Wagner, I tried this on a recent Technical Aid to the Disabled project, but I had some problems with EMF noise triggering. Even though there is a LED there to Vcc, the input line is effectively floating when not driven either way. It can jump up to the trigger voltage of the PIC input before the LED activates and begins to draw current. Adding a resistor to ground of about 10k fixed the problem. -- James Cameron (cameron@us.netrek.org) OpenVMS, Linux, Firewalls, Software Engineering, CGI, HTTP, X, C, FORTH, COBOL, BASIC, DCL, csh, bash, ksh, sh, Electronics, Microcontrollers, Disability Engineering, Netrek, Bicycles, Pedant, Farming, Home Control, Remote Area Power, Greek Scholar, Tenor Vocalist, Church Sound, Husband. "Specialisation is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein.