>
> I am hoping somebody out there in PIC land may be able to help me.
> I am currently working on a simple home automation system using multiple
> 16C84's (max of 10) fitted with rs232 trancievers as slaves and a PC as
> the master controller. I am not sure how to go about connecting all the TXD
> lines on the slaves to the PC without causing possible conflicts.

This is what I have used on 4 PC system

+12V  --
        /
10kohm  \
        /
        \
master-------+-------->|-----------slave1
             |
             +-------->|-----------slave2
             |
             +--- and so on

Best regards, Vesku