####    STX                          1 byte (0x02)
####    byte count                   8 bytes, leading zeros, inclusive of wrapper (payload length + 18)
####    reserved                     8 bytes, all zeros (required and reserved for future use)
####    payload                        (Data record to send)
####    ETX                          1 byte (0x03)

##</code><code>##

 
my $hex02 = 0x2; 
my $hex03 = 0x3;
my $hex02_ascii = sprintf "%c", $hex02;
my $hex03_ascii = sprintf "%c", $hex03;
my $MsgLgth = 0;
my $Message = " ";

chomp $Message;	
$Message = $_;	

# Calculate Length of Message
$MsgLgth = length($_)+18;
  
if ( $MsgLgth < 100 ) {
$Message = $hex02_ascii . '000000' . $MsgLgth . '00000000' . $Message . $hex03_ascii;
}elsif ( $MsgLgth < 1000 ) {
$Message = $hex02_ascii . '00000'  . $MsgLgth . '00000000' . $Message . $hex03_ascii;
}elsif ( $MsgLgth < 10000 ) {
$Message = $hex02_ascii . '0000' .   $MsgLgth . '00000000' . $Message . $hex03_ascii;
}elsif ( $MsgLgth < 100000 ) {
$Message = $hex02_ascii . '000' .    $MsgLgth . '00000000' . $Message . $hex03_ascii;
}elsif ( $MsgLgth < 1000000 ) {
$Message = $hex02_ascii . '00' .     $MsgLgth . '00000000' . $Message . $hex03_ascii;
}else{
# Max length is 300000
# If hit here, too long ... by a LOT
print "Formated Message exceeds MaxMessageLength\n\n";