hi, I'm working on a project that needs RS232 data with even parity - and having read the USART doc's, I couldn't see a way to get the USART hardware to generate the parity data, so I am presuming that the correct approach is to take each 7 bit ASCII character that I need to send, calculate what the 8th (parity) bit should be, and adjust the character I load into the USART accordingly. Is this right, or am I missing something obvious? Thanks. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu