is binary, I suppose you're right. Color-coded, I assume.
And nope, not hard at all. Near as I can tell, most folks have popped in here from a place where using electrons as carrier pigeons is the fashion, so they'll have a head start. But you seem like a clever joe; I doubt it'll give you too much pause.
Still, if it gets fractious and you need some help, drop me a note. Most comms in my world were carried out by fishy little widgets not dissimilar to this one.