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📦 parser-packet-length

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import { PacketLengthParser } from '@serialport/parser-packet-length'
// or
const { PacketLengthParser } = require('@serialport/parser-packet-length')

A transform stream that emits data after a delimiter and number of bytes is received. The length in bytes of the packet follows the delimiter at a specified byte offset. To use the PacketLength parser, provide a delimiter (defaults to 0xaa), packetOverhead (defaults to 2), number of length bytes (defaults to 1) and the lengthOffset (defaults to 1). Data is emitted as a buffer.

Constructor Arguments​

interface PacketLengthOptions extends TransformOptions {
/** delimiter to use defaults to 0xaa */
delimiter?: number
/** overhead of packet (including length, delimiter and any checksum / packet footer) defaults to 2 */
packetOverhead?: number
/** number of bytes containing length defaults to 1 */
lengthBytes?: number
/** offset of length field defaults to 1 */
lengthOffset?: number
/** max packet length defaults to 0xff */
maxLen?: number
}

Example​

// Parse length encoded packets received on the serial port in the form:
// [delimiter][0][len 0][len 1][cargo 0]...[cargo n][footer 0]

const { SerialPort } = require('serialport')
const { PacketLengthParser } = require('@serialport/parser-packet-length')
const port = new SerialPort('/dev/tty-usbserial1')
const parser = port.pipe(new PacketLengthParser({
delimiter: 0xbc,
packetOverhead: 5,
lengthBytes: 2,
lengthOffset: 2,
}))