Hi All PICers !

 b>         I'm using a MAX232CPE with a 82C50 to send/recieve
 b> serial data, i've got reasons not to be using the PIC for
 b> this.  Sending works fine, but receiving gives me a constant
 b> stream of characters (usually the same one) that aren't
 b> being sent from the other side (a PC running Telix).
 b>
 b>         Has anybody experienced anything like this?  I'm
 b> absolutely sure that the software is right, so i'm assuming
 b> it's the MAX232 or the cable.

Philip,  check your cable, and try to use another chip.
Many times I use this chip, not MAX232 but ADM232 and ADM202 by
Analog Devices - its more cheaper then MAXIM, and I have never
seen this chip not working! I often use it not only for TTL<>RS232
convertion, but also for providing bipolar power for OP!

   Best Wishes, Alex Torres.
   Kharkov, Ukraine, exUSSR.
   E-Mail To : altor@cook.kharkov.ua   via InterNet
               or 2:461/28             via FidoNet

P.S. And I also use Telix for testing :)
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