This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0061_01C191EA.A9A19BC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is this getting close ? In this circuit, with Ctrl=0 the PIC can listen to PC1, as the pull-up will enable traffic through the top two gates. 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