Subj : Re^2:  Directly include binary data in messages
To   : Tim Schattkowsky
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Wed Feb 23 2022 09:37 am

Hey Tim!

TS> WHY is there any need for a new packet format?

There isn't and wasn't.

TS> Other than the lack of zone (or even 5D) information, what are
TS> the points?

It depends totally on the bossnode.  I have successfully sent the type 2 pkts from a point to a suitable bossnode that knows what it's doing.  If anything the pktHeader - no matter which type - acts more like drag on systems rather than providing any useable data worth the effort of extracting it.  There are much better ways methinks.

Life is good,
Maurice

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