PicDude wrote: > Good point. I was hoping though to find an example for a 1-master, > many-slave system that could show how others have addressed some > questions I have. For example, when the the master polls each slave, > if that slave has nothing to request, should I have it send back a > response to the master saying that? Or do nothing and have the master > wait for a timeout? Yup, these are serious issues to consider. Note that most of this is handled by the hardware when using CAN. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist