In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, bean wrote: Joe, It's not a good idea to use assembly to configure the ports. Because SX/B need to keep track of things. That said, I don't really see anything obvious...If the 1st 16 characters get sent fine, I don't see why the display would "lose" 4 characters consistantly ??? If you have a Basic Stamp, I would try using that to if that works okay. One possibility is that the serial controller "thinks" you have a 2x20 display ??? Bean. ---------- End of Message ---------- You can view the post on-line at: http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=7&p=1&m=130245#m130264 Need assistance? Send an email to the Forum Administrator at forumadmin@parallax.com The Parallax Forums are powered by dotNetBB Forums, copyright 2002-2006 (http://www.dotNetBB.com)