From 4d19ec339628585f5c5fdfa35f932f286daa2a96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alanbjohnston <alan.b.johnston@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:50:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] clear payload string each time

---
 cubesatsim/cubesatsim.ino | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cubesatsim/cubesatsim.ino b/cubesatsim/cubesatsim.ino
index 0399f554..0ee353a7 100644
--- a/cubesatsim/cubesatsim.ino
+++ b/cubesatsim/cubesatsim.ino
@@ -2081,7 +2081,8 @@ void start_payload() {
 
 void read_payload()
 {
-
+  payload_str[0] = '\0';  // clear the payload string
+	
 //  if ((Serial.available() > 0)|| first_time == true) 
   {
     blink(50);