And that's exactly the point.  If this works and it takes longer to see
an error, 
then it follows that the timing is the culprit, and means can be taken
to correct that problem. 

Jim

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Jinx
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 5:00 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Very odd problem with RS232...


> You may be getting out of sync with the PIC and the PC if the
> frequency is off by more than a few percent.   Try lowering the
> baud rate on both the PC And your PIC board, and see if that makes any

> difference

Lowering the baud rate will just make errors take longer to happen.
If it is a timing problem, the PIC clock needs to be changed to match
the baud rate from the PC

Sam, are you going through an RS232 i/f (eg MAX232) ?

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