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Framing Bytes

When parsing a binary message, you can use framing bytes to ensure that your message is in the exact format you expect. You can also set checkpoints for relative locations in your message.

Note: This has not been implemented as of 10/25/2017, please Contact Us if you need this feature.

Framing bytes consist of two parameters:

• Byte - Two-character representation of the byte. For example, 0D would be 13 or CR.

• Index - The index within the message where this character should be located.

Note: In this case, the index or binary offset is 0-based, which is different than parsing delimited values where the index of the delimited value is 1.

Example

For example, in the following binary message:

01 32 02 43 52 08 03 04

You could specify the following framing bytes:

Position	Byte	Description
0	01	Look for SOH in the first position
2	02	Look for STX in the second position
6	03	Look for ETX in the sixth position
7	04	Look for EOT in the sevent position

With the above message, the parsing would succeed.

If you use the same framing bytes with the message:

01 32 43 02 43 52 08 03 04

The parsing of the message would fail since the character 02 (STX) is located at position 3, not position 2.