diff -r b2fb188c9bff -r cb9da964a178 LPCconnector/LPCAppObject.py
--- a/LPCconnector/LPCAppObject.py	Thu Mar 21 02:06:16 2013 +0100
+++ b/LPCconnector/LPCAppObject.py	Thu Mar 21 17:29:53 2013 +0100
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
     def GetLogMessage(self, level, msgid):
         strbuf = self.HandleSerialTransaction(GET_LOGMSGTransaction(level, msgid))
-        if len(strbuf) > 12:
+        if strbuf is not None and len(strbuf) > 12:
             cbuf = ctypes.cast(
                           ctypes.c_char_p(strbuf[:12]),
                           ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint32))