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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Reading DefaultValue from EDS is wrong for data type OCTET_STRING and DOMAIN","articleBody":"The DefaultValue for data type OCTET_STRING and DOMAIN is formatted with two hex digits for each byte in the EDS - see corresponding CiA standard. Also the content of the default value has to end up in a bytes instance and not in a string instance. (otherwise an exception is thrown when the SDOServer tries to answer a SDO upload request for an object dictionary entry with this data type.)\r\n\r\nPlease see the following patch, and please integrate it:\r\n\r\n```\r\n--- eds.py.orig\t2021-01-13 15:50:52.906669000 +0100\r\n+++ eds.py\t2021-01-15 12:48:02.089073320 +0100\r\n@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@\r\n \r\n \r\n def _convert_variable(node_id, var_type, value):\r\n-    if var_type in objectdictionary.DATA_TYPES:\r\n+    if var_type in (objectdictionary.OCTET_STRING, objectdictionary.DOMAIN):\r\n+        return bytes.fromhex(value)\r\n+    elif var_type in (objectdictionary.VISIBLE_STRING, objectdictionary.UNICODE_STRING):\r\n         return value\r\n     elif var_type in objectdictionary.FLOAT_TYPES:\r\n         return float(value)\r\n\r\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/mlederhi","@type":"Person","name":"mlederhi"},"datePublished":"2021-01-15T12:16:01.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/217/canopen/issues/217"}