On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:06:43 -0500 Andrew Kilpatrick
<andrew@ANDREWKILPATRICK.ORG> writes:
> Hi Harold,
>
> Thanks for the response. I'm still unclear as to when is the time to
> check the error flags... before reading the byte from the data
> register
> (if there is one) or after. I've seen code that does it both ways,
> but
> the datasheet for the PIC suggests that you should read the error
> flags
> first. Can you clear this up for me? Thanks.
>

        I read them first, then read the data byte. If I had a framing error, I
reset the state machine and throw out the received byte.

Harold


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