Req: Parse bytestream with Data Link Escaping via Serial to byte array

Despite several different approaches, I'm getting unpredictable results with intermittent freezes, board resets, and mangling of the text returned to the Serial Monitor; occurring apparently at random.

Here's a clue:

Serial.begin(9600,SERIAL_8N1); // 
Serial1.begin(19200,SERIAL_8E1);

Sending data out slower than you read it in isn't a good idea.

{Serial.println("Starting main loop");

Not a single recognized coding style accepts ANYTHING on the line after the {. I'm not impressed with your attempt to invent a new one.

Using do/while in place of a normal while loop is rarely a good idea. In a do/while loop, the body is executed and then the condition is checked. In a while loop, the condition is checked first, then, if appropriate, the body is executed.

The
(almost)
complete
lack
of
indenting
makes
your
code
too
hard
to
read.