Matt Rhys-Roberts wrote: > It seems to be *alternately* receiving 0xB5 instead of 0x35, Some terminals and terminal emulators deliberately toggle the parity bit every character. Set up the terminal for 8 bit characters with no parity and this problem will go away. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist