+// if(bit_size > 255)
+// AFB_ERROR("Error signal %s to long bit size", signal.get_name().c_str());
+
+// if(new_start_bit > 255)
+// AFB_ERROR("Too long signal offset %d", new_start_bit);
+
+ if(data_signal.size() > 65535)
+ AFB_ERROR("Too long data signal %s", signal.get_name().c_str());
+
+ return bitfield_parse_float(data_signal.data(), (uint16_t) data_signal.size(),
+ new_start_bit, bit_size, signal.get_factor(),
+ signal.get_offset());
+}
+
+
+/// @brief Decode and return string bytes (hex) for a CAN signal's.
+///
+/// This is an implementation of the Signal type signature, and can be
+/// used directly in the signal_t.decoder field.
+///
+/// @param[in] signal - The details of the signal.
+/// @param[in] message - The message with data to decode.
+/// @param[out] send - An output argument that will be set to false if the value should
+/// not be sent for any reason.
+///
+/// @return Returns a DynamicField with a string value of bytes (hex)
+///
+openxc_DynamicField decoder_t::decode_bytes(signal_t& signal, std::shared_ptr<message_t> message, bool* send)
+{
+ int i=0;
+ openxc_DynamicField decoded_value;
+ std::vector<uint8_t> data = message->get_data_vector();
+ uint32_t length = message->get_length();
+ uint32_t bit_position = signal.get_bit_position();
+ uint32_t bit_size = signal.get_bit_size();
+ std::vector<uint8_t> new_data = std::vector<uint8_t>();
+ new_data.reserve(bit_size << 3);
+
+ int new_start_byte = 0;
+ int new_end_byte = 0;
+ uint8_t new_start_bit = 0;
+ uint8_t new_end_bit = 0;
+
+ converter_t::signal_to_bits_bytes(bit_position, bit_size, new_start_byte, new_end_byte, new_start_bit, new_end_bit);
+
+ if(new_end_byte >= length)
+ {
+ new_end_byte = length-1;
+ }