Ten seconds ago I had a problem like yours. Try using SLIP, worked for me. Look at google for RFC 1055. Very simple one. Defines only 4 constants (ESC, END, ESC_ESC and ESC_END). Lucas Hartmann. -------Original Message------- From: pic microcontroller discussion list Date: 12/12/2003 22:07:18 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: [PIC:] Syncing a receiver to a USART stream w/o I have a USART, say A, sending out a continous stream of data. I'd like my receiver USART, say B, to sync to this continous stream and receive data, but without B itself transmitting anything, USART or otherwise (ACK/NACK...). Other than using something like a training byte/preamble (e.g. 0xAA) every few bytes, what ways are there to do this? Thanks, Ishaan -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads