Receive Flags
The Receive Flags field gives the host some additional controls over the serial input. It is only effective in the Send_with_Response service.
Bit (0 = LSB) Status Flag 0 Flush - Flushes the serial input queue before receiving new incoming data. 1-2 Reserved 3 Framing - Serial protocol framing is enabled (see Frame Trailer (Postamble) Flags). This bit can be checked in the response to see if the correct frame format was received. 4-7 Reserved
Flushing the input queue allows the host to remove irrelevant data that was collected by the communication adapter.