Dave Turner wrote :

> Firsties, thanks for the quick response - most mailing lists i use
> take about 4 years average response.

:-)

> Second, the config is all saved in the mplab project.  In the
> configure menu, and the config bits part.  I prefer to use this than
> specify it in the code, because it's much clearer.

Not for us.

> The config bits are as follows: osc is extrc-osc2 as clock out.  WD is
> off.  Power up is on.  MCLR is on.  brown out detect is on.  low
> voltage program is disabled - the ICD2 tells me to do this.  all code
> protection related stuff is off.

Well, you say so. That doesn't *prove* anything... :-)
No offence, it's just that most here likes to *know* how things
are setup. What would you say if you in a day or two find out
that some of the settings actualy wasn't as you *thought* ?

> The list and include are all included in my custum include file.  I
> made it so I don't have to keep defining friendly names for things in
> every project.
> 
> I setup my own custom names for some of the SFRs, because at the time,
> my resorce only showed me the addresses for the SFRs, not the actual
> names.

I don't rely understand what's you problem here.
And I have never heard a resonable reason to *not* use the
INC files included in MPLAB. What if you have made an error in
your own defines of the SFR symbols ?

> 
> About the PICdem 4 osc, it has some sort of real time clock stuff on
> it, and I'm not absolutely sure what it does, which is one reason I'm
> so worried about the baud rate.  It says it has an RC osc, about 2MHz,
> and a 32Khz on timer1.  I am using the external RC osc, because my
> ICD2 says I have to,...

I know nothing about the IDC2, but I *do* know that an RC-osc
will have a hard time to give you any relailable serial communication.
You need *some* crystal (or maybe resonator) based osc to be able
to use the UASRT (or maybe the prec internal osc block on newer devices).

> although I think it might be possible to set it
> up with an internal osc.  I'm not sure what internal osc the 16F87 has
> either.

Doesn't the data sheet tell you that ?
My copy does...

This is fairly modern device with nanoWatt and the 8Mhz
internal osc block, so it should have all options you need.

> Finally, do you know if my method of bank switching is correct.

Think so...
Run the SIMulator on it and you'd be able to see the bank bits changing.

Regards,
Jan-Erik.



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