diff --git a/communication/decoder.cpp b/communication/decoder.cpp
index 6d9cbbb..d8c0a96 100644
--- a/communication/decoder.cpp
+++ b/communication/decoder.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ uint64_t Decoder::GetUInt64FromLEBytes(const uint8_t* bytes) {
 bool Decoder::decode(std::shared_ptr<Message>& result, const std::shared_ptr<Packet>& packet) {
 	switch(packet->network.getType()) {
 		case Network::Type::Ethernet: {
-			result = HardwareEthernetPacket::DecodeToMessage(packet->data, report);
+			result = HardwareEthernetPacket::DecodeToMessage(packet->data);
 			if(!result) {
 				report(APIEvent::Type::PacketDecodingError, APIEvent::Severity::Error);
 				return false; // A nullptr was returned, the packet was not long enough to decode
diff --git a/communication/packet/ethernetpacket.cpp b/communication/packet/ethernetpacket.cpp
index 7c438ff..adf02ca 100644
--- a/communication/packet/ethernetpacket.cpp
+++ b/communication/packet/ethernetpacket.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 using namespace icsneo;
 
-std::shared_ptr<EthernetMessage> HardwareEthernetPacket::DecodeToMessage(const std::vector<uint8_t>& bytestream, const device_eventhandler_t& report) {
+std::shared_ptr<EthernetMessage> HardwareEthernetPacket::DecodeToMessage(const std::vector<uint8_t>& bytestream) {
 	const HardwareEthernetPacket* packet = (const HardwareEthernetPacket*)((const void*)bytestream.data());
 	const uint16_t* rawWords = (const uint16_t*)bytestream.data();
 	// Make sure we have enough to read the packet length first
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<EthernetMessage> HardwareEthernetPacket::DecodeToMessage(const s
 	const size_t bytestreamActualSize = bytestream.size();
 	if(bytestreamActualSize < bytestreamExpectedSize)
 		return nullptr;
-	// Check for oversized packets, noting that some devices will send an extra byte to have an even number of bytes
-	if(bytestreamActualSize > bytestreamExpectedSize + 1)
-		report(APIEvent::Type::PacketDecodingError, APIEvent::Severity::EventWarning);
 	auto messagePtr = std::make_shared<EthernetMessage>();
 	EthernetMessage& message = *messagePtr;
 	message.transmitted = packet->eid.TXMSG;
diff --git a/disk/vsa/vsa.cpp b/disk/vsa/vsa.cpp
index ca22333..77552f2 100644
--- a/disk/vsa/vsa.cpp
+++ b/disk/vsa/vsa.cpp
@@ -25,19 +25,4 @@ void VSAExtendedMessage::appendPacket(std::shared_ptr<Packet> packet) const
 	if(packet->network.getNetID() == Network::NetID::Invalid) {
 		packet->network = network;
 	}
-}
-
-void VSAExtendedMessage::truncatePacket(std::shared_ptr<Packet> packet)
-{
-	static constexpr auto EthernetLengthOffset = 26u;
-	switch(packet->network.getType()) {
-		case Network::Type::Ethernet:
-			{
-				const auto& packetLength = *reinterpret_cast<uint16_t*>(packet->data.data() + EthernetLengthOffset);
-				const size_t ethernetFrameSize = packetLength - (sizeof(uint16_t) * 2);
-				const size_t bytestreamExpectedSize = sizeof(HardwareEthernetPacket) + ethernetFrameSize;
-				packet->data.resize(bytestreamExpectedSize);
-			}	
-			break;
-	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/disk/vsa/vsaparser.cpp b/disk/vsa/vsaparser.cpp
index 008dff0..afb6d2d 100644
--- a/disk/vsa/vsaparser.cpp
+++ b/disk/vsa/vsaparser.cpp
@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@ bool VSAParser::extractMessagePackets(std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Packet>>& pack
 					extendedMessageRecord->appendPacket(packet);
 					if(extendedMessageRecord->getRecordCount() == static_cast<uint32_t>(extendedMessageRecord->getIndex() + 1)) { // Last record in sequence
 						if(!settings.messageFilter || extendedMessageRecord->filter(settings.messageFilter)) {
-							VSAExtendedMessage::truncatePacket(packet);
 							packets.push_back(packet);
 						}
 						activeExtendedMessage = false;
diff --git a/examples/cpp/vsa/src/VSAExample.cpp b/examples/cpp/vsa/src/VSAExample.cpp
index 26e648e..7a39bdb 100644
--- a/examples/cpp/vsa/src/VSAExample.cpp
+++ b/examples/cpp/vsa/src/VSAExample.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+    std::cout << "Waiting for 5 seconds..." << std::endl;
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(5));
+
 	std::cout << "info: " << currentMessage << " transmitted frames found" << std::endl;
 	resetScriptStatus(rxDevice, txDevice, rxInitialCoreminiStatus, txInitialCoreminiStatus);
 
diff --git a/include/icsneo/communication/packet/ethernetpacket.h b/include/icsneo/communication/packet/ethernetpacket.h
index 0f4e000..2cbd75d 100644
--- a/include/icsneo/communication/packet/ethernetpacket.h
+++ b/include/icsneo/communication/packet/ethernetpacket.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace icsneo {
 typedef uint16_t icscm_bitfield;
 
 struct HardwareEthernetPacket {
-	static std::shared_ptr<EthernetMessage> DecodeToMessage(const std::vector<uint8_t>& bytestream, const device_eventhandler_t& report);
+	static std::shared_ptr<EthernetMessage> DecodeToMessage(const std::vector<uint8_t>& bytestream);
 	static bool EncodeFromMessage(const EthernetMessage& message, std::vector<uint8_t>& bytestream, const device_eventhandler_t& report);
 
 	// Word 0 - Header flags (offset 0)
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ struct HardwareEthernetPacket {
 	struct {
 		icscm_bitfield T1S_BURST_COUNT : 8;
 		icscm_bitfield T1S_NODE_ID : 8;
-		uint8_t RESERVED[6];
 	} t1s_node;
+	
+    uint8_t RESERVED[6];
 
 	// Words 4-7 - Reserved/Padding
 	uint16_t stats;
diff --git a/include/icsneo/disk/vsa/vsa.h b/include/icsneo/disk/vsa/vsa.h
index 585aa4b..cd1719d 100644
--- a/include/icsneo/disk/vsa/vsa.h
+++ b/include/icsneo/disk/vsa/vsa.h
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ protected:
  */
 class VSAExtendedMessage : public VSAMessage {
 public:
-	static void truncatePacket(std::shared_ptr<Packet> packet);
-
 	/**
 	 * Appends the payload for this message to the given packet.
 	 * Also sets the network of the packet if unset (used primarily for AA0F records which do not contain the network in the first extended message record).