thanks mack

yeah i was looking at instant interupts aswell...

my coding is quite abysmal at this time, but the general idea is what im heading for at the moment till my coding is up to scratch (hopefully picbasic pro will actually arrive today :P including a manual that might actually help!)

CAP1M3:CAP1M0 = 0101 'capture channel 1 is measuring period
CAP1REN 'capture timer5 is reset after each measurment is made
CAP2M3:CAP2M0 = 0101 'capture channel 2 is measuring period
CAP2REN 'capture timer5 is reset after each measurement is made
CAP3M3:CAP3M0 = 0101 'capture channel 3 is measuring period
CAP3REN 'capture timer5 is reset after each measurement is made
(i realise its asm)

this is just the starting for actually capturing the result. this measures directly to a buffer for each channel without the need to save it with any coding. CAP1BUF, CAP2BUF and CAP3BUF. would it be possible to have this running in the background? and not actually create an interupt to get to it? since it is already saved automatically in a buffer. cant i just during my program just "read" from the specific buffer and not actually entangle myself with the measurement processes that are going on at the CAP's.

thanks