Hi All I am using 16f876 USART but I have encounter something odd below is a segment of my code banksel SPBRG ; bank0 movlw d'64' ; 19200 baud @ 20 Mhz Fosc +0.16 err movwf SPBRG movlw b'00100100' ; brgh = 1 movwf TXSTA ; enable Async Transmission, set brgh banksel RCSTA ; bank0 movlw b'10010000' movwf RCSTA ; enable Async Reception movf RCREG,w movf RCREG,w movf RCREG,w ; flush receive buffer Guess what i got a 5 voltage signal coming out of RC7/RX which is already configure as a input and all my recieve rountie did not work but the TX is still working anyone have encounter this before? Thanks -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.