dstIndex += this.byteCount;

        /*
         * Normally, without intervention everything would batch
         * with everything else. If the below clause evaluates true
         * the andx command will not be written and therefore the
         * response will not read a batched command and therefore
         * the 'received' member of the response object will not

        dst[dstIndex++] = (byte)(( byteCount >> 8 ) & 0xFF );
        dstIndex += byteCount;

        /* Normally, without intervention everything would batch
         * with everything else. If the below clause evaluates true
         * the andx command will not be written and therefore the
         * response will not read a batched command and therefore
         * the 'received' member of the response object will not