Hi, Yes you are right, And I'm running my decoder with two AA batteries and RS232 translator with separated 5.0 V power supply. Please see below. Vasile Surducan-2 wrote: > > SM8223 appears it need +3V. So you need an RS232 transciever which run at > 3V. > http://www.npcamerica.com/pdf/SM8223.pdf > >>I tried to separate the Power >> supply of my boards but this time the same problem when connecting TxD >> (ie >> T1 pin) of MAX232 to CID decoder serial output was exists. > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problem-With-MAX232-tf4435736.html#a12691528 Sent from the PIC - [PIC] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist