--- trunk/paramin-beta/netcommunication.cc	2015/05/11 07:50:15	7
+++ trunk/paramin-beta/netcommunication.cc	2015/05/11 11:12:20	8
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
 		// broadcasting the data via a tree structure, this should not create too much overhead.
 		for(int j = 0; j<nhost; j++)
 		{
-			MPI_Send(stringValue[i],strlen(stringValue[i])+1, MPI_CHAR, j, pvmConst->getMasterSendStringTag(), intercomm);
+			MPI_Send(stringValue[i],strlen(stringValue[i])+1, MPI_BYTE, j, pvmConst->getMasterSendStringTag(), intercomm);
 		}
       };
     assert(sendP.Size() >= numVar);
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
 			// This could be causing some overhead, could consider packing it in a buffer
 			// before I send it, like the old pvm version, let's see if this works ok.
 			// I think this function is only called once.
-			MPI_Send(stringValue[i],strlen(stringValue[i])+1, MPI_CHAR,tids[processID],pvmConst->getMasterSendStringTag(),intercomm);
+			MPI_Send(stringValue[i],strlen(stringValue[i])+1, MPI_BYTE,tids[processID],pvmConst->getMasterSendStringTag(),intercomm);
       	};
     	assert(sendP.Size() >= numVar);