I have an industrial controller I need to interface with that uses a serial interface running at 8N2.

I've had a quick look through the PBP and the midrange PIC manuals and the only way I can think of doing this is by using the 9 bit mode of the internal UART and setting it to be low for the transmit, and just ignoring it on reception.

Am I missing something obvious ??

Thanks,
Bill.