diff --git a/minimateplus/client.py b/minimateplus/client.py
index d35c541..8a66ccd 100644
--- a/minimateplus/client.py
+++ b/minimateplus/client.py
@@ -930,10 +930,9 @@ def _decode_a5_waveform(
         elif fi == 7:
             continue
 
-        # A5[9] is the device terminator frame (page_key=0x0000), also no data.
-        elif fi == 9:
-            continue
-
+        # Terminator frames have page_key=0x0000 and are excluded upstream
+        # (read_bulk_waveform_stream returns early on page_key==0).
+        # No hardcoded frame-index skip here — all non-metadata frames are data.
         else:
             # Strip the 8-byte per-frame header (ctr + 6 zero bytes)
             if len(w) < 8: