OK so I might have discovered a design issue.=A0 The 555 timer is triggered= by the low going transmit from the TTL side of things, so the output goes = high for the duration of the timer.=A0 If the timer is too short, then your= going to miss some of the data...ie....it goes back to the receive mode.= =A0 That would make sense why I'm not getting out the correct data when I t= ransmit to the RS485 side? ----- Original Message ----- From: Geo To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Cc:=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [EE] TTL-RS485 conversion alan smith wrote: > So I think its something that Terraterm doesnt like.=A0 Is there a better= terminal program? >=20 I settled on this one (Bray's v1.9b):- https://sites.google.com/site/terminalbpp/ George Smith --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .