I think you need to make sure you are on the right page to write to the OPTION register. trond > > I'm trying to use the watchdog timer on a PIC16C63. > > How do I turn it on? > > So far I'm able to write to the options register as follows: > > movlw b'00001111' ; Program WDT to 128 * .018ms = 2.3 seconds > movwf 81h > > Note: For some reason I couldn't write to OPTION, the assembler did not > recognize this word. > > I have a main loop in my program where I plan on inserting a > > CLRWDT > > to reset the watchdog....unless I"m missing a real obvious one, I can't > figure out how to start this > thing ticking!! > > Thanks in advance....