Hi, Thanks a lot for caring to send me all that information.Now I have a more clear idea of how to build the phisical layer,but mi problem is I don't find guidelines regarding any asm code approach to handling multipoint transmision on RS485 the the way it can be found about RS232 in microchip's app. notes or elsewere.Could you please send me a short piece of code as an example of how to handle a half duplex , single byte transmision and reception between the 16c74 master and the three 16c84 slaves? I am planning to use max485 ic to take care of the differencial voltage transmision over A and B wires. I have checked out every document suggested by the pic-list,and found them very enlightening concerning electrical spec. of the phisical layer,but still the only documentation on software implementation I can find is about RS232. Thanks in advance. Walter Markiw -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads