Index: firmware/App/Modes/ModeGenIdle.c
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diff -u -r11c24f8ff3e3a7247ac69ca90f244d12727e25a0 -r201bc72d7f3f75f27662c66fa2f0c9851584f6f1
--- firmware/App/Modes/ModeGenIdle.c	(.../ModeGenIdle.c)	(revision 11c24f8ff3e3a7247ac69ca90f244d12727e25a0)
+++ firmware/App/Modes/ModeGenIdle.c	(.../ModeGenIdle.c)	(revision 201bc72d7f3f75f27662c66fa2f0c9851584f6f1)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 // ********** private data **********
 
-static U32 dataPublishCounter;                                                                 ///< Used to schedule gen idle data publication to CAN bus.
+static U32 dataPublishCounter = 0;                                                             ///< Used to schedule gen idle data publication to CAN bus.
 static DG_GEN_IDLE_MODE_STATE_T genIdleState;                                                  ///< Currently active generation idle state.
 // NOTE: the bad fill state must be initialized here and not in the transition function since in case of a bad fill, the transition function is called
 // several times to drain and fill and handle a bad fill.