Hello everyone Really hope anyone can help me. There is a problem regarding communication between pic and computer.I can't get them talk to each other.So I suspect the interfacing is not probaly done.This is the way I connect the MAX232A with the Dsub 9pin.Am I corrcet? MAX232A Chip *A=22uf25V ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^|^^^Vdd=5V |-----||------->GND -| + -47uF16V - +(A) =(A) --||--1 +| 16-->Vdd | 2------- 15-->GND ------3 | 14-->pin2 of dsub9pin --||--4 13-->pin8 of dsub9pin |- +(A) 12-->to pin10 of itself |---- 5 - + 11-->to rc6/tx of pic 6--||--|GND 10-->to pin12 of itself 7-->pin7 of Dsub9pin 9-->rc7/rx of pic 8-->pin3 of Dsub9pin Please correct me if I am wrong. (2)second suspicion : the led dont turn off.So RCIF of PIR1 is always 0. LPRCV BCF PORTC,5;to turn on ; ;led BTFSS PIR1,RCIF GOTO LPRCV ; BSF PORTC,5;to turn off BTFSC RCSTA,FERR Thank you very much for reading my mail. Any advice will be appreciate. Thank you again. Chee Sze Keat __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads