It would be nice to see a string terminal added to the TCP/IP function so that you could choose which character set you would like the TCP/IP read to look for before ending its read. Then instead of having the CRLF mode it would be called Character Search or something that would appropriately fit. I have run into this being an issue when I have used a serial to TCP/IP converter because not all serial equipment sends a CRLF character such as Alicat Scientific Flow Meters and Controllers. This came about because the converter does not buffer the data once a TCP/IP command is sent making it hard to build a loop that builds up a string of data one character at a time by setting the read byte count to one then looking for the control character and ending the loop when it is found. This is because once a single byte read command is issued the device releases it's entire buffer and every thing after the first byte of data is lost. Perhaps I have overlooked something. If I have please do not hesitate to let me know.
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