Rick Regan wrote: > I understand the meanings of the flags but my question still remains. > Can you give an example where testing TRMT allows you to do something > that just testing TXIF exclusively couldn't do? If you're using a physical interface that requires a separate transmit-enable signal (like RS-485), you need to know when the last byte has been completely transmitted before you turn off the driver. -- Dave Tweed -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body