Re: New link-type for Z-Wave serial interface

[Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net>]

On Jul 21, 2019, at 1:27 PM, Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net> wrote:
> On Jul 21, 2019, at 1:14 PM, Mikhail Gusarov <dottedmag () dottedmag net> wrote:
>
> > Now that I think about it, in a very rare case it is possible to not be able to synchronize at all:
> > if a SOF byte is encountered inside the data frame, then the next byte will be interpreted as a length,
>
> If by "SOF byte" you mean "byte with the value 0x01", then an SOF byte will be encountered inside every frame of type 
> Response, so it seems pretty clear that a data-frame-reading algorithm of "read and accumulate bytes until you see an 
> 0x01" won't work.

Or do you mean that if the receiver has already determined that it's out of sync (for example, due to losing bytes), 
and it waits for an 0x01 (or possibly an ACK/NAK/CAN), it might see a 0x01 that's part of frame data, and think that's 
the beginning of a frame?

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