At 09:10 AM 07/11/2002, you wrote: >I recall mention on the list about the IO pins used for UART use are >automatically configured when the USART is enabled. > >This is not the case with the 628 chips. The TRIS bits must be set >accordingly for it to work. ie. RX = in, TX = out. I accidently set RX = out and TX = in the other day. Took me a while to figure out why the board wasn't receiving anything from the PC! Doh! After (mentally) slapping myself in the face with a wet fish, I did go and correct it and everything started working. I've always set the tris register to reflect what the peripherals are doing but this one was a simple typo. David... ___________________________________________ David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L U8, 9-11 Trade St, Cleveland 4163 Australia Ph: +61 7 38210362 Fax: +61 7 38210281 New Web: www.audiovisualdevices.com.au ___________________________________________ -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body