> > > It's a manually programmed interface and everything's works right, > > > except that. I live by a "if it's not broke don't fix it" mentality. > > > > But is IS broke. If it were my project, hobby or not, I would at > > least want > > to uderstand what is going on. Your error is with something very > > fundamental. > > Perhaps it is broke from your point of view, but if everything else is > working fine and I use a different method to detect if a slave is present or > not I don't consider it broke. I spent days trying to nail it down and then > one day just decided not to bother, if it works perfectly except for that > then why tempt fate? TTYL Well, fine for your hobby project, but I sure don't want you working on any of my power plant stuff! Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.