Hi Manfred,

you can stop the timer or you can read it on the fly.
See my example for Timer T1:

unsigned int read_on_the_fly_T1( void )
{
unsigned char th, tl;
th = TH1;
tl = TL1;
if( th != TH1 && tl <= TL1 )
th++;
return tl | ((unsigned int)th << 8);
}



Peter