Phillip,

 RCSTA2bits.CREN = 0;    //disable then enable the receiver to clear the
over run error
 RCSTA2bits.CREN = 1;        //if I don't do this I only get two interrupts
and then they just stop

The two interrupts would be:

1, an interrupt for receiving a character.
2, an overrun interrupt.

Is that correct? If so, it means you're not clearing the interrupts
correctly. When the second character arrives, the uart thinks you
haven't read the first one, so it posts the overrun error.

Neil
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