# Hexadecimal binary socket transfer

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**Created:** [April 12, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hexadecimal-binary-socket-transfer/17692 "2018-04-12T19:59:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hexadecimal-binary-socket-transfer/17692/6 "2018-05-10T12:05:42Z")

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Consider using the techniques shown in clientserial.py, from [this thread](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-listen-serial-data-without-interruption/15709/2), keeping the reading thread separate from the state machine that sends commands. The code should work well with a Java socket and a DataInputStream instead of a serial port.

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