Hi thudergnat,

I agree, but now I'm not sure if it's the CM-32's busybox OS is the one interpreting the IAC or is it Telnet.pm on my PC that's doing it. I'm actually leaning more towards Telnet.pm causing the problem. I tried Khen's fix earlier it didn't work. The output did not change at all. TCP protocol isn't recommended because there are other scripts that require the CM-32 to be in Telnet mode rather than RawTCP. Any suggestions? Thanks!