18F458 to PC communication Help

[Bruce]

For a direct serial connection from PIC to PC, use one of the 'inverted' serial
modes. Through a max232 or other inverting type interface, use non-inverted
mode.

[shawn]

Thank you all for your reply. Lack of sleep a bit of frustration and a little lazyness leads to disaster. You are all right and helpfull. I had the tx and rx lines reversed on the DB9 connector. I not sure how or why I triple checked that but I guess it needed checked 1 more time. I had the wrong serout config also. I've got it running now Thanks Again. I need to figure out the usart hardware on the pic next but not until I jump into the VB side for receiving.