// system CR is converted to LF for some reason. This causes

        // empty lines in the input when the port is just opened.

        if (line.isEmpty())

        {

            continue;

        }

        const SamplePack* samples = parseLine(line);

        if (samples != nullptr) {

            // update number of channels if in auto mode

            if (autoNumOfChannels ) {

                unsigned nc = samples->numChannels();

                if (nc != _numChannels) {

                    _numChannels = nc;

                    updateNumChannels();

                    // TODO: is `numOfChannelsChanged` signal still used?

                    emit numOfChannelsChanged(nc);

                }

            }

            Q_ASSERT(samples->numChannels() == _numChannels);

            // commit data

            feedOut(*samples);

        }

    }

}

SamplePack* AsciiReader::parseLine(const QString& line) const

{

    auto separatedValues = line.split(delimiter, QString::SkipEmptyParts);

    unsigned numComingChannels = separatedValues.length();

    // check number of channels (skipped if auto num channels is enabled)

    if ((!numComingChannels) || (!autoNumOfChannels && numComingChannels != _numChannels))

    {

        qWarning() << "Line parsing error: invalid number of channels!";

        qWarning() << "Read line: " << line;

        return nullptr;

    }

    // parse data per channel

    auto samples = new SamplePack(1, numComingChannels);

    for (unsigned ci = 0; ci < numComingChannels; ci++)

    {

        bool ok;

        samples->data(ci)[0] = separatedValues[ci].toDouble(&ok);

        if (!ok)