Resolution:
In the very beginning of all SmartSockets messages there is a fixed set of bytes referred to as the 'fingerprint' that tells RTproceses that this is a valid SmartSockets message.  If the fingerprint is wrong when received then it means that the message was not constructed correctly or became corrupted during transmit. In the error message  "bad fingerprint: 1000" the RTprocess is reporting that the value of the fingerprint is "1000" which is not the correct fingerprint.