diff --git a/lib/stringMsg.js b/lib/stringMsg.js
index c0da724..6ae357a 100644
--- a/lib/stringMsg.js
+++ b/lib/stringMsg.js
@@ -112,10 +112,26 @@ exports.encodeYDRAW = ({ data, ...canIdInfo }) => {
   return pgns.map(buffer => canId + ' ' + byteString(buffer, ' '))
 }
 
+const get0183Sentence = (msg) => {
+  let sentence = msg
+  if (sentence.charAt(0) === '\\') {
+    split = sentence.split('\\')
+    if ( split.length < 3 ) {
+      return false
+    }
+    sentence = split[2]
+  }
+  return sentence
+}
+
 // $PCDIN,01F119,00000000,0F,2AAF00D1067414FF*59
-exports.isPCDIN = startsWith('$PCDIN,')
+exports.isPCDIN = (msg) => {
+  const sentence = get0183Sentence(msg)
+  return sentence.startsWith('$PCDIN,')
+}
 exports.parsePCDIN = (input) => {
-  const [ prefix, pgn, timeHex, src, data ] = input.split(',')
+  const sentence = get0183Sentence(input)
+  const [ prefix, pgn, timeHex, src, data ] = sentence.split(',')
   let timer = parseInt(timeHex, 32)
   
   timer = timer / 1024
@@ -136,9 +152,13 @@ exports.encodePCDIN = ({ prefix = '$PCDIN', pgn, data, dst = 255}) => {
 }
 
 // $MXPGN,01F801,2801,C1308AC40C5DE343*19
-exports.isMXPGN = startsWith('$MXPGN,')
+exports.isMXPGN = (msg) => {
+  const sentence = get0183Sentence(msg)
+  return sentence.startsWith('$MXPGN,')
+}
 exports.parseMXPGN = (input) => {
-  const [ prefix, pgn, attr_word, data ] = input.split(',')
+  const sentence = get0183Sentence(input)
+  const [ prefix, pgn, attr_word, data ] = sentence.split(',')
 
   const send_prio_len = (parseInt(attr_word.substr(0,2), 16).toString(2)).padStart(8, '0');
   const addr = (parseInt(attr_word.substr(2,2), 16));
diff --git a/test/mxpgn.js b/test/mxpgn.js
index 3b4bf2a..6f88339 100644
--- a/test/mxpgn.js
+++ b/test/mxpgn.js
@@ -47,4 +47,45 @@ describe('from mxpgn data converts', function () {
 
     fromPgn.parseString(mxpgn)
   })
+
+  it(`from 129025 converts with tags`, function (done) {
+    var mxpgn = '\\s:serial,c:1696759212*3E\\$MXPGN,01F801,2801,C1308AC40C5DE343*19'
+    var expected = {
+      "pgn":129025,
+      "src":1,
+      "dst":255,
+      "prio":0,
+      "fields":{
+        "Latitude": -99.7576511,
+        "Longitude": 113.8973964,
+      },
+      "description":"Position, Rapid Update"
+    }
+
+    var fromPgn = new FromPgn()
+
+    fromPgn.on('error', (pgn, error) => {
+      console.error(`Error parsing ${pgn.pgn} ${error}`)
+      console.error(error.stack)
+      done(error)
+    })
+
+    fromPgn.on('warning', (pgn, warning) => {
+      done(new Error(`${pgn.pgn} ${warning}`))
+    })
+
+    fromPgn.on('pgn', (pgn) => {
+      try {
+        //console.log(JSON.stringify(pgn))
+        delete pgn.input
+        delete pgn.timestamp
+        pgn.should.jsonEqual(expected)
+        done()
+      } catch ( e ) {
+        done(e)
+      }
+    })
+
+    fromPgn.parseString(mxpgn)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/test/pcdin.js b/test/pcdin.js
index 58e5456..39a0395 100644
--- a/test/pcdin.js
+++ b/test/pcdin.js
@@ -50,4 +50,49 @@ describe('from pcdin data converts', function () {
 
     fromPgn.parseString(pcdin)
   })
+
+
+  it(`from 127257 converts with tag blocks`, function (done) {
+    var pcdin = '\\s:serial,c:1696759212*3E\\$PCDIN,01F119,00000000,0F,2AAF00D1067414FF*59'
+    var expected = {
+      "pgn":127257,
+      "timestamp": "2010-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+      "timer": 1262304000000,
+      "src":15,
+      "dst":255,
+      "prio":0,
+      "fields":{
+        "SID": 42,
+        "Pitch": 0.1745,
+        "Roll": 0.5236,
+        "Yaw": 0.0175
+      },
+      "description":"Attitude"
+    }
+
+    var fromPgn = new FromPgn()
+
+    fromPgn.on('error', (pgn, error) => {
+      console.error(`Error parsing ${pgn.pgn} ${error}`)
+      console.error(error.stack)
+      done(error)
+    })
+
+    fromPgn.on('warning', (pgn, warning) => {
+      done(new Error(`${pgn.pgn} ${warning}`))
+    })
+
+    fromPgn.on('pgn', (pgn) => {
+      try {
+        //console.log(JSON.stringify(pgn))
+        delete pgn.input
+        pgn.should.jsonEqual(expected)
+        done()
+      } catch ( e ) {
+        done(e)
+      }
+    })
+
+    fromPgn.parseString(pcdin)
+  })
 })