> > Jinx, when you say reset, do you mean ---, well, what do you
> > mean?  What reset key?

Jinx wrote:
>Resetting the PIC. On power up the LCD, a standard 16x2, was
>dark (but showing data sent to it so was working) then the PIC
>was reset by a PB on MCLR. After that reset the LCD display
>was the proper contrast

Could it be you didn't wait the 100ms at power-up before initialising
the LCD? Resetting the PIC after power-up would be different from
a cold power-up if the LCD was talked to too soon. Also, do you do
the first part of the init code 3 times as recommended?
Regards...

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