You don't say at what speed you want to transmit? Depending on this speed you have to calculate a value to load the SPBRG register with. Look at page 99 of the manual - the formula is there. Hope this helps Alan My program must be seriously wrong because i get nothing out on my serial port i must make use of -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads