You are correct. There are easier ways to connect two picks, but this is the way I need them for future project compatibility. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with Manchester coding/decoding. I was just wondering if somebody had any Manchester encode and decoding subroutines already written, they might let me look at. ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! use mailto:listserv@mitvma.mit.edu?body=SET%20PICList%20DIGEST