there is an appnote on uchip's website on producing DTMF from a pic, but I use a tel-tone device (m-8880) to do DTMF send and receive and it works quite well -dan -----Original Message----- From: Duilio Foschi [mailto:foschid@SHUTTLE.ETRURIA.NET] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:56 PM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: send DTMF tones Using an external modem, I need to do the following things: 1. dial a number 2. detect if the call is answered 3. send DTMF tones to the remote phone I can do 1. with the command ATDT... I can do 2. detecting when the ringback signal stops I don't know how to do 3. Any hint ? Thank you Duilio Foschi