HI, I tried the code that Ron Marcus posted and it did not work. I think the problem is in the receiver PIC software, (when I hook a speaker up to the serial line I can hear the data flowing). I have now tried several ways to make a serial connection but none worked. These attempts included DEBUG and DEBUGIN commands as well as HSERIN and HSEROUT commands. I would be extremely happy if someone could post some sample code and hardware information on getting a serial connection working between two PICs using any method ( HSERIN, DEBUG ect.). I appreciate any help you can offer on this problem.