RussellMc wrote:

> Olin - this is a genuine attempt to understand what is happening here.

FWIW, I think Olin's response was succinct, clear and adequate. He
picked a core question and answered it, even though not in great detail.
("I'd like to know whether A is possible." - "It is possible using B and
C." - Looks ok to me as first attempt at a helpful answer.)

If I had received it in a similar context, I'd have looked closer into
filters and masks, and if I still had doubts, I'd have extracted the
relevant parts from the datasheet and asked a more focussed question
about the use of filters and masks, explaining how I think they should
work and what exactly makes me doubt that they do in fact work like
this. (This recommendation is my addition to Olin's post for the OP; so
far this is "on topic", so to speak :)

The answer seemed perfectly normal to me, even though I see your point
that one could have gone into more detail with an answer. But as Olin
says, nobody is obliged to do so (even though some could get the
impression that Olin is from the depth of information he generally
provides). In any case, I didn't see anything "rude" in this response,
and I would classify it as a helpful response (if I had received it) --
much better than none, in that an experienced developer confirmed that
what I want is possible.=20

Also FWIW, it seems that so far Olin's response was the most useful of
all.

Gerhard
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