On Fri, Jan 13, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Carl Denk wrote: > Thanks for the reply. If you spent hours trying to do the right way,=20 > that translates to impossible for me with moderate "C", Basic, and VBA=20 > experience. Save the effort on the Windows App. That just sounds too=20 > complicated for me. I thought, I saw for Excel many years ago, that a=20 > few statements to set up baud, parity, etc. to communicate with a com=20 > port, but, looking at the old manual I have, and the current help, it's=20 > elusive. probably going to end up doing it the hard way, which will add=20 In Excel it is (or was) quite easy, so if you have that as an option you can that. Cheers, Bob --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .