"Haris I. Volos" wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I have recently posted a message about controlling an HD44780 display
> because I couldn't make my code to work, finally I managed to initialise the
> lcd and display its cursor.
>
> The problem is when I make the RS(which is connected to RE2) input of the
> LCD high so I can enter characters to the LCD instead of commands, in my
> surprise I discover that the RE2 pin goes high only for a very small
> fraction of time and then goes back low!!! I have a
> bsf PORTE,2

Check that the analog convertor is not enabled for PORTE.

BSF will read PORTE, and if analog, will always read logic 0, and thus
set pins to 0 other than the BSF pin.

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Best regards

Tony

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