http://www.mindwell.com/lirc/receivers.html http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/opto.html The first link is for the schematic on how to hook up an IR module to the serial port, and the second is to an electronics page with tons of links to IR info.. I will double check my program to make sure it uses the same lines and throw it up on my webspace shortly (and post the URL of course!) .. Alan