# Upgrading from 7.9.10 to 8.1.12 broke the socket() connection to a Ziath scanner

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, ignition80, vision, scripting\
**Created:** [December 6, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-from-7-9-10-to-8-1-12-broke-the-socket-connection-to-a-ziath-scanner/53818 "2021-12-06T22:14:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-from-7-9-10-to-8-1-12-broke-the-socket-connection-to-a-ziath-scanner/53818/2 "2021-12-06T22:23:57Z")

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You may need to chunk/send the output yourself: [Jython socket.send large sends - #8 by Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jython-socket-send-large-sends/38566/8)

Or better, and probably not what you want to hear, rewrite it to use Java sockets instead. The Jython socket library is poorly implemented.

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