extern int param_getlength(const char *line, int paramnum);
extern char param_getchar(const char *line, int paramnum);
+extern char param_getchar_indx(const char *line, int indx, int paramnum);
extern int param_getptr(const char *line, int *bg, int *en, int paramnum);
extern uint8_t param_get8(const char *line, int paramnum);
extern uint8_t param_get8ex(const char *line, int paramnum, int deflt, int base);
extern uint8_t param_isdec(const char *line, int paramnum);
extern int param_gethex(const char *line, int paramnum, uint8_t * data, int hexcnt);
extern int param_gethex_ex(const char *line, int paramnum, uint8_t * data, int *hexcnt);
-extern int param_getstr(const char *line, int paramnum, char * str);
+extern int param_gethex_to_eol(const char *line, int paramnum, uint8_t * data, int maxdatalen, int *datalen);
+extern int param_getstr(const char *line, int paramnum, char * str, size_t buffersize);
extern int hextobinarray( char *target, char *source);
extern int hextobinstring( char *target, char *source);
extern void rol(uint8_t *data, const size_t len);
extern void clean_ascii(unsigned char *buf, size_t len);
+void strcleanrn(char *buf, size_t len);
+void strcreplace(char *buf, size_t len, char from, char to);
+char *strmcopy(char *buf);
extern int num_CPUs(void); // number of logical CPUs