Re: newbie sending hex values over UDP socket

From: Peter Hansen (peter_at_engcorp.com)
Date: 09/11/04


Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:37:50 -0400

Bill Seitz wrote:

> Peter Hansen <peter@engcorp.com> wrote in message news:<QYGdnckJ3ukLf9zcRVn-sQ@powergate.ca>...
>>The beauty of Python... makes working with even low-level hardware
>>a pleasure compared to many languages. :-)

> Excellent - now how about calculating a parity-check byte?

Depends. What's the algorithm? I've heard people refer
to checksums that way, and probably even CRC values.

-Peter



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