+ /*
+ * SCPI protocol data blocks are preceeded with a length spec.
+ * The length spec consists of a '#' marker, one digit which
+ * specifies the character count of the length spec, and the
+ * respective number of characters which specify the data block's
+ * length. Raw data bytes follow (thus one must no longer assume
+ * that the received input stream would be an ASCIIZ string).
+ *
+ * Get the data block length, and strip off the length spec from
+ * the input buffer, leaving just the data bytes.
+ */