sub ProcessPIDs {
	
	# print "Inside ProcessPIDs \n";

	# Process the input arguments
	my ( $nickname, $ref_nicknametocommand ) = @_;
	my %InSubNickNameToCommand = %{$ref_nicknametocommand};   # De-refrence the reference to an hash
    my $ccmd;
    
    $ccmd = $InSubNickNameToCommand{ $nickname };             # need ERROR checking here  !!!!!!
    
    my $newcmd ;
    if ($ccmd eq '0101') {
       $newcmd = '0101';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0103') {
       $newcmd = '0103';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0104') {
       $newcmd = '0104';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0105') {
       $newcmd = '0105';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0106') {
       $newcmd = '0106';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0107') {
       $newcmd = '0107';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '010c') {
       $newcmd = '010c';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '010d') {
       $newcmd = '010d';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '010e') {
       $newcmd = '010e';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '010f') {
       $newcmd = '010f';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0110') {
       $newcmd = '0110';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0111') {
       $newcmd = '0111';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0113') {
       $newcmd = '0113';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0114') {
       $newcmd = '0114';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0115') {
       $newcmd = '0115';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '011c') {
       $newcmd = '011c';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0121') {
       $newcmd = '0121';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '012e') {
       $newcmd = '012e';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '012f') {
       $newcmd = '012f';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '013c') {
       $newcmd = '013c';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0142') {
       $newcmd = '0142';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0143') {
       $newcmd = '0143';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0144') {
       $newcmd = '0144';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0145') {
       $newcmd = '0145';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '0149') {
       $newcmd = '0149';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '014a') {
       $newcmd = '014a';
    } elsif ($ccmd eq '014c') {
       $newcmd = '014c';
    } else {
			print "Warning; failed to match $ccmd\n";
			die "AMEN !\n";
	}
    
    # my $newcmd = $ccmd;    # this does not work
    print "\$ccmd; $ccmd ".length($ccmd). " \$newcmd; $newcmd ".length($newcmd)."\n";

	my $response = Serial_TrxRcv($newcmd);
	my $result;

        .... etc ...