Flex word telemetry sequencing

A system including a tool drill string having a downhole device, the system comprising:

• one or more memory devices storing instructions;
• one or more downhole processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, wherein the one or more downhole processors execute the instructions to:
• operate the downhole device by transmitting first data to one or more surface processors in a telemetry sequence, wherein the first data includes a flex word having a first identifier identifying a first payload, and the first data is transmitted using a synchronized time sequence;
• detect, by the downhole device, an operating condition that occurs while the downhole tool is downhole;
• and
• based on the operating condition, dynamically change the flex word to comprise a second identifier identifying a second payload transmitted in second data in the telemetry sequence to the one or more surface processors, and the second data is transmitted in the telemetry sequence using the synchronized time sequence.

One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing devices to:

• operate a downhole device by transmitting first data to one or more surface processors in a telemetry sequence, wherein the first data includes a flex word having a first identifier identifying a first payload, and the first data is transmitted using a synchronized time sequence;
• detect, by the downhole device, an operating condition that occurs while the downhole tool is downhole;
• and
• based on the operating condition, dynamically change the flex word to comprise a second identifier identifying a second payload transmitted in second data in the telemetry sequence to the one or more surface processors, and the second data is transmitted in the telemetry sequence using the synchronized time sequence.