Excellent piece of work Steve. Though I'm very familiar with serial communications I could not have done such an easy to follow and clear explanation. thumbs up Peter > Phew!! Sorry for the awesome length of this email. I hope you > will find at > least some of it of use. > > Regards, > > Steve > > Steve Thackery > Suffolk, England. > Web Site: http://www.btinternet.com/~stevethack/