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Lo Segmented packet DE fields can be spread across packets #1143

Closed sdhoyt closed 1 week ago

sdhoyt commented 1 week ago

For the Lo L0 Direct event segmented packets, we have a new understanding that an individual field within the direct event can be spread across packets. For example, the first 4 bits of a direct event time can be in packet 1 and the last 8 bits of the direct event time can be in packet 2. Commas were previously introduced to the combined binary string to mark where the segments end to help handle padding at the end of each packet to make them divisible by 8. However, since fields can be split across packets, there shouldn't be padding across packets and the comma is no longer needed.