Hi Everyone

I have a quick question concerning serial communications between the 8051 and a tilt sensor that i am using. The sensor sends back 6 bytes of data to the 8051. My question is how do I tell the 8051 to read 6 bytes? I know 8 bits are in a byte so can I simply read the SBUF 48 times to receive all the information? I assume that the sensor knows to only send data when the buffer is ready to receive something

Thanks in advance

Thomas