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Thanks everyone

I am using .NET 2.0 Framework and programming using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition.

Right now I have three things connecting to the program port: the program I am working on, the terminal window, and an external pic.
Camera will always be on the TLL port.

My best option seems to be to use unique two byte starter for the external pic and my program, but to distinguish if it is the termial window I will have to detect the ASCII characters.

Do the printf strings use ASCII characters? How do you trasmit a 16 bit variable? Is it easier to just integrate the termial window into my program?