diff --git a/Controller.cpp b/Controller.cpp
index 2c2ca29..7f8d263 100644
--- a/Controller.cpp
+++ b/Controller.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ bool CController::InitDevices()
 			a3003->InitDV3003();
 
 		// set each of the 3 vocoders to the current type
-		for (uint8_t channel=PKT_CHANNEL0; channel<PKT_CHANNEL2; channel++)
+		for (uint8_t channel=PKT_CHANNEL0; channel<=PKT_CHANNEL2; channel++)
 		{
 			if (a3003->ConfigureCodec(channel, type))
 				return true;
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ void CController::AddFDSet(int &max, int newfd, fd_set *set) const
 		max = newfd;
 	FD_SET(newfd, set);
 }
+
 void CController::ReadAmbeDevices()
 {
 	while (keep_running)
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ void CController::ReadAmbeDevices()
 		tv.tv_sec = 0;
 		tv.tv_usec = 40000;
 		auto rval = select(maxfd, &FdSet, nullptr, nullptr, &tv);
-		if (rval < 1)
+		if (rval < 0)
 		{
 			std::cerr << "select() ERROR reading AMBE devices: " << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
 		}
diff --git a/DV3003.cpp b/DV3003.cpp
index 57eacfb..78d9c10 100644
--- a/DV3003.cpp
+++ b/DV3003.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ bool CDV3003::OpenDevice(const std::string &ttyname, int baudrate)
 
 	if (SetBaudRate(baudrate))
 		return true;
+	std::cout << "Baudrade it set to " << baudrate << std::endl;
 
 	devicepath.assign(ttyname);
 	std::cout << "Opened " << devicepath << std::endl;
@@ -134,8 +135,6 @@ bool CDV3003::OpenDevice(const std::string &ttyname, int baudrate)
 
 bool CDV3003::InitDV3003()
 {
-	char prodId[17];
-	char versionstr[49];
 	SDV3003_Packet responsePacket, ctrlPacket;
 
 	// ********** hard reset *************
@@ -160,6 +159,8 @@ bool CDV3003::InitDV3003()
 	   return true;
 	}
 
+	std::cout << "Successfully reset " << devicepath << std::endl;
+
 	// ********** turn off parity *********
 	ctrlPacket.header.payload_length = htons(4);
 	ctrlPacket.field_id = PKT_PARITYMODE;
@@ -184,6 +185,8 @@ bool CDV3003::InitDV3003()
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	std::cout << "Successfully disabled parity on " << devicepath << std::endl;
+
 	// ********* Product ID and Version *************
 	ctrlPacket.header.payload_length = htons(1);
 	ctrlPacket.field_id = PKT_PRODID;
@@ -201,8 +204,7 @@ bool CDV3003::InitDV3003()
 	   std::cerr << "InitDV3003: invalid response to product id query" << std::endl;
 	   return true;
 	}
-	strncpy(prodId, responsePacket.payload.ctrl.data.prodid, sizeof(prodId));
-	productid.assign(prodId);
+	productid.assign(responsePacket.payload.ctrl.data.prodid);
 
 	ctrlPacket.field_id = PKT_VERSTRING;
 	if (write(fd, &ctrlPacket, packet_size(ctrlPacket)) == -1) {
@@ -219,9 +221,8 @@ bool CDV3003::InitDV3003()
 	   std::cerr << "InitDV3003: invalid response to version query" << std::endl;
 	   return true;
 	}
-	strncpy(versionstr, responsePacket.payload.ctrl.data.version, sizeof(version));
-	version.assign(versionstr);
-	std::cout << "Found " << prodId << " version " << version << " at " << devicepath << std::endl;
+	version.assign(responsePacket.payload.ctrl.data.version);
+	std::cout << "Found " << productid << " version " << version << " at " << devicepath << std::endl;
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/DV3003.h b/DV3003.h
index b14c60d..d5addf2 100644
--- a/DV3003.h
+++ b/DV3003.h
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
 
 #define packet_size(a) int(1 + sizeof((a).header) + ntohs((a).header.payload_length))
 
-using SDV3003_Packet = struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) dv3003_packet {
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
+struct dv3003_packet {
 	uint8_t start_byte;
 	struct {
 		uint16_t payload_length;
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ using SDV3003_Packet = struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) dv3003_packet {
 		} ambe;
 	} payload;
 };
+#pragma pack(pop)
+
+using SDV3003_Packet = struct dv3003_packet;
 
 enum class Encoding { dstar, dmr };