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title: "Separator Parser"
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# Separator Parser

The **Separator Parser** is useful for RAS messages where the fields are separated by a specific character (e.g.: `^Artist~Title~Category~Duration|` ).

| **Param name** | **Mandatory** | **Description** | **Default Value** | **Possible Value** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Encoding | Yes | Source encoding of the message coming from the automation system. | utf-8 |  |
| StartBytes | No | Bytes delimiting the beginning of a valid message. Any bytes before this will be discarded. |  | Bytes, in hexadecimal notation. |
| EndBytes | Yes | Bytes delimiting the end of a valid message. |  | Bytes, in hexadecimal notation. |
| Separator | No | Characters used to delimit the fields. |  |  |
| MinimumFieldCount | Yes | Minimum number of fields that must be present in a message. Any message read that contains fewer fields than this will be discarded. |  |  |
| MaximumFieldCount | Yes | Maximum number of fields that can be present in a message. Any message read that contains more fields than this will be discarded. |  |  |
| FieldMappings | Yes | A mapping of the RAS message field to a dictionary of key-values. |  |  |