good morning mel and all,

So....setup the harware usart using pbp hserout command...done....

initiate usart receiver...... but don't use pbp hserin command...right?
It would seem that using the hserin command takes me back to software control and timeout periods.

So....i poll pir1<5> to check for reception myself
read the rcreg into a variable
and go back to poll

voila..... it's the question of not using pbp hserin that i'm after. yes...no....?