Jinx, I noticed that you do not have a series resistor into the MCLR pin when using a capacitor like Mchip suggests. Not sure I actually understand their reasoning on this anyway, any comments? > A couple of people asked me off-list what I meant. Attached > is a gif from my notes at the time. The opto and motor caps > were already built in to the ticket mechanism. It also had an > opto for the inter-ticket holes which the PIC used for counting Brent Brown Electronic Design Solutions 16 English Street Hamilton, New Zealand Ph/fax: +64 7 849 0069 Mobile/text: 025 334 069 eMail: brent.brown@clear.net.nz -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu