#cpp
//-----------------GET_PACKET()-----------------------

short get_packet(int* packet_ptr)
{
   int8 length;
   int8 CRC;
   int8 i;

   packet_ptr[0] = bgetc();              // get the start of text
   if(packet_ptr[0]!=STX)return FALSE;
   
   packet_ptr[1] = bgetc();             // get the position of CRC
   length = (packet_ptr[1]+2);         //length of packet 
   if(length>BUFFER_SIZE)return FALSE;
   for(i=2; i<length; i++)                  // get the data
      packet_ptr[i] = bgetc();
      
   CRC = packet_ptr[packet_ptr[1]];

   if(CRC != crc8(packet_ptr, length))
      return FALSE;  

   else return TRUE;
}