diff -ur isdn4k-utils-CVS-2005-08-21-orig/eicon/eiconctrl.c isdn4k-utils-CVS-2005-08-21/eicon/eiconctrl.c
--- isdn4k-utils-CVS-2005-08-21-orig/eicon/eiconctrl.c	2006-01-06 21:03:00.000000000 -0500
+++ isdn4k-utils-CVS-2005-08-21/eicon/eiconctrl.c	2006-01-06 21:05:26.000000000 -0500
@@ -1929,6 +1929,7 @@
 		unsigned char byte = 0;
 		char *p, *q;
 		unsigned long val, sec;
+		unsigned short *sbuffer = (unsigned short *)buffer;
 
 		if (argc > (++arg_ofs)) {
 			if (!strcmp(argv[arg_ofs], "cont"))
@@ -1970,7 +1971,7 @@
 				val = strtol(p, &q, 16);
 				p = q;
 				val = strtol(p, &q, 16);
-				(unsigned short) *buffer = (unsigned short) val;
+				*sbuffer = (unsigned short) val;
 				pos = 2;
 				while ((p != q) && (*q != 0)) {
 					p = q;