Dear Piccers, I remember, that a long time ago I saw an application note for a RS232-to-PIC(5V) interface which worked without any external power supply, but it took the needed voltages from some pins of the serial port. It had just a RS232 9 pole Dsub and 3 Pins (Rx,Tx,GND) on the PIC side. I just googled but wasn't successful. Does anybody remember such an application? Thanks for any help and best regards Peter -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist