def METHOD_NAME(self):
    #Return the number of chars in the receive buffer.
    # Note: the value returned by inWaiting should be greater than the send buffer size on BrewPi firmware
    # If not, brewpi.py may not grab the next whole buffered message.
    return 4096  #tcp socket doesnt give us a way to know how much is in the buffer, so we assume there is always something