Thanks for the help everyone, turns out I had a faulty LCD!!!

stew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of Hector Martin [PIClist]
> Sent: 29 June 2006 22:47
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [PIC] LCD Interface HD44780
> 
> Plus the second parameter to BCF is a literal bit, not the address of a
> variable with a bit number in it. Won't work (you need a lookup table
> for that). I'd use a macro.
> 
> Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> >> I changed from a standard bcf on PORTC as I have read about the
> >> read-modify-write problems.  When I call this sub, I put the
> >> number of the
> >> bit I want to clear in the W register.  This then reads PORTC
> >> and places it
> >> in RAM_PORTC, clears the bit in the variable and writes the
> >> entire byte back
> >> to PORTC
> >
> > that won't do no good. think again about the 'reads PORTC' part in
> > relation to the read-modify-write issue.
> >
> > Wouter van Ooijen
> >
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> 
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