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Yes I tested it... I successfully sent a message through my cable and echoed it back by shorting pin 2 to pin 3.... any other ideas?

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Is there anyway to tell if my cable is crossed as you...

I am attaching a bitmap of my schematic for my ICD and ICP. I am using the ICD for the serial communication.

I tested my serial port and sent 5 succesfully in the loopback... what else can i try?

Well... you'd have to give me a while to get a schematic drawn up. There are 4 caps on the 232. The cable is a regular serial cable, male on one end female on the other. I don't have a USB to...

I copy and pasted the code you provided me but had no luck with it...

I have scratched the line as you suggested... however, it still isn't working. If I try to transmit the example in my code, which is A369621... I don't receive anything back at all. Also, if I...

Yes I have a MAX232 on the ICD I've built... it should also work as my serial communicator for this purpose as well... This is the number on the chip:

69CT01M
MAX232IN

TTL to CMOS...

Hello again to all... I am testing pieces of code that I have put together from various sources. I am trying to get a communications link set up between my PIC16F877A and my PC. I am using the...