Quote Originally Posted by jcleaver View Post
i know and i appreicate that however just at the begining stage and only a hobby
so just trying to get some experience with pbp not pics
mcs is microstudio plus

does this pic have hserout2???
What does the datasheet say as far as the number of USARTs (also reference the PBP manual, page 78, 2nd paragraph)?

I understand you're trying to get experience with MCS/PBP and not PICs, but what is MCS/PBP without a PIC? Just an expensive text editor...