oid getZeitronixPacket(char* packetpointer){
gotPacket = 0;
char message[80];
char buffer[18] = {0xF};
  for (int i=0; i<16; i++){
    Serial1.readBytes(&buffer[i],1);
// the first two messages won't make sense (since we haven't defined buffer[-1] and buffer[-2]
    sprintf(message,"&buffer[%d] is %d, buffer -1 is %d and buffer -2 is %d",i,buffer[i], buffer[i-1], buffer[i-2]);

    Serial.println(message);
  }
}