Thanks for the help, when communicating to it via hyperterminal (or other software) it responds immidiately. I will try it on different machines within the next few days...hopefully it is just a hardware/software problem with my dev-system... best regards Ulrik //You could try the same thing using windows' HyperTerminal. Connecting trough it and sending the same commands, and check if it takes as long aswell. That way you can rule out at least half of the possible problems (are they windows/COM related or PHP related). Basically, last time I tried something similair, I noticed my system "freezing" for a few secs on sending the first command. But this was with a faulty cable, so I'm not sure if that means anything... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php