+int param_gethex_ex(const char *line, int paramnum, uint8_t * data, int *hexcnt)
+{
+ int bg, en, temp, i;
+
+ //if (hexcnt % 2)
+ // return 1;
+
+ if (param_getptr(line, &bg, &en, paramnum)) return 1;
+
+ *hexcnt = en - bg + 1;
+ if (*hexcnt % 2) //error if not complete hex bytes
+ return 1;
+
+ for(i = 0; i < *hexcnt; i += 2) {
+ if (!(isxdigit(line[bg + i]) && isxdigit(line[bg + i + 1])) ) return 1;
+
+ sscanf((char[]){line[bg + i], line[bg + i + 1], 0}, "%X", &temp);
+ data[i / 2] = temp & 0xff;
+ }