>as I started to think....perhaps its the WDT that forces it out? ..... >Here is a snippit of code, right out of AN734 > >ISR > > > banksel PIR1 > btfss PIR1,SSPIF ; Is this a SSP interrupt? > goto $ ; No, just trap here. > bcf PIR1,SSPIF > call SSP_Handler ; Yes, service SSP interrupt. The as published code would have a jump to somewhere else specified instead of the $ to handle some other interrupt, e.g. timer or uart, would be my expectation. I cannot see how they expect any use to be made of the transfer otherwise. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body