Re: Streamdevice reads weird 1 byte null data

[Ralph Lange via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

On Fri, 15 Sept 2023 at 09:31, Zimoch Dirk via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> wrote:

BTW: For binary protocols (using formats like %r or %R) using
Terminator/InTerminator is problematic because the binary data may contain the
terminator byte. Often, binary protocols have fixed message sizes. I suggest to
use MaxInput in that case.

That's crucial.

Even if the data doesn't contain the terminator byte, the checksum may at any time.

Cheers,
~Ralph